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Ailit's Metroid sprite project
#46
(01-21-2013, 01:46 AM)Previous Wrote: Any reason to put it up here at 3x the actual size? :>

So the lightsource is in between the viewer and the ship, isn't it? That's something that usually ends up looking quite unnatural.

Have a quick partial edit to illustrate what I mean.

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I have bad eye sight Sad so I have to make it this big to get an actual feel for the sprite. I can make it smaller for you if you want though Smile

Also, I tried many a shading with the ship, looked at a ton of examples and honestly they ALL look unnatural, especially the official Nintendo sprites.

But I feel what gives the shading a more unnatural look more than anything else is the colors I've limited myself to. I guess there is no reason to limit the ship (which is much larger) to the same size pallet of samus. Some white can make a huge difference..

I'll keep in mind what you said but honest I've tried and it just looks butt if you apply that source all over the ship.
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#47
Do you use the zoom function in the program you're using?
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YOU HAVE TO FEEL WHAT YOU DRAW, FEEL
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#48
(01-21-2013, 08:52 AM)Chris2Balls [:B] Wrote: Do you use the zoom function in the program you're using?

Yes, I do as well. Years of sitting in front of the computer have left my eyes very dull.

Here is some more work on the shading. I feel like this is the closest I've come to the concept of Metroid ships since my first sprite. All it needed was 2 more colors (white and lighter green) and the shading all of a sudden didn't look so bad. I also emphasized the red more for added depth.

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Here it is larger for us blind people
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Also I find it looks better if I step 3 feet away from my computer and look at the sprite from upside down between my legs. No, seriously, try it Surprise
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#49
I think I'm pretty much done with the ship..
I'll come back to it later but I really need to get working on the running
animation recolor and some tiles to at least get a basic set going.

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#50
Just a tip but you can probably save time by omitting the larger version since you can enlarge a page (and images on it) with CTRL and +, getting close to the same size image.
#51
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I'm going to redo the left running sprite based on the right.

Any suggestions? Heard one about the arm cannon being something something.. yeah.

C&C
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#52
Only thing I could pick out is the actual speed/pacing, it's more like she's taking a leisurely jog.

Otherwise, it looks grand to me - I seem to even see a shadow on her jetpack-thing! Big Grin
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#53
(01-28-2013, 07:20 AM)Phaze Wrote: Only thing I could pick out is the actual speed/pacing, it's more like she's taking a leisurely jog.

Otherwise, it looks grand to me - I seem to even see a shadow on her jetpack-thing! Big Grin
Yeah I forgot to speed it up, here it is.
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Slightly bigger for more detail.
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I'll tweak the arm cannon a bit, as always suggestions are welcome.
#54
Oh man that is looking better than I remember. Great job!
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#55
Very awesome stuff so far, looking forward to more progress!
If I have to nitpick one thing on that animation, it's that the feet may look a bit too long when at the top/back frame.
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#56
I envy the animations. Running animations have never been my strong suit.
Please watch me on Deviant Art!

~Novs
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#57
Ok so I think I'm done tweaking the right_running sprite so I'll start working on the left tomorrow and if I get to it I'm redoing all the aim poses I had for her. Everything I've done up until now needs to be updated to this standard.

Here is the latest if not final running pose (slowed down an extra 25%)
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#58
Tweaked a bit more and finished left running sprite.


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Going to work on aiming sprites now.. see you guys soon.
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#59
Some anatomy of Samus to help. I find these funny and could help you with more poses:

I found these thinking it was funny about her fitting in her suit:
But this is actually how she fits (still makes little sense to me).
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~Novs
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#60
Ah damn it I forgot to edit something on the running animations.. I'll repost it later with another update.

No Comments or Critics (of the sprite I mean)?
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