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XENOMIC'S SPRITE THREAD! GASP!
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Xenomic
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CloseTaking some time to study some real-life arms, and then finding Lilica and using her as reference, I attempted to correct the left arm (character's right arm). Also attempted fixing up the hand...:
Near Max/Max Zoom:
Default zoom (so normal zoom):
Better or worse? I'm not sure since again, arms and hands are my bane. The other arm I will probably work on soon (and probably use Lilica again as a reference since she seems to be the better one for these arms). Will probably touch up on the torso later. Though now that I look at it, I'm not sure if the torso is properly placed or if where her chest is is too low on her body...hmm...
Oh, and the reference image I was using for my real-life image:
Apparently I cannot translate RL stuff into pixel stuff. *Sigh*
Near Max/Max Zoom:
Default zoom (so normal zoom):
Better or worse? I'm not sure since again, arms and hands are my bane. The other arm I will probably work on soon (and probably use Lilica again as a reference since she seems to be the better one for these arms). Will probably touch up on the torso later. Though now that I look at it, I'm not sure if the torso is properly placed or if where her chest is is too low on her body...hmm...
Oh, and the reference image I was using for my real-life image:
Apparently I cannot translate RL stuff into pixel stuff. *Sigh*
Xenomic
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So, since the Naruto site I was watching the episodes from is having issues for whatever reasons (140 episodes I watched in a row, my lord...), I decided to work on this a bit more, doing the legs this time (and fixing up the butt/back a bit more to be a bit more...in-line I suppose?). I think I have to readjust the bottom of the dress now since well...I THINK this is the right length for her legs, since she's supposed to be very close in terms of height to Mei-Fang there. Though not sure if the legs are right or if the body is right or what now. @_@;
Oh, and Lilica was used as reference for the legs, not Mei-Fang. I feel like Mei-Fang's legs are too thick for this character personally, and while Lilica is a scrawny little thing, I adjusted the width and whatnot accordingly to work with an adult and not a 14 year old, to the best of my abilities...
Xenomic
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Back at this again after nearly a month of not doing anything. All that Naruto and whatnot. Ehehe...^^;
The hand is the main focus right now (I also rounded out the hip a bit more. Dunno if it's too much or not...), the rest of the body will wait until later. I'm still having issues getting the hand right, as right now it looks far too fat and now the arm looks too short...just what am I doing wrong here? T-T
This is being used as a reference on fixing things up before I do anything else, thanks to HCF for giving me some tips on this.
The hand is the main focus right now (I also rounded out the hip a bit more. Dunno if it's too much or not...), the rest of the body will wait until later. I'm still having issues getting the hand right, as right now it looks far too fat and now the arm looks too short...just what am I doing wrong here? T-T
This is being used as a reference on fixing things up before I do anything else, thanks to HCF for giving me some tips on this.
Homunculus
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Very nice progress so far!! :D Lovely style, lovely pose, love her hair and face! Now I apologize, I'm horrible with words but I did try to demonstrate how her hand would look in that position. Her index should appear more than her middle fingers and they should be progressively less visible the further the angle of her hand from us.
Xenomic
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Ah, I see what you're talking about, mostly from looking at the outlined hand itself. No wonder it looked off to me...that was bugging me since I couldn't figure it out heh. I'll give that a try to fix it up before I try to fix up the legs which need it badly too. Hands so hard to do regardless if I'm drawing them or doing pixel art, heh. x_x;; Much obliged for the help on that regards!
Homunculus
15
Not a problem! Hands are tough man, ask any artist what their least favorite body part to learn drawing is and massive chance they'll say hands, feet, or both lol. Just regularily aline is tough, but pixels? Even tougher. Your visible progress here is excellent and your thirst for knowledge is even better, so keep it up man :D A-1 job
Xenomic
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It's funny how long this is taking me compared to the previous sprite I did, that being the hi-res Maria which took only a week to do (1 hour each day). Yet this is taking me well over a month (well...probably less than that because of other things "interrupting" me), which is probably the longest I've worked on any sprite outside of the first Reimu hi-res sprite. x_x;;
Yeah, feet are terrible to do too ugh. Breasts are also terrible for me, and I don't know why. And judging from the sprite, so aren't hips. x_x;
Yeah, feet are terrible to do too ugh. Breasts are also terrible for me, and I don't know why. And judging from the sprite, so aren't hips. x_x;
Xenomic
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So hopefully this looks better now? I feel like the hand at least looks like a blasted hand now, but not sure if everything is in order. Maybe I shouldn't have taken up this request if it was going to be this rough, heh. x_x;
Xenomic
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Just did some shading to make it at least more bearable. Also fixed up her right shoulder and hip (the character's left shoulder/hip) so that the shoulder/arm doesn't seem too close to the body, and that the hip is a bit rounder. Also expanded the area around her crotch a bit more so it doesn't look so tight, but I don't know how to properly deal with that. Still lots of things to fix, need to make her assets bigger as per the image I have, need to figure out how to shade the dress, and still need to add the jewelry, but it's getting somewhere? ^^;;
Coloring/shading is NOT something I've ever been good at at all, even worse than doing art/sprites, so if something seems off, do let me know. Still looking for more feedback on this so I can finish this off and send it to the requestee! ^^;
Coloring/shading is NOT something I've ever been good at at all, even worse than doing art/sprites, so if something seems off, do let me know. Still looking for more feedback on this so I can finish this off and send it to the requestee! ^^;
Xenomic
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New update to Lynn. Not much really as there's still things I haven't touched but...I DID attempt to fix up several places. Most notably, the left leg (around the calf), the right leg (alongside the outside of the shin), the left shoulder, the left hand (removed several pixels), the left armpit, the neck, and the right arm. Hopefully this looks much better and I can finally move on? ^^;
And yes, I'm aware that the shading isn't 100% exact. I am terrible at shading/colors so...if anyone can help with that? ^^;
Homunculus
15
Heeeyyyy, you're on the right track there! :D Both hand and leg are looking much better!
