Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Stratto on December 10, 2010, 11:12:15 pm

Title: Plane
Post by: Stratto on December 10, 2010, 11:12:15 pm

I was wondering if anyone could help me with this sprite:
(http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/2183/plane1n.png)
I'm trying to make it tilt sideways (http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/8348.htm# something like this) and I've tried, but it comes out horrible, and I really don't know how to continue.

Title: Re: Plane
Post by: WizKid on December 11, 2010, 12:22:23 am

(http://www.makeagif.com/media/12-10-2010/lX1RHb.gif)

Here this is my try, hope you like it  ;)

Title: Re: Plane
Post by: theorb77 on December 11, 2010, 12:58:18 am

I know the plane is probably historically accurate or something, but beefing up those tail fins would up the macho factor a bit, I think.

Title: Re: Plane
Post by: Stratto on December 11, 2010, 01:10:34 am

Quote from: WizKid on December 11, 2010, 12:22:23 am

(http://www.makeagif.com/media/12-10-2010/lX1RHb.gif)

Here this is my try, hope you like it  ;)

This is quite helpful, thanks.

Quote from: theorb77 on December 11, 2010, 12:58:18 am

I know the plane is probably historically accurate or something, but beefing up those tail fins would up the macho factor a bit, I think.

I don't know how accurate this is, but I took as much as I could from WWII photos.

How bout this for the tail?
(http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/107/plane1.png)

Title: Re: Plane
Post by: Gromit on December 11, 2010, 01:44:01 am

What plane did you base this off?

Also have you tried looking at the 1942 - 44 series of arcade games? I'm pretty damn certain 44 tilted like you're looking for, but I can't remember if the older ones did or not. I imagine they're worth a look either way.

Title: Re: Plane
Post by: WizKid on December 11, 2010, 04:33:07 am

You should also animate the front propeller to spin the whole time.

Title: Re: Plane
Post by: amyrama on December 14, 2010, 11:36:21 pm

I've never done a plane sprite before either, so I had a stab at it.
I don't know if this will be helpful because I'm still learning and it ended up not looking like yours at all, but I thought maybe I'd share the process I went through.

(http://www.amyrama.com/img/pixels/p51_process.gif)

1. First I used Google to find some pictures and 3-view plan of my plane. I chose a P-51D Mustang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-51_Mustang), because there are lots of images and I like its shape. I got a top view and scaled it down to roughly the size I wanted.
2. Blocked out the plane.
3. Tried adding colors and detail things to make it look more plane-like.
4. Tweaked the shape and colors until I was sort of happy with it. I used ptoing's C64 palette because I was in a retro sort of mood.
5. Roll the plane to one side, using reference images. I still don't know if I like it, but I guess it will do.

Then I some in-betweens and animated it: (http://www.amyrama.com/img/pixels/p51_anim.gif)
Hope this helps :) Keep pixelling!