[CONTENT WARNING!] Game sprites.
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Topic: [CONTENT WARNING!] Game sprites.
Posted By: greenraven
Subject: [CONTENT WARNING!] Game sprites.
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 1:41pm
 NOT FOR THE FEEBLE AT HEART! I KID YOU NOT!Good, now we got that out of the way. These are sprites for a game I'm helping a friend with, he's doing the majority of the work with the story writing and coding and stuff like that, I'm taking care of the pixely side of things. The main two characters (so far) are a vampire and a werewolf. That means that this game is going to have excessive blood and gore, occult themes, possible drug use, hardcore sex and a number of sexual fetishes that will shock and dismay those that haven't been on the internet long enough. (Yeah, I never thought I'd end up working on something like this either, yet here I am.)  So for these obvious reasons I'm not going to be posting everything, just some basic nude poses (nothing explicit like sex), some basic attacks (non-bloodied, non-disemboweled), and anything else that's safe for viewing. Also I would like to point out that this game is not going to be a commercial game, it's being made purely for kicks and giggles. So anyone that wants a copy, once it's done, ask and ye shall receive. Funny thing about making pixels for someone else as opposed to just yourself is that you've got to work within, I dunno, guidelines you could call them. I've got 3 so far: 1) Sprites should have a cel-shaded look/feel to them. 2) The face: Big anime eyes, no mouth. 3) Make'em sexy, that's mainly going to be applied to 'special' poses and walking animations. My biggest problem right now is getting a basic character template done. Once the templates are complete the majority of the animations should be relatively smooth sailing. When I post WIPs I'll post two versions. The first being the sprite sheet that's going to be inserted directly into the game. And the second being an animation of how it's actually going to look once you're playing the game. Now then, on with the pixely artsy stuff... Female template:  Female test walk:  I tried to give the walking a bit of a sexy touch to it, but it's rather hard since reference pics (or vids) aren't that easy to come by. So sadly none were used when making this. Any of you ladies care to strip naked and do a sexy little strut for me... purely for educational purposes... I swear.  And I don't like the side view too much, it gave me a bit of a hard time. Also I'm not entirely sure on what to do with the arms. I mean, I tried to make them swing, but they end up looking like gorilla arms, which isn't all that sexy. I'm trying to keep the color count here down to a bare minimum, because I want it to match with the hand drawn stuff that my friend made. And most of those only have four colors, a base color, a shade color, a highlight color and an outline color. I'd prefer to have the walking animations a bit more smoother, but the engine my friend is using only allows for 4 frames of animation in any given direction when walking. If anyone could give me some tips on how to make the walking a bit more fluid with just 3 frames (the 1st being the idle/standing frame) it'd be much appreciated. Anyways, sorry for all this rambling, I've been working on this for over a week now, with my creativity/motivation going on and off like broken down motel sign, and I'm just glad to finally be able to show some progress. I'll stop talking now. 
-------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: absinthelord
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 2:09pm
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Also I'm not entirely sure on what to do with the arms. I mean, I tried to make them swing, but they end up looking like gorilla arms, which isn't all that sexy. Maybe you could try having the arms bend inwards slightly at the elbows, with a slight upward break to the wrists. That would help with the sexy look. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 3:04pm
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Originally posted by greenraven The main two characters (so far) are a vampire and a werewolf. That means that this game is going to have excessive blood and gore, occult themes, possible drug use, hardcore sex and a number of sexual fetishes that will shock and dismay those that haven't been on the internet long enough. Dude, please scrap the anime-chibi styled base. More realism! I'd never want to see that base do any sexual fetishes that would shock and dismay me. The impact of the gore, violence etc will also be ruined with a 'cute' base style like this. It's also not cute enough to be used in sick irony imo. The animations will also be a heck of alot easier with a more realistic base, as well as the way to show sexyness. Forget big boobs and curvey shapes for the moment. Work on a midtone background, simple shapes, get the proportions first. :) Also.. Long legs = sexy. Boobs the size of buttcheeks /= sexy. in my personal opinion.. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Blu
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 3:47pm
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http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html - This may help. Look for the "lines" button. Possibly give her more of a neck. o_O And thin out her shoulders. *Sneaks out again* ------------- Gremlins rule the world; you just don't know it yet. |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 4:32pm
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oh my god BluWriter, thats such an awesome reference you got there. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: Shougi
Date Posted: 02 June 2008 at 4:57pm
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Hey Green if you want to make the walk a bit more sexy have the hips move a bit more and possibly cross the feet in front of one another. Jessica Rabbit walking and being all sexy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy5THitqPBw&feature=related |
Posted By: Mikedssx
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 3:27am
