Sprite comments

[JimKurth]

Hi, I'm Jim.  I'm new and loving this website.

I have some sprite pictures for a console-style RPG I'm developing and would like some input from you art gurus out there.  Here's a couple pix to look at. 

[ndchristie]

Well, there is not much to say about these sprites.  Everything about the guy is horribly generic, and most of the poses do not read very well, particularly that second to last one (which i suppose is pushing an oil tank across the floor?).  The girl jsut leaves everything to be desired.

There are some useful links to ground level tutorials in the general section, those can teach you a lot in a very short time, so I'd recommend reading them first.

[JimKurth]

Well, there is not much to say about these sprites.  Everything about the guy is horribly generic, and most of the poses do not read very well, particularly that second to last one (which i suppose is pushing an oil tank across the floor?).  The girl jsut leaves everything to be desired.

There are some useful links to ground level tutorials in the general section, those can teach you a lot in a very short time, so I'd recommend reading them first.

Thanks!  I'll check them out.  I haven't gotten to finding those yet.  Just been surfing the rest of the site.

[ndchristie]

Here ya go, took me a minute to find them .  They art in general section under tools and links

Tutorials and References

- Pixel art tutorials -

    * Tsugumo - http://www.bigbluebubble.com/pixeltutorial/
    * St0ven - http://www.spriteart.com
    * Zoggles - http://www.zoggles.co.uk/asp/tutorials.asp?show=index
    * Pixelation's Video Tutorials - http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=2144.0
    * Gas13 - http://gas13.ru/tutorials/
    * Derek Yu - http://derekyu.com/extras/pixel01.html
    * Matriax - http://www.speccy.org/remakesgraph/tutoriales/tuto.htm
    * Natomic - http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/
    * Drububu - http://www.drububu.com/tutorial/index.html
    * RhysD (Iso) - http://rhysd.syntesis.org/tutorial/
    * Pixelfreak (Iso) - http://www.pixelfreak.com/en/tutorial0.html
    * Pixel NascImpact (Iso) - http://pixel.nascimpact.com/tutoriaux.php
    * FoY Background Tutorial - http://www.barnettcollege.com/tutorial1.htm
    * Walk animation Tutorial - http://www.manningkrull.com/pixel_art/tutorials/walking.asp