Project Akatsuki

[Osvir]

Hello!

This project is really about resizing the Naruto characters (for MUGEN *duh, feels so bright bringing forth the obvious*) so that they can too be as glorious as Street Fighter characters (in size). I found myself fighting with a Naruto character against a Street Fighter character, and it looked so awkward to see a guy that reached to the knee of Ryu fight against him. And let's not forget that Ryu and many other characters (in his size) may miss a lot of attacks (high punches/kicks, you have to almost always crouch to hit them). So I got the inspiration to start this project.

EDIT: The name "Akatsuki" does not really have anything to do with making all (and only) the Akatsuki characters. I want to make them all, all the Naruto characters. But the name "Project Naruto" didn't sound too well :p

Though I am in dire need of assistance... I thought it would be boring to just go into a character and resize them, not only would the Naruto character be extremely out of proportion. It would also be all pixelated (probably, I don't know, haven't tried it yet) and the main part, unoriginal. So I sat myself down to play Naruto Shippuuden Accel and sketched a little in a notebook and tried my best to convert it from the notebook into my computer. This is how it came out (Due to much laziness too, looks better in the notebook):

F = Front (Closest to screen, I.E less shadows/more light)
B = Back (Further into the screen I.E more shadows/depth)
(?) = Maybe, maybe not

Kisame:
Ignore any wierd lines, like the pencil line in one picture going out from the shoulder. It was a drawing "typo"/forgot to remove.
Standing
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/StandingKisame.jpg
The only picture I really kinda took time to work with (To get an idea of how to draw Kisame easier on the comp... not the best of computer artists)

Guilty Gear style, not finished. Need shades.

Running
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/RunningKisame1.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/RunningKisame2.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/RunningKisame3.jpg
The order is: 1, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3 etc. etc. (Try putting the pictures in a folder or in an animation sequence)
EDIT: This is also in the same fashion of how Kisame runs in Shippuuden Accel

Normal Attack1
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/AttackingKisame1.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/AttackingKisame2.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/AttackingKisame3.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/AttackingKisame4.jpg
http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee132/MaskedMann/AttackingKisame5.jpg
This is an actual attack from Naruto Shippuuden Accel, though not as well done of course.

Normal Attack2 (Follow-up)
-In Progress- (Kisame pulls back his sword to charge for the next attack)

Normal Attack3 (Follow-up)
-In Progress- (Kisame swings his blade like a golf club around himself)

High Attack
-In Progress- (Upwards slash)

Low Attack
-In Progress- (Low sword sweep)

Special 1
-In Progress- (A shark erupts from the ground, flying upwards into the air and then dives down towards opponent)

Special 2
-In Progress- (Kisame captures the enemy in a water prison technique and then slashes the enemy)

Ultimate (?)
-In Progress- (Kisame calls a flood and surfs on the wave-seen a Mugen Kisame with this technique actually so something else might be put in)

And yeah, horrid I know. Probably around 0.1% progress. And this is what I would want help with (I will of course do these too):

* Coloring
* Shapes (Make it look smoother and not so sketchy and more sprite-ish)
* Fighting Factory (Not exactly priority number one, but I have no idea how to work with FF)

And I will do the sketches for all the characters as well.

[tetsuo9999]

The Sprites are blocks. 

[Osvir]

Aye at the moment they are nothing but horrid sketches that needs mass attention. I could transform one of them into a better picture to show what it could look like. I'll do that.

[aa250]

This should be an intersting project. I am looking forward to it.

[DemonicDrPhil]

so um eta for this project is umm like what 2011 or somethin?

jus wondering if you have a time table.

pay no attention to me

[Osvir]

Nope no time table. Currently working on this, and another project too at the same time. And from inspiration of rhazeal I got this:


Guilty Gear stylish

(used this one)


This is also the style I will work with from now on. Well I might do horrid sketches first and then move on to this :p

Problem: I suck with shading. So if anyone wants to help me with that part you are very welcome.

[DMK]

Well if memory serves me correctly Kisame uses a more one arm hold of the hilt, letting the rest of his weight support on his back.

So perhaps deleteing the awkard elbow and redrawing a more loose yet bent postion for it going down.

[Osvir]

Yeah perhaps.

Actually he usually lets the sword lean on his shoulder (When in "fighting mode"/Just like Zabuza(?)) and sometimes he do attack with one arm. At least to my source (and inspiration) Naruto Narutimate Shippuuden Accel. This stance was meant to be his "standing" pose. Here is another one (not finished):

Calling this one Ky-Same :p (get the refference?)

There you have him holding BOTH hands on the grip :p unfortunately I don't like it very much due to reasons such as: Kisame wouldn't stand like that. Well perhaps he would, but it looks a little awkward :p