NEWBLACK'S PROFILE

You would not believe how often I still refer to the help file (have had rm2k3 since it came out). It's dead useful.

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However, I think you could have added a LITTLE, VERY LITTLE more contrast to the face... Maybe. Anyways, it looks great, especially if you take in consideration how much I absolutely HATE rm2k3's battlecharsets.

Battlecharas are not a problem, at all. If you can't get around 'em, you can always use animations. The REAL BIG prob. are the charsets. (I mean, 24x32? that's pathetic!) It doesn't even support Romancing SaGa3 sized chars, or Seiken Densetsu 3, wich had a LOWER screen resolution than RM2K3, actually. Their bigger character sprites makes the game world less squary.

You know what.. The position I was pixelling from initially made my first face look MUCH more high-contrast because of the angle I was looking at the flat screen from.. I would later be disappointed when I started copying and pasting things about... But after the pain I couldn't be bothered to change it. Not yet anyway.

Charsets can be quite a bit higher than the RTP defaults.. I think that can make a decent difference. I'm personally sticking with the small ones, they're crappy but they fit the chipsets I'm using :)

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i like how you've phased out the reliance on black lines on the face. now try doing that with the rest!

I'm allowed to keep some black on the darkest clothing though right :P?

Thanks F-G :)

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Good job so far, you're drawing the thing so you can always modify and fix the sprite yourself.

Yes. Patience. It's easier to just pixel modify the charset for the animations and make it kind of like FF6, but it looks better to sit there and painfully animate a more detailed character. It's all pixel art and I'm still constantly modifying my own sprites, so don't worry.

You'd feel the same pelvis vomit reactions if you tried to sprite anything complicated until you got used to it. Just keep doing it over and over. It's worth it in the end to become a spriter, and a lot of fun.

Thanks :) I'm considering scanning some hand-drawings and attempting to pixel over them soon.. Horror awaits.

Creepy update in my attempt to prove you all wrong regarding the wonders of RTP ;)

He doesn't do that weird "RTP bop" with the strange arm movements and hammerpants any more either.