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Slash Kamei
19-05-06, 03:58
its still a working project but this is what i have so far
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4442/maincharacter2ht.th.png (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maincharacter2ht.png)
and yes that is the BFG 9000, and my only question is this: HOW THE HELL DO YOU CARRY IT?!
BFG and other guns from Phil's guns and other poses from....uh...i forgot i'll find it and give credit later
Really, it's just a simple MM edit I've seen time and time again. You need to make it look less like MM and more like your own character. MM is about the size of a 10 year old boy. I really don't think that your character is 10 years old. Or maybe hes just short. Also get rid of the mega gloves and mega boots. Make his fists and feet smaller.
Though Deadeye chose his words badly and came accross somewhat rude, he is for the most part right.
Really, it's just a simple MM edit I've seen time and time again.
Yes, your character is a MEgaman Edit, and we all have to start somewhere, but your is not one that has been done "time and time again".
Yes Slash, your Character may have soem cool new ideas in his design, but he is a megaman edit.
You need to make it look less like MM and more like your own character.
This statement here bothers me, because the great thing about hobbies, like spriting is that laziness is not wrong. It might get bad reactions like people telling you you HAVE TO or NEED TO do things, where really, you do not.
MM is about the size of a 10 year old boy. I really don't think that your character is 10 years old. Or maybe hes just short.
Rock Light/Megaman/Rockman is a 10 year old Japanese Boy, 4ft 4in to be accurate to the only near canon source that ever gives any details, so unless you are going to use this character in a comic full of Megaman Edits and no Megaman, that is fine, but if he is going to get anywhere near any MM characters or characters of taller Proportions he will be feeling extra short.
Also get rid of the mega gloves and mega boots. Make his fists and feet smaller.
Yes, editting the legs longer and the boots smaller will give you more adult and custom look, as would making the gloves look less like megaman's armored gauntlets.
http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maincharacter2ht.png
The reason your BFG will not fit is that you are trying to make it fit on a character that is way too small for it, if you choose to increase his height and arm length about 3-4 pixels it will help greatly.
Also, please try to customize the sword and guns a bit, flat rips and PD sprites shows a lack of willingness to try, which will get more negative responses, and your guns looks like PillboxPhill rips and a Mjkrzak sword.
Okay.
1. Sorry if I came across as being rude. I didn't mean to be.
2. Allow me to revise a statement: You don't have to make your character look less like MM, but at least take it into consideration.
Slash Kamei
19-05-06, 16:19
this is why i gave up on the B&G forum...:g-twitch: well i'm not sure what to do now cause if i redo him then it'll push back the comic even more and its been way too damn long for me to just redo it now! again I CAN;T DO HANDS AND FEET YOU STUPID MORONS! how many times do i have to tell you people that?! and why do i even bother using someone esle's weapons EVEN THOUGH I THE ONES I SPRITE LOOK LIKE TOTAL SHIT!!!
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6741/ssword8ll.png (http://imageshack.us)
SEE!? i can;t use this! it doesn;t even look right plus, and i know you will say it 'its not even oringal, its just Cloud's sword' well for your info its not cloud's sword! its a sword from DW5! that looks alot like cloud's sword!
well i feel better now
Dude, Relax! We are trying to be helpful here, The best part about spriting is that you do not need artistic talent, only patience.
The sword is a Zwielander, a german weapon desinged to celave through horse and rider in one swing (or Japanese Zanbattou made for the same purpose). Just becuase Cloud made the Zweilander famous with his freakishly short gripped version (The real swords of that type had nearly 5 foot long grips) does not mean you cannot use it, if you made that from scratch GREAT! I do not do much scratch work myself becuase its not fun for me, and I sprite for the fun of it.
Okay...
The reason you gave up on BnG is because you wouldn't accept ANY negative comments or criticisms. And you wouldn't even TRY to do better. We are here to help you get better at this. But we're not going to pat you on the back for everything you sprite. If we find something wrong, we point it out to you. You take that as being mean and hateful. We are trying to help you improve. All of us start out somewhere, and this is a great start. The advice that I gave is to help you do better. What do you do if you can't sprite something? You just say "I can't do it you flippin morons!!!!" and you don't even TRY. Just keep trying. You'll get it eventually. Look at other peoples sprites for examples. I started out the same way, not being able to sprite hands, or hair. I just kept practicing, and looking at other peoples sprites as examples, and now I can at leas tsprite competent hands and hair. We don't expect some uber-custom sprite form you, but we do expect you to try to do better.
About the sword: I think it looks good. Just tweak your sprite, and sword, a bit, and you'll get it to fit.
Just keep trying okay?:g-winky:
Slash Kamei
19-05-06, 17:05
so THATS a Zwielander? ok then...see the gloves and the feet are my weak points and i'm not asking you to say they look great cause i know they aren't the best ever. and about the sword, i made the handle based on the hands what the size would be if he held it with both hands and yes in turn it did make the sword itself bigger than the character but i couldn;t make it shorter cause, in my eyes, it would look odd in the long run and know i should just make the arms and legs longer but then i'd have to do that for every pose and i'm just not sure it would look good in the comic with the other sprites of the same size he is now granted i should just make a sigma character so that way i could make the sword look somewhat right handle wise...but then if i make him the wrong color he could be mistake for a porly done simga recolor *coughmyndcough* and thats the last thing i want
The reason why Mynd was a recolor is because he was made when recoloring was the only thing people knew how to do.
