Graphics

[MajorSlime]

dude, you can make the repeat very well WITH the border, if you just get rid of the shadows, and play around with the offsets in editor.

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I'm working on the MAP03 boss right now. So far, this one is going better than my other attempts

[MajorSlime]

hope so, maybe you can add some more areas to the map finally.

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hope so, maybe you can add some more areas to the map finally.

yeah, I know... I've had ideas for the rest of the map for quite some time but I didn't want to move on without the boss

[MajorSlime]

hmmm

when that happens in mine, I just leave a replacement and come back to it later, so I don't lose my ideas for the rest of the level.

but then again, mine end up being rough drafts of the entire level instead of completed versions of parts of the level. 

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hmmm

when that happens in mine, I just leave a replacement and come back to it later, so I don't lose my ideas for the rest of the level.

but then again, mine end up being rough drafts of the entire level instead of completed versions of parts of the level. 

that's not a bad way to work, better to have a rough draft of the whole level than only having 50 feet of extreme detail.

However... I didn't want to release MAP03 with lame boss replacements.

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and now, I present to you, my Act 1 boss concept for MAP03



It's kind of ugly at the moment, still working on it. Getting his chest right is proving to be really difficult.

It's less ugly if you zoom it in about 5 times, so you can see the detail on his hat and his scoder (scowder?), but still, it needs a bit of work before I start working on rotations, firing states, pain states, death states, and walking states.

Sounds like a lot, but once I get a good picture of what he's going to look like, it will actually go really quickly. If you have a good first sprite, the rest is pretty easy.

EDIT - better version

the right arm only looks funny when it's small.



and, even better yet. He's a different breed of flemoid, so his slime has a bit of a pattern to it



A screenshot of him next to the maximus, I sized him up a bit because he was way too small

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I really need to do something about his nose... it messes up his whole expression

I tried taking the nose off completely, but that makes his face look really weird... makes him look like a worm or something... gross.

I'm going to wait for some feedback on this before I start doing rotations.



the quick resize made him too blurry, so I think I'm going to keep the mini version, actually. See for yourself



screenshot:
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Getting better

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I'm working on the zorch gloves in the meantime. I'm going to scrap the ABC states and instead start it in the D state. I'll post an example in a bit. tomorrow

ok, now I'm going to bed. Goodnight

[MajorSlime]

o_0

well, lets see...

i'd say it looks pretty good except for the chest and face. The chest definately needs more shading. And the face could use some more shade variation too (more like the bottom). The eyes look pretty good, but just not quite right. Is that supposed to be some sort of techno aiming thing on his right eye? And whats with the hat?

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Here's a newer version



The face looks funny probably because of the nose

yeah, that's supposed to be an aiming device. And that's his left eye, by the way.

As for the hat... I thought he looked funny bald 

Also, since he's an officer, I figured he should have something to differentiate him from the rest of the troops. If you think it looks too funny, I'll get rid of it, I could live without it.

[MajorSlime]

looks great.

hat just looks funny cause of that bright blue stripe. maybe green?
and don't forget to shade the chest (like so that one area isn't all one shade [it looks too cartoony])
also, I would make those lines on the bottom and arm a little lighter. they stand out too much

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That one area looks like it's all one shade...

what part of his chest?

it looks a bit better in game (actual size)

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and an even better version

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[MajorSlime]

All of it. Do you see how on the maximus' nose, they have a little darker shade that they mix in with the normal shade? Thats what i'm saying you should do.

[ChexCommander]

Yeah, the nose on your flemoid is almost all one solid color straight down the middle. Shade around a little.

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I asked for some tips from some guy on another forum, he seems really good

I think my technique lacking, it takes too long to make monsters.

in the meantime, I'm going to work on the zorch gloves, it seems to be a lot easier to make them look good.

[MajorSlime]

*sigh*

I could get a good first sprite for you.