Val does some sprite stuff

**Valigarmander** · 08-17-2011, 08:34 PM

Not rips, but ORIGINAL SPRITES WHOOOOOOAAAAA! Out of boredom I decided to work on my spriting a bit by creating graphics for OHR RPG CE games. I don't really plan on making a game myself right now, but maybe in the future I'll give it a try. I've also been using a program called GraphicsGale, which is really swell for spritework. Here's the fruit of my labor thus far:

Some sandy dirt. This is pretty basic, with only two colors, but having played around with it a bit I feel like it doesn't necessarily need to be any more complicated. But I'm not 100% on this. I'd like to know what you guys think.

Here's some grass, obviously. The edges will lay over other tiles such as dirt, or rocky cliffs.

A coniferous tree, which I'm rather pleased with. I'll probably do different kinds of trees later.

And here's a monster graphic I've done: a Tyrannosaurus. I feel like the shading could use some work.

I'm using a 256-color palette, by the way. Monster graphics are limited to 15 different colors. Let me know what you think.

Dizzy · 08-17-2011, 08:36 PM

Yay, you're finally doing something useful!

...to me, anyway!

Redshirt · 08-17-2011, 08:39 PM

mmm sprites

Vgfian · 08-17-2011, 08:50 PM

Awesome job!

Totally usable in so many different ways.

In particular the grass and sand.

On the shading, it looks like it may need a bit of touching up, but still looks p great nonetheless.

Are these all done from scratch?

**Valigarmander** · 08-17-2011, 10:00 PM

^ Yes, all from scratch.

***Booyakasha*** · 08-18-2011, 01:45 AM

Don't think shading is all that important in sprite work. Not that I'm some expert, mind.

These are really impressive, Val.

**Cravdraa** · 08-18-2011, 02:53 AM

Good job on the T-Rex.
The grass and tree look very FF6-ish.
Over all, very nice work.

**Valigarmander** · 08-18-2011, 09:57 AM

Continuing with the prehistoric monster theme, here's a Mastodon.

His front-right foot looks a little weird, since it's supposed to be lifted off the ground partially. I'm trying to fix it.

Dux is not you · 08-18-2011, 10:02 AM

Maybe you should actually bend its knee.

**Valigarmander** · 08-18-2011, 10:21 AM

^ I DID BEND IT GOLLY

Here it is with some minor tweaking.

Dux is not you · 08-18-2011, 10:31 AM

I was under the impression that the knee should be a little higher, but I dunno. That's some amazing sprite job after all.

Oh wait, what you bent is the ankle, not the knee. Or drawing a comparison to human anatomy, the wrist instead of the elbow.

**Valigarmander** · 08-18-2011, 10:36 AM

I know what you mean. I did bend the elbow, but I guess I didn't bend it enough.

Here's the previous edit on the top, and the new edit (with the elbow bent further) on the bottom. How does it look now?

Dux is not you · 08-18-2011, 10:41 AM

Much better.

The tyrannosaur above is still awesome.

**Cravdraa** · 08-18-2011, 10:54 AM

Stuff like that is a lot easier to manage if your sprites have shadows to help the veiwer gauge what they're doing.

**Valigarmander** · 08-18-2011, 01:11 PM

^ I thought about doing that, but it turns out that I used up my entire 15-color palette on the T-rex sprite, so if I wanted a black shadow, I would have to sacrifice one of the colors. I'm still mulling over that. Anywho...

Here's something a little less extinct. The 256-color master palette I was using didn't have much in the orange department, so I had to tweak it a bit to get all the colors I needed. Nevertheless, I'm not sure I've got the tiger exactly the way I want it, so I might edit it a bit later on.

Thanks for the comments and critique everyone, by the way.

An edit? Already? Why not.

I altered the shape of the head slightly, added some more stripes, and fixed the shading in some places. I think this looks a bit better.

Dux is not you · 08-18-2011, 01:17 PM

I don't know if the inside of a tiger's legs are that color, but it looks cool.

**Valigarmander** · 08-18-2011, 01:22 PM

Jere · 08-18-2011, 02:57 PM

look at the balls of that kitty, or maybe it's hemoroids....

Dizzy · 08-18-2011, 03:28 PM

I'd rather not.

**Valigarmander** · 08-18-2011, 04:35 PM

Hmm. Should I have given the tiger balls too?

Here's some more foliage. At the top is a small bush. In the center is a generic tree, and at the bottom is the same tree with some kind of fruit.

