How do you make BW style sprites?

Started by Shouty_Dog May 15th, 2015 2:14 AM
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carmaniac

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It's not about the program you use that makes the sprites, you just need to practice over time to be able to do it with your choice of software unfortunately.
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Kotone

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well if you take a sprite and place it it in photoshop, you can just recolorize it to black and white. it wouldn't be the same as a pure black and white sprite, but you get the idea.

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There are programs that will cost you some dough like Aesprite or Pickle. I definitely prefer GraphicsGale over them considering it's available for free and compatible with many files. Personally, I switch between GraphicsGale and Photoshop whatever I'm feeling.

The best way you can learn is to look at the BW sprites, and from there you can practice and try to imitate its style because there is definitely a certain style to it compared to previous generation sprites.

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SleepyTrainer

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BW? Like, sprites from the Black & White versions?
Like Carmaniac said, practice practice practise. You can stick to Paint, just
try to draw many as possible, and also take a close look at the original ones.
Don't forget how weak shadows look like in pixelic form, and details like
the outlines, adding darker color of the color the outlines are around to the
edges of the outlines etc.