(11-18-2010, 04:19 PM)Iceman404 Wrote:(11-16-2010, 05:31 PM)brandman1996 Wrote: No, no. I'm sorry, no. This just a lazy excuse of yours to spend five minutes on a sprite so you can have a sheet submitted. Do not hide behind the excuse that, "It's an Atari sprite, so it's not the best". Make an actually detailed sprite of sonic and shadow and then post. This should be locked in my opinion.
Ignoring brandaman's hypocresy, he has a very valid point here.
I'm going to go ahead and disagree here.
I mean sure, it is an excuse to say that it's bad because it's atari but come on, the guy did it for fun at least. There isn't anything wrong with that. plus he admits that it wouldn't get into TSR.
I don't think the thread should be locked because of this alone, at least give him a chance and see if Smash-aholic can at least listen to advice.
I'm not sure whether or not this has been suggested before, But far as my suggestion, maybe Atari styled sprites aren't that good for a start in spriting because of the massive restrictions. Maybe do something from NES or SNES might be a better idea. Maybe if you get better you can go back to Atari sprites.
If you want to continue with this however, maybe look up other atari games and look at those sprites, Like pitfall. Most Atari based games stick to at least black, white, and other two colors. that's far as I can say about colors.