Hey Folks

Well, I hope I’m posting this in the proper place, many apologies in advance if I’m not, and I come off as a hopeless n00b.

Anyways, I need some dire help, I’ve searched for a good few hours on google, DA, and even searched downed sprite sites on the internet way back machine to try and find a tutorial on how to do these sorts of sprites;





Now, I’m not sure if these are actually considered sprites or not, but I’m really desperate to figure out how to try and make one all the same. I can’t seem to find any tutorials, and I know all I need is even just the basic of guidance and I know I could do it. Any help with this would be so very much appreciated. I’m also not sure what category they fall under, so that sort of hindered my search since I wasn’t sure what I was searching for exactly!

Also…I do have an honest interest in spritting, so I would like to venture around here some more. I figure with my newness some might assume I only pop up for help, then I’ll depart soon as I get it…but I promise that isn’t the case. I usually work with traditional hand drawn art, but I’ve always wanted to do sprites, and have dabbled with it a little bit…not the best results, but trying all the same.

-Boz

PS Thanks in advance again for any help.


Edited by Da Boz - 31 January 2010 at 10:35pm

A good artist could do these direct in pixel art. Probably did.

You won't find any worthy tuto explaining how to do this from scratch, coz it just takes a few years of drawing practice (all and any media, from life, not specifically PA).
I hope I'm not dashing your expectations...

I don't know what your project is, nor your current skills. How 'bout showing stuff?

Don't worry about asking for help, that's exactly what this forum is made for. And if you're serious about it we're gonna see you for a while!


Edited by Manupix - 02 February 2010 at 6:21am

Oh, expectations not dashed at all, I was expecting it'd be something simple, and as you and the above comment states. It's something I can do, I've been drawing for about 15+years,...er, probably more like 20...dear god...anyways, drawing isn't a problem. It's just getting them to have that 'pixel' look that I was more concerned over, I guess it's just going to take alot of tweaking and experimenting.



*chuckles* well, I had a feeling it was something simple, but I wasn't sure, so I thought I'd ask anyway.


Thanks to all of you for replying on this, I'll probably give it a shot, and hope for the best. Getting that pixel look like I mentioned above is really all that worries me.


Edited by Da Boz - 02 February 2010 at 9:21am

I honestly doubt they pixeled from scratch, even if it's possible.  Drawing a portrait on paper then pixeling over it is faster.

The pixel ability still exists for refined, minute detail, but the actual building of the character is transferred to paper.  It is recommended to learn how to draw on paper and other fundamentals before transferring to pixel art anyway.

And that brings up back full circle to PJ's pixel nazism. I've lost count of how many pixel artists said "who are you to tell me what is pixel art." Anyone remember the Paul Robertson fiasco? Just to name one off the top of my head.

But seriously though, we've had one too many old timers being run out of town with pitchforks because PJ seems to have pulled this random rabbit out of it's proverbial ass. I always feel really bad every time we get  some guy posting something in the gallery along the lines of "made these graphics for a game back in the late 80's early 90's" and then you get some random shmo telling them "this isn't pixel art." Way to show respect for your forefathers peeps...

Oh that wasn't directed at you, I was just rambling off-topic. 

As long as everything is clear now, I apologize for any misunderstandings caused.