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06-16-2013, 06:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-17-2013, 05:31 PM by Simoneon.)
(06-15-2013, 08:19 AM)YinYin Wrote: (06-15-2013, 07:23 AM)Siegvar Wrote: For the last year that I was active, I kept encouraging aspiring spriters with some skill to make full characters, and release them. On one hand it was sincere advice that would help them improve, and on the other hand I was hoping that it would inspire others to do the same, and really bring back that ecosystem of constant wonder... But you know, life gets in the way, keeps ppl busy, and LF2 slowly dies away in our lives. Stop being so grumpy.
Heh. Didn't mean for it to come across as grumpy. Now that you mention it though, it SURE sounds like I was grumpy. haha. Just thinking out aloud.
"I may devour the five continents, and swallow the three seas, but a body with neither wings, nor hands, nor feet, is powerless against the sky."
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1) DO NOT PM ME
2) Go read up on anatomy and proportions online. (google is your best friend)
3) Go read up on pencil sketching-shading.
4) Practice by making FULL character sheets. (Refer to bases and references if you have to, occasionally try doing things from scratch. You have to mix both methods; bases and without.)
5) DO NOT be an arrogant, self-righteous prick when people try to give useful critiques, and ignore the ones who are flaming idiots. (Flaming them back makes you one of them.)
6) Repeat steps 2 to 5 until you're happy, or you think you're good, then start sharing your knowledge with your fellow spriters.
7) Showcase your sprites. At first, do not be discouraged when you don't get any critiques, or lousy/generic critiques. Continue practicing and showcasing your work. With more sprites, it will be clearer what your strengths and weaknesses are, and people may be better able to give you better critique.
Lastly, if you think saying all this makes me an arrogant, self-righteous prick who is too selfish to share his knowledge...
Then I say you cannot recognise wisdom when I've just slapped you in the face with it. (Also, those steps are the same steps I used to get to where I am, I don't know any way else to truly learn.)
Unless you think its worth my time, go F*** yourselves. I'm not going to bother to even reply to PMs like "can you help me make this character?" anymore.
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