Slash Kamei
19-05-06, 17:14
i know, trust me i know...i'm just using him as an exaple though now wish dave could update his characters since the days of recolors are long and gone...but thats just me
so THATS a Zwielander?
Yep, it is. ^__^
ok then...see the gloves and the feet are my weak points and i'm not asking you to say they look great cause i know they aren't the best ever.
Your last posts begs to differ. You over reacted, but I am willing to let bigones be bygones.
You you are having a whole lot of trouble dealing with Mega's hands, Forte's are far better quality.
and about the sword, i made the handle based on the hands what the size would be if he held it with both hands
With a weapon like that it is intended to be weilded with nearly 3 feet between the placement of the hands. Anything else is unrealistic and creepy (Case in example: Cloud)
The Zweilander's blade is supposed to be as tall as the user's shoulder/neck and then an additional 4-5 feet of grip after that.
I still think you should increase the arm and let length of your character, it will not be easy, but when you are done it will look very good.
porly done simga recolor *coughmyndcough* and thats the last thing i want
Don't knock Dave's sprites, he has something that more than makes up for it, and interestign and entertaining comic, which most people who try to emulate him do not have. Good story and/or humor can more than make up for poor graphics... contrary to a very vocal minority claims.
i know, trust me i know...i'm just using him as an exaple though now wish dave could update his characters since the days of recolors are long and gone...but thats just me
Dave has already explained why he refuses to update his characters, Character identification and most people do not care. Changing the character desing fo major characters can cause alienation, comics deal with it often, and generally speaking the oens who say that Dave needs to change his characters are a very vocal minorty, but no where near the number of people who like it as it is or do not care.
Slash Kamei
19-05-06, 17:22
well excuse me if i disgree with that, sure it was funny, at first but now its just the same thing over and over, joke about time travle, ran, stupid robot masters its all the same! even great sprite comics like that get old after awhile look at 8-bit theator! They are just repeating the same jokes over and overso like i said, excuse me if i don;t bow down to the sprite comic gods!
Alright, i know i might of went too far with that. Just i'm trying to get my own sprite comic up some of you might of seen it on the old sprites.inc site. ITs just been very hard to find new jokes and/or character ideas that are oringal cause alot of them have been used by Dave or some other sprite comic, some of them not then that good and i could name alot of bad sprite comics. This very thing is pissing me off to no end. So if i seem like i think B&G is no longer a good sprite comic then forgive me cause i don;t think that. I think its a good sprite comic just i've been tried of every idea i come up with has already been used.
Dave Anez's comic still entertain's me and at times, like the current story arc feels fresh (Though I do prefer Super Llama's, CCS's, Azureman's and NW's comics), and I am not "bowing down", I'm just pointing out that if you have a good comic it can make up for bad graphics.
I chose not to mention Brian Clevinger's comic for a reason >,>
Slash Kamei
19-05-06, 17:54
well since i'm going off on sprite comics and that i don't care who i offen it seems, i'll just say it.
The Ultimate Sprite comic is the worse piece of shit i've ever seen, jokes are lame, the auther has writers block 3/4th of the time and he doesn;t even try to make a filler comic when a site shuts down and does he even KEEP the sprites he uses?!
lordmetroid
19-05-06, 22:59
...Your a little off-topic, folks.
i can;t use this!
Sure you can. You just need one of megaman's hands. Like so:
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2289/guyholdingsword5se.png
Pinkie Pie
19-05-06, 23:10
Easy way to build characters for sprite comics: Seperate all the parts, and make lots of them, rather than relying on prebuilt poses for edits.
That way it looks more like your own character rather than Megaman/Protoman/Bass/Insert Character Here.
Want hands?:
http://www.panelmonkey.org/sprite.php?id=983&theme=3
Thats a good source for Megaman styled hands. Just add shading.
If you want a character to use a sword, this is a good example too:
http://www.panelmonkey.org/sprite.php?id=986&theme=3
Spriting requires patience, and the will to not get sprites to resemble Megaman. Pratice makes perfect.
Slash Kamei
20-05-06, 03:26
...Your a little off-topic, folks.
Sure you can. You just need one of megaman's hands. Like so:
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2289/guyholdingsword5se.png
yeah thats what i used, kinda but still i used one of his hands as a base for the handle, added a 2nd one to see how long i would have to make it, the blade itself was a pain in the ass, for one i didn;t know how long to make it for if it was too short it would look odd and if it was too big then it just look stupid somewhat. also i'm not sure i got the shading right on the blade
I don't see anything wrong in the shading of the blade...
Slash Kamei
27-06-06, 04:14
wow....this old topic is still up...damn
anyhow not much update on my character, he still looks the same only i've scraped the whole sword deal and i did find a way for him to use the BFG, with some minor editing it looks...eh alright, not sure if it'll make it into the comic or not but, hey its either that or a lame dbz rip off pose so hey, what can you do huh? The guns are still in question as well, not sure if i'm going to use them or not.
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4060/maincharacter6xb.th.png (http://img236.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maincharacter6xb.png)
oh...right, about the ride armor...um...well nothing really about it, going to use it for part of the comic, no editing, simple
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