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T3h Kaiser September 7th, 2009 12:30 AM

I wish I were more artistically-inclined so I could say something more meaningful, but all I can muster is "wow". Very nice stuff. Your Fakemon designs have a charmingly subdued whimsical feel about them, I really dig it.

Esper September 7th, 2009 6:39 AM

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Originally Posted by ~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ (Post 5085523)
Nice job with the shading and coloring but for the left arm it's too straight it should show at least the elbow of her arm

That arm came right from an existing game sprite. I'll see if I can't work something out, but unless I can pull an amazing elbow out of my sleeve (haha) I'll probably leave it as is because I want to keep the arm outstretched.

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Originally Posted by ShuppetShopper (Post 5088144)
Wow, Those sprites are awesome, keep up the great work, I love the flower tail pokemon

Thanks. Great work is being kept up.

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Originally Posted by T3h Kaiser (Post 5088307)
I wish I were more artistically-inclined so I could say something more meaningful, but all I can muster is "wow". Very nice stuff. Your Fakemon designs have a charmingly subdued whimsical feel about them, I really dig it.

Thanks, and don't hold you back on the comments. You don't need a degree in art to comment. Just "that part looks funny" or "the shading looks good there but not there" is fine. Really, I'm not too picky as long as you give me a little direction about what you like/dislike.

Esper September 8th, 2009 11:36 PM

Updating again.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=32563

I think I was simultaneously channeling Oddish and Chimecho when I made this. I call him Littoril and continuing with my apparent fondness for making water-types it's based on a sponge (the ocean kind, not the bath kind).

I'm a little worried that it (and some of my others) might be a little too simple. Am I crazy?

Oh, and since I was playing around with tiles, this:

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=32562
A very basic edit combining a pokécenter and pokémart. Your one stop shop!

Feel free to C+C these and anything else.

Chesu September 9th, 2009 12:08 AM

I wouldn't say that it's too simple, but adding some small details wouldn't hurt. Also, one of the most important aspects of a Pokemon is a memorable face, and Littoril doesn't really have it. Maybe you could add a little color to the face/lower body?

I know what you mean about worrying if it's too simplistic, though... I've been hung up on this one, trying to figure out what it needs. Sure, it'll look better a puffy, furry chest... but is that enough? It's a green rodent with a pumpkin on its tail, but that alone doesn't make it look like a Pokemon. Then again, some people try to put too many small details on their sprites, and it ends up looking too complex to be a Pokemon.

http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/1594/tempf.png

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ September 12th, 2009 7:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Scarf (Post 5096037)
Updating again.


Oh, and since I was playing around with tiles, this:

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=32562
A very basic edit combining a pokécenter and pokémart. Your one stop shop!

Feel free to C+C these and anything else.

For the Pokemart and Pokecenter that's a pretty smart idea and they should do that in at least one of the cities in the next game, but will they? I doubt it
But you did do a great job with the coloring and shading of this picture


:t354:TG

A Pixy September 24th, 2009 2:30 PM

Not much bad I can say besides something seems odd on Silliphone's shading. The bright shine seems a little too big...

poopnoodle September 24th, 2009 2:47 PM

These are gorgeous and very creative, you must have a lot of tenacity to have done so many. Wish I could give more of a useful evaluation, but what else can one say about excellent work?

Out of curiosity: Is Abysail based on the cephalopod Grimpoteuthis?

Esper September 24th, 2009 6:42 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ (Post 5110555)
For the Pokemart and Pokecenter that's a pretty smart idea and they should do that in at least one of the cities in the next game, but will they? I doubt it
But you did do a great job with the coloring and shading of this picture

I hate to receive praise for something which is mostly someone else's work, but thanks.

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Originally Posted by This Name is Exactly 36 Letters Long (Post 5150353)
Not much bad I can say besides something seems odd on Silliphone's shading. The bright shine seems a little too big...

It probably is too large, but I imagine it to be a smooth, reflective area so I put more highlight on it.

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Originally Posted by poopnoodle (Post 5150408)
These are gorgeous and very creative, you must have a lot of tenacity to have done so many. Wish I could give more of a useful evaluation, but what else can one say about excellent work?

Thank you. I think if I were really tenacious I'd have twice as many sprites as I do now :3

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Originally Posted by poopnoodle
Out of curiosity: Is Abysail based on the cephalopod Grimpoteuthis?

