Yes I know, very generic warrior and dragon scene here, doing a favour for someone at a runescape based forum (its where I first started pixeling and at times their gallery section is pretty good for critique communally). So im working to a description for a signature, he wants specific armour, weapon and general scene setting etc. Im finding it tough getting the time to concentrate too much on this but its most likely because im going solo, I need some outsider opinions on this.



Some parts are still very rough im still working this out bit by bit..

Any help would be greatly apprechiated.

Recent -

- title screen wip, any help with this would be great.

- update, slight progress overall.
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8939/level10ma9.png - fourth version
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1549/level7vk5.png - third version
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9076/level7ep4.png - second version
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/728/level5hi0.png - first version

- another update on walking animation, finalised.
- update on walking animation, right arm swings now. and cut down the frames to make it smoother.
- walking animation

please view in x2.


it was originally just this below.. its basically how the screen would look.


I've bin mostly messin around with the floor tiles, i've got a lot of tweaking left to do but for a start I do feel its goin pretty well..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPAR

my ideas for this game is based on a shop I work at called SPAR, whereas each level is devised from certain sections of the shop, in this case its gonna be a fruit and veg level. So the tree for example will resemble broccli, bushes, rocks will all be some sort of vegetable. The enemies will possibly be like.. a carrotman, or tomatoe. It should look pretty good when its finished.

I've still gotta work on the Sky which is really gonna be a nightmare, also I've gotta add some sort of background and water below.

It's all layered in photoshop, the back platform has 40% transparency, as do the trees, they just stood out far too much and feel it gives it better readability.

The character still needs to be worked on, i'll work on some animation soon so im gonna be really consintrating on gettin im right, he's supposed to be a shop worker in uniform.

any crits would help, but im really on a short deadline so if you think I need some major changes please let me know, i've got so much more to do and I don't want to spend the whole time tweaking this and then realise it has a major flaw just before the deadline.

Cheers guys, for any help your willing to give.

Ok, moved on to somethin else, still want to improve some of my previous projects but atm I felt the need to pixel myself.



im actually, believe it or not working from a vector version I did as an only reference (I don't really like how it turned out, im new to vector)

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/1509/posteredited2gb8.jpg
(I originally made it straight into illustrator for visual reference)

I traced the general shape, but from the basic linework its all been brutal tweaking and trying to capture the likeness by accessive staring at myself in a mirror.. I turned to pixel art because I just couldn't be bothered working in vector any longer, I just wanted it look like me and I find that I have much more control this way..

yeah any tips would be great, I know you cnt exactly give too much advice to likeness but but any tips in general would be apprichiated..

erm, my mypsace if anyone wants to see what I look like, ill remove if this isn't allowed. myspace.com/terbailey

Yeah Im growing my hair, ive had short hair my whole life so having it long is kinda new to me.. not planning on growin it too long tho.

thx peeps.

There's always someone atempting to make a game of some sort, whether successful or not, It's happening everywhere I look. But as Im currently trying to better myself in order to make a game im starting to wonder, when is the best time to make a game??

I don't claim to be a great pixeler, but I do hope to learn as much as possible because I know that some day whether it be years from now I may have an urge to at least be a part of doing some concept art or even do something more, you see I really want to be a cartoon animator (not computer animation, the actual hand drawn side of animation, how it's supposed to be done.), my dream is to work for disney or even something more, but as I am, im trying to be a great illustrator so I see pixel art as an opportunity to expand my knowledge and experience..

I have in the past atempted, with the help of my older brother who is 25, he could easily code a game but I found it was the lack of quality in the Graphics and my lack of experience that subsiquently stopped the project..

What I want to know is, how do you know you're good enough to make a game? Im guessing you're best starting small, with short easy games.. Not taking on a massive project first time round because it give you room to learn and become used to the stages in game design..

On another forum there's currently someone trying to re-create Kingdom of Hearts, and it's really embarresing to know how he's going about it, I feel sorry for the guy cus you know he won't get very far and if he somehow does, how bad the result will be.. I know it's all about learning by doing but you should improve as an artist first, right?

Please tell me what you think because I do think I have the experience to make a 'small' game, it may not be as advanced as some people would like but, a game it would be.. And you can only start from square one. How good do you have to be?

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