02-18-2015, 02:20 PM
The size is something I chose so it could fit in feasibly with most 16-bit era sprites, like Super Mario World, Super Metroid, Castlevania, etc., partly for nostalgia, and partly so I could make a bunch of sprites in my own style and put them into my SSB clone that I'll probably never get around to making anyway. But, yeah, they fit in well enough with most characters found on the SNES back then, as well as the tilesets used, too, so I made up a scale to fit, and most characters I draw are done to that scale. I know it's tricky to work with, but I like it because it's not too tricky; I feel like I can get better at it.
The problem I have with hue shifting is I find it gives everything a sort of sunset look. I've tried using it, but it makes some colors just look wrong to me, so trying to find the right balance with that is gonna take some time. Like, I used to use it for Midi's jacket, but then people thought it was orange when it was supposed to be red. I dunno, maybe my problem was using the middle shade as the base hue; I'll see how it looks if I make the lightest shade the base hue and have the darker ones shift down, but I'm a little concerned that it'll make things look too cold.
As for the stiff poses, this is a problem I've had for a long time. The only times I've made a pose not look stiff was when I copied them from someone else. Like, Midi's running cycle I made by looking at how Klonoa's limbs moved when he ran, and his punching and climbing frames used Megaman X's poses. You can tell which ones I didn't use a ref for, since those are the ones that look really stiff and unnatural. This problem isn't just in my spriting; my traditional drawings have the same problem, and even more so, since I have trouble conveying depth in those.
I'll try to improve on those points. Thanks for the heads-up.
The problem I have with hue shifting is I find it gives everything a sort of sunset look. I've tried using it, but it makes some colors just look wrong to me, so trying to find the right balance with that is gonna take some time. Like, I used to use it for Midi's jacket, but then people thought it was orange when it was supposed to be red. I dunno, maybe my problem was using the middle shade as the base hue; I'll see how it looks if I make the lightest shade the base hue and have the darker ones shift down, but I'm a little concerned that it'll make things look too cold.
As for the stiff poses, this is a problem I've had for a long time. The only times I've made a pose not look stiff was when I copied them from someone else. Like, Midi's running cycle I made by looking at how Klonoa's limbs moved when he ran, and his punching and climbing frames used Megaman X's poses. You can tell which ones I didn't use a ref for, since those are the ones that look really stiff and unnatural. This problem isn't just in my spriting; my traditional drawings have the same problem, and even more so, since I have trouble conveying depth in those.
I'll try to improve on those points. Thanks for the heads-up.