12-11-2015, 07:07 PM
So while ago I made a sprite of a Shovel Knight themed Batman dubbed "The Dark Knight" and decided to have another go at it recently. At first, I tackled it in that "Super" Shovel Knight style I've become used to.
![[Image: thedarkknight_by_gardow-d9jgts0.gif]](http://orig09.deviantart.net/d6e5/f/2015/342/e/6/thedarkknight_by_gardow-d9jgts0.gif)
And then it hit me. For how much love I throw at this game, I've never actually tried to sprite in the official style. I've even had debates with friends about why I feel a Shovel Knight sequel should remain 8-bit rather than take the Super route, and yet that's all I ever did myself. So then this happened.
![[Image: the_dark_knight_by_gardow-d9jhgc8.gif]](http://orig05.deviantart.net/30ae/f/2015/342/3/6/the_dark_knight_by_gardow-d9jhgc8.gif)
Personally, I like this one a lot more. It's got everything the 16-bit take has without the mess. After this, I remembered I had made another fan-knight not that long ago.
![[Image: cannonknighttest_by_gardow-d9jsr9k.gif]](http://orig14.deviantart.net/1fa5/f/2015/345/a/f/cannonknighttest_by_gardow-d9jsr9k.gif)
Again, I like the outcome a lot more, even if the Super versions are shinier and all that. The big blast and cannon ball come straight from the game, as I tried to keep in line with the cannons you run into in the Flying Machine. There's no real conclusion here, have a nice day? Lets go with that, have a nice day.
I am the clunky night.
And then it hit me. For how much love I throw at this game, I've never actually tried to sprite in the official style. I've even had debates with friends about why I feel a Shovel Knight sequel should remain 8-bit rather than take the Super route, and yet that's all I ever did myself. So then this happened.
I'm not the OC this fandom deserves, but I'm the one I could come up with at 4AM.
Personally, I like this one a lot more. It's got everything the 16-bit take has without the mess. After this, I remembered I had made another fan-knight not that long ago.
C'mon Shovel Knight he's right there, just bounce on his head!
Again, I like the outcome a lot more, even if the Super versions are shinier and all that. The big blast and cannon ball come straight from the game, as I tried to keep in line with the cannons you run into in the Flying Machine. There's no real conclusion here, have a nice day? Lets go with that, have a nice day.