E-Man's Sprite R & D

[E-Man]

Well! That's some very good advice! Thank you for taking the time to explain all this to me! I'll be sure to take it into consideration.

Anyway, even though you gave me some good advice, would it be OK if I were to disagree with you on some bits of it? For the first bit, I actually like the original palette for the Goomba more than the one you used. There is nothing wrong with the palette you used, but it makes it look like it's from another game instead of what I originally wanted. Also, if you look at this sprite from Mario & Luigi 4 (the game that inspired my current sprite style), you'll notice that there isn't that much (if at all) color sharing going on.



Forgive me for the blurry quality, but this was the only image I could find on the Super Mario Wiki. Hopefully, the image I provided would give you a good idea. Of course, now that you brought up the matter of color sharing, I'm actually interested in doing a smidgen of it. Besides, even though Mario & Luigi 4 is released on the graphically superior 3DS (as compared to other handhelds released by Nintendo prior to it), I know for certain that the Luigi sprite I demonstrated earlier in the topic has a bit of color sharing going on. It wouldn't hurt, right? The only problem would be parts of the Goomba "merging" together when it moves about (it already happens with the soles of the feet).

Secondly, I'm questioning if the circular shading you used is actually any better at portraying depth than my previous method. The shading method I use takes the body shape into mind without trying to look too much like banding (although something tells me that I'm not succeeding at it), while your method looks like a brown sheet of paper with a light brown circle in the center that is cut into the shape of a Goomba… No offense or anything. I was only giving my opinion on it. For all I know, this is actually the correct way to shade anything. I'll try working on it later.

For the eyes and the shoes, I don't know about them. You have the right idea with the shoe highlights, but I don't picture the shoes being extremely shiny or anything. For this exception, I think the shoes don't need the highlights. As for the eyes, I'd like to keep the eyes in a generally natural position for most of the sprites (with some exceptions, such as walking). That way, anyone who is working with my sprites would arrange the irises how they see fit. Of course, I do have to say that I like the fangs. I think I'll use that size for the next revision.

Now, as for the animation, I think I will take your advice and no show the soles so often. The only word of advice I'll disagree with here is your decision to reduce the number of frames. It's nothing personal, but I actually like smoother animations. Instead f keeping my animation as it is, though, I'll just take the animation you created already and apply more frames for it. Of course, I gotta be careful not to make my feet slide about again and try not to show the soles too much.

Forgive me if it seems like I am turning down your advice, but this is the way I see it. While i will do my own thing at this point, I won't forget what you told me and see what I can do about my Goomba.

While we're on the subject, though, if I'm going to make such drastic changes to my Goomba, I may as well see what I can do about this other sheet I made.



Anything you or anyone would suggest to make this sheet look better before I play around with it on my own, DragonDePlatino?