my very first sprite

[cliffedge]

My first post contains my first sprite. how fitting


(I hope this is displayed correctly)

well this is the first sprite I ever made. Far from perfect and there are certainly some things I'm gonna change on her in the near future, but I just wanted you experts have a look at it.

because I'm stuck.

this nameless lady is some kind of white wizard, specialized in healing, with an armor, a shield and...well thats why I'm stuck. as a weapon she should have some kind of mace. I tried various things but didn't come up with anything (the thing I look for is something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co.../Maces.jpg )

is there any mace out there? or a rough form of something similar? and also have you noticed anything which I could improve on the sprite?

(sorry if there are any mistakes, English is not my mother language)

[prince_freeza]

well not bad for a first sprite man. i reckon you'll improve her in the future.
and wanna improve in spriting see some tutorials we have in the spriting section they might help you.

[MaGmaRinE]

To start with a female char, you're a rare guy ^^ that's not bad at all as the proportion isn't that wrong, but if possible, make her legs a bit thinner because they look like man's legs there. Putting a bit of light colors where the sun is supposed to shine from should perfect it a bit.
oh and i know it's not much but happy birthday!
-> a mace?
took me some mins to make it but as it's a single sprite it was quick, do what you want with it. Think it's a bit big, so just resize it

Edit: *walks back to pc* oh and almost forgot, welcome to the forum! =D

[cliffedge]

thanks for the warm welcome.

the mace is great! resized it an added a little stone, fits wonderfully.
Also added a bit more lighting and thinned the legs. looks better now.

thanks!

[Simoneon]

Welcome! Nice sprite.

Now your task is to create a char out of this.

Edit: below: That's what I meant ;D

[Silverthorn]

Welcome! Nice sprite.

Now your task is to create a char out of this.

I wouldn't go that far yet. Maybe create a few more single sprites to get used to the design. Only if you're certain of your skills, go for the whole char

[MaGmaRinE]

Well, if he has patience he can fairly make it become a char
If you're willing to continue this as a char, update your progress here please, want to see how it moves ^^

[snorsorbet]

Whoa, being your first sprite, that looks awesome! Do you have some earlier experience in computer graphics? And what program did you use to create it?

[cliffedge]

You guys can read minds. I thought of learning everything through char creation. I got a sheet and the breathing animations (with a little struggle). I'll try to make a gif when I got the walking animations done.

Whoa, being your first sprite, that looks awesome! Do you have some earlier experience in computer graphics? And what program did you use to create it?

I have no experience in computer graphics. I used to draw a little though. The program is photoshop (also no experience, but I'm learning )

[Jed37]

Ya know... I've made three characters, more or less, and I sprite FAR worse than that. Congrats on a great first sprite! It seems a bit small, but still looks awesome.
EDIT: Oops, just realized it wasn't being shown at its actual size. Looks like the proportions are about right.