TemporalParadox posted:

Seeing this thread, and reading through the gamedev thread inspired me to try to make some pixel art.
For some reason, I decided to make a ~16x16 run cycle and idle of this fellow:


Then once I had that done I wanted to see it on something, so this is where I am now:


Actual size:


This stuff is tough. Especially working in smaller sizes; when an entire arm is about 5 pixels, each pixel really means quite a bit.

Maybe I'll make some mockups for a little game out of this or something. Any thoughts so far?

Imaginary Friend posted:

Thanks, man. Too lazy to start a blog >_>

If anyone knows any good bear anatomy sites/books/whatever, please tell. My bear looks like a fricking warthog :/

TemporalParadox posted:

I've been trying to make a bear myself.


As I mentioned before, pretty much all the pixel art I've ever made is in this thread, so I'm open to any comments.

Shoehead posted:

Some experience? Don't be modest Sup, you're the Open Xcom guy!

Jackard posted:

The animations here* strongly remind me of some thirty-ish step interactive tutorial for designing a platformer that has you start out shooting zombies, adds a new feature each step, and finally at the end says "you were the villain all along"

I can't remember the name or find the link, does anyone else remember this?

*recoil, screen shaking, enemy bouncing, head bobbing, etc.

Shoehead posted:

Yesterday was gun day

Chipp Zanuff posted:

My stuff isn't good enough quality to be used in games. I'm just interested in pixel-art and happen to dabble in it.

Sagacity posted:

Ha, awesome. Is this then the right thread to mention that I'm a programmer looking for a pixel artist to work on small/fun little games?

Sagacity posted:

Wow, didn't realize so many people here were busy with hell-driving and scissor-running

Btw, talking about Pietepiet: He lives in Utrecht, just like me. We actually have a great indie game scene here, with Ronimo, Vlambeer and a bunch of others. I probably should get myself invited to one of those Dutch Game Garden lunches, somehow.

RedRupee posted:

Here are some pixel doodles I've done lately.




I really want to work on something more substantial but nothing has inspired me lately.

Shoehead posted:

I really like how deep the colour looks in the second example. I think for recolouring it's up to you weather you want to, I'm a bit lazy, but I think it saves time an achieves a similar effect.

I got more stuff done on Cybershark today, after getting it running with bases this weekend I decided to do the Hammerhead in the smaller style



He is now SUPER CUTE

Chipp Zanuff posted:

I'll definitely give it a try at somepoint!

So back to characters now, i'm trying to get them into more "battle-ready" stances rather than just static standing still.

Here's my first attempt with the swordsman with a shield:



I'm hoping to eventually make an attack animation sequence as well, but it'll probably be a slow process.

I'm also going to try to learn more about anatomy, since it'll be crucial at this point i guess.

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Still not sure what to do with it in regards to it looking skintight :/

Anyway, here's an update, tried to do another frame (Probably will end up being 3-4 frames in total):



I fear i may have bitten off more than i can chew, i know that animation is difficult.

Also i'm struggling with getting the archer's arm, when he's firing, correct.

Supernorn posted:

Animation test for pirate game

SystemLogoff posted:

Something like this you mean? (Except with more effort than a dirty gradient like I did. )

Chipp Zanuff posted:

I try to vary each frame by a certain amount of time, not sure if it's that clear though on viewing, also eliminated that frame you mentioned, hopefully it looks smoother.

Tried to show what a Melee Version might look like:



Ignore the writing, just wanted to get a quick example up and to see whether it works. I was thinking of doing this: When in Melee combat, both enemies are close, almost touching the dividing line in the middle of the screen. When both are far away (basically not immediately close to each other, like the first example) both are far away. I was also thinking of making it that when a ranged unit (magical or otherwise) attacks a unit right next to it, the attacker appears backwards like in the first example, whilst the attacked appears closer like in the second example.

Does that uh, make any sense? Probably made it sound more complicated than it actually is.

Internet Janitor posted:

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Just an update on this, since i was updating the two-handed attack:

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Thanks for the advice! I tried removing it, but it looked too sudden for me, so i sped up the 2nd slash frame, hopefully it doesn't look too slow:

Shoehead posted:

A second player for Cybershark, a Crocodile Skink woman!

Shoehead posted:

Yeah I sent it to you on like Tuesday!

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Cool! The size of it makes me think it's for an ios-like device?

Updated the spear attack because i fear that it lacked impact and the build up was way too short:

Shoehead posted:

Hassle the poo poo out of them, that other job I told you about fell through I got lots of time to work on CYBERSHARK PUNCHER

Fuego Fish posted:

Things Fuego is still bad at drawing: people.

Things Fuego is apparently getting better at drawing: piles of stuffed animals.

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Thanks for the advice! I tried doing what you said, but i fear it doesn't translate as well:



Apologies if this isn't what you meant, Zackarotto! All and any advice is useful for making it better, just unsure how at the moment.

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Like this?



Added an extra frame where he begins to lift the sword after the swing and extended the duration of the frame where there's no slash.

Will try to make the sword look less weird in the new frame.

Shoehead posted:

It's the end of my night, but I think I got a lot done today!

McKilligan posted:

Loving it! But, it's a little hard to see what's going on, especially if it's smaller than that - are you planning on adding any punch effects, like, colored 'energy' impact effects when you land a hit?

Internet Janitor posted:

I have sort of a crazy idea for a project, but I'll have to experiment with how well I can get my bitmaps to compress before I'll know if it's possible.



hint: it's an adaptation of a well known video game.

Shoehead posted:

the chaos engine posted:

Yeah! And after some tweaks I finally figured out how to tackle the dang thing:

Orzo posted:

Screenshake is the most utterly overused thing in indie games lately and I cringe every time I see it. I like your blur better!

Shoehead posted:

It definitely is!

tystatic posted:

This isn't the last we'll be seeing this, and it will be glorious.

Contribution :

the chaos engine posted:

Allowing myself exactly two hours a day to make something for #7DRL, thought it came out kinda neat:

the chaos engine posted:

This is actually the first palette I ever made completely myself from scratch! Most of the time I yell at Scut to make me one.

Chipp Zanuff posted:

Not done much beyond the usual plodding away:

Updated archer animation; hopefully less weird/stiff looking:



Unsure of how to make the bow look less awkward when it's being moved.

Tried revising some of my character designs for the dude's below because i felt they sucked and looked generic. Differentiated the size, clothing, etc.



Sorry if it's not much progress, been mainly agonising over how to make the units look different.

Internet Janitor posted:

I would say that MSPaint is still an OK option for pixel art, but the "ribbon menu" update to it really ruined most of the tools and made everything require twice as many mouse clicks to use.

I mostly work with Pixen.

Cicadas! posted:

I'm making a super tiny dungeon man for a super tiny dungeon adventure. He fits handily in a 16x16 square! Reducto would be proud, I think.

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