Help with creating sprites for 2d games
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| Where would one start if i would want to make 2d sprites.... As in 2d mario like characters or stuff... |
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| I'm afraid it's all down to learning to draw (assuming you don't already). There really aren't any shortcuts - unless you want to make and render 3D models or something. Well, I guess that's a shortcut, isn't it... After that, you just need some software capable of drawing non-antialiased (hmmm, aliased) pixels and of saving in the proper formats.M |
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| Im currently studying courses on modeling but mean while im gonna stick to 2d art. How about my creating a large "drawn" image/charatcer then resizing it to like 64x64. Would that be how one would create a "sprite" |
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| The best way is to have a look and study how someone else has gone about creating the image(s), and having ago yourself. Zooming in on the image to see how its drawn is a great method! This link maybe of use to you to start with http://panelmonkey.org/ There are others, just try google to find some more 2d sprites etc. |
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I just made this without any help.... |
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| Look good, but is it that kind of character you want in your game? And downscaling seems to be a good method, just make shure you don't screw up the alpha channel. |
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| I remember a while back i was doing some 2d sprites. I used a vector drawing program. Corel Xara i think it was. Anyway, i made it up so that the upper arm, forearm, hand etc etc, where all different items, and i could rotate them to fit the characters pose. With a bit of work, it looked not bad :) |
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| Propixel is also very good for creating 2D sprites! It's by pacific software,really is an awesome package and costs £20 for a boxed version!! |
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| A friend of me still swears to DeluxePaint 2 in a dosbox. Another friend of me does his 2d stuff in Photoshop, saying that once you know all the functions and keys, PS is no problem for sprites. I guess it depends on personal taste.. tho I might say: try to look for stoneage design tools.. they're probably freeware these days and were made for ppz who did 2d games, yesteryear. |
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| Propixel is very Deluxe Paint inspired btw! What game are you creating btw? |
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| @ mikey & guys thanks for the tips. At this moment i know the systax very well and programming would not pose sutch a problem. It's more the eye candy that im concerned with. Im working on a lil 2d rpg along the lines of alone in the dark. It's gonna be pretty phat but it's be 2d not 3d. My first actual attempt @ 2d so. I realy need any help i can get. I also will try using photoshop since i have no problem with that....And id have to purchase everything else.... |
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| What I am going to do is create skeleton (stick) animations and later draw the characters on top of those. Another method I have, this for getting fluid animations is to capture movement with a webcam. Again drawing the actual characters ontop of the captured images. There are also a number of Loomis books online that deal with drawing that are worth checking out. |
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| No worries Darklordz mate! I love 2D stuff, and all the best with the project! :D |
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| i writed a sprite editor, still available at bitzcoder but i fear it's buggy, i'm making the new version at this time but it's not ready to be released check this link spriteed |
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