i need some advice-rpg, and animation

[skeddles]

im making a game for my science fair project.

im just gonna make and easy RPG game where you walk around and collect stuff. Its supposed to be cartoony. any advice for what i have?

then i need him to walk, but ive never done a walk cycle, and the only tutorials are for sideways 

[Stwelin]

You'll gain more from studying commercial RPG sprites. head over to http://tsgk.captainn.net/ and look up some RPG sprite sheets like FF, Secret of Mana, etc, and see how they do.

Also, you might want to refine the character a bit more. His head seems... flat (as in, he has no actual skull, the top of his head is flat.) I know it's supposed to be something of a cartoon, but the arms are more-than-comically short.

Good luck with the project.

[skeddles]

You'll gain more from studying commercial RPG sprites. head over to http://tsgk.captainn.net/ and look up some RPG sprite sheets like FF, Secret of Mana, etc, and see how they do.

Also, you might want to refine the character a bit more. His head seems... flat (as in, he has no actual skull, the top of his head is flat.) I know it's supposed to be something of a cartoon, but the arms are more-than-comically short.

Good luck with the project.

thank you very much!


this site is very usefull

how is this(of course i will add details later...)

[JonathanOfDrain]

Maybe it's just me but my arms go past my waist. Almost half way between my hips and knees.


I made a pretty quick edit.

[skeddles]

Maybe it's just me but my arms go past my waist. Almost half way between my hips and knees.


I made a pretty quick edit.

hehe....ya im not the best at anotomy, ill work on it

thanx!

[JonathanOfDrain]

if you have trouble with anatomy then stand up and mimic the pose. Some people buy those posing dolls but people and action figure (not dolls!) work the same.

[Kren]

Or you should study some good rpg first and or spriters like this :

http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/8483.htm by adarias, see how the pose isn't squared like yours.

you should also study Terranigma, Sekien Denetsu 3, and Chrono Trigger poses.

[Ryumaru]

So you want to be a pixel artist?

http://www.geocities.com/skulkraken2002/

reading each of these tutorials about 3 times over and over almost doubled my skill when i first started out.

[skeddles]

hard to beleive these came from the same person, and in the same day:

how is it?(the second one)

lol i didnt even have a chance to read the tutorials yet. ill check them out later. thank you guys a lot for posting!

[skeddles]

how are these?
its my friend jake(left) and me (right)

So you want to be a pixel artist?

when i first started out.

i am a pixel artist, and im not really "starting out".
 

[Sherman Gill]

Your progress is slow. Either you're past your mental prime, or you need to pay more attention when you read those tutorials Ryu linked to.

[Kren]

You should really read, Ryumaru tutorial, eventhough the first chapter might not help alot, read it all, I am also not a new at pixel art but, i have read it 3 or 4 times. And each time I understand a new thing.

[skeddles]

Your progress is slow. Either you're past your mental prime, or you need to pay more attention when you read those tutorials Ryu linked to.

what's that  supposed to mean?