Castle Paradox

[Rimudora]

o noes im gonna get sued

[AdrianX]

..if i finish my thesis anytime soon, i might be able to update my website and add a "how i draw" section. This section has tutorials based on how i draw my characters,maptiles,etc.

[LeRoy_Leo]

Those are always nice. And interesting.
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"Seriously James, you keep rolling out the awesome like gingerbread men on a horror-movie assembly line. "

[Obright]

This is how I've made all of my hero battle graphics, if that will help.
First of all, think of a basic pose for your hero graphic, choose a flesh
tone, choose the 'line' tool, and make a basic skeleton. Keep in mind,
there's a curve to the spine...particularly around navel-level. Also, the
shoulders and hips are on a perpendicular angle to the spine, like this:

Next, fill out the 'skeleton' a little bit, using the 'line' tool once again. In
each step, fine tune the whole thing a little bit at a time, as you go along.
Always make sure to look at BOTH the large 'edit' graphic and the 'actual
size' one...back and forth.

Now, use the 'fill' tool to fill in the areas with solid flesh tone. If you're
Gizmog, slap on some tits and pubes, and you're done. If you're anybody
else, there are more steps to follow.

Now, divide different areas with the 'draw' tool, and then 'fill' them to
make some clothing.

You're remembering to detail all the while, right? Well now let's add some
details like hands, hair, and some shading. I very rarely use gradients of
more than 2-3 colors, so when you're making your palette, keep that in mind.

And now for some shoes, and final details. This thing could DEFINITELY
use some more detailing, but you get the idea.

Hope this helps!
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'I imagine that imagination is more important than knowledge, but I don't know.'

[Bob the Hamster]

That series of screenshots makes a really nice tutorial! Would you mind having that on the wiki?

[Obright]

Really? I would be honored! If this helps people, then that's birthday cake
to me...or maybe red velvet cake...with cream cheese frosting. Something
really good, anyway.

[EDIT] All work and no cake makes Loren a silly boy...
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'I imagine that imagination is more important than knowledge, but I don't know.'

[Bob the Hamster]

I posted it here Thanks, Gnostic!

If anybody else wants to write a tutorial with screnshots, let me know. For example, I think Gizmog's scholarly discussion of bricks in maptiles would make a good wiki article, with the addition of some screenshots.

[Obright]

Awesomeness!

[Bob the Hamster]

[Mike Caron]

Ahhhh, no. It should come out. Not only is it an "in joke", it looks out of place.
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[Obright]

I agree. It looks out of place there. HERE, however, I think it looks just
about right. God knows I'm not above the odd (very odd) nudie sprite,
in fact...if one of Giz's alter-egos trolls my journal again, I'll SEND him
some of MINE!

...Be afraid...be very afraid...ever read 'Mr. Natural' by R. Crumb?

Imagine that, but with a muuuuuch shorter beard.

LOL!!!!

Nah, I'm just kidding Giz. I think you should seriously get some screen
shots together for that maptile wiki article. I just cut & pasted all of my
maptiles from imported screens...but I'm a lazy bastard. I've only made
two sets pixel-by-pixel (the world map and the 'cave' set), but I know I
could learn a LOT from a well-written guide on making maptiles...especially
castle maptiles...and all you'd have to do is just add some screen shots to
what you've already written.

Oh, and one more thing...as long as an edit may be in the works...how about we change 'pallete' to 'palette'? Bit by the spelling demon once again.
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'I imagine that imagination is more important than knowledge, but I don't know.'

[Mike Caron]

Consider it done

Edit: James fixed the in-joke, but I fixed the spleing mistak
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I stand corrected. No rivers ran blood today. At least, none that were caused by us.

Final Fantasy Q
OHR Developer BLOG
Official OHRRPGCE Wiki and FAQ

[Bob the Hamster]

[Fenrir-Lunaris]

Wasn't there an RPG like that at one point? Neke?

[Obright]