CAP 4 - Sprite Submissions - Page 4

Ice-cold Claws · Nov 7th, 2012, 7:15:25 PM

*gust of wind*
Final Submission

I guess this is it?
Thanks everyone for the input, and my regrets for not being able to incorporate some of the changes (I cannot for the life of me fix the horns).
Well here's hoping that more submissions will come in, then we'll have a good fierce competition. =)
Good luck everyone!

Eagle4 · Nov 7th, 2012, 7:27:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Ice-cold Claws

I cannot for the life of me fix the horns

Seems like the horns have become a repeatedly annoying problem for many of the spriters. Anyway, good luck, your sprite is definitely one of the more prominent out there.

***DougJustDoug***** · Nov 8th, 2012, 11:18:14 AM

Final Submission

I had fun making this sprite, although it was certainly a challenge. I ended up going in a completely different direction than my first pose, and chose to go with a very difficult wing positioning. With KOA's design, no wing positions are easy for spriters, but the pose I chose made the wings especially hard, particularly on the back sprite. At full size, this pose would be tough to render the back sprite curves and perspective correctly -- in small pixel form, it was one of the hardest spriting challenges I've ever faced. There are some things I wish looked a little better, but it was fun to work on and I'm generally happy with how it turned out.

Like I have done on many of my past sprites, here's an animation of the progression of my front sprite as I worked it from the first linework, through all the changes made based on feedback in this thread, up to the final version you see above. For anyone just getting into spriting, this may be helpful for you to see how a sprite can be "built up" in steps.

Thank you to all the commenters in this thread, who took the time to analyze our miniature pixelized works of art. Without feedback, none of us could improve our sprites and our spriting skills. There are some great sprites in this thread, and whichever one we choose will represent the project well!

jagged_angel · Nov 9th, 2012, 7:25:16 AM

Beautiful sprites guys! I wish they could all be chosen in some way.

Ahhhhhh......Clefable. · Nov 9th, 2012, 9:37:07 AM

Doug, I know your submission has been finalized, but I noticed that your sprite is missing the mouth/nose slit that the concept art has.

ICC, great work; I'm rooting for you!

bugmaniacbob · Nov 9th, 2012, 2:41:32 PM

24 hours left!

Movepools are done, so get those subs in quickly! Currently we only have three...

Admittedly, all of them so far are pretty damn good. But I wouldn't say no to a super-late entry to blow them all out of the water.

Quanyails · Nov 9th, 2012, 4:53:23 PM

Final Submission

Did a bunch more nitpick-y touch-ups to it. I most notably removed that marking on the back of Aurumoth's head, since that was just giving me trouble.

Comments go out to Eagle4, on the fact that the shiny sprite does not necessarily have to relate to the original concept, and to ICC, who (by coincidence or not) used my previous shiny colors.

Sprite Comparisons

CBMeadow · Nov 10th, 2012, 11:39:01 AM

Final Submission aaa ogod deadline

will probably make many a quiet tweak and update to the sprites in this post but I have to have something!

Lots of tiny tweaks happened, the most notable being a spunkier shiny.

bugmaniacbob · Nov 10th, 2012, 2:29:01 PM

Ok bored of waiting (also I prefer to start on the half-hour than on the twenty-to)

Locking this. The five final submissions will be polled.

Nov 7th, 2012, 7:15:25 PM	#76
Ice-cold Claws Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 270 Location: Singapore	Final Submission gust of wind Final Submission I guess this is it? Thanks everyone for the input, and my regrets for not being able to incorporate some of the changes (I cannot for the life of me fix the horns). Well here's hoping that more submissions will come in, then we'll have a good fierce competition. =) Good luck everyone!

Nov 8th, 2012, 11:18:14 AM	#78
*DougJustDoug* Knows the great enthusiasms Administrator** Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,901 Houston, TX	Final Submission Final Submission I had fun making this sprite, although it was certainly a challenge. I ended up going in a completely different direction than my first pose, and chose to go with a very difficult wing positioning. With KOA's design, no wing positions are easy for spriters, but the pose I chose made the wings especially hard, particularly on the back sprite. At full size, this pose would be tough to render the back sprite curves and perspective correctly -- in small pixel form, it was one of the hardest spriting challenges I've ever faced. There are some things I wish looked a little better, but it was fun to work on and I'm generally happy with how it turned out. Like I have done on many of my past sprites, here's an animation of the progression of my front sprite as I worked it from the first linework, through all the changes made based on feedback in this thread, up to the final version you see above. For anyone just getting into spriting, this may be helpful for you to see how a sprite can be "built up" in steps. Thank you to all the commenters in this thread, who took the time to analyze our miniature pixelized works of art. Without feedback, none of us could improve our sprites and our spriting skills. There are some great sprites in this thread, and whichever one we choose will represent the project well! __________________ My Art Thread: ArtJustArt - The Art of DougJustDoug

Nov 9th, 2012, 7:25:16 AM	#79
jagged_angel Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 571 London	Beautiful sprites guys! I wish they could all be chosen in some way. __________________ If I haven't seen further, it's because giants were standing on my shoulders...

Nov 9th, 2012, 2:41:32 PM	#81
bugmaniacbob Fare thee well. Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,038 Floccinaucinihilipilification	24 hours left! Movepools are done, so get those subs in quickly! Currently we only have three... Admittedly, all of them so far are pretty damn good. But I wouldn't say no to a super-late entry to blow them all out of the water. __________________ Art / C&C / The Smog / Longest Ever Analysis MkI / Longest Ever Analysis MkII / Warstories / Stupid Poem / CAP 4: Aurumoth

Nov 9th, 2012, 4:53:23 PM	#82
Quanyails Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 353	Final Submission Did a bunch more nitpick-y touch-ups to it. I most notably removed that marking on the back of Aurumoth's head, since that was just giving me trouble. Comments go out to Eagle4, on the fact that the shiny sprite does not necessarily have to relate to the original concept, and to ICC, who (by coincidence or not) used my previous shiny colors. Sprite Comparisons (Okay, so my sprite's floating higher than the others, but you can see the size and style comparisons, right?) __________________ . Last edited by Quanyails; Nov 10th, 2012 at 2:09:05 PM. Reason: TINY EDITS.

Nov 9th, 2012, 9:37:07 AM	#80
Ahhhhhh......Clefable. Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 321 North Carolina	Doug, I know your submission has been finalized, but I noticed that your sprite is missing the mouth/nose slit that the concept art has. ICC, great work; I'm rooting for you!

Nov 10th, 2012, 11:39:01 AM	#83
CBMeadow Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 115 Elsewhere.	Final Submission aaa ogod deadline will probably make many a quiet tweak and update to the sprites in this post but I have to have something! Lots of tiny tweaks happened, the most notable being a spunkier shiny. __________________ Art. My critiques on your art will be honest! I'm not mean about it- or at least I don't think I am- but I won't lie to you. As a result, I'll always hide-tag my critiques (don't be nervous because it's hidden!). My praise, however, is also honest, and I'll never give one without the other. Last edited by CBMeadow; Nov 10th, 2012 at 2:12:03 PM.

Nov 10th, 2012, 2:29:01 PM	#84
bugmaniacbob Fare thee well. Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 2,038 Floccinaucinihilipilification	Ok bored of waiting (also I prefer to start on the half-hour than on the twenty-to) Locking this. The five final submissions will be polled. __________________ Art / C&C / The Smog / Longest Ever Analysis MkI / Longest Ever Analysis MkII / Warstories / Stupid Poem / CAP 4: Aurumoth