12-21-2010, 03:52 PM
Yeah, working in silhouette is a very good idea! You might want to start with doing loose sketches or something (pixelled or with a pencil, whatever works) to get a rough idea of shape, then work in silhouette.
Ordinarily I'd say "work small when you're silhouetting", but I guess that's a little redundant when we're talking about sprites anyway :V
Once you've got a silhouette down you can start blocking in basic colours, again keeping it fairly loose and tightening it up / refining it once you've got the basic shapes of each colour settled.
Eventually you probably won't have to work in silhouette very often because your sense of shape will just naturally get stronger. Just make sure you revisit the method every now and then to re-establish it in your brain C:
Ordinarily I'd say "work small when you're silhouetting", but I guess that's a little redundant when we're talking about sprites anyway :V
Once you've got a silhouette down you can start blocking in basic colours, again keeping it fairly loose and tightening it up / refining it once you've got the basic shapes of each colour settled.
Eventually you probably won't have to work in silhouette very often because your sense of shape will just naturally get stronger. Just make sure you revisit the method every now and then to re-establish it in your brain C:
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