That is without a doubt exactly what it is based on. You can probably even find the image I used for reference without much trouble.


Aaannnddd... an I-have-nothing-better-to-show update.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=33422

Trying to come up with my own region map style. This is some kind of abomination amalgamation of other styles plus my own touches.

Alpha`s Arceus. September 25th, 2009 5:54 AM

i know you`re here Arceus VS Dragon Trio,visit your channel

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ September 27th, 2009 6:44 PM

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Originally Posted by aj624 (Post 5152639)
i know you`re here Arceus VS Dragon Trio,visit your channel

What does this have to do with the person's map?

As for the Maps, the Cities button's are too large


:t354:TG

Darkrailuver September 28th, 2009 3:00 PM

Wow those are really good! I LOVE the fakemon! I just started spriting yesterday and I cant really shade well... But you sprites are great!

Esper October 2nd, 2009 4:03 AM

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Originally Posted by aj624 (Post 5152639)
i know you`re here Arceus VS Dragon Trio,visit your channel

Um, what?

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Originally Posted by ~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ (Post 5164407)


What does this have to do with the person's map?

As for the Maps, the Cities button's are too large

I'm not exactly sure how buttons come into it, but if you're referring to my most recent map the cities are standard size on a Gen III size map, 8x8 pixels. I've just narrowed the paths for a change. Perhaps not a good change.

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Originally Posted by Darkrailuver (Post 5167113)
Wow those are really good! I LOVE the fakemon! I just started spriting yesterday and I cant really shade well... But you sprites are great!

Thanks. I'd like to think they were all great, but I know there are mistakes and areas I could improve on. I appreciate the encouragement, but if I had to choose I'd rather have criticism.



Okay, now for an update.
http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=33783
I call this little electric birdy Chartail. Check the first post if you want to little blurb.

I quite like how it turned out. Except for the feet. Don't look too closely there.

Chesu October 2nd, 2009 9:51 AM

Heh, I've always had trouble with birdy feet too. The left wing looks kind of weird without any feather patterns or shapes, and the way it's shaded (along with the light spot on the head) makes the whole sprite look kind of like... wax? Small feathers tend to diffuse light in a way that you wouldn't see a bright spot like that.

All that aside, does the name Chartail come from the fact that it's used by cartographers? The concept reminds me of the Southbird from One Piece, which is used as a living compass due to the fact that it always faces south.

Esper October 29th, 2009 5:14 AM

Haven't really had time to do much. Just some work in progress to keep my thread open.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=35127
An unfinished edit of a rocket grunt. Not much to say.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=35128
A sort of finished backsprite to my last fakemon. I'm still new to this backsprite stuff.

http://www.pokecommunity.com/picture.php?albumid=4339&pictureid=35129
Since I was already uploading I'm throwing in this very rough outline of a turtle fakemon. At this stage it's looking like it's going to be crossed with a buoy.

And that's it for now.

ριє™ October 29th, 2009 5:37 AM

Keep Up The Good Work Scarf!
I Especially Like The Fakemon =P


mitchell114 October 29th, 2009 5:42 AM

The team rocket girl looks graet but I don´t like your fakemon they don´t look like pokemon but keep up the work.

Chesu October 29th, 2009 6:27 AM

Heh, looks like you're getting some differing opinions, there. I like the modified grunt... いい ボディ! d:Db

The compass bird's backsprite looks... Well, unfinished, as you said, so I'll hold off until you're satisfied with it. I somehow didn't notice before (maybe the shape of the beak isn't as obvious from the front?), but it's a cardinal, right?

The... buoytle, looks great! As expected of you, while you claim it's rough, the line work is very clean, and the shading is smooth. The two problems I can see are the lowest pixels of the foremost appendage (they look unnatural, just a couple of pixels down there on their own) and the upper-right curve of the shell, which has an unusually long diagonal line. Still, though, it really does look terrific. It will look even better with some designs on the shell, and any other touches you add. Also, its face reminds me of a dugong or manatee. :3

Esper October 29th, 2009 8:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Laden (Post 5271708)

Keep Up The Good Work Scarf!
I Especially Like The Fakemon =P


Thanks for the encouragement. Could I get a little feedback next time?

