Pixelart, spriting and animation technique sharing
Posted: 26 Nov 2014, 18:11
Pixelart, Spriting and Animation Technique Sharing
I see a lot of great sprites on this forum, made by lots of different members.
Why not share our approach to how we make these sprites, animations and what not?
I want to encourage every spriter to share their methods, tools, styles and sources to help and teach others.
Also feel free to ask for help with your sprites, like questions on how to approach certain specific styles, animations or what not.
Please do keep in mind that this is not the Art Thread, you can showcase your finished sprites there, not here. This topic is purely for technique sharing.
Requesting specific tutorials is allowed, who knows you might get your answers. You're also free to leave small tips and tricks.
Some tips on posting your techniques/methods:
- Give your tutorial or technique a title that tells us what you'll be covering.
- It'd be greatly appreciated if you could put your technique/method in a tutorial-style layout for others.
- Images help explain things a lot better.
- When you're sharing a tool or program it'd help to leave a link.
- Try to make it easy to read for others.
- Some sprites could be too small to be clear, so double check if the image you posted isn't too small.
Quick Links:
Here I'll post links to the posts in this topic with good tutorials (not small tips) in them.
If I haven't added one and you'd like to see it here for convenience, don't be afraid to PM me.
- No links yet -
Requests:
Here is a list of what people would like to see tutorialized for them.
If you have a request you can either post it here or PM me about it and I'll add it to the list.
- Jorichi's Request: "How to create a luscious and plant-rich tileset, using foregrounds and backgrounds as well"
- Jorichi's Request: "How to create good looking dirt blocks and stones/rocks (emphasis on it's shading/creating depth, making it feel less blocky)."
Do not forget to respect the work of the spriters that post their methods here. Don't use their content without permission in any case.
Well with that all said and done, I'll start with my animation method to get things started (boob-physics not included).
I see a lot of great sprites on this forum, made by lots of different members.
Why not share our approach to how we make these sprites, animations and what not?
I want to encourage every spriter to share their methods, tools, styles and sources to help and teach others.
Also feel free to ask for help with your sprites, like questions on how to approach certain specific styles, animations or what not.
Please do keep in mind that this is not the Art Thread, you can showcase your finished sprites there, not here. This topic is purely for technique sharing.
Requesting specific tutorials is allowed, who knows you might get your answers. You're also free to leave small tips and tricks.
Some tips on posting your techniques/methods:
- Give your tutorial or technique a title that tells us what you'll be covering.
- It'd be greatly appreciated if you could put your technique/method in a tutorial-style layout for others.
- Images help explain things a lot better.
- When you're sharing a tool or program it'd help to leave a link.
- Try to make it easy to read for others.
- Some sprites could be too small to be clear, so double check if the image you posted isn't too small.
Quick Links:
Here I'll post links to the posts in this topic with good tutorials (not small tips) in them.
If I haven't added one and you'd like to see it here for convenience, don't be afraid to PM me.
- No links yet -
Requests:
Here is a list of what people would like to see tutorialized for them.
If you have a request you can either post it here or PM me about it and I'll add it to the list.
- Jorichi's Request: "How to create a luscious and plant-rich tileset, using foregrounds and backgrounds as well"
- Jorichi's Request: "How to create good looking dirt blocks and stones/rocks (emphasis on it's shading/creating depth, making it feel less blocky)."
Do not forget to respect the work of the spriters that post their methods here. Don't use their content without permission in any case.
Well with that all said and done, I'll start with my animation method to get things started (boob-physics not included).