First attempt in spriting and background art (UPDATED)

[JoelMayer]

hey! thanks ryan, looks nice! but i don't know, since he's a cartoon character, maybe the black outlines are more suitable? i'm still not sure whether i want to go with hi res painted backgrounds or something more like woodruff and the schnibble of azimuth (http://www.mobygames.com/game/win3x/bizarre-adventures-of-woodruff-and-the-schnibble/screenshots)

well... decisions decisions... i probably have to try out both ways 

[Afflict]

Seriously I reckon try him with jsut darker outlines of the color the lines are attached too.

IMO the one pixel outline already looks better. If you look at the bizarre adventures of woodruff you can see that
they also use color outlines.

PS: That reminds me a lot of the style Gobliiins was made in

[JoelMayer]

its by the same company which made the goblin series: coktel vision. they were bought by sierra. but as for the outlines, i too think i'm gonna leave them.

[JoelMayer]

well i'm trying to get a room done in graphics gale. i'm in a spriting feaver at the moment but i'm just not very good at it. besides, i think graphics gale is not a very comfortable software to work with. would it be blasphemy, to do pixel art with photoshop? 

well here it is



the white thing in the right corner is supposed to become a bed. i had a lot of trouble with the light sources...

i constructed a grid for that room. if anyone need one richt now, here it is (far from completion):



it could be probably done much nicer than this, but well... maybe that would be a neat idea, post some perspective grids in a 320 x 240 resolution?

let me know what you think!

[skitzo]

Everything Looks Great!

[JoelMayer]

See first page for update!

[Buckethead]

Wow your girl friend is a very talented wood modeler. The program Zbrush might be nice for her to try. With that program you can sculpt in 3d and make that sort of things on your pc instead of carving in wood. 

[Questionable]

... i think graphics gale is not a very comfortable software to work with. would it be blasphemy, to do pixel art with photoshop...

Absolutely not. You can use whatever program or methods of creating art that you like, as long as it will function and it's enjoyable to look at, no-on will really mind! I use Photoshop, MS-Paint, Deluxe Paint Animation and Pro Motion. Depending on what it is that i'm doing, or the look i'm trying to achieve I switch between these programs.

The means are less important than thends. It's the bottom line, the final product that we care about, so don't try to appease the pixel gods by working in a bad art environment, they would much prefer it if you did what you were comfortable with!

[JoelMayer]

Wow your girl friend is a very talented wood modeler. The program Zbrush might be nice for her to try. With that program you can sculpt in 3d and make that sort of things on your pc instead of carving in wood.  Smiley

Thanks, i'll let her know! But the scultpure was actually made in clay, not wood. Yeah, i already tried to convince her about ZBrush or Mudbox or something like that, but she thinks she could not ever learn such a program. Well, i think i'll show her the trial, since even i understand the program .

@Questionable

I returned to Photoshop already Waiting for the new DP Clone from the Forgotten Element Guys now. I think i'll also check out ProMotion for Animation.

Thanks!