Sprites and more

Bernie · Sun 22/02/2004 21:54:29

Here are some sprites I'll most likely use in my game:

The girl sprite is older, I think I'll have to re-do her in my new style, she doesn't seem to fit in all that well.

And...

I was told that my drawing style looks like this anime show called 'Dragon Ball Z'. This was a bit of a shock for me, so... do my drawings and sprites really look like that?

Darth Mandarb · Sun 22/02/2004 21:55:47

There are some similarities sure .. but truthfully, I like your style better!

These pics look great!

I like the big dragon and love the 'portrait' graphics. Total style points.

This game is going to be soooo cool!

~ d

Las Naranjas · Mon 23/02/2004 00:56:17

only really insofar as they look stylistically Japanese, but I feel that it's more influenced by games than anime.

jannar85 · Mon 23/02/2004 01:12:59

I love the sprites! Always been a fan of this stuff... which game is it for?

James Kay · Mon 23/02/2004 01:18:29

Cool!
Does/will that dragon animate?

Nine Toes · Mon 23/02/2004 09:02:49

This is really excellent stuff. I've been watching your posts for some time, I'm really looking forward to see the game that these sprites will go into...

Nacho · Mon 23/02/2004 11:52:11

It really looks like manga, and manga made by a great artist, but it doesn't look like Akira Toriyama for me... I remember that Akira designed some characters for a series called The adventures of Fly (?). It looks like that.

But this is a great style, with great personality, there's no need to look for a Toriyama copy...

Great!!!

Bernie · Mon 23/02/2004 14:45:23

Thanks!

I just didn't want my drawings to look like someone else's style, it's important to me to have my own. I wanted some sort of manga-ish look, but not as big-eyed and uber-cute as some artists do em, it just wouldn't fit the theme of my game.
The sprites are supposed to not look as manga-ish, as a lot of people don't like manga/anime where I come from, and, judging from the comments, I got em right, yay!

jannar85 - I haven't announced the game yet, don't even have a name for it at the moment, so I can't answer the question for now.

James Kay - The dragon will animate, but only talking and a few gestures.

Well, here's what I got done so far:

*game engine finished, which is set up for 2 playable characters. There's a split-up mode, follow mode and single mode, and exchanging items. At some places it's possible to split up through a dialogue, and sometimes it happens automatically if the story demands it.

*4 Animated characters with 4 direction walking and talking, 8 frame walking cycle

*Different 'talk' animations for the kid, some additional animations like 'take' and 'getting up from bed'.

*Story outline, with the story of the first of five chapters completed.

Chicky · Mon 23/02/2004 15:57:52

love it,

totally unique style, do you use a tablet?

-OVC

Bernie · Tue 24/02/2004 19:05:18

Yes, but only for backgrounds and line art. Sprites are easier to do with a mouse.

Neole · Wed 25/02/2004 19:09:15

Wowzers! Very dastardly kwuel!

Azure · Wed 25/02/2004 19:16:51

Your style has a lot of features of Shonen ( boys) manga which Toriyama draws in so that's why people might have said that. You definatly have your own unique style though!

evilspacefart · Thu 26/02/2004 04:55:52

NICE!

Totoro · Tue 02/03/2004 15:52:15

Sorry I said that about Dragonball in the other Forum

Bernie · Tue 02/03/2004 22:28:17

Haha, nevermind... you weren't the only one who said that.

Nobody on the other board said anything when I tried to inquire a bit further, so I decided to ask here, since there's many talented artists around.

I'm just glad to have my own style, after all!