Well I've been spriting for this project on and off for a long time, and I'm convinced that I should actually complete it now.
So here we go.

Here's the start of a tileset I started a while ago

and then the start of an actual grass tileset -

pipes -

bonus house -


and a couple little WIPs -



It's not much, but I kind of like some of it (the koopa is a major WIP)

Now seeing as I'm trying to get these to look as good as possible, I would like you guys to give me some comment and crits that really will help me improve them. Tear them apart if you must, I just need to get them to look better.

Bullet Bills -

My animator decided to be kinda weird here, but I'm just leaving them as is for now. you get the general idea anyways.



Goombas -
I think it might be looking a little bit better now




Cheers guys

The tileset looks pretty good. So do the bill launcher and the shyguys.

As for the characters, something about Boo looks weird; it makes him look stupid (as in, incredibly unintelligent). I think it's his eyebrows.

Mario and Luigi also look like they could use a bit of help on their faces.

Other than that, though, it all looks good to me.

The tilesets wouldn't look out of place on a cellphone game IMO.

I don't like the tree

rest is p. much good.

(05-17-2010, 07:37 AM)*Gorsal* Wrote: I don't like the tree

rest is p. much good.

This.

so I'll work on fixing up the boo, but what do you mean by 'the mario bros could use some help on their faces'? What exactly should I fix?
Also, care to elaborate on the problems with the tree?


thank you guys for this so far

(05-17-2010, 09:29 AM)Fez Wrote: (...) what do you mean by 'the mario bros could use some help on their faces'?(...)

Their faces aren't that good; the nose looks pointy and Mario lacks a chin.

Fez Wrote:Also, care to elaborate on the problems with the tree?

The problem is that the tree doesn't look like a tree. Make the leaves more bushy; right now, it looks like a piece of green clay on top of a stump.

The problem with the tree is that, in the Mario universe, things like trees tend to be simetric.

That is some beautiful work.

well I'm having some difficulties fixing up the tree, so you might have to bear with me for a bit on that one. I think I fixed up the boo, but something still looks slightly off on the mario bros' faces - can't quite name it though.

Also I'd like some critiques on the bullet bill animations please.
I put in some very WIP goomba animations that I'd really like some help with too.

the bullet bill is smooth enough to my eyes, although i'd fix how the small bits of shading jump in every frame in the middle part.

I'd say that anything related to bullet bills on this page is definitely the best stuff on this page. They're really good!

As for the Goomba animation, the one with headbob looks better, but at least some head turn would be good (Goombas really wouldn't be able to walk without it).

(05-18-2010, 10:30 AM)Francisco Cifuentes Wrote: the bullet bill is smooth enough to my eyes, although i'd fix how the small bits of shading jump in every frame in the middle part.

Thank you for pointing this out, can't believe I hadn't noticed it before. I fixed it in the animation, but I haven't done so to the sheet yet.

And I tried having the goomba turn, but uh -__-
yeah I can't get it to look right. At all. Is it any better though?

No, when he puts his right foot forwoard, he should turn right, and vice versa. At the moments, he is just turning his head. He also shouldn't turn it that close to the view.

make it turn less and invert the turning direction.