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05-05-2014, 05:21 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-05-2014, 05:37 AM by DecaTilde.)
Sousanator did well on ripping Brian Griffin for SDB. Well, I'm planning to do a modern-day remake.
I managed to use Simplector to trace what Brian looks like today and IsoPix to pixelate the traced vectors. Here's what turned out so far.
And I'm using a different image hosting website now, because Imageshack will no longer allow free uploads, even through their ".us" client.
However, I don't mind a little help sprucing this idle sprite up.
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I see you doing a lot of custom Family Guy sprites lately. While that is fine and all, may I suggest that you branch out to other franchises and create characters and objects from those? If you keep creating sprites from the same TV show/game again and again, you're limiting yourself greatly and you'll end up becoming tired of it very easily.
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Yes, the sprites are also very simple in style. You could argue that the animation is the challenge, but if you're imitating
a style from a game, you can pretty much copy those animations.
Still, LDEJRuff should be allowed to do as he pleases.
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I understand that, Paladin. There's nothing I could do to stop Ruff from spiriting in this style, but, at the same time, I honestly want to watch him grow as a spriter. Besides, if he gives at least another character from a different franchise a try, there could be a chance that he finds it as a challenging, enjoyable experience.
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Yes, I definitely agree. It's much better spriting
custom sprites and experimenting with styles than
imitating what's already been done.
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Meh, let him do what he wants. He'll move on when he's sick of the style. For now, let's give him feedback on what he's showing us.
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Drawing on a same style as the other person is not inherently bad. The purpose of those sprites is not to be of full artistic value; its more about replicating the show's visuals into pixelart.
I think that you should use some antialias to make the lines as smooth as the source style, i will get onto it when im on my pc
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I just checked those apps you mentioned and... you did these on a touchscreen? Dang. I admire your patience.