Yeeeees... But we used exclusion masks in those days, and that took up more gfx memory than pallette index masking does AND seeing that this Challenge was supposed to be for the Wonderswan (which I'm pretty sure would have followed the more modern masking convention) then I still stand by what I said...

Hold on a minute... The NES didn't use a mask color...? really? [one of the systems I never worked on directly] - are you sure PT?

I suppose we were - it's just weird being attached to a scene retrospectivley when all it was to me was a job... a cool job - but a job nonetheless. I guess that's my age and cynicism coming through there.

Philip and Andrew did indeed create alot of stuff in their home for a while - I suppose I did too with my brother but we quickly moved to offices when things began to take off. You had to, there's only so many you can squeeze into a bedroom after all.

NEway... enough of that... back OT.

not a fan of anime? me... lol... on the contrary... I was the first in line when AKIRA was released in the UK back in the late 80's - I used to subscribe to Manga Mania and I have countless Gundam T-Shirts that I wear religiously...

If you insist on copying a style then I suggest you buy one of the many zillion 'how to draw manga books' that are so prolific in comic shops...

I'm sure helm could bore you to tears with his reasons for why manga, as a style to adopt, is so, well... passe...

I've been there and done that and I'm not gonna lecture you on the why's and wherefore's of trying to adapt to a particlar style as it is so subjective.

As for riding... FOX... ...it's more than a pretty logo used on 'extreme sports' clothing - it's brand that's associated with Suspension... of the Motorcross or Mountain bike variety - which is something I'm quite keen on... I just thought that seeing that you had their logo on your pants you may have been into it... not to worry. (perhaps I've got my wires x'd?)

Back to the piece.

I can see what you've tried to do with that outline on your hilights, but this isn't how to do it. You need to 'anti-alias' - which is a method of softening a jagged line by interpolating it with a medial tone that merges the two color areas together... I can see by what you've done is that you've sort of grasped it but it's not a case of outlining it as this then creates another layer of color that in itself would require anti-aliasing... plus the medial color you've chosen doesn't go far enough to bridge the tones... it's still too dark.

Here... like this...

@Xion You're right!

@Darien: Correction - Philip (oliver) drew the original - I merely updated him on some of the later zx games... with added expressions and new anims for gameplay purposes.


I was actually asked very recently, "I wonder what dizzy hatches into" - which is food for thought...