The Sprite Help Thread, To help those in need!

This is a topic for anyone to post their sprites they feel need work and for other people to give them a little assistance in edits or examples.

Don't be afraid to post your sprites no matter the quality- we here at MFGG are here to help! And don't be discouraged if your sprites are missed- someone will eventually try to help. I myself will stick around most of the time and provide edits and such for anyone who needs them.

Also, anything could apply here- trouble with animation, shading, lineart, pose, etc.

So go ahead, tell us what you need!


(If this is like unnecessary or something like that feel free to lock, but I just thought this might be helpful to some people. :P)

This post has been edited by Dex on May 21 2008, 06:09 PM

I would like some help with animation, I dont know how to make a decent walking animation

Attached Image

Before you animate that I suggest you work on shading it or fixing up the lineart. Try a nice yellow-to orange-to red slide on the shading on the lemon and a red-to purple on the shoes. :P

I can't get decent pallettes, I always end up using the default MSpaint (Vista) pallettes.

Also I can't do lineart, animate or shade properly.

example, my best peice, my real-life ref, please give me some tips for making it better:

This post has been edited by thingy on May 27 2008, 08:13 AM

Attached Image

How can I improve on this?

@Thingy, it's alright, but I suggest you up the contrast and maybe add a bit of hueshift. Not bad, though.

@SMM, I suggest making the lineart a bit smoother and try to shade the back of the spider(?) more like a sphere. Good work so far, both of you.



Also, this isn't just a topic for ME to help in, it's for everyone!

Well since this is a sprite help thread, do you think maybe it might be a good idea to explain what's wrong with the lineart in detail and give suggestions?

Sorry if I'm grating on your nerves with this but a lot of people post general statements like "fix the lineart a bit" here and it's confusing for me indeed. Don't know about the rest of you guys though maybe it is just me.

I've been asking for a long time how to create textures.

I'm also not sure how to shade the shirt/cape

Attached Image

Take a piece of paper and crumple it up lightly. Now place the paper somewhere in your room that resembles the light source you're using. Use it as a reference for shading with wrinkles, etc.

Research is probably the best way
Go to Pixeljoint and look for insperation.

What do you mean by up the contrast?
And could you give a tutorial on hueshifting, I suck at it.

i started this 2 days ago, im not sure about the walking or side ones, and i really need to change the angle to overworld :/, any other improvements maybe?

LOL btw this is my first and only sprite sheet ever.

the shading contrast and shape could use some work.

Shape, just the shape. Make it less tall and more fat. M&LSS styled? no, it seems more like custom. oh and goombas doesn't have hands

yeah i know goombas dont have hands,

but neither do thwomps, and other (better) artists have added armless hands to armless characters....

besides i was just making poses per request

This Mario sprite, teach me to animate it.

Well just make it look like a goomba.

And Nappse, animating the line art then coloring and shading it, is the easiest way.

Was told to come here by this topic, excuse the bump.

Anyway, I am having issues getting the shading right on the following imagery, I am limiting myself to 16 colours and using the Mega Drives pallette scheme (For simplicities sake, and for portability sakes). Anyway, does anyone have suggestions on how I should do my shading? Because, it does look terrible and I'd like to one day at least learn shading.


Edit: The wing I am leaving to a later time, I know it looks terrible, but for now, I'd like to get shading out of the way.

This post has been edited by Flygon on Mar 9 2009, 02:30 AM

Sorry for the bump as well. I want too know how could I improve on my spritesheet of Il Piantissimo from SPM. Any ideas?



Old is the crappy looking sprite.

New is the looking good one.

This post has been edited by Luigi and Jerry on Mar 9 2009, 01:50 AM