you too, were once NOOB artists

Nacho · Thu 26/10/2006 12:49:27

Here, some of the early work...

George Lucas, Mark "M0ds" and CJ... Then it comes a ripp of Sophia Happgood in bikini. Andail, an icon I designed for hosting a sprite Jam. Then, early attempts of cartoony. Me over the body of Sam, the dog, and then James Brown, Ray Charles, Aretha, Dave Gilbert and Rodekill... The last one in that row is the last sprite I made using more than 16 colours, before BB crushed me in critics lounge.

The rest are entries or examples when hosting SJ. Older than the "zillion colours naked guy", though. God, I even used the blur tool for the naked girl... $:-\$

An old BG I am quite proud...

And something new, to compare...

This one is good because allows to compare how I made the cartoony versions of AGSers, and how I do them now. Chrille is there, in both versions. Following him it' s Goldmund, Layabout, Pumaman and Grundy. I think I ripped Bernard' s leg for that last one...

Dave Gilbert · Thu 26/10/2006 15:00:23

Doodled these guys in msPaint one day in 2002. They eventually turned into Joey and Rosa from BoE/Blackwell Legacy.

Sad to say that my skills haven't improved much since those days.

SSH · Thu 26/10/2006 17:09:52

Joey the slug!

TerranRich · Thu 26/10/2006 19:50:52

Hah, at least you guys HAVE skills. Christ, I couldn't draw like that if I tried.

Babar · Thu 26/10/2006 20:23:13

Background work in chronological order:

Sprite work also in chronological order:

What have I learnt? That I can't draw in hi-res. And that apparently I can make backgrounds better than I can make people.

Vel · Thu 26/10/2006 20:52:04

OMG n00bs! Your art just seems to get worse with years. Especially Farlander's, Progz's and Eric's. I really really really loathe your miserable attempts at drawing!

Spoiler

Yeah, I wish I could draw something that was as good. :/

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lo_res_man · Thu 26/10/2006 21:44:55

This was the first sprite I posted, I am still fond of it, and will continue to make a game for him.

and these are my first hi res sprites. hopw to get better as I do more. and so will you.

Haddas · Fri 27/10/2006 12:27:29

There's this:

(evolved with crit into)

Here's a series of guys I drew:

My favourite work:

Became with the suggestions by loominous:

Bonus 10,000 years later pic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Haddas/Drawings/planetplus10kv4.jpg

eddie hitler · Fri 27/10/2006 16:13:32

Im REALLY enjoying this, keep em comin.

nihilyst · Fri 27/10/2006 16:37:20

I am astonished by the quality of what others call "poop" ^^ Unfortunately I don't have any of my old graphics on this PC.

eddie hitler · Sat 28/10/2006 16:51:12

I wanna see more

MrColossal · Sat 28/10/2006 17:10:51

http://kafkaskoffee.com/images/art/sprites/spritejam/

here are a bunch of images from the original sprite jam I started on IRC many years ago...

This is quite old stuff here.

eddie hitler · Sun 29/10/2006 16:11:31

MrColossal, there's some really funny stuff there, a few too many naked fat men for my liking, but loving it anyways! Your input is much appreciated. KEEP THEM COMING!

thewalrus · Mon 30/10/2006 17:00:23

Great looking stuff from everyone..... damn I wish I knew how to draw like you guys...... maybe some day......

Ghormak · Mon 30/10/2006 17:17:36

Not only did I use to be a noob artist, I still am one!

This is 4 years old. It was for a game called Monk Island that I never finished.

This is 3.5 years old. It was for an unnamed game that I never finished.

This is recent! It's for a game called Z-Like that ~~I never finished~~ I'm still making. When it's done, I intend to invoke my powers of persuasion on an unfortunate pixel artist to make people not vomit when they look at it.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Tue 31/10/2006 02:21:56

Do I see a ninja?

Janik · Tue 31/10/2006 03:20:59

You guys are too good! *hangs head in shame*

Ghormak · Tue 31/10/2006 08:23:13

Quote from: ProgZmax on Tue 31/10/2006 02:21:56
Do I see a ninja?

It's not supposed to be one in the final game, but I have to stick to the stuff I know when creating my beatiful temporary programmer art!

RyRayer · Tue 31/10/2006 11:27:59

Yes I was and I still am.

Buckethead · Tue 31/10/2006 14:29:13

I am still a noob too...

Here's the first character I drew:

And here's what it became with the help of many talented people:

I think everyone should post their first image (if possible). Not images that really own, like they always were the shit.