No... why did he set the blog to private? I enjoyed watching his/her spritework.

Just looking at her sprites, I can see she has new intros, a Kamehameha like supermove, one of Fei Long supermoves (not specials), new sprites for parry.

This is where you have to learn how to work with lines and curves in a computer interface.

I've done my share of tracing, but I did the bulk of my learning without it.
Take an image and break it down into smaller images. See what kinds of line you want/have to use ( l, S, C, 0, O, N, 3, J) and use that to make the image.

Shading is another topic entirely (and something I'm not that good at). I'm doing hi-res too for the most part (although I pretty much practice with anything).

Niitris said, November 23, 2013, 06:30:44 pm

I should start posing some of the sprites and animations I've done...
I think I can come up with something in about an hour.

Well that sure worked out didn't it?

I suggest making your own graphics thread... people can give you more/better feedback on what you can improve. You can't improve without criticism.

Paint.NET might be helpful. It combines the simplicity and ease-of-use of Paint with some more advanced features from Photoshop and the like, like layers and anti-aliasing. And there's a keyboard shortcut for the eyedropper tool!

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      Posted: November 28, 2013, 01:26:11 am
and also it's free, so there's that

After drawing for years with Paint, I can say ... HA! exactly what Felo does!
There are certain programs you need for one thing, and others for another thing.

Spoiler: Enter my Toolbox (click to see content)

When I sprite in KOF style, the bulk of it is made of STRAIGHT LINES for which Paint is super easy, intuitive and effective. Also, with some imagination, you can use layers in a super fast way. Paint is also great for color sepparation with it's COLOR REPLACE tool.

When I trace over an image to make sprites from scratch, I go with Graphics Gale because it has layers, and a very neat CONTINUOUS LINE tool that's great for just touching points and making an outline in 1 go. Gale is also great for finishing details, because COLOR PICKER is a simple right click, so you don't have to move back and forth from the tools on your top/left to the canvas everytime you want ONE color.

When I need to finally compress something to the minimum size, I use IrFanView

So, all in all, a spriter doesn't work with Pencil and Paper only, you use different tools for different tasks.

I have not even started hi res, I get the feeling that hi res might be esier for guys who have a drawing background, so it might be easier for you, who knows. you are at teh stage where you experiment a lot and get nothing done, that's natural.

note that those programs are for classic pixel art, if you plan to go higher res gimp or photoshop might be better.

I´d heard that some spriters really like to use GraphicsGale cause it handles pixel art very smoothly with its tools. You could try that one.

most serious spriters will use either promotion, gfxgale , an obscure msdos era spriting program or a heavily customized photoshop/gimp.

- WiCloud: here's some USEFUL tutorials:
http://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/

I mostly use this technique right now:
http://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/resizing-your-sprites-with-nearest-neighbor/

Havea  nice day!

Wish I could answer that particular question.
I've tried using GIMP... I'm sure it's good, but I couldn't get used to the interface (mainly because I never gave a real effort). I use Paint Shop Pro, but even MSPaint can be good enough.

Individual sprites are easy enough; just use a reference (whether it's a picture of what your drawing or another sprite) and design your pose using the reference. For animations, I manipulate vectors (or make "animation points") and do pixel edits where necessary.

I use GIMP to make sprites since 2009, it has special .XCF format that works best for photo/sprite editing, doesnt take much to learn and its easy to use.