What are these called? - VGF

Shine Dude · 05-27-2006, 11:57 AM

I made all this from Mario and Lugi Super Star Saga and it took a while. Also will you please tell me if this good or bad and what needs improving.

MC Luigi · 05-27-2006, 12:56 PM

wtf? What the hell is that!?

***Ace Mercury*** · 05-27-2006, 01:51 PM

I'm trying to think up the term too; it's something like a collage or sprite montage. I like these things; usually there's a lot of detail in a small space and it's sort of like a group photo of all your fav characters (here's one for the Touhou series, and here's one for the Mega Man series).

Anyways it looks okay at first glance, but suffers horribly from GIF dithering and compression issues; this is my biggest complaint (look up dithering on Google for more info). There's also some artefacts on some of the airborne sprites (pixels that aren't part of anything), not to mention Kirby's unexcised background. And then some composition issues, like Bowser standing in mid-air or a white background. More emphasis on important characters could've been done too, but that's just a personal preference. I haven't played ML:SSS, so I don't really have a connection to the characters, though. ^.^

Shine Dude · 05-29-2006, 08:24 PM

THanks. But I did make this when I was like 10.

Leinad · 05-30-2006, 08:06 AM

and you are now how old?

***Ace Mercury*** · 05-30-2006, 11:12 AM

Heh, I shudder to think about what I made when I was ten.

Alink - VCR Man. VCR. · 05-30-2006, 07:20 PM

^ EMBRACE THE PAST!!

Curry · 06-09-2006, 06:36 PM

The GIF! It burns!

Irby · 07-20-2006, 02:53 PM

I didnt mind it actully.

Shine Dude · 07-21-2006, 01:15 AM

So you bumped it? It wasn't worth that.

05-27-2006, 11:57 AM	#1
Shine Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sedalia, Misery Gender: Posts: 3,964 Thanks: 81 Thanked 84 Times in 67 Posts Points: 7,857.61 Bank: 177,637.36 Total Points: 185,494.97 Donate	What are these called? I made all this from Mario and Lugi Super Star Saga and it took a while. Also will you please tell me if this good or bad and what needs improving. Last edited by shine dude; 08-07-2006 at 01:54 PM.

05-27-2006, 01:51 PM	#3
*Ace Mercury* Marshmallow Knight ☆ Supermod Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Southern Ontario Gender: Posts: 18,940 Thanks: 360 Thanked 1,488 Times in 780 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Points: 97,941.79 Bank: 12,202,050.71 Total Points: 12,299,992.50 Donate	Me talking I'm trying to think up the term too; it's something like a collage or sprite montage. I like these things; usually there's a lot of detail in a small space and it's sort of like a group photo of all your fav characters (here's one for the Touhou series, and here's one for the Mega Man series). Anyways it looks okay at first glance, but suffers horribly from GIF dithering and compression issues; this is my biggest complaint (look up dithering on Google for more info). There's also some artefacts on some of the airborne sprites (pixels that aren't part of anything), not to mention Kirby's unexcised background. And then some composition issues, like Bowser standing in mid-air or a white background. More emphasis on important characters could've been done too, but that's just a personal preference. I haven't played ML:SSS, so I don't really have a connection to the characters, though. ^.^

05-27-2006, 12:56 PM	#2
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05-29-2006, 08:24 PM	#4
Shine Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sedalia, Misery Gender: Posts: 3,964 Thanks: 81 Thanked 84 Times in 67 Posts Points: 7,857.61 Bank: 177,637.36 Total Points: 185,494.97 Donate	THanks. But I did make this when I was like 10.

05-30-2006, 08:06 AM	#5
Leinad Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: right behind you, b*tch! Gender: Posts: 1,669 Thanks: 34 Thanked 34 Times in 31 Posts Points: 19,413.00 Bank: 0.80 Total Points: 19,413.80 Donate	and you are now how old?

05-30-2006, 11:12 AM	#6
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05-30-2006, 07:20 PM	#7
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06-09-2006, 06:36 PM	#8
Curry Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: In a magical place... Gender: Posts: 53 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 770.87 Bank: 752.43 Total Points: 1,523.30 Donate	The GIF! It burns!

07-20-2006, 02:53 PM	#9
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07-21-2006, 01:15 AM	#10
Shine Dude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Sedalia, Misery Gender: Posts: 3,964 Thanks: 81 Thanked 84 Times in 67 Posts Points: 7,857.61 Bank: 177,637.36 Total Points: 185,494.97 Donate	So you bumped it? It wasn't worth that.