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[Haylee]

Finished my entire Spritesheet for BS Mascot Link. The sprites are set up in a way that it's as true to the BS tileset as possible. (With the excpeption of outlining the top of the Magic Shield, I did that because I prefer it that way.)

 

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[Koh]

Is the final shield really like that on the other BS graphics?  It looks so odd with its gray outline, whereas every other shield had a solid black outline.  It's like it's a Ghost Shield.

Edited by Koh, 15 July 2014 - 07:45 AM.

[Koh]

Movements for Lo-Res

 

 

Just practicing getting the right kind of body movement.  Will probably animate Mid-Res tomorrow.

Lo-Res:  4 Frames, Mid-Res:  8 Frames, Hi-Res:  16 Frames.

Edited by Koh, 15 July 2014 - 09:33 PM.

[Koh]

Will be moving onto the running animation next, but here's a quick little showcase thingy.

 

If you just hi-res the existing frames of an animation, you get this.

 

Looks fine for the lower res, but for the higher res, it looks jerky.  So what do you do?  You treat those frames as key frames, and create a new frame after each, that transitions to the next key frame.

 

Ahh, much smoother.

 

Side by side

[Demonlink]

Will be moving onto the running animation next, but here's a quick little showcase thingy.

 

If you just hi-res the existing frames of an animation, you get this.

 

Looks fine for the lower res, but for the higher res, it looks jerky.  So what do you do?  You treat those frames as key frames, and create a new frame after each, that transitions to the next key frame.

 

Ahh, much smoother.

 

Side by side

Looking great Koh! So, to understand what you said about key frames, it appears you used 2 frames for your Low Resolution sprites, but taking in base these, you did the same for your high res, but added 2 more frames. In a few words, more frames = more smoothness, am I right?

[NoeL]

The arms and collar look very mechanical, like you just drew them inbetween the key frames. Remember the "slow in, slow out" rule of animation... and "follow through".

[anikom15]

Boy needs to put a comb through his head.

[Geoffrey]

Boy needs to put a comb through his head.

Head specifically, not hair.

Edited by Geoffrey, 17 July 2014 - 12:28 PM.

[anikom15]

Dude not all hair has heads!

[Geoffrey]

Forgive my insensitivity.

[Koh]

The arms and collar look very mechanical, like you just drew them inbetween the key frames. Remember the "slow in, slow out" rule of animation... and "follow through".

Going to work on trying to fix this.  Meanwhile, have an animation~

(Anyone using a light theme probably won't see the swing effect.)

[anikom15]

MY SOUL

[kurt91]

You're using this for a game you're making, right Koh? I hope it has a Low-res option because that looks really nice.

[RetraRoyale]

You're using this for a game you're making, right Koh? I hope it has a Low-res option because that looks really nice.

 

 

Agreed. Hi-res is poo.

 

I would conjecture that the appeal of low res is due too the fact that faces and motions have less information in them, and thus make it easier for the player to map their own attitudes and expectations onto what they see.

 

Low res guy = charming sprite who always likes what I like.

Hi res guy = stupid sprite who has his own opinions and feelings that I disagree with.

 

That's the whole appeal of the low-res charm. You let the player tell themselves a story, rather than forcing them to hear the one you've written. Graphically speaking, of course.

[Koh]

Yes, Lo, Mid and Hi resses are all the graphics options for the game, that can be switched between at any time.  It's to appeal to the entire spectrum of sprite graphics; those who like the less detailed Lo stuff, or more detailed Mid and Hi stuff, rather than only catering to one group.  You can get a much broader audience this way.

 

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