Pixel Joint Forum: Looking for Explosion tutorial or advice

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   Hi

I was prompted to pixel quite a lot of various animated explosions for my last project.

So I remebered, that though I think Im quite experienced in pixelart, I just suck at this specific thing.

The problem is Im unable to find any tutorial for it and I wasnt able to learn much from other people sprites either.

Can anybody please direct me to some good explosion-drawing&animating tutorial ? (if there is sucha a thing)

Thank you

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Riva Midshipman Joined: 21 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Topic: Looking for Explosion tutorial or advice Posted: 08 April 2006 at 3:32am
	Hi I was prompted to pixel quite a lot of various animated explosions for my last project. So I remebered, that though I think Im quite experienced in pixelart, I just suck at this specific thing. The problem is Im unable to find any tutorial for it and I wasnt able to learn much from other people sprites either. Can anybody please direct me to some good explosion-drawing&animating tutorial ? (if there is sucha a thing) Thank you
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 08 April 2006 at 7:12am
	There probably isn't such a tutorial because explosions are one the hardest things to make convingly and how an explosion works depends on what is exploding. I avoid them for this reason. However, movies are a good reference for me when I need to make one. Find a movie with the type of explosion you are looking for then view it frame by frame is the best suggestion I can offer.
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alkaline Commander Joined: 25 August 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 868	Posted: 08 April 2006 at 9:02am
	http://www.gsarchives.net/index2.php?category=all&system =neogeo&letter=m the metal slug games have complicated but awesome explosions. Edited by alkaline
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Riva Midshipman Joined: 21 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 09 April 2006 at 6:18am
	Thanks for you replyes. Seems like theres really no easy(er) way for me. jalonso - did you try what you advice ? I did, but it didnt really led to any nice pixel-style results. If you have more experience with this can you maybe share more concrete ideas ? alkaline - I know the MetalSlug series and theyr classy explosions and graphic style overaly, and I even milked teh interweb for some of anim sprites from theyr games, but sadly "... I wasnt able to learn much from other people sprites ..." as I wrote before. Im trying for like a year now and cant get a grip at that, tahs why Im asking for help (again). Btw heres how it looks so far: (not nearly good enough imho) (... but still copyrighted)
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alkaline Commander Joined: 25 August 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 868	Posted: 09 April 2006 at 12:20pm
	I think the first part is great, but I think the second half is way too short, it just disappears suddenly. Drag it out, make smoke, do something, because it just abruptly ends.
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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 09 April 2006 at 3:10pm
	to me frames 6 & 7 look too much like a saturated flower. here are a few gifs that may help ya:
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