A Bearing Adventure
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Printed Date: 08 September 2025 at 9:11pm
Topic: A Bearing Adventure
Posted By: zacfac
Subject: A Bearing Adventure
Date Posted: 10 July 2016 at 6:26pm
Hey  , haven't been on here for quite some time. but here are some sprites I want opinions on.
One Is an evil balloon and the other is a base for the three main protags |
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Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 10 July 2016 at 8:17pm
here is a new one with all 8 species of natural bears and some shading |
Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 7:00am
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I wouldn't have seen the shading on the lighter bears had you not mentioned it in text. At 1x, it's barely visible because it's so similar in value (darkness/lightness) to the base colours, so it's not doing its job. Make it darkeron the brown and white bears, and maybe also on the white parts of the panda. I would recommend making the shadows warmer rather than cooler, fur tends to be warm. This is especially noticeable on pandas and polar bears: http://awtlblog.vitsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Polar-Bear-Cafe.jpg - http://awtlblog.vitsco.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Polar-Bear-Cafe.jpg |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:34pm
 view x4
I changed the shading of the bears to more of yellow and started adding clothing to them. |
Posted By: TYB3N
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:37pm
| I can't see the eyes on the black bears at this scale. Maybe they could be a different color? |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:48pm
| Oh, the bears are not supposed to be that small they are meant to be viewed x4. But I will change the shading because on the sloth bear the eyes aren't visible. |
Posted By: TYB3N
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 12:49pm
| that's a good detail to keep in mind. i was wondering. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:01pm
 view x4
The black bears know have a black n blue tint to them |
Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:03pm
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The shadows on the white fur, and the eyes on dark fur, are still not very readable, but the hues are looking good! For the eyes, maybe you could give them 1px white-ish highlights? That way they can stand out. It might also make them look like creepy glowing white eyes, but you won't know until you try it. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 1:26pm
 x4
I made the bears bluer and I tried the white eye trick it made them all look scared. But how is the eye with the tophat? |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 2:40pm
 x4
I added a back view of all the bears and added all views for the balloon. |
Posted By: TYB3N
Date Posted: 11 July 2016 at 3:17pm
| I'd increase the contrast between the bow and the ring on the hat. |
Posted By: Damian
Date Posted: 12 July 2016 at 4:18am
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I'd increase contrast in general. As said by others, the eyes still get lost in the darker versions. Also x4 is a bit large, surely x2 or x3 would suffice.
I was making an edit, but got lost in making it look like a bear :/ My bad. 
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Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 12 July 2016 at 11:10pm
 view x3
Ok, Damian made lighter colors as light as can be without making the shading forced I think it brings out the eyes in the black bears. TYB3N I made the balloons colors overall brighter and changed his bow color and the ribbon that ties it together. but I hate how the bow looks on his side view. bow help, please. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 13 July 2016 at 3:48pm
 x3
I started a walking animation. But before I move on to animation is the contrast ok?  x3
 frame by frame
The Bird is supposed to change into the balloons hat then the balloon appears from the hat. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 14 July 2016 at 11:19am
 x3
This is the full animation of toppy the balloon. |
Posted By: Damian
Date Posted: 14 July 2016 at 2:26pm
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That's a cool animation, very creative!
The bears are a lot better, but now I'd say the bird itself in the animation lacks contrast. Contrast seems to be an on going issue in your work. It might be worth doing a quick study of Values, which might give you a better understanding of where you're going wrong. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 14 July 2016 at 5:08pm
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I made a quick Contrast test with what I've learned on the Interwebs. |
Posted By: Damian
Date Posted: 16 July 2016 at 4:27am
| The colours do contrast here, thats good. Lighting on the other hand is a bit odd, but if its just for a test, I'd suggest moving on. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 21 July 2016 at 8:44pm
Dolly is back! This little guy was from a game of mine called you will be loved. The game never went past testing. But know he will introduce you to the story and help you through the tutorials as with the old man. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 22 July 2016 at 4:26pm
Humans!!! the new protags! the protags are the ones in tank tops. tear them apart! But, be gentle they are my babies. oh one more thing if you think the girls are familiar. They are also from a game of mine that went under. Yah I tend not to finish stuff. 
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Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 03 August 2016 at 2:48pm
Walking animations for the girls there all in one gif. Tear them apart i should have the side view soon |
Posted By: TYB3N
Date Posted: 03 August 2016 at 5:51pm
| the arms should move less i think |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 04 August 2016 at 2:31pm
   
Ok, here we go. I slowed down the frame rate to what it is in the game. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 15 August 2016 at 9:30pm
(Oh before you look if any of my characters are sexualised then the opposing sex will be sexualised as well fair warning.) x2
This is my sheet where I make then make them pretty. but there are a lot of changes to the sprites but I'm not going to list them because there is to many to list but go at it. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 16 August 2016 at 2:38pm
recolors of the bears and toppy. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 26 August 2016 at 1:56pm
| Is everything ok before I move on?(i haven't heard anything in some time) Next is animation and applying side views. I don't want to start animating and having to change colors and hues if there not correct. |
Posted By: TYB3N
Date Posted: 27 August 2016 at 10:46am
| the spelling is ninja, not ninga |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 22 November 2016 at 2:37pm
hey, I haven't been here in a long time. but I took a break from pixeling but now I'm back. I did some color revamps on the humans and I want yall's thoughts on the new colors
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edit : ( the color pallet is 10 for each tell me what you tink or should I up the color limit?) |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 25 November 2016 at 6:39pm
some new colors and two new Protags. |
Posted By: Zeshio
Date Posted: 15 December 2016 at 1:43pm
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The humans look good, they have the same style. Is the bald guy missing an eye?
I would also suggest a different bathing suit color for the girl in orange hair, the lightest one doesn't read strongly enough as clothing when I look at it. |
Posted By: zacfac
Date Posted: 22 December 2016 at 5:52pm
new colors and some major edits to heroes. Yes, it is a scar. Is it not profound enough? |