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firebolt12 February 28th, 2011 2:11 PM

Nice! this was super helpful! I really like this:)^^

AWESOME! I think you do great with circles() :)O = magical with your twists!

sraaaah February 28th, 2011 5:55 PM

quick fusion trainer i made :3
(in signature)
thanks for the helpful tutorials !

mysticjoshgaming March 2nd, 2011 9:47 PM

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nice tutorials! they helped me a lot in the following sprites! (they will be shown in my game):)

JirachiFan99 March 11th, 2011 6:02 PM

This is a good tutorial, just about the pixel-over tutorial, say i'm talking about umbreon,wouldn't it be easier to make the black just 1 shade then shade it from scratch?

Logiedan March 11th, 2011 7:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JirachiFan99 (Post 6504548)
This is a good tutorial, just about the pixel-over tutorial, say i'm talking about umbreon,wouldn't it be easier to make the black just 1 shade then shade it from scratch?

That would be another way but the reason there are those multiple colours is because the shading from the art is also being traced as well. As you can see in the Umbreon pixel over, the blue parts represent the shaded parts from the art. Shading from scratch is good too, but the other method is recommended if you are lacking shading experience.

ramonbastos March 15th, 2011 11:22 AM

wow, easy to understand tuto's, thanks

Chesu March 17th, 2011 5:58 PM

Regarding the pixel-over tutorial, while you would probably get a better result by drawing the shading to match the style yourself, that's not what I had in mind while writing it. Back in 2009, the Pixel Art board was overrun by rom hackers looking for people to make sprites for their games; I made these tutorials to teach them how to make sprites for themselves, and tried to keep them as simple as possible.

DaBomb137 March 23rd, 2011 12:34 AM

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Great tutorials! I was able to make these sprites with them, but I'm having trouble with overworld sprites and and back sprites for these trainers. Can anyone help?

Chesu April 1st, 2011 7:49 AM

...but why is the carrot gone?

bwb234 April 18th, 2011 10:49 AM



With your tutorials i was able to switch this:

To this:


Thanks

Chesu April 18th, 2011 3:22 PM

What you should do is try to recreate it from scratch, using what you have now as a reference.

bwb234 April 23rd, 2011 6:56 PM

Do trainer sprites have limited amount of color like Pokemon?

Chesu April 23rd, 2011 6:58 PM

Yes, though it varies depending on the hardware. For the GBA games, it's sixteen colors... That's fifteen colors used in the sprite itself, and one found nowhere else on the sprite as the background. So technically, to remain consistent with the style, you should use fifteen colors. I'm not sure about DS games...

Equinoxe April 24th, 2011 3:19 AM

I'm pretty sure all the sprites (trainers and Pokémon alike) in the DS games have the same 15 colours + transparency limit.

The 100 Mega Shock April 24th, 2011 4:11 AM

It's still 4-bit, 16 colour sprites presumably due to memory constraints.

Miggs April 24th, 2011 12:04 PM

Nice Tutorials. Too bad , i cant do pixel art.Never turns out right.

ProGuava April 24th, 2011 4:24 PM

very good tutorial!

Im impressed, and I have already made a decent amt. of "ok" trainers xD

Im not too good with spriting....

:P

Pikα22 May 3rd, 2011 3:34 PM

Using the Overworld tutorial, I was able to get this:

Miggs May 13th, 2011 11:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spherical Ice (Post 6274811)


Thanks for this!Helped alot.

Kyther May 23rd, 2011 1:05 AM

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Thanks Chesu for these tutorials, they're great. I was able to make this from them. The overworld in HGSS style, also helped from other overworlds.

The battle graffic needs a little work but I don't know what to do. (The head looks weird and left hand.)
The overworlds hair also needs work but I just can't do it.

NTA May 29th, 2011 4:35 PM

Thanks, planning on using this soon to increase my terrible spriting skills xD

banjo3ie June 10th, 2011 5:32 AM

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good tutorial. i was able to make this with the fusion tutorial

Chesu June 10th, 2011 7:36 AM

There are a few errant pixels on the outline of the head and need to be cleaned up, and it looks like you missed a shade in your recolor; notice the dark red/brown lines on your blue and black sprites. You should also try to make sure that the background leg looks like it's in relatively the same spot as the fore leg on that side of the body.