08-17-2011, 08:34 PM	#1
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Val does some sprite stuff Not rips, but ORIGINAL SPRITES WHOOOOOOAAAAA! Out of boredom I decided to work on my spriting a bit by creating graphics for OHR RPG CE games. I don't really plan on making a game myself right now, but maybe in the future I'll give it a try. I've also been using a program called GraphicsGale, which is really swell for spritework. Here's the fruit of my labor thus far: Some sandy dirt. This is pretty basic, with only two colors, but having played around with it a bit I feel like it doesn't necessarily need to be any more complicated. But I'm not 100% on this. I'd like to know what you guys think. Here's some grass, obviously. The edges will lay over other tiles such as dirt, or rocky cliffs. A coniferous tree, which I'm rather pleased with. I'll probably do different kinds of trees later. And here's a monster graphic I've done: a Tyrannosaurus. I feel like the shading could use some work. I'm using a 256-color palette, by the way. Monster graphics are limited to 15 different colors. Let me know what you think. Last edited by Valigarmander; 08-17-2011 at 08:51 PM.

08-18-2011, 10:31 AM	#11
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I was under the impression that the knee should be a little higher, but I dunno. That's some amazing sprite job after all. Oh wait, what you bent is the ankle, not the knee. Or drawing a comparison to human anatomy, the wrist instead of the elbow. Last edited by Dux is not you; 08-18-2011 at 10:31 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

08-18-2011, 01:11 PM	#15
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ I thought about doing that, but it turns out that I used up my entire 15-color palette on the T-rex sprite, so if I wanted a black shadow, I would have to sacrifice one of the colors. I'm still mulling over that. Anywho... Here's something a little less extinct. The 256-color master palette I was using didn't have much in the orange department, so I had to tweak it a bit to get all the colors I needed. Nevertheless, I'm not sure I've got the tiger exactly the way I want it, so I might edit it a bit later on. Thanks for the comments and critique everyone, by the way. An edit? Already? Why not. I altered the shape of the head slightly, added some more stripes, and fixed the shading in some places. I think this looks a bit better. Last edited by Valigarmander; 08-18-2011 at 01:11 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

08-17-2011, 08:36 PM	#2
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	Yay, you're finally doing something useful! ...to me, anyway!

08-17-2011, 08:39 PM	#3
Redshirt Wiggidy Wack Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: A place with things Gender: Posts: 16,699 Thanks: 704 Thanked 1,006 Times in 695 Posts Blog Entries: 50	mmm sprites

08-17-2011, 08:50 PM	#4
Vgfian Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Listening to Seeking 7 Seven and giving out free hugs. :) Gender: Posts: 6,862 Thanks: 2,433 Thanked 398 Times in 311 Posts	Awesome job! Totally usable in so many different ways. In particular the grass and sand. On the shading, it looks like it may need a bit of touching up, but still looks p great nonetheless. Are these all done from scratch?

08-17-2011, 10:00 PM	#5
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ Yes, all from scratch.

08-18-2011, 01:45 AM	#6
*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Don't think shading is all that important in sprite work. Not that I'm some expert, mind. These are really impressive, Val.

08-18-2011, 02:53 AM	#7
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 662 Times in 404 Posts	Good job on the T-Rex. The grass and tree look very FF6-ish. Over all, very nice work.

08-18-2011, 09:57 AM	#8
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Continuing with the prehistoric monster theme, here's a Mastodon. His front-right foot looks a little weird, since it's supposed to be lifted off the ground partially. I'm trying to fix it.

08-18-2011, 10:02 AM	#9
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Maybe you should actually bend its knee.

08-18-2011, 10:21 AM	#10
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^ I DID BEND IT GOLLY Here it is with some minor tweaking.

08-18-2011, 10:36 AM	#12
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	I know what you mean. I did bend the elbow, but I guess I didn't bend it enough. Here's the previous edit on the top, and the new edit (with the elbow bent further) on the bottom. How does it look now?

08-18-2011, 10:41 AM	#13
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Much better. The tyrannosaur above is still awesome.

08-18-2011, 10:54 AM	#14
Cravdraa VGF RPG Mod Join Date: May 2001 Location: It's Round on the sides and high in the middle. Gender: Posts: 8,470 Thanks: 171 Thanked 662 Times in 404 Posts	Stuff like that is a lot easier to manage if your sprites have shadows to help the veiwer gauge what they're doing.

08-18-2011, 01:17 PM	#16
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	I don't know if the inside of a tiger's legs are that color, but it looks cool.

08-18-2011, 01:22 PM	#17
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	^

08-18-2011, 02:57 PM	#18
Jere Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Sutme Gender: Posts: 3,648 Thanks: 404 Thanked 331 Times in 256 Posts Blog Entries: 3	look at the balls of that kitty, or maybe it's hemoroids....

08-18-2011, 03:28 PM	#19
Dizzy Podiaphobe Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Posts: 19,359 Thanks: 1,764 Thanked 1,161 Times in 804 Posts Blog Entries: 116	I'd rather not.

08-18-2011, 04:35 PM	#20
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,755 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,701 Times in 2,581 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Hmm. Should I have given the tiger balls too? Here's some more foliage. At the top is a small bush. In the center is a generic tree, and at the bottom is the same tree with some kind of fruit.