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Post by Goblin King on Apr 12, 2005 0:37:03 GMT
Whilst failing to produce any decent smileys of my own I've been investigating the fascinatingly primitive (but exponential) world of pixel (2D blocky/isometric) graphics. Any one have any good links or examples they've come across? Just found this: www.lovepixel.idv.tw/  and this: www.pixelmuseum.com/html/pixel-gallery.htmlPlease add links. Also feel free to add any icon / small pixelly creations here! ;D |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 12, 2005 18:08:55 GMT
Some of my own experiments from this evening:
A pile of treasure: 
On a larger scale - hoping to get much smaller than this: A dragon (or "wyrm") 
Crudely animated dragon (very rough - only now do I notice that I hadn't rubbed out the fire properly) But he's fairly cool none the less.  
(I'm such a geek  ) |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 13, 2005 18:03:46 GMT
This afternoon / evening I made: A tiny goblin: Maybe we can make him charge using the "move" text code ;D: ... Also an animated Eye Monster: |
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Post by hoggle on Apr 13, 2005 18:31:13 GMT
groovy pics GK! ;D
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 13, 2005 18:33:38 GMT
Yay! Glad you like em. Although I'm beginning to wonder why I started down this route. Smaller they are the more fun / challenge it is. I think I was supposed to be working on some smileys .. lol I like the Eye Monster. |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 13, 2005 18:39:24 GMT
You can make little scenes:   ... The greedy goblin crept up to the pile of treasure, with lance in hand, hoping that the Cyclopmon wouldn't see him ... ;D |
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Post by tangleblahblah on Apr 13, 2005 21:12:22 GMT
wow, they're amazing!!!! ;D ;D
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Post by barnyjuno on Apr 13, 2005 22:38:58 GMT
You can make little scenes: That high-pitched whirring sound you can hear is Alan Turing spinning in his grave... |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 14, 2005 9:57:27 GMT
;D I bet Collossus was rubbish at pixels |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 15, 2005 0:18:18 GMT
This is a page from a tutorial which employs examples of graphics from older games like Secret of Mana. I haven't read it all yet - but I'm posting it here for future reference. tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial/chapter5.htmfascinating stuff |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 18, 2005 22:42:45 GMT
Here's a pixel piccy of Tinkerbell:  It still needs some tinkering with I reckon (boom, boom, ahem ) Was hoping to have it animate it but I thought I'd post it in case it all gets a bit complex and I dont finish it  Her shape (leg pose) is roughly based on a Vargas picture (like the women painted upon the sides of aircraft in WWII - some of them have dramatic yet dainty poses). I'm not entirely happy with the wings - they're copied and modified straight from some butterfly clipart. I'm slowly learning about shading and black outlines - maybe she needs more definition on hands and head. To start with I'm planning to animate the wings, the sparkle on the wand, and then maybe a slight bobbing suggestive of magical hovering. The graphic is small so even an animated gif will have minimal loading times. Very rough/cheating animation of wings:  Keep watching this space. (Warning filling in pixels can send you totally insane  ) |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 19, 2005 18:40:33 GMT
A little more definition.  |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2005 19:21:44 GMT
 Since she's only a tiny fairy meybe I should zoom in a little: 300%  600%  |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 20, 2005 22:23:11 GMT
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 21, 2005 19:32:02 GMT
Drum roll please .... Fully animated Tinkerbell: I'm not happy with the software I'm using - but I found a happy compromise by using layers in paint shop pro as a flip book before cutting and pasting individual cells/frames into JASC Animation Shop 3. (grr, and I've lost transparency in the process)
I've tried to make up bob up and down in a sort of hover - but its a bit clumsy (maybe I've looked at it for too long - any opinions?)- so I think I'll stick with the animation above. |
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Post by Minotaur on Apr 21, 2005 19:35:26 GMT
the animation where she is bobbing up and down is great.
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 21, 2005 19:54:25 GMT
You think? Cool. (I'm sure I can get rid of the the white background as well - but it can wait - I want to try something else for a bit ) Thanks. |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 23, 2005 1:04:14 GMT
Gave in - I found a way just to replace the all of the white with transparency - which effects the socks and wings too - but this is a learning curve.  Also noticed that's its all distorted as an avatar - I guess resizing to 65x65 doesnt seem to work very well (as Tinkerbell I think as just found out) So here's a couple of graphics which I'm hoping will work better.  Resized to 59x65 - may still distort  Cropped down to 65x65 - "zoomed" image is perhaps more dramatic on such a small scale |
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Post by Tinkerbell on Apr 24, 2005 0:06:43 GMT
 yay! Look at her go ;D |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 24, 2005 0:09:52 GMT
;D (Go faster stripes! ahem) My latest creation - More goblins ...  (Actual size)  (rescaled 200%)  (400%) (oof - bash - clatter - etc.) |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 24, 2005 17:33:16 GMT
Very simple this one. Minotaur's Axe:  |
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Post by TangleElftree on Apr 24, 2005 20:26:44 GMT
wow, these are really good...
i wouldnt be able to figure out how to do them with an idiots guide to animating thingymajigies and a goblin standin over me with a club hittin me wen i did it wrong...
but yeah, they good!
;D
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 24, 2005 20:44:41 GMT
LOL ;D "left-click!" - "right click!" I prepare/draw the pics in Paint Shop Pro 7 - but with pixels normal Paint might do the job.) Sometimes I use layers or move bits of the graphics about. Then I copy pics into JASC Animation Shop and eventually save as an animated GIF file (which works in webpages and message boards like this one) Theres a link to a flip book GIF animator somewhere in this board (the Art Gallery) I think. That's if you really want to throw all your free time away. (I still have so much to learn ... maybe the Dark Side would be quicker, easier ...) |
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Post by Goblin King on Apr 25, 2005 19:26:03 GMT
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 3, 2005 19:53:38 GMT
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 15, 2005 2:04:55 GMT
Just done this animation for lollilop's avatar if she wants it. - its an evil lollipop   |
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Post by lollipop on Jun 15, 2005 12:48:30 GMT
*dutifully steals* The throwing axe is cool as well |
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 15, 2005 15:04:59 GMT
(suddenlys thinks about Itchy and Scratchy and all that violence ... why does it appeal so much?! ;D ) Stole and cropped some frames from a Pathe newsreel mpg and quickly came up with this:  Larger version (120k) : img.photobucket.com/albums/v600/goblinmarket/atom.gif(selling this one would be a serious infringement on copywrite law ) |
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Post by tiggbaker4 on Jun 15, 2005 17:00:47 GMT
whose getting clever eh
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Post by Goblin King on Jun 15, 2005 17:04:04 GMT
hee hee - soon ... soon I will conquer the WORLD!!! (well, maybe just scatter a few Gif files around the web ...) ;D ;D |
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yay! Look at her go ;D