Miggs June 10th, 2011 8:58 AM

This is what i did...http://1.2.3.9/bmi/fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/161/1/1/my_first_fakemon__by_collourguy-d3ijha7.png

They are not my pallet's but i tryed to based off this...http://1.2.3.12/bmi/fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/150/a/5/pebbles_by_stroverachampion-d3hmk8s.png

banjo3ie June 10th, 2011 10:22 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Chesu (Post 6686767)
There are a few errant pixels on the outline of the head and need to be cleaned up, and it looks like you missed a shade in your recolor; notice the dark red/brown lines on your blue and black sprites. You should also try to make sure that the background leg looks like it's in relatively the same spot as the fore leg on that side of the body.

ok i fixed it and also did another sprite

Impo June 10th, 2011 10:51 PM

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/161/2/f/if_tauros___miltank_crossbreed_by_impojr-d3iljqv.png
made this using your Amalgamation (or whatever) tutorial!
Thanks a bunch!

Chesu June 12th, 2011 7:33 AM

Is that your own version of a baby Tauros/Miltank? I like it!

PokeDarby July 8th, 2011 4:26 AM

All the tutorials so far are amazing. So simple and easy to use, yet still packed with more information than 80% of other tutorials out there. Keep it up!!

Bisharp July 9th, 2011 3:42 PM

This is a very helpful tutorial! c: Thank you for sharing this with us.

Hacks0rus August 11th, 2011 7:48 AM

Hey chesu, how are all the other tutorials coming along? I love these so far, but I'm still pretty poor at spiriting despite the many attempts I have tried. Nothing to do with your tutorials though, just I'm more of a scripter :)

Chesu August 12th, 2011 4:45 AM

Unfortunately, I just haven't had the time for it; I have two unfinished tutorials in the wings, and have for nearly two years now. I should probably try to make the time to get at least those done...

Hacks0rus August 13th, 2011 12:26 PM

:( time is always hard to find I guess

Infinipede September 8th, 2011 2:41 AM

MM's Video Tutorials

All focused on scratch fakemon, B/W style. Concept and Animation tutorials forthcoming... if you have a request for a specific fakemon tutorial, contact me on youtube.

Lineart
Shading

More forthcoming.

Chesu September 10th, 2011 7:35 PM

Unless you're able to embed those in posts here on PC, I'm not going to be able to post them...

Infinipede September 12th, 2011 6:14 AM





I don't know why you couldn't post links to the tutorials, but luckily PC has a youtube embed button...

Cura September 12th, 2011 7:18 AM

Thank you for the tutorials, comrade. I needed the refresher after being away from hacking for a few years.

XxXRy0MaEcHiZenXxX October 4th, 2011 7:13 AM

It Was Great!!! Hope Theres More To Come!!!!!!!!!

sazandora11 October 23rd, 2011 5:08 PM

Like the tutorials. Made me reconsider my style of stuff...

MikeMatt15 February 19th, 2012 2:52 PM

First Overworld
 
http://i43.*.com/34yci2o.jpg

My first over-world, fully animated. Thanks for these amazing tutorials.

Nemisis March 14th, 2012 2:32 AM

wow a tutorial on how to sprite cool.......

but one question what do i use in editing and making sprites what site like adobe or corel draw or just painting.....? it would be a huge help for me if u can tell me im just a beginner and im wanting to make sprites......

Chesu March 24th, 2012 2:50 PM

I prefer the Windows XP version of MS Paint, but a lot of people like Paint.net.

GlaciaFox April 30th, 2012 3:48 PM

thnx this really helped me. i've always tried figuring out how to make a sprite without it being a random generator or already been made and having to re-edit it.

Plusleminun May 24th, 2012 1:00 PM

These guides are great, I like the fact that they are very basic and easy to understand. I've learned a lot from them. Hope there's more to come. :)

Snowdrop August 9th, 2012 5:47 PM

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Alright well I know the rules about not posting in a topic that hasn't seen some action in a month, but this is someone's Graphics thread and it might not be so easy to replicate, so I'll post. If it's against the rules, then just delete this lol.

Your guide was extremely helpful. Also it got me to use MS Pain which I probably never would have laid a finger on haha. So these are my very first MS attempts at spriting. I did two sprites in GIMP but the program can't draw circles and shapes properly (with a border instead of a fill). So here they are...

