RoboGuy9000 103 July 2, 2012 Share July 2, 2012 So I've been wanting to make sprites, stuff that looks like this. I know MS Paint has a pixel grid, and if I zoom in I can make sprites, but is this suggested if I want to use these sprites in a game? Or should I work with other programs? If so suggest me some. I'd also like some tips on sprite making itself, how to make them look appealing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterone 1,204 July 2, 2012 Share July 2, 2012 Bro. Bro bro bro bro bro bro broooooo.... bro. MS Paint will work just fine for sprites. Heck, I can do a nice non-sprite picture with Paint. 1 It's ironic how I fall just to get back up again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 2, 2012 Author Share July 2, 2012 Ah okay, however what file type is commonly used in pixelated game sprites nowadays, that's something else I'm curious about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letterone 1,204 July 2, 2012 Share July 2, 2012 Ah okay, however what file type is commonly used in pixelated game sprites nowadays, that's something else I'm curious about. That I don't know about. I suggest Google. It's ironic how I fall just to get back up again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Midnight 817 July 2, 2012 Share July 2, 2012 i believe gifs are the most common file.....but i dunno Electrobolt is my waifu x3 Midnight moon (my main OC) siggy by: Toa of Ponies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 2, 2012 Author Share July 2, 2012 (edited) A problem with paint though is the lack of transparency, should I make the sprite in paint, then get rid of the background in Photoshop? EDIT: Here's a sprite I just did. Cockatrice sprite.bmp Edited July 2, 2012 by RoboGuy9000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Midnight 817 July 2, 2012 Share July 2, 2012 you could.....dunno though, im not very good Electrobolt is my waifu x3 Midnight moon (my main OC) siggy by: Toa of Ponies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 2, 2012 Author Share July 2, 2012 Posted a sprite I worked on in my last post. If someone could tell me what's good and what's crap about it that'd be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I Have Left MLP Forums 100 July 2, 2012 Share July 2, 2012 Use paint.net. MS paint = no transparency. STREAMING LIVE! Quote my Posts if you want me to see your reply please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 3, 2012 Author Share July 3, 2012 I think if I mess around with the brushes in Photoshop I can use that as a sprite making tool. Okay, I got sprite making done and complete, but I need help with onnnnnne more thing. How do I make the sprite animated using Photoshop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbad 969 July 5, 2012 Share July 5, 2012 (edited) So I've been wanting to make sprites, stuff that looks like this. I know MS Paint has a pixel grid, and if I zoom in I can make sprites, but is this suggested if I want to use these sprites in a game? Or should I work with other programs? If so suggest me some. I'd also like some tips on sprite making itself, how to make them look appealing. Well, I started with MS Paint as well, but then I was suggested Grafx2, which I think is far superior to every other pixel-pushing piece of software out there. Yes, you can make a lot with just MS Paint -- for example, my avatar -- but Grafx2 is superior in features, free, open source, totally delectable. Don't feel like doing copy pasta on why you should you use, so here's a review I wrote of it, saying why you should use it and a link to the Google Code download: http://cemetech.net/...opic.php?t=7968 A few things to start. If you're going to post pixel art online, don't do it as a BMP/DIB/JPEG, the former two are huge in size (since they're just raw image data essentially) and the latter is small in size but ruins the quality (it has lossy compression.) PNG and GIF are the two picks. GIFs can only display 256 unique colors, but with pixel art it's rare you'll even get near that number (and if you do, you probably have a palette that's magnitudes larger than it should be), but they can also handle animations. PNGs support 2^32 colors (if you consider the alpha channels) but no animations. As for how you can improve and make "nice looking sprites", most of what you need to do is examine other people's sprites, and practice making your own. Drawing out concepts with pencil+paper helps. Also, finding a pixel art forums site online and posting your work there for C+C will teach you a lot. And finally, quick C+C on what you posted. The lineart is fine, looks pretty similar to that found in the show. There's no real shading at all, adding some of that will give dimension and polish. The dithering you used simply detracts from the quality, as it both adds another color (that you don't use anywhere else afterwards) and it serves no purpose. Dithering is usually done to smooth the edges between different colored pixel clusters, not as a fill pattern. Edited July 5, 2012 by Ashbad 1 What has fanfiction has Ashbad written lately? We should totally find out by clicking this link. (Protip, turn on "Show Mature" to see more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 5, 2012 Author Share July 5, 2012 Thanks, I was using photoshop for this other sprite I was working on, but I couldn't figure out how to make the animations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 891 July 5, 2012 Share July 5, 2012 I think if I mess around with the brushes in Photoshop I can use that as a sprite making tool. Okay, I got sprite making done and complete, but I need help with onnnnnne more thing. How do I make the sprite animated using Photoshop? I'm not sure how to animate things in Photoshop myself. But if you're planning to use these sprites in a game just make a separate image for each frame of the animation. Or arrange all the frames in a spritesheet. That's how sprites are usually handled in games, as it gives better control over the animation since the programming handles it. I'd like to thank the MLP Vector Club for the images used in my avatar. Known as "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza", "Trixie the Great", "Tom" and "Tomzoid the EggDroid". