Ethan's sprites

[ethanara]

here is some of my sprites:

My sprites (Click to View)

karate davis


Itachi + Rudolf = Itaru ^^Which one of those is the best?

my first try to recolor a sprite. Dont know what he is .

Louis Ex marmaid version. Sucks soo much
My first from scratch sprite. Its "no one, but donald duck!"

Please say what you mean about those.
I would try to make my first from base or scratch soon (too lazy to do it).
I send more in later.

[prince_freeza]

nice for a beginner watch some tutorial to improve.
best one imo is that karate davis. and what do you use to make these sprites? id say paint isnt it?

[ethanara]

Paint.net and some times GIMP
I also mean that Karate davis is the best but have used most time on the Itaru one.

[Reaper]

What's bugging me about the karate davis is that some parts of his old trowsers are still visible. Same with the recoloured one. also karate-davis is lacking shading.
Other than that they are not too bad. What you have to avoid is using those fully saturated (aka. neon) colours. Especially the recoloured guy has that problem.
Itachi looks ok, but I'd prefer a slightly brighter tone so that you can see shadows and highlights. Additionally, please stick to a neutral background, the red hurts the eyes over time. I prefer the first version btw.
Still, not bad for a newcomer. I'd like to see some more, but I'd advice you not to do sratches yet, stick to a base for now.

[forgetlatios]

paint.net
1) adjust brush size...
2) (did you?) zoom in to ~=800%
3) how do you use it??(i mean how you draw sprites with it?)
4) hoorah someone else uses it...

btw: yea karate looks best, but shade...

[ethanara]

paint.net
1) adjust brush size...
2) (did you?) zoom in to ~=800%
3) how do you use it??(i mean how you draw sprites with it?)
4) hoorah someone else uses it...

btw: yea karate looks best, but shade...

When i find the idea , for example the karate one, i just painted him white with brush size 2 and then a black belt, starting to shade ( need a bit more practice at shading), zooming 700% in it

[lewb0312]

I am not so good at make sprites so i does not know abot they are good or not but i mean karate davis is the best.

[LutiChris]

I have a feeling ur gonna become alright here
usin paint is a great way to start....i can't seem to notice where u used gimp?

karate davis is the best.

...so far tht is...

@down
as i said: paint is a great way to start...

[ethanara]

I have a feeling ur gonna become alright here

Thx
update: shaded karate davis a bit more, i'm going to make a baby (dont ask why)

[8obis]

update: shaded karate davis a bit more

Try using a even darker colour like grey for the shadding. But i do think your gonna get better. Reading some tuts really helps. I find my way with these:
PF's sprite detail tutorial
Eddie's base making tutorial
Chishio's shading, hair and head tutorial
Alolectric's 2 in 1 head tutorial
Gad's random sprite making

And you could try doing more than just simple edits. Make some new hair, clothes. If you wan't to make it better make a new face maybe add a weapon and so on.

Anyway hope i helped

~RtXaS~