Deathbringer's Depths of Unfathomable Sadness

[Deathbringer]

Redesign of Patra for the Gameboy Zelda (a.k.a. Eyesoar) based on the BS Zelda sprites. Somewhat cheap edit but better than what we got.


This is supposed to be a DX-esque version of Kracko.

[E-Man]

Love the Kracko sprites, but maybe it would work better if you stuck with one color instead of using one color for the top half and another color for the bottom half? The transition between the two colors looks a little unnatural to me.

[Deathbringer]

I was trying to mimic the way the he looks in other games, but yeah pink doesn't really work here. A darker blue might work better.

[DragonDePlatino]

Ohh! Very nice work on the BS Patras! And I really think you have a good idea going on with Krako's palette, so here's a shading edit to make it work better...



The problem with your original sprite was that your pink was too dark and you were sticking blue/pink pixels right next to each other. If you keep them far apart like this, it's less obvious where the transition is. Also, I redid the spikes and added more AA for good measure.

[E-Man]

I like that edit a whole lot better, DragonDePlatino, but maybe the eye would look better if it was only blue instead of also having pink in there?

[Ton]

Great stuff! I sometimes forget you do customs.

[DragonDePlatino]

Yeah, the eye could be completely blue, if you wanted. As long as you restrict your palette changes to 8x8 areas or used sprite layering for the eye/cloud, there's no problem with that.

[Deathbringer]

Before I commit to anyone's suggestions, I redid the cloud part as once I have a finalized version, the rest can be fixed accordingly.


It animates well enough that it shouldn't be problematic for anyone.


The only real issue is trying to shade the nubs on the sides, as it could lead to the original point that E-Man made of the colors not transitioning right.

I did do an overlay with the edit that DDP made and it works better here than it does with the original ones I did.


I'm tweaking the palette a bit still, so the colors aren't going to be perfect.

E-Man: I do agree with the eye being just blue but I might use the pink for the Revenge version's eye, as that one was more pinkish then the original.
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[Ton]

I think that looks pretty perfect. Reminds me a lot of Superstar Kracko.

[Deathbringer]

I'll to see if I get any more input from others. Plus not sure how to label this.

But for now, something I did quick. Just to new version of the Zelda enemy that looks like a skull with fire circling it.

[Garamonde]

Ahh Embers. Those guys were quite the nuisance in Wind Waker.

That aside, I thought it was a spinning flower with an eye at first. I don't know if that can be fixed at this size or not though, or if it's just me...

[E-Man]

Embers? I thought they were called Bubbles, Mighty.

[Garamonde]

Oh yes, Red Bubble. My bad, lol. Where did I get ember from? Ahh well.

[Ton]

Oh yes, Red Bubble. My bad, lol. Where did I get ember from? Ahh well.

Paper Mario?

[Deathbringer]

As it stands, since no one else has any other advice to give, this will be the finalize version:


Any objections...?