Well, huzzah for coming in under the shadow of such an awesome developer. xD
I am completely new to these parts. To be quite honest I've never even heard of the place. *gasp* Yeah, well I am a game designer/programmer in the making. I wanted to be able to make my games a little nicer looking with some cool sprites. So I've been wondering about the web looking for 'sprite tutorials' and communities. I am a frequent visitor of gamedev.org and decided to ask the group if anyone had any pointers on getting started in creating sprites, I wanted to pull off more of an anime style. Ravuya pointed me in this direction.
I'm a forum troll and complete newb to pixel-anything. Though I am going to try my hand at it. Ah, I am 18 and currently attending school for game and simulation programming. I'm also working on two recently started lead/design/programming projects for my portfolio, and experience.
I guess that's about it really. I look forward to browsing around, learning some new stuff, and hopefully getting to know some of you. ^^
Oh! One last thing actually. I couldn't seem to find any avatar settings in my profile. Are new members able to have them? If so how would I go about setting one? Thanks!