Sprites - reaper

[Silverthorn]

Just a small hint from my side: do NOT use fully saturated colors except if you're aiming for a comic-like style. From my own experience I can say that saturation values between 0 and 75% work best, special things like explosions or the like can be fully saturated. But in general, refrain from using those colors

By the way it really helps if you study elements in real life, look at trees, bushes, etc to get their shape right

[Reaper]

hm... I don't think that I used fully saturated colours, but maybe still too much.
Anyway, another bg. Unfortunately I ruined the perspective( two vanishing points isn't normal LF2-style .D) but it nevertheless turned out quite well.
Background of the bg is missing, I will try to draw my own clouds for that.
Btw: Do you also draw things like the moon just with a brush? I can't imagine doing that.

Spoiler (Click to View)

*deleted*

btw2: test my char. Again made some changes, but as nobody tested the last version, you won't find out.

[Silverthorn]

well, what can I say? It's getting better but.... The house looks somehow like a trapezoid... :P

[skelguardian]

Well.. I like the last one more.. except, like bp mentioned, the perspective of the house is a bit wrong ^^..
unless u wanted something like this?


But if u want to create the 3d effect, it need to be more like this.


u see, at the end of the house the front isn't shown. (Don't really know how to explain, but u get the picture )

[Reaper]

slow reply. And yeah, as I said, I made the perspective wrong. But I also gave a wrong reasoning.

But seriously. I am not posting to answer that perspective-thingy. After a long time( had to write my story which still nearly isn't commented at all) I started spriting again. Somehow not a bg( although there now is this great tut of Alectric), but a standing sprite
Haven't done a male sprite that is worth to mention it, so it probably isn't really perfect. Made from scratch, but I had woody beside him to compare the proportions.( not dennis, although it may look like it.)
As I haven't practiced much, I probably have the same problems as before( mainly shading), but I am glad that my first real try after weeks of abstinence has become quite good(You could also see this as a "I am back" post). He only lacks a bit originality but anyway.

Btw: I guess I will get more answers on this in an hour than on my story in two weeks...
Btw2: I know, eyebrows are too light. Noticed it after posting and i am too lazy to change it + must go off.

[XLittlebob252]

i see some 1 in back.
nice job man that looks very good good job man.

[Ascor]

the house looks weird XD
i did my skatepark with such perspective thingy
i can explain it to you if you want

(pm)

[Silverthorn]

Btw: I guess I will get more answers on this in an hour than on my story in two weeks...

Most members have a reading-phobia. Obviously and sadly.

Anyways, you got a quite..... different style going on. It looks quite nice, honestly. In terms of lf2-styledness it's probably a little more strange. Overlaying it on an lf2-sprite you'll notice that your legs have gotten quite thin. That's basically the main point. You could've used the shading a little stronger, especially in the hair (where I can't see any highlights). Rest is really nice

[Reaper]

Just realized that I have never tried to make a face pic

Spoiler (Click to View)

, so now I made one

Thank you BP for your tutorial/ walkthrough.
I somehow got addicted to the sprite I posted before. Maybe I will turn it into a char? Haven't done a melee char up to now. Of course after correcting the mistakes.( Btw: @BP: He is too thin in general, also his body.)
The funny thing is that the "darn easy" hair shading and the outlining( now THAT should be easy) went a bit wrong. Have to experimentate a bit around to get that right.

Was a bit difficult because I switched between GIMP/photofiltre very often, because I can't work with GIMP, but sometimes I have to.

[XLittlebob252]

nice face but looks more manly than girly XD
but still cool.