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Pixel Art / Portrait style dilemma [WIP]
« on: February 05, 2009, 05:08:15 pm »
I've been working on my Legend of Iya for a long time now (and the project IS coming along, though slowly), but yesterday I have suddenly looked at my main character's portrait with a fresh eye, and for some reason thought the anime-esque portrait of the player character might no longer be appropriate for the game (though it was a spur of the moment thought).
Please have a look at the old and the new portraits, and please help me decide if I should keep the old one or go with the new non-anime one.
Original anime-ish portrait:
New anime-free attempt:
NEWEST:
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(OLDEST>>>)
WARNING - Also keep in mind she is supposed to be 12 years old!
Ohh, and the in-game character looks like this:
Ohh, and just to give you context - things she fights sometimes look like this:
In a world that sometimes looks like this:
Please help me decide...
Please have a look at the old and the new portraits, and please help me decide if I should keep the old one or go with the new non-anime one.
Original anime-ish portrait:
New anime-free attempt:
NEWEST:
(older>>>) (older>>>) (older>>>) (older>>>)(OLDEST>>>)WARNING - Also keep in mind she is supposed to be 12 years old!
Ohh, and the in-game character looks like this:
Ohh, and just to give you context - things she fights sometimes look like this:
In a world that sometimes looks like this:
Please help me decide...
- Idle (note my first attempt at sub-pixel)
- The running cycle. For it I have transitions both to and from idle.
- Since we decided to make licorice beans turn the blob into a rope, and NOT a ladder...
- Feeding a bean to the blob from idle position.
- Summoning the blob.
- 1st idle cycle - the blob is impatient
- 2nd idle. This plays every now and then.
- 3rd idle. The blob is bored.
- 4th idle. Regular idle.
- 5th idle. Blinking.
- Regular run cycle.
- A run cycle when summoned.
- Eating a bean.
- Falling off ledges.
- If a bean misses 