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hermitmage · Joined: 24 Jul 2006 Posts: 2 Location: BC, Canada

Any tips on character graphic design?

This includes enemies, npcs, heroes, etc.

Thanks,
Hermitmage

Skoll · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 3

I may not be at liberty to give graphical advice Oookay...

But everything looks better shaded, and one-color tiles are boring. That's pretty much all I got...
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JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

http://rinku.castleparadox.com/Septa/ohrmonthly/0701designa04b.html
http://rinku.castleparadox.com/Septa/ohrmonthly/0701designa04c.html

Battleblaze · Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 10:37 pm Post subject:

Sweet lord JSH have you been holding out ona brotha!?

Hermy...Ur sig is scaring me. Are you a dumb human or an incredible hyper advertising bot?
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TwinHamster · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:53 am Post subject:

There's a big collection at the 'articles' page.

Valigarmander · Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:34 am Post subject:

Yeah, there's a bundle of crap at the articles page. But some advice from me: don't be boring. Add a little variety to your graphics. Make the NPCs a little more varied. Give little quirks to your maptiles, like a crack in the floor or a torch on the wall. Every little thing helps.

Valkyrie · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Posts: 11 Location: England

And with maptiles - if you can make it animated, do so, it adds so much more depth and just looks better.

Like with fire, and wall torches and all that. Try to give them depth - use different shades. Around those wall torches, make the surrounding area illuminate.

Don't use colours that clash - stick to an overall colour scheme, and don't sway from that. For instance, Tilde and the Mask of P uses a custom palette of colours that all match - colours are the most important thing.

As for anything else, check those articles that JSH said - they have a tonne of useful info, and Rinku is far better at spriting than I am.
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