Now I've wanted to make a contribution into this for quite some time... however, I don't have THAT much spriting experience, and what especially scares me about this style is the anti-aliasing, not knowing what number of colors are acceptable in palettes are, etc. I think I could practice to get to a decent result, but I have a few questions about what might be acceptable for me to contribute to the thread:
1. If I was to do sketches of animation cycles (and when I say sketches, I mean the beginning of what would become sprites, not just pencil on paper sketches), would that be helpful at all in saving anyone time? I'm an animation major, not a pixel shading major. xD
2. Even if I don't contribute actual animations, could I talk about ideas I had for animations and sprites?
It'll be a lot easier for me to gauge what I can actually do after the semester ends... I've only go 3 more weeks, and I have so much more work to do. xD
11-30-2009, 07:56 PM (This post was last modified: 11-30-2009, 07:56 PM by Baegal.)
anti-aliasing is actually the easiest part IMO. if you drew the sprites with a line that is overlapping(?) into the other line, you add a gray pixel(for the outside)
Basically, you add one pixel of the gray to each edge of the outline for this style, same w/the inside, except you use a darker shade.
Can someone explain this more thoroughly? I didn't know how to word it.
As for the animating, that would help a ton IMO, because i suck at it :/
11-30-2009, 11:32 PM (This post was last modified: 12-01-2009, 12:05 AM by TomGuycott.)
I just have very little experience spriting. I have done some stuff before, and it wasn't TERRIBLE, but... I'll have to practice, and if nothing else I can at least try to help out by doing frames of animation that can be sprited over. I mainly just have a lot of ideas, most of which I don't think are currently in progress, but I could be wrong. To save you lots of headaches reading, I'll spoiler tag each section to keep the walls of text to an absolute minimum, since I have a tendency to go on and on.
The personal bane of my existence from Super Mario RPG, as well as what I consider to be the coolest of Smithy's Gang. This one is probably one of the harder ones I've thought of trying, but I just have a lot of fun ideas for him.
Overworld Aspects:
-Poses for Toad disguises (walking, talking, transforming into Yaridovich, etc)
-Basic poses (Standing, talking, maybe walking)
-A pose where he's shrouded in his cape and then whips it out of the way dramatically
-A spear stabbing animation (I just imagine it'd be funny if he offered to heal you a la Rubicante from FFIV, only to go "PSYCHE!" and stab at you, forcing you to jump to avoid taking damage or getting stunned)
Battle Aspects:
-Possibly battle sprites for the Toad disguises?
-Pinwheel on the back of his head spins before he attacks with his spear to determine which Bro he stabs (Left Mario, right Luigi)
-Seperate animations for standard attacks and idle poses for whether he has just his regular spear out, or whether he's using his head as the spear's tip (If his head is regular, he can't be jumped on, if it's on his spear, he can get jumped on).
-Phasing into two Yaridoviches, as well as splitting into Drillbits, and perhaps back the other way.
-Heat Stone: Could probably just be like the Mystery Meteor from the actual M&L3, only without the question mark. Essentially, he'd summon it down, and the bros take turns deflecting it back at him.. either he'd get hit each time, or block and block until either the player or Yaridovich messed up and took damage. Also, can only perform when his head is on straight
-Water Blast: Kind of a big liberty here changing the nature of this attack. Instead of being small explosions that lead to a big explosion, picture this: With his head on the end of his spear, he stabs the spear (and in effect his head) into the ground. Then the spear head would repeatedly burst out of the ground in a motion forward over and over down the center of the screen, and would approach one of the bros depending on which way his face is facing (If you can see his eyes, it aims for Luigi, if not, for Mario). I probably won't do this one because it's not an actual attack he does, but it is interesting, and I would do it if someone actually wanted to see it... It's hard to describe without a sketch to show it though.
-Possible alternate palettes, such as Machine Made, X battle Palette, and maybe a rust palette (remember how Ton's RPG boss sheets sometimes featured rusty alternate palettes?). Another fun idea is the inclusion of an Overheated sheet, like if he fought Bowser and got burned with fire to the point that he glowed red. Just an idea... Better yet, what if that set his cape on fire?
Another Super Mario RPG relic of... tiny proportions. A really, really small character, but I could make up for his smallness with an abundance of fun animations.
Thought about Culex, but he's being made already probably.
One of my favorite characters from SMRPG... Okay, I think I've realized by now that most of my ideas are for characters from the original Mario RPG, so... yeah. xD Not much in the way of ideas for this guy, though, other than ideas for how to animate him that's really just in my head and is too difficult to describe in text. However, I assume the list of attacks I would have for him would be punching, riding his locomotive, calling out Snifits, throwing bombs, and maybe biting... he just has such big chompers!
Those are all the ones I can think of at the moment, I know I had more ideas. In reality, I doubt I'd even get to finish one any time soon though... I will get to START some though, after school is over. Then I'll see if I can actually manage to help. xD
ok so i have begun work on the shyguy ghost's different angles here is what i got so far,also i was wondering if u should give it a shadow under it and if i should make hime move up and down when he is moving?? so any ideas? o yea keep in mind i still am not done so please let me know when i need to fix something
12-01-2009, 01:23 PM (This post was last modified: 12-01-2009, 01:24 PM by Mageker.)
That... weapon it has (well I don't know what is it exactly :/) should change the angle along the Shy Guy Ghost (I mean in the side poses).
Oh, and moving it up and down could be a good idea, I guess, since it is floating.
12-01-2009, 05:08 PM (This post was last modified: 12-01-2009, 05:08 PM by Tornado of Fury.)
(12-01-2009, 01:23 PM)Mageker Wrote: That... weapon it has (well I don't know what is it exactly :/) should change the angle along the Shy Guy Ghost (I mean in the side poses).
Oh, and moving it up and down could be a good idea, I guess, since it is floating.
ok i will see what i can come up with so should he have a shadow also i was wondering if there are any colors of it??
(12-01-2009, 01:23 PM)Mageker Wrote: That... weapon it has (well I don't know what is it exactly :/) should change the angle along the Shy Guy Ghost (I mean in the side poses).
Oh, and moving it up and down could be a good idea, I guess, since it is floating.
ok i will see what i can come up with so should he have a shadow also i was wondering if there are any colors of it??
12-02-2009, 11:32 PM (This post was last modified: 12-02-2009, 11:44 PM by Mallacxo.)
(12-02-2009, 10:52 PM)J-bit Wrote: If no ones doing it, I could do a Hammer Luigi.
Too late man, I'm already doing a M&L 3 Styled Hammer Luigi.
Proof...and I asked permission to Ridge Koopa for the helmet and the shell of his buzzle beetle as well.
Edit:
Oh and here is my Raccoon Luigi so far. I'll add more poses later:
12-03-2009, 07:40 PM (This post was last modified: 12-03-2009, 08:03 PM by TheHacker.)
(12-02-2009, 11:32 PM)Xralls Wrote:
(12-02-2009, 10:52 PM)J-bit Wrote: If no ones doing it, I could do a Hammer Luigi.
Too late man, I'm already doing a M&L 3 Styled Hammer Luigi.
Proof...and I asked permission to Ridge Koopa for the helmet and the shell of his buzzle beetle as well.
Edit:
Oh and here is my Raccoon Luigi so far. I'll add more poses later:
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