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Tartiflette

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Alchemy: powerfull tool to find interesting ship silhouettes
« on: November 29, 2014, 04:31:31 AM »

I saw many new spriters struggling to find interesting shapes, and I wanted to share a small free tool that can greatly help with that:
silhouette


In short, this little program can add various effect to your stroke, creating unexpected shapes, and help finding new ideas.
Heres something I made using it:



The step 1 is the shape I created in Alchemy, the rest is the refinement in Photoshop.
Beware, this tool do no feature a "undo" by design: it is meant to force users to experiment many shapes, not refine them. To start quickly, I suggest ticking Create/Speed Shapes, Affect/Mirror, using the Solid Shape style in either Freeform or Straight lines Shapes
« Last Edit: November 29, 2014, 04:46:07 AM by Tartiflette »
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Re: Alchemy: powerfull tool to find interesting ship silhouettes
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2014, 05:55:48 AM »

Interesting program. Can you tell more about the transition from step 2 to step 3? Very impressive shift from color stains to clear geometry.
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Re: Alchemy: powerfull tool to find interesting ship silhouettes
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2014, 06:19:56 AM »

I don't have any layer to show different steps, but the idea was drawing the general shape of a single piece in solid grey, then using a 2px round brush at low opacity to create highlights and shadows. No magic trick there, only patience.
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Re: Alchemy: powerfull tool to find interesting ship silhouettes
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2014, 08:34:03 AM »

Tried the program, my eyes suddenly fell into an abyss of random images  ::)
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