E-Man's Sprite R & D

[E-Man]

Hm, okay then, ShyGuy.

I manly created those GIFs to test how the walking works. I wasn't expecting the actual GIFs to be used. Many people were complaining that my Goomba was sliding its feet, so that's why I did the transition test, too.

Without going through all the trouble of creating a transition test, you think this version of the walking sprite cuts it, or do you see any sliding?


As for the human, I generally shade from a diagonal direction going downwards (usually to the right). I typically don't draw this point because I always imagine it. Also, my usual rule for shading is that the amount of shadows and darkness increases when it is further away from the light (i.e. in places the light normally can't reach from that angle).

Right now, though, since this is the earliest point of my human, the shading is far from being final. I thank you for the advice you have given me, ShyGuy, but I'm still scratching my head on how to apply your coding to my sprites.

Anyway, the real problem I'm facing is trying to prevent the limbs from merging with each other. This is an attempt at the "selective outlines" I was talking about, but it doesn't look that right to me.



Maybe they would look better if I were to apply a highlight on the limbs instead. What would you suggest?