Neweegee's Sprite Topic

[DragonDePlatino]

I wanted to start a fresh topic, but someone might've killed me if I did.

I used to hate outlining my sprites so I could fit in more detail, but as time went on I really just gave in and outlined for sheer clarity in designs. But with that being said, I think outlineless sprites are a great exercise in shading and it definitely works for some people.

As for your Mario, if you're going to be working without outlines, you're going to need to up the contrast of your colors...The animation also looks a little off, IMO. The back leg isn't vertically offset from the front leg at all which is going to give you hell in the long run.

Oh, but one way outlineless sprites work is if they're set against a black background. A lot of early NES games (Bubble Bobble, Kid Icarus) went with outlineless designs that were intended to always be set against black...it might be a cool experiment to see if you can go for something like that.