Red mushroom
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 09 June 2026 at 12:28am
Topic: Red mushroom
Posted By: Pickles
Subject: Red mushroom
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 4:19pm
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Hey guys... it's my first WIP, sorry if i did something wrong then.. =) Well i'm planning to do a platform game and the main character is going to be a mushroom... I drawn it and i'm a little insecure about it Here it goes: http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab320/Perikls/mush.jpg?t=1257031197 -  I want some suggestions of what I can do to improve it... After finishing it i'm going to do the character's animations... Let me know your opinion  Thnx ^^' |
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Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 4:33pm
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Yech! It's a jpeg! ;) Probably by the host's fault, change it. I prefer the 2 little ones in your gallery, to be honest. They look more lively than this one. What's the black dot? eye, mouth? I don't think dithering is a good option at this scale, it might look better shiny. I'm no expert in sprites though. To embed an image, either use the tree icon, or [-img-] ... [-/img-] tags, without the -. |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 31 October 2009 at 5:16pm
Yeah guy... you were absolutely right about the dithering... it's nicer now... It's more lively... *-*... I used some lighting techniques to get more reality Any other suggestions are always welcome =DDD~~ And it's a JPG... i didn't notice it... It switched automatically when I uploaded it... ¬¬ Thnx a lot guy! |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 5:34am
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Hey! Now I started doing the tileset...  It seems that the mushroom is not matching with the platform... maybe for color reasons... I'm pretty open to suggestions =D |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 5:45pm
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The secondary light source on the shroom can only be reflected light from the grass: should be greenish (slightly!) I like the tiles, but not the horizontal dark green line. Break it or remove it. Good work so far! (esp with the tree!) |
Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 6:31pm
| All colors go if character is distinctive from background. Note that platforms also should be well pronounced. |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 6:34pm
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Guys... I have a question... If I do the slightly greenwish second light, behind the character, wouldn't it be strange when he walks on an ice paltform for example? |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 6:56pm
 The tree... I'm going to use just this topic to expose everything... |
Posted By: A.B. Lazer
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 6:57pm
| Don't bother. Main thing is to make it do not look strange when he walks at all. Do you plan to animate it? |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 7:05pm
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Actually I plan to animate and have already done some of them... The walking cycle is basicaly walking to the right and to the left and the turning to both right/left animation... Here it goes Turning  Walking  |
Posted By: Pragz
Date Posted: 01 November 2009 at 10:18pm
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The turn is pretty good. Speeding it up a little would make it better. :3 ------------- Hello - I'm new here. :) |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 2:11am
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Anims look good, but I don't know if the walk will look like one when it's actually moving. Maybe the ... red part (how the *** do you call that in English??? can't say head since its foot is its head...) should move back and forth too with that same little delay. |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 02 November 2009 at 3:42am
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I did the speed change on the turning animation, the walk I haven't change anything yet... Turning  Special Attack  Jumping  -- The tileset until now:  -- member_profile.asp?PF=23122&FID=8 - @Manupix : The secondary light source on the shroom can only be reflected light from the grass: should be greenish (slightly!) Help me with the second light issue... I've chosen the white one for it to fit in any color of platform, what color must I use?I like the tiles, but not the horizontal dark green line. Break it or remove it. Good work so far! (esp with the tree!) |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 03 November 2009 at 2:45pm
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Difficult to say without seeing the other bgs.
Possibly, either warm (orange-yellowish) or cold (bluish) might work; it might be more the hue of the shading than of the light. I don't have any experience in PA for games, so I can just guess. I'm not even sure sprites use 2ndary light. Anyway, a good 2ndary light is usually a different color than the main. The bg looks quite good! (except that grass line, still worrying) |
Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 03 November 2009 at 2:47pm
| Very cute |
Posted By: Pickles
Date Posted: 03 November 2009 at 3:34pm
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@Manupix
What grass line? the one at the bottom?
I understood the 2nd Light thing... I'm going to find a solution... thnx a lot for the patience guy =X
@Elk
Thank u -^^-
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Posted By: Ambient
Date Posted: 06 November 2009 at 6:42am
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Originally posted by Pickles
[/IMG]Walking
I think that the bouncing on the body doesn't quite seem to fit the top of the mushroom, maybe a bit of squashing it down when it lands? |