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 6, 2012 Author Share July 6, 2012 I just finished another sprite, this one is of Trixie. I'd like some critique and ways to improve if anyone could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayuen 77 July 6, 2012 Share July 6, 2012 Animating in Photoshop isn't that hard, well in my opinion at least. This is the little window you use for animating (I use Adobe Photoshop CS2) to show it you click "Window >> Animation" Show the picture you want (showing the layers and such) in the first frame, click on the paper at the bottom of the window and select the new frame, change the picture with layers and you have an animation started! Some more fancy things can be done using photoshop, but that is at least the basic. Some easy use of google will most likely help you more ^^ Signature made by me, screenshot as base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 6, 2012 Author Share July 6, 2012 Animating in Photoshop isn't that hard, well in my opinion at least. This is the little window you use for animating (I use Adobe Photoshop CS2) to show it you click "Window >> Animation" Show the picture you want (showing the layers and such) in the first frame, click on the paper at the bottom of the window and select the new frame, change the picture with layers and you have an animation started! Some more fancy things can be done using photoshop, but that is at least the basic. Some easy use of google will most likely help you more ^^ It seems to effect both frames rather than the one I selected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayuen 77 July 6, 2012 Share July 6, 2012 This will maybe help http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=photoshop+animation+tutorial#/d36bvyc pretty much the same I said, but with pictures going with it and maybe not as confusing ^^' Signature made by me, screenshot as base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love4discord18 269 July 6, 2012 Share July 6, 2012 It seems to effect both frames rather than the one I selected. You should make a group of layers for each frame, then hide all unneeded groups in selected frame. It's kinda annoying, I prefeer flash for animation ~If You Want Me To Reply To Your Post, Quote My Post~ ( Siggy by me. If you would like a signature, please message me ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 6, 2012 Author Share July 6, 2012 YES! I got it working. I'll post the results once I complete it. Finally! I made one. It's simple, but it's start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayuen 77 July 7, 2012 Share July 7, 2012 Really cute! ^^ Glad you got it to work Signature made by me, screenshot as base Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 8, 2012 Author Share July 8, 2012 I'm going to animate that Trixie one above now. Does anyone know where I can find tutorials for pony walk cycles that show ever individual frame? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbad 969 July 8, 2012 Share July 8, 2012 As for the trixie sprite, I spent 3 hours making you a Final Fantasy 6 quality edit, but I saved it at the desktop computer at my work... so the earliest I can post it is Tuesday (and I don't want to redo it again) As for pony walk cycles... what could be a better reference than splitting down walking ponies in the show itself? I suggest you do just that. What has fanfiction has Ashbad written lately? We should totally find out by clicking this link. (Protip, turn on "Show Mature" to see more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoboGuy9000 103 July 8, 2012 Author Share July 8, 2012 Ooooh boy I can't wait to see it, I'll observe and take note of it's pallet and shading. I'm not too good at correct shading in general, but maybe I can learn from your edits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashbad 969 July 12, 2012 Share July 12, 2012 Ooooh boy I can't wait to see it, I'll observe and take note of it's pallet and shading. I'm not too good at correct shading in general, but maybe I can learn from your edits. Not my best edit ever, but... I think you'll still learn from it. Lost my other edit on the work computer, they actually migrated the data somewhere else and replaced the physical computer So here's the edit I came up with in the past hour. Not as good as the other one I had (it's smaller) but again, you'll learn something. I have to catch my bus to get home from work now, but I'll give you 5-6 paragraphs of explaination of my edit when I get home. 1 What has fanfiction has Ashbad written lately? We should totally find out by clicking this link. (Protip, turn on "Show Mature" to see more) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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