Chesu August 16th, 2012 10:24 PM

Does that rule apply to stickied threads? Hmm... No idea. In any case I, the topic creator, have now posted, so it should be fine.

Your designs do need work, but this it a good starting point. I recommend playing around with the real Pokemon sprites, to get a feel for how they're shaped and shaded. You should try using the Amalgamon tutorial.

destinydownloads August 17th, 2012 5:16 PM

How would I do this: If I had to make an original sprite of something bigger or smaller than the original sprite without making it go pixelated. This is for a ROM hack btw.

Chesu August 18th, 2012 11:09 AM

Unfortunately, due to the generally low resolution and importance of clarity in pixel art, sprites can be a little hard to resize. For a completely loss-free resizing of something, you generally have to resize it by full increments, i.e. 50% or 200%. The further from a full increment the resize is, the more it will distort. If you want to, say, shrink a Black/White sprite to work in a GBA rom, you will either have to resize it then go through and manually fix anything that looks wrong, or just draw the sprite from scratch at the required resolution.

RainbowRebeccca December 27th, 2012 10:37 PM

Your tutorials helped me when I got into spriting, I was, before reading them, just horrid, now I'm almost actually okay. Anyways, I'm just saying thanks for the great tutorials. :laugh:

Chesu December 31st, 2012 3:21 PM

Did you create an account just to say that? I hope to see posts from you with sprites in the future! :D

Lord Varion December 31st, 2012 3:49 PM

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/346/6/8/rival_varion_by_nintendork15-d5nuenk.pnghttp://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/264/5/f/bulbasaur___revamp_by_nintendork15-d5fgx6s.pnghttp://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/241/4/0/leader_thorn___the_deadly_touch__by_nintendork15-d5cv1du.pnghttp://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/240/5/d/leader_freya___hgss_style_by_nintendork15-d5cs6o7.pnghttp://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/240/5/8/lucky_jack___hgss_style_by_nintendork15-d5cs1id.png
I've been reading all your tutorials for a good few months now, I love using them, they've helped me improve so much.
Although I tend to look at other sprites for poses an shading references.

LuxLax April 1st, 2013 1:24 PM

Thank you! Now I can make a trainer avatar for PC!

Oshy April 1st, 2013 2:40 PM

This is a great tutorial! Very organized and shows many different techniques! I will forsure try spriting now!

joeyhugg May 5th, 2013 5:44 PM

Thanks for this! Just made this using your Pixel over tutorial!

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(Reference Image: i998.photobucket.com/albums/af109/Joeyhugg/DarkraiPic_zps1c2f6fad.png)

axnm May 25th, 2013 10:31 AM

Thanks for the tutorial!!

Mike Kun June 5th, 2013 9:02 AM

what tools or application u guys use to spriting or editing sprites?

Oddball20007 June 8th, 2013 1:28 PM

Thanks great tutorial, understood where most others confused, Truly helped. :D

Logiedan June 8th, 2013 1:57 PM

Keep in mind you require 4+ words for your posts here at PC as it is an official rule of the whole forum.

And personally I use Photoshop CS4, but some people use MS Paint or GraphicsGale (but this one is pretty rare here).

Chesu June 9th, 2013 2:11 PM

A lot of people like paint.net, but I prefer Paint XP (a standalone version of the Windows XP version of Microsoft Paint) and Paint Shop Pro.

Aegrotus June 21st, 2013 7:14 PM

SIMPLI AMAZING:.....TNX................................................................................

LazerBoyEXE July 30th, 2013 8:51 AM

This looks like one of the first of its kind... nice!

NebulaOrbit August 2nd, 2013 1:18 AM

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This is a great guide to get you started! Here's what is made:

I still think the head is too small if I compare it with other pokémon, but that might just be me. Let me know what you think! :D

Chesu August 2nd, 2013 5:19 AM

You should try to make some of the angles (notably on the hands and arms) a bit more natural; long straight lines don't really look organic. The perspective needs a little work as well, since currently the left arm looks significantly larger than the right one, when that body position wouldn't account for such a difference. You could also add some black to the outline, to make it look more solid.

WeavileIsNeat September 27th, 2019 5:36 PM

Can you do the R/S/E overworld spriting tutorial? I am making a sprite for a fangame that uses that style, so it would be much appreciated.


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