Post by: DARKTALBAIN on February 28, 2009, 11:03:33 PM
So here we go ........
First off I used this pic to get an idea of what I was trying to do .......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/DogRock.jpg)
No hold on that's the wrong pic :DxDie It was this one .....
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/CaptainAmericaAlexRossSketch3.png)
I first made 2 palettes for the sprites , one in shades of black & the other I was trying to get that shiny look in the blue . The blue one also has the shades of black I need in the palette & the browns I need for the holster . Here they are ......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky_black.png)(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky_shiny.png)
What I did when I started to make it easier for you is just paste the black legs onto the one with the blue palettes like so .......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky_shiny2.png)
Then his sheild plate on his abdomen is different than the Real Cap's so you have to draw that & make the black go higher ......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky_shiny3.png)
Looks pretty cool . Then what I did was copy & paste the black arms & drew down to where the glove should be on the white with blacks & grays . I made the gloves stick out , like they are wrinkled . I covered his ears , since the Bucky Cap does not have his ears hanging out . I also added some lighter gray as highlights ........
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky1.png)
Put the stars on his shoulders next & he has a blue stripe down his leg so I did that also ......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky2.png)
Then to make it easier on you I just copied & pasted Doom's holster ( remember I already put the browns in the palette ) But what I did do was shrink it some & redraw a little of it . I used a gun from Jill & turned it the way I needed it for his hand . I recolored it & drew the handle . Then I copied & pasted the part of the hand I needed form my original sprite .....
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky3.png)
Time for the sheild . Every pic I seen had the sheild in his left hand & the gun in his right . Most of Caps actual sprites do not have the sheild in his hand at all . So it's really easy to use his sheild sprites & put the sheild in whatever hand you want . I did have to sprite the strap ......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky4.png)
Then I added some final touches , I touched up his face , shoulder & a few minor tweaks for your finished product ......
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/bucky5.png)
Let me say that his boots are black & I realize that . But I did the sprite & I liked them red better . It's a quick fix to color them shades of black though . Also he has more pouches on his waste , but I had stuff to do on Wolvenom so I didn't feel like taking the time to sprite them .
To do this edit right in my opinion is not the easiest thing . It took me some work . Feel free to use anything I did here
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(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/MedSpawn2.gif)
Post by: Zerok_116 on February 28, 2009, 11:11:01 PM
looking foward to that dog sprite :DxDie
Post by: MugenMaster44 on March 02, 2009, 10:11:50 PM
Post by: bse24 on March 02, 2009, 10:21:11 PM
Post by: Technology on March 14, 2009, 10:59:54 AM
Sorry if I'm asking to much I just want to learn how. :)
Thanks alot and nice tut. ;)
Post by: DARKTALBAIN on March 16, 2009, 02:28:40 PM
Thanks alot for this awesome tutorial, but... I still have a question how can I sprite my own "special effects" sprites for my char or how to transfer some "special effects" sprites from a char to my own char and how to properly animate them.
Sorry if I'm asking to much I just want to learn how. :)
Thanks alot and nice tut. ;)
If you are taking Capcom or SnK effects from a character & putting them into your own . The animations should already be there . If you need a color change for them , just change the palettes in fighter factory to make them the colors you need . Much like I did to make Captain America's black outfit . There are many tutorials here on palette changing , that's why I didn't get into to it too much . I kind of made this tutorial to help beginners out , so it's pretty basic .
Making your own effects is a whole other story . Depending on what kind of effects you want . If you want them to be sprited like I did with the necroplasm for Medieval Spawn , just start drawing them . If you want them to have the glowing effect like alot of P.O.T.S. characters have . There are various programs you can use to do that .
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/MedSpawn2.gif)
Post by: Technology on March 16, 2009, 07:01:04 PM
But, if I could not code my special effects to my WIP project, would you like to help me a bit?
If I'm not asking for to much... ???
