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MY EXPERIENCE MAKING AN AUTOTILE (WITH PIC)
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CloseWell so I started making my own tileset and it is a lot harder than I imagined it would be, even using Photoshop "cheats" it took me more than an hour to draw the textures I wanted and the shape of the tile itself.
The first results were bad, the tiles didn't connect right and they were plain as hell. Redrawing the edges to a more symmetrical position took me another couple of hours since I had to find the soft balance between the elbow joints and the side joints so it wouldn't look too weird nor too plain.
After getting the shape right I started doing some texture work in photoshop and adding some shadows. Well it's been almost 4 hours and all I managed to do was this:
As you can see it is not good yet, a little too plain, no details but it works. I still intend to bring the tileshet to a pixel drawing program on my iPad to add some more depth and details to the grass and change the textures of the sand and the dirt.
I also have made some sprites of enemies I'm quite proud of:
This is the walk animation.
Attack animation.
And damage animation.
So what do you guys think? Any tips for the tileset? I could use some techniques since I'm pretty new at spritting. Hope you guys enjoy the post, cheers.
The first results were bad, the tiles didn't connect right and they were plain as hell. Redrawing the edges to a more symmetrical position took me another couple of hours since I had to find the soft balance between the elbow joints and the side joints so it wouldn't look too weird nor too plain.
After getting the shape right I started doing some texture work in photoshop and adding some shadows. Well it's been almost 4 hours and all I managed to do was this:
As you can see it is not good yet, a little too plain, no details but it works. I still intend to bring the tileshet to a pixel drawing program on my iPad to add some more depth and details to the grass and change the textures of the sand and the dirt.
I also have made some sprites of enemies I'm quite proud of:
This is the walk animation.
Attack animation.
And damage animation.
So what do you guys think? Any tips for the tileset? I could use some techniques since I'm pretty new at spritting. Hope you guys enjoy the post, cheers.
SnowOwl
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I never managed to figure out how the hell autotiles work. Good work with that, I say. I'd rather just parallax map though, gives you alot more freedoom.
Well, what I've used as a good technique during the MOG event and already passed down there - draw on a 3x3 net of tiles. Never a single one.
If you use pyxeledit you can edit all of them at once, so they are a direct copy of what you are doing.
So you fill the background color, then draw a semi-random pattern - repeat the pattern, but place it randomly among the tile and draw it on the edges to other tiles as well, so they repeat seamlessly and complete the patterns.
You may then add another layer of patterns or color.
That is what I believe you were struggling with. The result is very decent for the struggles you describe!
If you use pyxeledit you can edit all of them at once, so they are a direct copy of what you are doing.
So you fill the background color, then draw a semi-random pattern - repeat the pattern, but place it randomly among the tile and draw it on the edges to other tiles as well, so they repeat seamlessly and complete the patterns.
You may then add another layer of patterns or color.
That is what I believe you were struggling with. The result is very decent for the struggles you describe!
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