Xenomic
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I feel like I should remove the darker outlines on the leg and shoulder though. Seems like it's not needed, but I do think it looks better now. Now the next issue is getting the crouch and breasts looking correct (and then doing the other hand and gun, but I can probably use Petra from Arcana Heart as a reference for that since she uses a gun. Though she has gloves on so that might screw with things a bit...). The crouch still looks terrible, and her breasts aren't the right size either (yes, she's supposed to be much bigger than that. I think I showed a reference image earlier in the thread??). And still not sure on the shading either...>_<
Homunculus
15
You should keep the shape of the leg for sure, maybe just thin out the lines to keep the shape something like in the quick example below, cause the shape is excellent!
As for the breast, it looks like the cleavage goes too high up for the size of her actual boobs. In your reference pic, her boob crack (Sorry for the crude term, I just don't know how else to word it right now LOL) is so large/goes so high up is because
A. She has large breasts
B. Her arms are directly under her breasts, lifting them up
Your characters breasts are smaller and free from anything under them to lift them up, so they'll be a little lower and won't have much cleavage.
Again, this is a super rough example lol do yo thang, you're doing a great job improving and trying :D Also, what are you referring to when you say couch? Is it her leg/crotch area? Also, is she wearing a tight short skirt or actual shorts/onepiece?
As for the breast, it looks like the cleavage goes too high up for the size of her actual boobs. In your reference pic, her boob crack (Sorry for the crude term, I just don't know how else to word it right now LOL) is so large/goes so high up is because
A. She has large breasts
B. Her arms are directly under her breasts, lifting them up
Your characters breasts are smaller and free from anything under them to lift them up, so they'll be a little lower and won't have much cleavage.
Again, this is a super rough example lol do yo thang, you're doing a great job improving and trying :D Also, what are you referring to when you say couch? Is it her leg/crotch area? Also, is she wearing a tight short skirt or actual shorts/onepiece?
Xenomic
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This is the image that I'm referencing for Lynn (her actual art from the duder). And yes, by crouch area, I mean leg/crotch. For some reason I kept mispelling it >_< It's a dress is what it is. As for the reference SPRITE, that's a chinadress that Mei-Fang is wearing.
Homunculus
15
OHHH!!!!! It'll be a little tricky to do in pixels, but I see what they did there XD her breast are tight together with lots of cleavage cause it's suuuuper tight. It's subtle, but you can see where her breast kinda bulge out from the top cause it's so tight fitting. That makes sense XD
Xenomic
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Aye, and I'm not translating it well in sprite format (nor does it feel like she's big enough there). And the crotch I think I need to spread out more to make it look less "stitchy", so to speak. I'll probably add the bracelets in after I get the other hand in, and then I should be good to go!
Homunculus
15
I GOT AN IDEA lol yes, I did indeed have this on my mind, it made me curious how one would go about doing that in pixels XD I mean, this is super rough but something along these lines maybe (I just scribbles the lines so imagine the colors being placed pixel by pixel, not clusters lol)
And as for her crouch, you're on the right track! I would recommend connecting the shadow on her dress with the crotch line... if that makes any sense LOL I really hope you don't mind me drawing up these little pictures, I'm much better with pics than I am with actual words. Like you got your crotch line like so
But then remove the actual drawing of the area and you just got the shadows showing the crotch area
And as for her crouch, you're on the right track! I would recommend connecting the shadow on her dress with the crotch line... if that makes any sense LOL I really hope you don't mind me drawing up these little pictures, I'm much better with pics than I am with actual words. Like you got your crotch line like so
But then remove the actual drawing of the area and you just got the shadows showing the crotch area
Xenomic
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Hm...yeah, I see now. I can probably use those as references for fixing up those two areas aye. I also need to dim the lines on the breasts since that's unnatural.
Xenomic
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Some update I suppose? ^^;
Added in the jewelry and trimmed down some lines (not sure if the jewelry looks right or not though...). Also tried to adjust the crotch and breasts, though the crotch may look better, the breasts do not...
Any help would be greatly appreciated! No, I haven't fixed the shading yet, main priority is just finishing the damned thing lol. All that's really left is that hand now I do believe, and then fixing up shading and whatnot, and that's it for this sprite! Want to get this done soooo badly ha...
Xenomic
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Hyalp, how to do hand holding gun and a gun? I'm using Petra as a reference, but don't think it's helping too much. I am not sure if this will work or not (I know the pinky is missing, but not sure how to handle it). She's supposed to be holding a pistol in that hand (which I don't know who uses a pistol. Maybe I'll have to use Jill Valentine as a reference...). But yeah! @_@; Also, still need to fix the breasts (I tried to fix up the shading there too...)
Trying to finish this off now, since I'm converting videos for my Smashfest series and thus am limited on what I can do on the computer. ^^;