Post by: DARKTALBAIN on March 17, 2009, 02:25:59 AM
Oh, I see thanks alot. ;D
But, if I could not code my special effects to my WIP project, would you like to help me a bit?
If I'm not asking for to much... ???
Sorry , bud
Trust me , I am not the best coder especially for really crazy moves . I was coding the " cannonball " move into Wolvenom & it messed his intro up . :-?? I'm learning things as I go along with Medieval Spawn . So I am not the right guy to ask to do that .
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/MedSpawn2.gif)
Post by: Rage on March 17, 2009, 02:31:57 AM
Post by: Technology on March 20, 2009, 03:06:17 PM
Sorry , bud
Trust me , I am not the best coder especially for really crazy moves . I was coding the " cannonball " move into Wolvenom & it messed his intro up . :-?? I'm learning things as I go along with Medieval Spawn . So I am not the right guy to ask to do that .
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/MedSpawn2.gif)
Well, thanks anyway, I'm going to try to figure it out.
Post by: DARKTALBAIN on March 07, 2010, 03:02:46 PM
I figured I would show you something else that was a little more complicated & I happen to save my progress through out the creation. This was my Mega Medieval Spawnman sprite that I entered in the sprite comp the week that i didn't host it.
Let's get started....
I started with a megaman sprite. But just like I showed you before, to make things easier on myself I made palettes using the colors I was going to need. The blue palette also had the reds added to the swatch so I could just copy & paste. Remember the palettes don't need to look good, just so the parts you are using look like they should.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/00bl_pal.gif)(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/00rd_pal.gif)
OK, so I took the blue sprite & copied & pasted all the red parts I needed from the other one Like so.....
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_01.gif)
Now I have a good base with the colors I want, where I want them , lets start editing....
I started with the boot. I wanted Mega Medieval Spawn's boots to look more like a Spawn boot than megaman. So I really customized it & added different shading. I didn't do his other one because my Medieval Spawn doesn't have a boot on both legs.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_02.gif)
Then I added the spikes & started working on the gauntlet he wears on his one arm
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_03.gif)
The mask & Spawn's striping were next
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_04.gif)
I altered his head & decided to put spikes on the straps that hold the mask on. Also since this is a megaman style Spawn. I decided that he could have two big boots, so I sprited the other one & redid the shading.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_05.gif)
Now if you look at the top of the sprite, sometimes I make things off to the side like I did with the skulls. The can always be pasted where I need them later. i find it easier to do things like that. So I sprited & shaded his cape on hm & then I pasted a skull on top of it in the appropriate place. I also sprited another spiked band on his arm.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_06.gif)
I knew I wanted to give him a weapon & it was going to be a sword at first. But then I felt a mace would be more fitting the megaman universe & if I was going to make him a full character I could do some really cool moves with him. This was the first quick concept of the mace. You can see the sprite of the chain on top. I was already thinking that was a better idea.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_07.gif)
OK so here's where we start finishing things up & adding minor details.....
I changed the mace to being on a chain so he could swing it. I added the chain to hold his cape on, which messed up the skulls. Good thing I still had them next to him. Copy & paste again. I was tossing around having the chains/skull on his waste. how many, where would the be, or not having them at all. I decided on one chain that wraps around his waste with the skull on it, after making a few different versions, I thought that looked the best. The reason why I used the sprite that I did, was because I knew from the beginning that I was going to make the one hand glow with necroplasm. So I added my greens to the palette & sprited the necroplasm. Here's the sprite with all this & of course all of the extra garbage around him erased since I am almost done.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_08.gif)
Now it's ready for the sprite competition. The finalized sprite with the background removed. There were a few minor touch ups from the one above, but it was pretty much done there.
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/mega_done.png)
I hope this demonstration can help someone out on becoming a better spriter & honing their talent :thumbsup:
(http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/DARKTALBAIN/MedSpawn2.gif)
Post by: Ununsed-Username on March 07, 2010, 03:08:37 PM