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Re: Spriters judgement thread (please read the rules before posting)
« Reply #495 on: November 21, 2012, 10:30:16 PM »

I don't blur the line layer, I blur a copy of the color layer that's over the line layer but under the master color layer.  I hope that made sense :)

As for the panel lines, as my screens of the process show, I work at a much higher resolution for most of the time doing a ship.  For example, that ship's original height when scanned was 1700 pixels.
Aha, interesting. Tnx.
So your original ship size is like 10x than game ship size?
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« Reply #496 on: November 22, 2012, 11:12:55 AM »

The last faction i plan on doing, i have 1 low tech, 1 high tech and now 1 mid line as well. BEHOLD the new faction!
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They are pretty ain't they? all symmetrical.... <3

i plan to change the "Valkyrie" around a little, since you can clearly see that it is the Valkyrie.
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« Reply #497 on: November 22, 2012, 10:15:37 PM »

so symmetrical! My eye's are melting! WHY do you do this to me...... !?

 ::)
but to be more serious. is it a large image? Crappy wireless internet spot here can't open your spoiler O.o
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« Reply #498 on: November 22, 2012, 10:28:37 PM »

its 800x800, shouldn't be any problem? il post the ships one by one then

Heavy Cruiser --> Cruiser
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Corvette --> Heavy Fighter --> Interceptor
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« Reply #499 on: November 23, 2012, 03:26:15 AM »

looking good.
not much else to say, i like that largest ship
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« Reply #500 on: November 23, 2012, 07:43:07 AM »

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So your original ship size is like 10x than game ship size?
Anywhere from 10-5X game size, roughly.

I don't ever do anything less than 4X, though; that's small enough that you start having problems with things not scaling well.

Bear in mind that I just keep it that large for the initial stages:  levels, shading, color and panel lines.

Anything past that, I do in final resolution, because I've found that that is the best balance (for me) in terms of keeping final prep down to a minimum.

Anyhow, I have the day off, so I'm doing the Catcher, a Glaug design:

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« Reply #501 on: November 23, 2012, 10:05:32 AM »

Ooh, looks nice, where are the weapon mounts? or you haven't added any yet?  ???

while here, i'm going to unveil my new factions capital ship, its a monstrosity i spent the whole day, allot of effort, a few mugs of coffee, And allot of happy time jumping around my room because a part fitted more or less the way i wanted it to.

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Its not perfectly symmetrical!!! X.x
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« Reply #502 on: November 23, 2012, 10:40:38 AM »

Final version:

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« Reply #503 on: November 23, 2012, 10:44:14 AM »

Nice! :D

Erick, how's that battlecruiser going?
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« Reply #504 on: November 23, 2012, 10:48:28 AM »

Final version:



Okay. I was mildly excited to see those Star Control-esque (to me) ships. But this one! This one is beautiful. Very well done. I don't want to see this sprite go to waste.  8)

One comment. Those antennae may need a thicker rod. Since the part between the base and the sphere kind of vanishes, especially when placed against a dark background. Like space.


Nice! :D

Erick, how's that battlecruiser going?

That battlecruiser is almost finished! Will post it probably within the hour.  ;)
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« Reply #505 on: November 23, 2012, 10:55:54 AM »

That thing is amazing! makes mine look bad, did people even see it before dropping their jaws on this baby?  ::)
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« Reply #506 on: November 23, 2012, 11:19:55 AM »

@Eric Doe:  I think it'll be OK.  The support there is dark gray but not true black. Hard to say until I've seen it in-game, but it looks OK in SF Ed.  Personally, I think it's not as clean as the Glaug Cruiser, but it took a lot less time to finalize and it's reasonable in terms of workmanship. 

I'm pretty happy with the workflow I've got now, it's taking a lot less time to go from drawing to final.  I really hate having to sink lots of time into each ship, ideally it'd take the same amount of time as doing the original drawings (i.e., 30 minutes per ship) but it looks like about 2 hours is about as fast as it's going to get. 

Anyhow, don't worry about it going to waste, worry more about how long it'll take me to convert my mod over to 0.54a and finally release another build.  It looks I won't beat Alex to the Next Release hurdle after all ;)
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« Reply #507 on: November 25, 2012, 07:11:42 AM »

I made a second battle cruiser, made it smaller than the other one and more turret oriented, Pointers? if any? does it fit a faction that focuses on pure missile firepower as a support ship? i cant seem to figure out how to bash together a midline battleship.
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« Reply #508 on: November 25, 2012, 07:28:11 AM »

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Do you think you can remake a ship like the WARCAT for example?
I can remake whatever, sure, but:

A.  I don't really want to copy stuff directly, it's boring.  I'd much rather just sit down and doodle :)

B.  If I was going to copy MOO ships, I'd be more interested in stuff like these (I still have MOO II installed around here) rather than the really limited palette / resolution of the MOO sprites.  

But I'd rather be inspired by those designs than copy them, it's just plain boring to copy other people's work, however brilliant :)

Yeah i did meant a remake as in, "it looks like that but unique" kinda... u know what i mean, i hope  :-\

That ship looks really nice, it does remind me of Star Control 2

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« Reply #509 on: November 25, 2012, 09:01:37 AM »

That battlecruiser is almost finished! Will post it probably within the hour.  ;)
Post within the week? ;D
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