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Originally Posted by mitchell114 (Post 5271728)
The team rocket girl looks graet but I don´t like your fakemon they don´t look like pokemon but keep up the work.

These most recent ones or all of them? I'll be the first to admit that I fall short of the quality of the official sprites, but what exactly makes them look, well, fake?

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Originally Posted by Chesu (Post 5271885)
Heh, looks like you're getting some differing opinions, there. I like the modified grunt... いい ボディ! d:Db

The compass bird's backsprite looks... Well, unfinished, as you said, so I'll hold off until you're satisfied with it. I somehow didn't notice before (maybe the shape of the beak isn't as obvious from the front?), but it's a cardinal, right?

The... buoytle, looks great! As expected of you, while you claim it's rough, the line work is very clean, and the shading is smooth. The two problems I can see are the lowest pixels of the foremost appendage (they look unnatural, just a couple of pixels down there on their own) and the upper-right curve of the shell, which has an unusually long diagonal line. Still, though, it really does look terrific. It will look even better with some designs on the shell, and any other touches you add. Also, its face reminds me of a dugong or manatee. :3

I was looking at lots of birds for inspiration and I liked the eyes on the cardinal, but I really couldn't say it's anything specific. It was one of those make-it-up-as-I-go-along kind of things. Now that you mention it the beaks do seem a little inconsistent. I'm a bit stumped on what I could do with the backsprite. It screams "empty space" to me. Is it too plain? Too large? I don't know.

I see those two areas you mention and you are probably right. I'm glad you like the line work otherwise. I feel like I've got the hang of that aspect of spriting. As far as what comes next I really have no idea. I'm feeling the creative block as you might guess from the near-month absence of anything new. I guess that means going back and fixing up my old sprites.

Mew~ October 29th, 2009 3:16 PM

I must say, those are some great sprites you have there!
I might suggest one thing though, (sorry if this might sound rude...) i think you should try to make your fakemon look more like... pokemon then digimon... They still look great though!
I must also say that, that chartail looks realy cool :)
Here are the ones i think you need to make more... "pokeish":
Abysail - Google fresh digimon in google images and you will see what i mean!
Marchase - It just... i dont know why... it just doesnt look like a pokemon!
Marimon - Just give it a need name... come on... you even called it a mon!
Winkap - It looks like somthing off telitubbies...
Dazetail - I sware ive seen a bigimon that looks just like this...

Chesu October 29th, 2009 4:14 PM

There's nothing wrong with the name Marimon... it's based on marimo, algae balls that lack an English name, and there's precedent for Japanese Pokemon names ending in mon... like Metamon (Ditto). The only thing you said that I agree with is Marchase.

Esper October 29th, 2009 7:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Pokemon League Champion (Post 5273370)
I must say, those are some great sprites you have there!
I might suggest one thing though, (sorry if this might sound rude...) i think you should try to make your fakemon look more like... pokemon then digimon... They still look great though!
I must also say that, that chartail looks realy cool :)
Here are the ones i think you need to make more... "pokeish":
Abysail - Google fresh digimon in google images and you will see what i mean!
Marchase - It just... i dont know why... it just doesnt look like a pokemon!
Marimon - Just give it a need name... come on... you even called it a mon!
Winkap - It looks like somthing off telitubbies...
Dazetail - I sware ive seen a bigimon that looks just like this...

I've never seen digimon so I can't say much about that, but I am getting the message that my sprites don't look like pokemon. All I can say is that they're the best I can do at the moment. If they don't look 'real' you can just attribute that to my artistic shortcomings.

What Chesu says about Marimon is right on, but I'll admit I didn't think too hard about coming up with that name. I suppose I could have called it Marimoss or Marimold or something else with a familiar word to English speakers.

Chesu October 29th, 2009 7:51 PM

Nein, muss es Marimon sein! >:0

Milk October 29th, 2009 7:58 PM

Wow i really love your region maps C:

kay3o October 29th, 2009 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Curt_09 (Post 4978550)
Wow, these are really great. I don't know what to say.
You really know when and when not to checkerboard.


Checkerboard? ...Really? I don't see any checkerboard sprites or even anything close to a checkerboard;

And yet I'm still baffled on how one would 'checkerboard'

Ravecat October 29th, 2009 11:02 PM

http://www.amishhandcraftedheirlooms.com/images/oak%20accessories/checkers/1905lg.jpg


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