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Sheet Making Etiquette
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It's been a second since I looked much at the Wiki, but from my perspective a lot of what you're describing I would say is personal preference.

I know for myself I do things very differently now than I did, say, 5 years ago, and FAR more differently than I did 10 years ago, and so forth. You tend to lean into whatever you personally think makes the most sense. Most people won't argue against how you decide to showcase your work, although as far as big-picture tips are concerned this is what I've got for you:

I think a lot more about making sheets "digestible" these days, i.e. how much sense it would make to someone completely unfamiliar with the game to look at a rip and be able to appreciate it. All too often I've seen fantastic and thorough rips that are just kind of hard to navigate with your eyes or really understand what you're looking at. That's not to say "LABEL EVERYTHING" but more in line with ensuring similar sprites/backgrounds/objects/whatever go together in a way that can be understood. Place with purpose, not just to place.

I'm also really big on purity of rips. So in the example you gave about the background I know for a fact I'd include the entirety of the 256x256 background. Even if it seems unnecessary to include a bunch of extra color, if it's technically connected to that background image then to me it should be kept in tact for the purity of the graphic.

Aside from those basic concepts, like I said, I encourage you to do it whatever way you want. This site is used to archive digital works of art, and because of that, as long as you put the necessary steps in and meet the quality standards, the most important thing is having that content available to those who may want to find it. Getting too bogged down by the specifics may end up dissuading you from having fun with it.

Hope that helped!
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Sheet Making Etiquette - by ToastShark - 04-12-2024, 02:36 PM
RE: Sheet Making Etiquette - by Shade - 04-13-2024, 02:37 AM
RE: Sheet Making Etiquette - by Yawackhary - 04-13-2024, 01:24 PM
RE: Sheet Making Etiquette - by ToastShark - 04-13-2024, 07:41 PM

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