Momotaro said, November 06, 2022, 06:28:20 pm

Rabano said, November 06, 2022, 02:33:32 pm

Beautiful !
I like this progression!

Again, can you confirm me, you bade your ripping on youtube videos, or directly screen caps from the actual game?
(I know it doesn't changes much... but ^^)

Also, How do you manage not to take too many frames of animations to convert?
(If I remember well SFIV have very visible key frames, particularly in SF3 based characters, Dudley, Ibuki... but sure it certainly helps choosing wich frames to keep or not)

And last question, when you go for the colors, do you color first the outlines, then the flats, then shading ?
I know many spriters have different techniques.
When IU sprite from scratch, I usually work with flats + black outlines, then add shadding, then color the outlines.
I just curious how is your own way to do it.

So I took them from videos, my PC isn't the best and it can only run SF4 in the low settings, and even then I can capture videos from my screen (that's the reason I didn't add videos to my chars), I mostly use "X Character move list" videos, and then I put them at 0.25x speed and start pausing and taking screenshots.

I also choose the frames with strong keyposes, just that simple, sometimes its hard because as I said, I took them from videos, and I had to pause it at the right milisecond to capture one of those keyposes.

and yes, I start with the darkest tone as the outlines and the lightest as the flat color, and then I add the shading later

Momotaro said, November 06, 2022, 07:02:22 pm

With a captured video, you open it with VLC then choose the speed jsut like in youtube, but the difference is you can select a milisecond/frame with a short key/ "E" can skip a frame one by one.

You can do this on YouTube too, using < and >.

Hi! About Abel, any chance to see a Full char, like SF one's Lee?

Rabano said, November 06, 2022, 07:38:21 pm

I don't promise anything, I wish I can do it but Im not sure if I have the time or talent to do so

Time, I understand. Nobody here's gonna pressure you into doing a sheet if you just don't have the time to commit to one.

Talent, you've got that in spades and you're only continuing to improve.

Rabano said, November 06, 2022, 08:25:19 pm

I hope, because of all the characters I did I want to do a full char with Abel, Feng and that goofy looking King

Hearing plans for King gives me some hope since the King we have right now is lacking to put it lightly.

You could use King's sprites from Namco x Capcom as reference for the mask
https://www.spriters-resource.com/playstation_2/nxc/sheet/15528/

I think the main reason is kinda "awkward" is because of the angle of the head being incorrect in comparison to the rest of his body. I thought I would try and see if I could help, if you don't mind, of course. I tried editing with one thing in mind, it's a mask.


(Yes, I changed the palette for funsies)

okay this is a character that already exist but it counts