making sprites

DavidP · 04-20-2002, 02:31 PM

I am making sprites for my Dragonball Z clone of Liero, and have encountered some problems.

I do not want to use a 3d modeler...because I dont need that....this is a 2d game....a 3d modeler is way too much to use for this....

I have tried hand drawing my sprites in paintbrush....but that makes them look childish and not very well done.

Are there any good sprite making programs out there? I need a program that would aid me in making my sprites. Especially when my sprites for characters have to be as small as 13x13 pixels....

jdinger · 04-20-2002, 05:37 PM

One technique I've seen is to hand-draw your sprites with pencil
and paper then scan them. Clean up the scan, then paint in your
colors/shadows/etc.. If I'm not mistaken that's what Capcom did for the Street Fighter 2 game series.

compjinx · 04-20-2002, 11:29 PM

http://tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial/

and

http://www.gaminggroundzero.com/home.html under "resources"

TechWins · 04-21-2002, 02:45 PM

Quote:

One technique I've seen is to hand-draw your sprites with pencil and paper then scan them. Clean up the scan, then paint in your colors/shadows/etc..

Yeah, I've heard that too, and the people I heard that from had some killer 3D figures.

I was going to buy a scanner a few weeks ago, so I could do this. However, I realized that it would be of no purpose to me right now, because I wouldn't be able to implement the figures into my games (bad consoles!). Over the course of this school year I have become much better at drawing from doing all of my sketches during my insanely simplistic math class.

no-one · 04-21-2002, 03:44 PM

Paint Shop Pro 6 (NOT 7, 7 is slower for some reason)
of Photoshop 6 or 7.

those are the tools of choice

SyntaxBubble · 04-21-2002, 06:17 PM

Well, I just made a sprite, just seeing how good I could do. I think it's pretty good, seeing as it's my first try at a character. Anyhow, I will attach the .bmp. I used techniques I learned from the posted link http://www.gaminggroundzero.com/file...ritemaking.doc

jdinger · 04-21-2002, 08:45 PM

Pretty cool little guy. Looks like a sprite you'd see in a 2d rpg.

heat511 · 04-25-2002, 08:02 AM

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04-20-2002, 02:31 PM	#1
DavidP l'Anziano Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,573	making sprites I am making sprites for my Dragonball Z clone of Liero, and have encountered some problems. I do not want to use a 3d modeler...because I dont need that....this is a 2d game....a 3d modeler is way too much to use for this.... I have tried hand drawing my sprites in paintbrush....but that makes them look childish and not very well done. Are there any good sprite making programs out there? I need a program that would aid me in making my sprites. Especially when my sprites for characters have to be as small as 13x13 pixels.... __________________ My Website "Circular logic is good because it is."
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04-20-2002, 05:37 PM	#2
jdinger Used Registerer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,065	One technique I've seen is to hand-draw your sprites with pencil and paper then scan them. Clean up the scan, then paint in your colors/shadows/etc.. If I'm not mistaken that's what Capcom did for the Street Fighter 2 game series.
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04-20-2002, 11:29 PM	#3
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no-one Has a Masters in B.S. Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,267	Paint Shop Pro 6 (NOT 7, 7 is slower for some reason) of Photoshop 6 or 7. those are the tools of choice __________________ ADVISORY: This users posts are rated CP-MA, for Mature Audiences only.
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04-21-2002, 06:17 PM	#6
SyntaxBubble Programming is fun, mkay? Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 490	Here's a sprite using what I... Well, I just made a sprite, just seeing how good I could do. I think it's pretty good, seeing as it's my first try at a character. Anyhow, I will attach the .bmp. I used techniques I learned from the posted link http://www.gaminggroundzero.com/file...ritemaking.doc Attached Images __________________ Website(s): http://www16.brinkster.com/trifaze/ E-mail: trifaze_mattu@lycos.com --------------------------------- C++ Environment: MSVC++ 6.0; Dev-C++ 4.0/4.1 DirectX Version: 9.0b DX SDK: DirectX 8.1 SDK
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04-21-2002, 08:45 PM	#7
jdinger Used Registerer Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,065	Pretty cool little guy. Looks like a sprite you'd see in a 2d rpg.
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