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MrWeirdGuy
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Posted: 22 February 2007 at 6:25pm

It looks like he's looking down. It's not that big of a deal, but it's just a little annoying. >_>

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Monkey 'o Doom
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Posted: 22 February 2007 at 7:02pm

I think the main problem was indeed the colors.

In my edit I increased the contrast and made the ramps a lot more linear. Your hue and saturation values were all over the place, and I think it looks better with a more predictable trend.

RPG is numberwang.

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dragonrc
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 2:45am

Changed the colors, it looks better, but I'm not sure about the lines though...but maybe they look good ingame, they are on a white bg now..

Maby this is better? Milder inner-lines but the same outlines.

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mar4000
Seaman
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Joined: 21 February 2007
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Posted: 23 February 2007 at 6:41pm

Add a bg and check if it still looks good.

Fo some reson the character looks like its leaning forward.

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Vertigo-Zero
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Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:17am

Im still not happy with your walk animation and shading of the blue harness... anyway found a usefull link for you that can help with more than just those two points.
http://www.pixel-arts.org/pixelation/index.php?topic=1343.0

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dragonrc
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Posted: 05 March 2007 at 6:04am

So, I took a break for a week or two but I'm back on this again

@Vertigo-Zero: Yeah, Adarias showed me some of those on pixelation. He's been a great help there. I took a look on his walking animation but whoa thats a lot of frames, It did help a little though;).

For the armour, there aren't many sprites with armour there.

But I descided to dich the blue armour guy, it didn't look good anyway. So I made a new character.

I kept it simple but I added a scarf so it still is recognisable.

2 versions, I'm having doubts about the arm, should I use the dark outlines or the soft outlines?

edit:

maby I should bend the right arm some more

Edited by dragonrc - 05 March 2007 at 10:06am

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Omegavolt
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Posted: 06 March 2007 at 5:36am

Originally posted by dragonrc

2 versions, I'm having doubts about the arm, should I use the dark outlines or the soft outlines?

Usually this question is answered by figuring out the color of your background. Soft outlines work on very low saturated colors (grey or near grey) and dark outlines work well on brighter, saturated colors. In this case, the arm always has the cape behind it, and its a bolder color than the grey surrounding it, so the dark outline looks better.

Great work on the walk anim, thats very nice!

OnGameDev

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MrWeirdGuy Midshipman Joined: 05 November 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 6:25pm
	It looks like he's looking down. It's not that big of a deal, but it's just a little annoying. >_>
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 7:02pm
	I think the main problem was indeed the colors. In my edit I increased the contrast and made the ramps a lot more linear. Your hue and saturation values were all over the place, and I think it looks better with a more predictable trend.
	RPG is numberwang.
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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 23 February 2007 at 2:45am
	Changed the colors, it looks better, but I'm not sure about the lines though...but maybe they look good ingame, they are on a white bg now.. Maby this is better? Milder inner-lines but the same outlines.
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mar4000 Seaman Joined: 21 February 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 23 February 2007 at 6:41pm
	Add a bg and check if it still looks good. Fo some reson the character looks like its leaning forward.
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Vertigo-Zero Midshipman Joined: 14 July 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:17am
	Im still not happy with your walk animation and shading of the blue harness... anyway found a usefull link for you that can help with more than just those two points. http://www.pixel-arts.org/pixelation/index.php?topic=1343.0
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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 05 March 2007 at 6:04am
	So, I took a break for a week or two but I'm back on this again @Vertigo-Zero: Yeah, Adarias showed me some of those on pixelation. He's been a great help there. I took a look on his walking animation but whoa thats a lot of frames, It did help a little though;). For the armour, there aren't many sprites with armour there. But I descided to dich the blue armour guy, it didn't look good anyway. So I made a new character. I kept it simple but I added a scarf so it still is recognisable. 2 versions, I'm having doubts about the arm, should I use the dark outlines or the soft outlines? edit: maby I should bend the right arm some more Edited by dragonrc - 05 March 2007 at 10:06am
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Omegavolt Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 227	Posted: 06 March 2007 at 5:36am
	*Originally posted by dragonrc* 2 versions, I'm having doubts about the arm, should I use the dark outlines or the soft outlines? Usually this question is answered by figuring out the color of your background. Soft outlines work on very low saturated colors (grey or near grey) and dark outlines work well on brighter, saturated colors. In this case, the arm always has the cape behind it, and its a bolder color than the grey surrounding it, so the dark outline looks better. Great work on the walk anim, thats very nice!
	OnGameDev
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