It's just a Bug Phase.

[The Phinx]

Hey guys I'm new here and I've seen the talent around and you guys got some awesome stuff. So I'll set up camp amongst you rockstars and hopefully some of that talent will rub off on me.

With that said I'm going through a bug phase where I've been designing characters based off of insects.
Here is Yellow Jacket. He's a wasp.


This was a hard decision. I'm leaning towards 3.

At the Sonic sprite world The Middle Ground I'm recognized by my Saiyan Echidna

Zayo



You can see his sheet here.
Spoiler: Sheet

And a Hercules Beetle Knight with some attacks.
His horns become various medieval weapons.

[The Phinx]

Why is the resolution all weird?

[CelioHogane]

like the giant sprite, just for the desing tough im not a fan of that size sprites.

[Gil]

Weird question, can I post that animated Zayo sprite in another thread for further study? There's some banding going on and I have been looking for a good animated example to study in terms of clusters and this seems perfect. It has some very beautiful clusters and a few very nasty banding issues going on. It features some clusters that move beautifully through time and some that jump around a bit.

If you search for "cluster" in the general forum, you'll see what I mean, there's a bunch of theory behind it.

Here's an example of a thread that studies clusters:
http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=15018.0

[The Phinx]

Uh I guess you can. I didn't notice any banding but ok. Don't be too rough on me man lol.

[Decroded]

Uh I guess you can. I didn't notice any banding but ok. Don't be too rough on me man lol.

relax just roll with it 
don't take crits the wrong way, we all benefit from additional sets of eyes and shared knowledge.

[Fizzick]

everybody just wants to help everyone here 

as much as it might seem like people are harsh, the intent is always to get everybody better at art, never to put someone down

[Gil]

Uh I guess you can. I didn't notice any banding but ok. Don't be too rough on me man lol.

Don't worry man, the reason I want to study it is because it's a very nice sprite . It just has the right amount of minor issues to study in depth.

Thread is up: http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=18558.0

[LisandraTD]

Wow that character sheet is sweet, really cool. I started doing one myself and started making lots of poses, your work motivated me to keep doing that (I didn't post it yet tho)
About your bug, I am not a fan of big sprites but I like the colours from the second one with the changes on the third, but with one wing on each side.

[The Phinx]

Thanks, I'm glad it provided some motivation that's awesome. I would also love to make the bug sprite smaller but I keep thinking the design would lost detail.

[Gil]

Where do you want to go with the bug sprite? Any examples on what style you're going for? Gives me a bit of a Megaman X vibe, maybe?

[The Phinx]

Yea someone mentioned that it reminds them of the beetle from megaman x3. It's actually for a forum fighting game made out of members from the site. So yea there were color restrictions and detail restrictions but I think he came out decent in the style.

[wolfenoctis]

Edit of Zayo just for fun  :

[Decroded]

Edit of Zayo just for fun  :

Good excuse to do some of those fighting pants hey? 

Note the darkest colour adds red which helps the sprite pop against a wider range of backgrounds.

[The Phinx]

Oh man that edit is awwwesome! Thanks man Love the colors too lovely contrast.

[The Phinx]

These are some movement animations I made for the beetle. I named him Halberd.


Spoiler: "Sheet"

The green squares are all the things I have completed on the list.

Spoiler: "Movement"

Idle- Halberd rocks back and forth by swinging his clunky arms.[/url]

Forward Walk- Halberd takes heavy steps towards his opponent. (All that weight makes for awkward locomotion)[/url]

Backward Walk- A beetle's instinct his to scurry back when in danger.[/url]

Duck- To evade damage and also used as an aggressive stance.[/url]

Forward Jump- It's a beetles nature to take flight( it should move at that speed, and loop last two frames for wing effect)[/url]

Backward Jump- On the flip side...

Spoiler: "Defend"

Defend- Wings become this knight's sheild. (This is how ChrisTwoBalls says hi)[/url]

Duck Defend- Those wings are pretty versatile

[IrresponsibleFreelancer]

Everything looks so good and very inspiring.  The one thing i see is that halberd's idle animation seems a bit too much like he is thrusting his hips at the air in a weird way.

[The Phinx]

Thanks man. Yea I can't seem to get him to look more like he's swinging with only 4 frames.

Making progress. Got all Halberd's punch attacks done!
(The other character's do not belong to me)






Punch1- It's a two hitting punch. Both hits equal up to 1 strong hit. Also you just press punch once and both fists fly.

Punch1 & 2- Press punch twice and four fists fly  making a 4 hit combo. The four hits count as 2 strong hits.

