10-27-2014, 08:32 PM
I hope this doesn't upset you, but I like having the shading in there. As much as having flat colors in there makes a lot of sense for the paper theme, I consider not having shading is a bit lazy. As much as I want to emulate the style as best as I can, I also want to try my own thing and attempt something that almost no Mario fan could easily do. As a result, I'm fine with going the extra mile to make my images look better than the actual Paper Mario sprites.
By the way, I was talking with Virt about my progress. He mentioned that the outline for the skin could be more yellow/orange. I'm personally not up for that because it would mean I need to decrease the amount of hue shifting employed. Despite the fact that he did mention that there is a thing as too much hue shifting, I'm not comfortable with lowering my amount of hue shifting after I was told time and time again that my sprites and drawings need greater amounts of contrast.
Also, we talked about the possibility of Mario having a voice. Virt said that since Mario is the positive, passive protagonist, he should only use grunts; however, he also mentioned that I can go ahead with an actual voice if his characterization is interesting enough. My version of Mario is pretty nice, but he is also cocky, gets frustrated on occasion, and tends to wisecrack at any good opportunity. You can hear this sort of characterization through this.
https://soundcloud.com/e-man276/star-rod-first
With that said, I'm leaning towards giving him a voice.
As for the shadows on the limbs behind his body, Virt mentioned that I should keep them. They provide an additional bit of depth and I see them as pretty interesting.
Anyway, I will go ahead and make more parts for Paper Mario. A new post shall be made once I reach a good milestone with the progress. If you have any other suggestions, I'm willing to listen.
Before I go, there are two things on my mind. The first thing is that I when I flip and rotate the sprites, do I need to give those parts different shading layouts? My general idea is to just keep the shading the same no mater the orientation, but what do you guys think? As for my second question, what do you reckon the name of the series should be? My idea is the Paper Mario Chronicles, but I think you guys might have better ideas.
By the way, I was talking with Virt about my progress. He mentioned that the outline for the skin could be more yellow/orange. I'm personally not up for that because it would mean I need to decrease the amount of hue shifting employed. Despite the fact that he did mention that there is a thing as too much hue shifting, I'm not comfortable with lowering my amount of hue shifting after I was told time and time again that my sprites and drawings need greater amounts of contrast.
Also, we talked about the possibility of Mario having a voice. Virt said that since Mario is the positive, passive protagonist, he should only use grunts; however, he also mentioned that I can go ahead with an actual voice if his characterization is interesting enough. My version of Mario is pretty nice, but he is also cocky, gets frustrated on occasion, and tends to wisecrack at any good opportunity. You can hear this sort of characterization through this.
https://soundcloud.com/e-man276/star-rod-first
With that said, I'm leaning towards giving him a voice.
As for the shadows on the limbs behind his body, Virt mentioned that I should keep them. They provide an additional bit of depth and I see them as pretty interesting.
Anyway, I will go ahead and make more parts for Paper Mario. A new post shall be made once I reach a good milestone with the progress. If you have any other suggestions, I'm willing to listen.
Before I go, there are two things on my mind. The first thing is that I when I flip and rotate the sprites, do I need to give those parts different shading layouts? My general idea is to just keep the shading the same no mater the orientation, but what do you guys think? As for my second question, what do you reckon the name of the series should be? My idea is the Paper Mario Chronicles, but I think you guys might have better ideas.
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