Dark's Art Realm November 14 2016 Update

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#16 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

Myperson54 wrote:The reason it seems blurry is because you'ere saving in a .jpg format, which is a "lossy" format. If you tried to import these into RMVX Ace, it wouldn't recognize the white background at transparent because of all the artifacts. If you go into whatever program was used to make these sprites and resave the originals as .png files, they should look much cleaner.
I'm fine with the quality they are now, it's just the 1st Sythe zoom I had that was very blurry. Although I could try PNG next time, see if it's a significant difference.
Myperson54 wrote:The "blur" is also being created by the zoom-in of the sprites. Since their dimensions are measured in individual pixels, colour boundaries are going to look super sharp to the editing program, and it'll try to soften the transition.
Microsoft Paint doesn't try to soften the boundaries. I use several different editing programs just to make one sprite because one can do something better than the others, and Microsoft Paint is used for the zooming. The original Sythe was zoomed in another program.

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#17 Post by Myperson54 »

DarkTheImmortal wrote:
Myperson54 wrote:The reason it seems blurry is because you'ere saving in a .jpg format, which is a "lossy" format. If you tried to import these into RMVX Ace, it wouldn't recognize the white background at transparent because of all the artifacts. If you go into whatever program was used to make these sprites and resave the originals as .png files, they should look much cleaner.
I'm fine with the quality they are now, it's just the 1st Sythe zoom I had that was very blurry. Although I could try PNG next time, see if it's a significant difference.
Myperson54 wrote:The "blur" is also being created by the zoom-in of the sprites. Since their dimensions are measured in individual pixels, colour boundaries are going to look super sharp to the editing program, and it'll try to soften the transition.
Microsoft Paint doesn't try to soften the boundaries. I use several different editing programs just to make one sprite because one can do something better than the others, and Microsoft Paint is used for the zooming. The original Sythe was zoomed in another program.

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Ah, yeah, looks like paint is good then. Probably doesn't have antialiasing functionality. And I guarantee you, PNG makes a huge difference. You'll get back what you painted, not what the computer changes.
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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#18 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

Today is slightly different. I have 2 different sprites this time, but they are of the same character (I'm sure you can guess who it is, if you're not looking down already)

Raine Human
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Raine Keidran
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I'm not very good with Keidran ears.

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#19 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

DarkTheImmortal wrote:I'm not very good with Keidran ears.
I know what I did wrong. It will help slightly, but still help. Working on fix right now, please bear with me.

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#20 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

Alright, the original Raine sprite post has been updated with the fix. I originally had the hair too light and made the ears on the keidran one look like hair.

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#21 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

Today's sprite is not a character of TwoKinds
This next one is the product of a short burst of insane Transformers obsession (more obsessed than I usually am)

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G1 Optimus Prime
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#22 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

Now, as I like to do, I changed things up a bit. Today's sprite is ANIMATED. This is more of a test page, and if it looks good, I'll add the other views in another post
This is not based off a TwoKinds character (although it my look like Nora to some)

Walking Dragon
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EDIT: Forward facing sprites have been updated with fixes to a few problems I noticed.

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#23 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

Here's the rest of the Dragon Animation

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Right Facing
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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#24 Post by Him »

Wow Dark, that's impressive. Or maybe I think of it as amazing because I have zero skills of that kind. Regardless, good job. I hope to see more.

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics

#25 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

I am back, sorry for the wait. Going back to my TwoKinds sprites.
No animation today. It takes way too long to make.

Laura
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#26 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

It's been a while since I put something up, and since to software I use had an update recently, I decided to see the new features.... nothing really new (excepot the fact they moved a few things around so it took me a while to find them), but here's something anyways. Still a sprite.
Not one of my best, but still better than my earlier stuff. Not as good as I'd like to be with non-humanoid figures (especially when I try to make a flat surface curved)

Grimlock + Quote (G1)

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#27 Post by TinyVoices »

DarkTheImmortal wrote:4x zoom
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These are neat. Wonder why I haven't stumbled into here before...

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#28 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

TinyVoices wrote:Image
I must agree with you on the Laura sprite. She is one of my better ones in my opinion.

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics July 13 2

#29 Post by Him »

I like these things. They're pretty simple, but they're great.

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Re: Dark's Realm of Pictures and Computer Graphics July 13 2

#30 Post by DarkTheImmortal »

I DID A DRAWING
For those of you who know me, you know how I criticize my own drawing abilities (I was never really good at it). Well, I decided to change it, and practice drawing
And this is what came of it. I drew, then took a picture with my phone, and edited it with Paint.net, adding color, more defined borders, and shading
http://darktheimmortal.deviantart.com/a ... -481903810
I would LOVE constructive criticism, since I am fairly new to the drawing world.

PS: I can upload the original sketch if you'd like me to. :nora:
PPS: Within seconds of uploading it to DA, someone favorited it.

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