| If you want her sexier exaggerate the female form. Big hips, nice size bust, slim waist, long legs, plump butt and tiny feets. Also ditto on the swinging hips, and leg cross over. The amount of bounce you give the body will help too. |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 6:17am
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absinthelord, alrighty, I'll give it a try. Lar, I actually would have preferred a slightly more realistic(ish) one myself. But this is pretty much his game, he wanted them like that, I'm just along for the ride. But I'll bring it up again, see what he says this time. BluWriter, that is very awesome, too bad I only have 3 frames of animation to work with. But thanks nonetheless. Shougi, that's actually kinda who I had in my... kinda. Mikedssx, you're pretty much in agreement with Lar there. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 9:02am
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sorry i didnt actually read the thread, i saw some 'exaggerate hips boobs something something sexy' somewhere, but did anyone mention how her legs are crazy short? It looks like her knees are attached to her hips somehow. And I see you have shading on the legs that puts the knees lower but they're wayyy too short. Long legs are a must in sexy walk Just saying. Then again I should've read the whole thread before speaking so I might be wrong haha ------------- |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 9:41am
my bad greenraven, are you saying you really ignored the great reference bluwritter gave you? i wouldn't expect that from you. an idea for the lady's 4 frame sexy walking. notice how hips are suposed to incline (therefore making that lovely movement that we men love). ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 10:27am
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leel, yeah, now that you mentioned it... they do seem a bit short. I'm going to have to talk with my friend to see if he still wants the whole semi-chibi thing. >_< Met, no, I'm not ignoring his walking reference. It's actually quite awesome and helpful. I'm just saying that it's going to take more than 3 frames to pull of something like that. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 10:51am
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Originally posted by Metaru my bad greenraven, are you saying you really ignored the great reference bluwritter gave you? i wouldn't expect that from you. an idea for the lady's 4 frame sexy walking. notice how hips are suposed to incline (therefore making that lovely movement that we men love). ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 7:36pm
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Just had a chat with my friend and showed him what I've got so far. Gonna redo a few things including the legs and the hips. The whole chibi thing however... stays. >_<
------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 7:38pm
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whether you're going for chibi (which might interfere with the sexy... i have yet to see a sexy chibi, then again I havent seen that many chibis.. is it just me or is chibi starting to sound really funny?) or more realistically sexy, the proportions are odddddd
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 03 June 2008 at 7:48pm
Yeah, I know. Working on this is really strange because I'm making this to fit his tastes and descriptions, not mine. But if nothing else it's a good experience to learn from, if I get lucky enough to become a professional spriter in the future. He's my guinea pig.  And chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi, chibi. How's that for funny?  ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 12:40pm
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I want to give some advice for your sprite but, it seems like it wouldn't matter because you're focusing on what the client wants (ie. bad anatomy, lack of contrast/washed out colours, tight and unrealistic walk cycle, etc.) As for being 'chibi', I strongly suggest goggling the word and gaining examples of what you see there. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 4:03pm
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Yeah, even if it's chibi, give her long legs in proportion to her body (long as in normal sized). In fact you could cheat him and make a realistic sprite with simply a large head. >_> You need to debate with your friend about the design. Everyone has these crappy (no offence) 'chibi' anime sprites these days, you see them everywhere. More than normal proportioned people possibly, and that's just silly. With the sex and gore it's just gunna be laaame. Also her shoulders are too wide. :) Keep it up! I look forward to seeing a new version. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 4:43pm
pixelblink, I really have no objections. This one may not be for me, but I might make a sprite for myself one of these days. A little advice never killed anyone, just because it can't be applied right now doesn't mean it can't be applied ever, I'll be more than happy to listen.  Larwick, yeah, I'm going to have another chat with him about how all of this is going to turn out. Also, I could cheat him, but he's a good friend and would have me whacked in the middle of the night if he found out.  Seriously though, thanks for the support everyone. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 04 June 2008 at 5:03pm
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Originally posted by Larwick You need to debate with your friend about the design. Everyone has these crappy (no offence) 'chibi' anime sprites these days, you see them everywhere. More than normal proportioned people possibly, and that's just silly. With the sex and gore it's just gunna be laaame. Sex + Gore + Chibi = Kings of Power 4Billon% ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 10 June 2008 at 9:49pm
Just found out my friend put the game on hiatus.  Although I might continue working on these just for kicks and giggles. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: geminoid
Date Posted: 10 June 2008 at 10:19pm
| the nipples are freakishly pointy |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 10 June 2008 at 11:31pm
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thats because she is walking in the snow -hence the white bg of the sheet- ------------- I ate leel's babies |