Forward Punch- A lunging blade attack. Every knight needs a blade and Halberd's horns provide plenty a weaponry. (If it moves too slow you can take out the 3rd frame)

Backward Punch- Reverse Horn blade, knocks opponent into the air.(Works just like Gilbert's Back Punch)

[Joe]

I love this. Don't have much to say except I want to see more.

[BlackTerror]

Spoiler: "Defend"

Defend- Wings become this knight's sheild. (This is how ChrisTwoBalls says hi)[/url]

Duck Defend- Those wings are pretty versatile

This is more of a gameplay/readability issue: I feel the 'defend' stances would look better if he flashed (to the penultimate frame) every time he was hit. Right now, since there's no visible reaction, it's hard to tell a defended hit from a miss.

[The Phinx]

Oh well his defend is more like a Street fighter defend where the frame is just held there. But yea if it wasn't like a Street fighter game then yea that would be cool.
Ok completed Halberd's kick attacks.


Kick - Halberd's does a four fist sledgehammer punch on his opponent.

Forward Kick - Halberd's horns take full spin and drill into his enemies.(4 hits like Chaoxys forward punch)

Backward Kick - Halberd's horns become a beheading guillotine to chop his competitors down to size.

[CelioHogane]

Why they are called kick attacks if none of them are actually kicks?

[The Phinx]

Oh well they just use to kick button ha-ha sorry about that. Like Street fighter the punch and kick buttons but his legs are too small to kick with so he punches even with the kick button.

[The Phinx]

Duck attacks done!




Duck Punch- Halberd's horn twist smacks his enemies on the way around.

Duck Kick - Every knight must joust, must! (This works like Gilbert's duck kick, and Neko's forward punch, but it can't be done over and over as fast as their's, so longer cool down time.)

[The Phinx]

Halberd Air Moves DONE!  Knocking the list out!



Jump Punch - A midair Royal Fist Bump to the face. (Works just like Metaru's jump punch, slams opponent down makes opponent bounce off the ground)

Jump Kick -  Flipping sword slash is an aerial threat.( This works just like Neko's air punch and can be done many times over in midair for a multihit combo)

Also if no one knows what I'm creating this for it's for the fighter's resource fighting game. I have 9 more animations to make here is the list.

[The Phinx]

Finally finished the Character Select Art



Punches specials done



Special 1 (QCF Punch) -  Halberd catapults a ton over the wall of his opponent's defense. ( This is Halberd's only projectile and shoots at very short range, but when it makes contact with the opponent it does for massive damage 6-8 hits. This move works like Dan Hibiki's Hadouken. Slow and hard to connect but very punishing.)
  Special 2 (QCB Punch) - If he can't go to you, he'll bring you to him. ( This works like Scorpion's "Get over here")

[The Phinx]

Kicks Speciaaaaals!


OCF Kick - Halberd's horn drill pierces the heavens with this aerial assault." This move works just like Neko's shoryuken move except it hits for times and he can perform normal air attacks immdialey after it's done, making it useful for air combos"


QCB Kick - A knight's shield is his best friend, especially one that hit's back. " This works like Vipershark's counter except it only counter's projectiles and sends the projectiles back at the opponent, also the window is much longer than Vipershark's counter so it waits a little for the projectile to make contact"Also this would be cool if it's possible.

Bullet tennis.

[Parkerbaby]

The dithering is seriously not working for me on the portrait. There must be a better way to paint it than like that. It doesn't blend well and makes it look fuzzy in places.

[The Phinx]

I was trying to go for a Jojo's Bizarre adventure crosshatching look. That's why I used alot of dithering maybe I over did it a little but the dithering was the way to capture that style.

[The Phinx]

So there is a character that has a super that turns anyone into a female anime/manga/ or video game character. The super is called Midnigt  Moe.

It was a little difficult coming up with a Midnight Moe for Halberd.
 I finally came up with the idea of Fat Princess because of his round shape and size. Then I realized wow its ironic that him being a knight becomes a princess for mid night Moe so I'm glad it fell right into place.

Fat Princess Halberd. Have some cake.

[The Phinx]

KAY-OH (oh ,oh,)




KO/Comeback - It takes a hard head to take down this hercules beete knight. Halberd doesn't get knocked out, he just gets knocked down and he can't get up. Beetle's get paralyzed when the are on their back.[/url]


His Super is going to be the best medieval weapon of all.

[The Phinx]

His Super is going to be the best medieval weapon of all.

Halberd's Super is complete!









Gognio Special - The ultimate medieval weapon is the castle. Halberd becomes a fortress housing dozens of beetle knights ready to charge into battle! They maybe be little but they are dense forces of sheer might!(8 hits in total)