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Slissith's nooby sprites - Slissith - 05-27-2010
Hi there. The name's Slissith. I recently joined this forum having heard of it as a spriter place. I'm not really good at spriting, I do it as a hobby as it's really fun.
Here's a Dry Bones sprite I've working on recently.
![[Image: DryBones.png]](http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr127/Sladarodium/DryBones.png)
The thorax has been changed,but you can still see the old one.The head is taken from a Google Images found sprite. It was however, reshaded entirely.
The shell and the thorax are mine completely (you can tell, can't you?)
The hands and feet were taken from the M and L sprite next to mine but they were reshaded entirely as well.
Well, rate/comment/love/hate(not recommended)/flame(not recommended either) Away!
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - GrooveMan.exe - 05-27-2010
Uhhh.
Only Insects have thoraxes, as far as I can recall. Just say 'chest' or 'abdomen'
Since you actually have a reference sprite here, it should be clearer what colours and shading patterns would be sensible. Look at the chest you've drawn, and the reference sprite. See how they differ?
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - The KKM - 05-27-2010
(05-27-2010, 06:24 PM)GrooveMan.exe Wrote: Uhhh.
Only Insects have thoraxes, as far as I can recall. Just say 'chest' or 'abdomen'
Since you actually have a reference sprite here, it should be clearer what colours and shading patterns would be sensible. Look at the chest you've drawn, and the reference sprite. See how they differ?
Unless it is different in English, in here it makes sense to say thorax- the thorax is the "box" made of bones enclosuing the lungs and heart. Since Dry Bones is a skeleton, he doesn't have a chest, but a thorax.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - GrooveMan.exe - 05-27-2010
Oh right? Fair enough, I stand corrected.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Cobalt Blue - 05-27-2010
having such a reference, all i could suggest you at this point is to work more on the outline, so it would actually resemble the original character,
WITHOUT tracing it. just try to mimic it by eye.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Slissith - 05-28-2010
@GrooveMan.exe
Alright, changed the thorax bones. Made them thicker and coloured them to match the reference.
@Francisco Cifuentes
What do you mean by working on the outline? You mean the shell? Or should the thorax's right outline move to the left at some point?
Without tracing, you mean without copying, right?
Well ok, I've found a brilliant reference image. So, I might make some tweaks in accordance to that image using the current colors.
Suggestions are welcome, by the way
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Lexou Duck - 05-28-2010
The palette is a little too dark.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Slissith - 05-28-2010
(05-28-2010, 07:12 AM)Lexou Wrote: The palette is a little too dark.
In which parts exactly? Propably the head, right?
EDIT: Did a minor pallete switch and changed the skull a litle.
![[Image: DryBones-1.png]](http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr127/Sladarodium/DryBones-1.png)
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Neslug - 05-28-2010
The head shouldn't be right on top of the shell, look at the ML
iT sprite you have there for example. The head is connected by an invisible neck, yours simply has the head placed straight on the top. Also the arms should be more on the sides and a little lower down. Still, it's a vast improvement over the other ones.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Slissith - 05-29-2010
(05-28-2010, 10:53 AM)Neslug Wrote: The head shouldn't be right on top of the shell, look at the ML
Better?
![[Image: DryBones-2.png]](http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr127/Sladarodium/DryBones-2.png)
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Tea - 05-29-2010
No, read what he said. Look at the ML
iT sprite for an example.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Slissith - 05-30-2010
(05-29-2010, 11:50 PM)Tea Wrote: No, read what he said. Look at the ML
Hmmmm... what about now?
I didn't move the head simply because in the animated idle, it will move up and down.
![[Image: DryBones-3.png]](http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr127/Sladarodium/DryBones-3.png)
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Lexou Duck - 05-30-2010
Still, it's placement makes him look really uptight.
Maybe lean it forward.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Slissith - 05-30-2010
(05-30-2010, 07:26 AM)Lexou Wrote: Still, it's placement makes him look really uptight.
Maybe lean it forward.
The head, right? Ok then.
RE: Slissith's nooby sprites - Neslug - 05-30-2010
The legs also look stiff (try bending them a little) and like those are its feet, not shoes (the ML
iT sprite isn't a really great example for that though).