Castle Paradox

Pumpkinbot · Last edited by Pumpkinbot on Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:59 pm; edited 1 time in total

First and foremost, if you don't like ponies, nobody's forcing you to look at the following thread. There will be candy colored horses. You have been warned.

Now that that obligatory warning is out of the way, here's a walkabout sprite I threw together for Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. I haven't gotten around to anyone else yet, but I'll get there!

So, any constructive criticism? Praise? Scorn? Blind, biased rage? Polite, yet harsh words said with a posh British accent? A phrase in some random language that sounds like it may be an insult, but actually isn't?

EDIT: Mane Six is done! I've also tweaked the legs on one of the sideways walking frames. Compare it to the one above with just Twilight, Rarity, and Dash.

Thoughts, constructive criticism, etc?

Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

That's really cute.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:22 am Post subject:

Good job!, I am impressed that you managed to get that much detail into 20x20. The OHR's walkabouts are definitely not optimal for ponies, so I can see that took some clever pixeling.

Pumpkinbot · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2012 12:24 pm Post subject:

TMC · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:28 pm Post subject:

Good job, those look quite good.

You could fit more colours on the tail by using a sort of chequer pattern. But I think it's fine as it is.

I'm surprised by the change you made to the legs. Does that improve the walking animation? I would have expected the first style to be better, but maybe that flickers too much?
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Pumpkinbot · Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:53 pm Post subject:

Sparoku · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 1:21 am Post subject:

TMC · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 3:10 am Post subject:

Yes, I meant a chequerboard pattern. And looking at the animated sprites (thanks Sparrow) I also prefer the older walking animation.
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Pumpkinbot · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 2:08 pm Post subject:

Ah, thanks for those GIFs! The old one -does- look better. I'll change it back to that. Raspberry!

And thanks for the compliments! :3

And I think I'll keep Dash's tail as it is, but I might use some dithering later in bigger tilesets or something. :v

Rya.Reisender · **Snippy** Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 821

I also agree, the old one looks better. In the new one she only walks with the right side which is kinda weird unless she hurt her other two legs (poor twilight).

But you should still change it: Look at her front right leg. It's the old animation it points "backwards" even when "front", this looks wrong. The front animation should be like the one in the new animation. Hope you know what I mean.
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"curt or sharp, esp. in a condescending way" (Oxford American Dictionary)
"fault-finding, snappish, sharp" (Concise Oxford Dictionary, UK)
1. short-tempered, snappish, 2. unduly brief or curt (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

Pumpkinbot · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:51 am Post subject:

TMC · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 5:29 am Post subject:

Oh, congrats!
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Sparoku · Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 4:53 pm Post subject: