Tutorials

big brother · Sat 20/11/2004 22:12:23

I made this background tutorial a while ago, but some of you may still find it useful.

http://herculeaneffort.adventuredevelopers.com/tutorials/ian/background.html

viktor · Mon 17/01/2005 18:16:14

I found these great tutorials. Maybee not for games but great for GUIs and websites.

http://www.absolutecross.com/tutorials/

Damien · Sat 26/02/2005 21:16:39

I've been looking Andrew Loomis' pdf books, but the saveloomis site doesn't host them anymore. Searching the net I found one zip including 5 of his books in odf format:
-Creative illustration
-Drawing the heads and hands
-Eye of the painter
-Fun with a pencil
-Succesfull drawing

Get it while it's still online here:
Loomis Books.zip - 129mb

Queen Kara · Sat 02/04/2005 15:13:19

Estaog · Sat 02/04/2005 16:48:11

Umm.... why did you post broken links?

Scummbuddy · Mon 04/04/2005 14:57:59

so we can see about getting them fixed....

magintz · Fri 15/04/2005 13:55:27

Found a nice one today, worth a look at for making walk animations. It's based aeound flash but the idea is all the same

http://www.eyeteach.com/

MrColossal · Sat 16/04/2005 20:22:22

[cleaning out the contributions thread, reposted by eric, originally posted by lo_res_man, thank you Steve]

It may be weird seen a hi res art teplate from ME, but here you go...

this is the VERY large( in IMAGE size not file size) verson that you first draw. it is done with the curve tool and the 2 line width marker for small details

and here it is after you copy it to Irfan view and did a 50%resize, with the RESAMPLE on.

Here is stage one of outer edge lighter colours removal, done inÃ,Â ms-paint

and here is stage two. Almost done!

And here is the done sprite, perfact for uploading into AGS
NOTES.You MUST copy the double line image in a EVEN number image size. That uses the least colours. And allows you to do the one-two unwanted edging removelÃ,Â the way I did.
AND here he is. M'Lud in Boxers!

this is a template to show how i make hi res charactors, hope it helps.

Neutron · Fri 22/04/2005 18:25:17

here's my tutorial http://home.att.net/~zolgnar/grassyplane2.htm
it covers the making of: sky, distant mountains, and a grassy plane, and teaches you how to make an image pipe in GIMP.

rika · Thu 14/07/2005 20:07:36

Anyone who has music doubts can ask me... I'm no pro but I got some very compositions on a guitar site.

RocketBoy · Tue 26/07/2005 15:16:30

After a bit of online research on walcycles (especially front walk cycles), here is my best find:

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~rpyjp/a_notes/anim_contents.html

Make sure to check the following link in that site; good references for front walkcycle are rare!

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~rpyjp/a_notes/walk_reference_03.html

EDIT: Check also
http://www.anticz.com/Walks.htm

Mr Flibble · Tue 09/08/2005 23:21:28

Heres a good colouring tutorial. I've heard it described as "best ever".
http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm

Enjoy.

AlbinoPanther · Wed 10/08/2005 22:23:15

we need good character tut. if it's not good give us any just please help

Mr Flibble · Wed 10/08/2005 22:36:21

Heres a tut about how to make a character (not draw) penned by myself for some website.

http://www.fangames.co.uk/V6/features/index.php?feature=6

AlbinoPanther · Thu 11/08/2005 00:54:48

Quote from: Mr Flibble on Wed 10/08/2005 22:36:21
Heres a tut about how to make a character (not draw) penned by myself for some website.

thanks this help us a bit

but still don't know how to draw character.Increator said that that is more like a skill and it is skill but every skill in some point is learned from somewhere.Do anybody knows where to find character DRAW

tut. thanks for help

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Thu 11/08/2005 01:47:33

I'm not really sure about drawing characters being a skill you can learn from a tutorial. I don't read drawing tutorials anyway, didn't go to school for art (Electronic Engineering), and I don't consider myself particularly gifted. To draw a really good character (I think) all you need is:

1. A really good idea (only imagination can provide this)
2. Alot of patience and dedication.

If you're really stuck for ideas, try to work out the size and detail you want and then look at some reference sprites that fit your requirements. I am not an advocate of paint overs, I don't feel you learn anything useful by drawing over someone else's work. Using it as a visual aid, however, can often be useful.

Mr Flibble · Thu 11/08/2005 15:18:34

Photos/Other sprites are invaluable when you're starting out.
If you played my one room game The Find, the player character was the only bit I considered finished. And I drew his standing view (never seen in the game though) whilst looking intently at Boston Low from The Dig, as that was the type of character I wanted to draw.

If you're going low res, and it doesnt look right to you, play about with it. One pixel can make a pile of difference.

Andail · Thu 13/10/2005 14:32:27

As a response to recent troubles with perspective with two viewpoints.
A little step-by-step 2 tutorial. It's rather self explanatory.

x2

Nine Toes · Mon 17/10/2005 10:33:54

Was doing some research on how to add more detail to isometric pixel art, and found this: http://rhysd.syntesis.org/tutorial/.

FlyRider · Mon 31/10/2005 13:10:15

Andail, your "Create an installation program for your game"-link does not work...

http://www.xoing.com/member/bobjonesiscool14/tutorials/install.html