Old mage WIP
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 10 September 2025 at 10:35pm
Topic: Old mage WIP
Posted By: crozier
Subject: Old mage WIP
Date Posted: 15 October 2011 at 5:41pm
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Alright, so I started this mage for the Colour Magic challenge. http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/challenge_item.asp?id=1257 - http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/challenge_item.asp?id=1257 I recently started working on it again, and added an animation and stuff. Not sure where to go next with it though. The floating loops thrice and then he decides to finish him. (Mild blood)  BG perhaps? Might be kinda hard to do, cause its one layer :P (Newb paint program) Any thoughts/nitpicks would be greatly appriciated.
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Posted By: CELS
Date Posted: 15 October 2011 at 7:49pm
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This is great! It really reminds me of the old Battle Chess game. Made me want to play it now. The animation is very nice and smooth and the idea is great. I do have some suggestions though. - Try to improve readability. I've made an edit to show how I would do it personally. It may not be better, it may not be what you had in mind, but it demonstrates some of my points. - The texture on both characters is too noisy and it's hard to see where the light source is. For example, the mage has bright edges on both arms, as if the light is coming from both sides (or behind) - The animation is great, but if I didn't read your description, I wouldn't have waited for the third floating loop. I would just assume that nothing more happens. Maybe you could do something to keep the viewer interested? After the first loop, the wizard could pull out a wand or something. - When I made my edit, I made some changes. For example, I don't know what the green and orange dots on the old mage were supposed to be. And I wasn't sure if the floating guy was a mage or a knight. I made him a knight in different colours, to show that he's an enemy.  Anyway, this might not been what you had in mind, so do what you will with it. |
Posted By: crozier
Date Posted: 16 October 2011 at 9:05am
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Wonderful edit. I see there is a huge boost in readibility between the edit and my original. I'll try working on playing with the colors and making it lighter to contrast the black BG. And perhaps less dithering to avoid confusion about textures and whatnot. Thanks a bunch CELS!
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