My Sprites/Animations & Commissions[CLOSED]

[NX-MEN]

Sword looks so great!! 

[Superjoker]

love your work ATice always class A

[NX-MEN]

Nice!! Love to see it completed!! 

[Arias]

It will take some time to complete, designing the moves is proving to be rather difficult

Anyway, I drew part of the dress, but she still got plenty of loose clothing and ornaments left to do.

[NX-MEN]

Looks nice! 

[Uche_of_IMT]

Who are you making?

[Arias]

Just a magical puppeteer.

[NX-MEN]

Looks nice so far Alice!

[Arias]

Magician Type-0

Got the idea from Dartzpie while we were at the Mugen Free For All chat, and started sketching a sprite of him, kinda lost interest midway, but posting it anyway because don't know if I'll bother in finish the body too, did it some time ago.

[Superjoker]

looking fwd to the final result!

[NX-MEN]

Me too!!

[Arias]

Made a few energy blasts, still not convinced completely, may draw a few more, this is part of a cinematic move I'm planning.

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[HyperVoiceActing]

That Dormammu fire is just amazing. Excellent job on it. (sorry for ignoring the rest of your work, they're good too)

[O Ilusionista]

I really liked those animations.

[Arias]

It's a comics forum after all ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Strings effect for my char.

[NX-MEN]

Very cool!! 

[WizzyWhipitWonderful]

It's awsome!

Reminds me of BlazBlue for some reason...

[Arias]

Drawing the continuation for this combo, also trying a couple of new programs to sketch my animations, so far I'm really liking them.

Anyway, gameplay related was planning to make her rather slow moving and weak at close combat, but strong and capable of press the enemy at mid-long range (like shown in the gif image), since she's a puppeteer & most of the attacks are done mainly by puppets obviously (those are strings, not whips btw :­P)
This was just a quick test.

[NX-MEN]

It will be a perfect move when its finished!! 

[I-Skorp-I]

Drawing the continuation for this combo, also trying a couple of new programs to sketch my animations, so far I'm really liking them.

Anyway, gameplay related was planning to make her rather slow moving and weak at close combat, but strong and capable of press the enemy at mid-long range (like shown in the gif image), since she's a puppeteer & most of the attacks are done mainly by puppets obviously (those are strings, not whips btw :­P)
This was just a quick test.

Alice how long do you believe it took you to get as good as you are at sketching your graphics? 

[Arias]

Well, that's a simple question with a potentially complex answer.
I mean, have been into pixel art for 4-5 years IIRC, but I've messed with different types of graphic work for longer than that, like 8-9 years, drawing architecture is a part of my job too.

During all that prior time I learned some stuff that helps with the spriting part, but probably shouldn't take that long for someone commited to only one thing to improve, because I practice different kinds of graphics during free time instead of focusing in only one thing.

Like, at times I practiced 3D, sometimes CGI FX, other times hand drawn animation, other times pixel art, etc...  lately I've been interested in digital illustration too, so I guess it will take more time to improve in one area, maybe shouldn't do this but keeps the motivation.

There's no limit in learning on any of them though, I keep on doing it.


Updated slightly, could end with the puppet exploding.

[I-Skorp-I]

Well, that's a simple question with a potentially complex answer.
I mean, have been into pixel art for 4-5 years IIRC, but I've messed with different types of graphic work for longer than that, like 8-9 years, drawing architecture is a part of my job too.

During all that prior time I learned some stuff that helps with the spriting part, but probably shouldn't take that long for someone commited to only one thing to improve, because I practice different kinds of graphics during free time instead of focusing in only one thing.

Like, at times I practiced 3D, sometimes CGI FX, other times hand drawn animation, other times pixel art, etc...  lately I've been interested in digital illustration too, so I guess it will take more time to improve in one area, maybe shouldn't do this but keeps the motivation.

There's no limit in learning on any of them though, I keep on doing it.


Updated slightly, could end with the puppet exploding.

Oh you're fine don't worry i love complex answers! & That's great to hear actually.
 So last question, Out of all of those expertise which one do you enjoy doing the most and which one do you dislike the most? 

[Arias]

Don't dislike any really, but I have preferred ones.
Even though 3D makes life easier when it comes to fighting games since it's more practical and faster once you're adept enough at it (which is why a lot of companies opted for 3D), I still like 2D hand drawn animation better when it comes to giving life to characters, maybe is all those small details that you can add to chars to give more dynamism to animations.

Also, might be just me, but when you need to rely too much on softwares to do the job (such as modelling), constant practice is needed in order to not forget how interfaces work, or keep up to date to the program updates so that your skills don't become dull (like once I forgot how to print using scale after a while of not using a couple of CADs).

Regardless, I grew fond of 3D for background work and is pretty useful, like that animation is pretty much hand drawn, except for the explosion at the end.

[I-Skorp-I]

Don't dislike any really, but I have preferred ones.
Even though 3D makes life easier when it comes to fighting games since it's more practical and faster once you're adept enough at it (which is why a lot of companies opted for 3D), I still like 2D hand drawn animation better when it comes to giving life to characters, maybe is all those small details that you can add to chars to give more dynamism to animations.

Also, might be just me, but when you need to rely too much on softwares to do the job (such as modelling), constant practice is needed in order to not forget how interfaces work, or keep up to date to the program updates so that your skills don't become dull (like once I forgot how to print using scale after a while of not using a couple of CADs).

Regardless, I grew fond of 3D for background work and is pretty useful, like that animation is pretty much hand drawn, except for the explosion at the end.

Magnificent. I'm happy that i was able to pick your brain a little bit and explore your interests. It was great and i appreciate the detailed explanations as well! Can't wait to see your character fully completed. 

[Arias]

Reworked the 3D scene (I modelled this scene a few years ago and made it a mugen stage), I think this one came out better regarding perspective and shadows, sun is lower meaning longer shadows, still need to add a bit of texture to that big lump at the left, it's supposed to be a haystack, but didn't think much of it when I was doing it, and thought the sunset glow would take care of that, maybe 1 or 2 more trees at the right, but I like it more than the past version already.

Will leave the moveset for my char too.
Once I like the idea enough, I start sketching the animation, have several rough sketches already, though I won't detail them until I have the moves fully conceptualized (commands, chain possibilities & usefulness between them).

Normals
Still deciding on them, since she doesn't attack directly with melee and her pressure play is mid-range, balancing someone like that for a fighter may be rather difficult, but I have a few ideas to design the gameplay.

Special Moves

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-Setting-(F,DF,D,DB,B +A or B or C), To activate (D,D + A or B or C)
An idle puppet is set in the field, can be destroyed, when activated does one of 3 things depending of the button pressed:
a.- Does a spinning attack in the same place it was set.
b.- Fires a small quick laser at enemy's direction.
c.- Artful Sacrifice: Flies towards the enemy and explodes on the floor launching P2 in air, keeping the button pressed holds the attack. (1000 of power to activate this)

-Barrage-(B,DB,D,DF,F + A or B or C)
Rapid succession of puppet strikes at mid-range.

-Slam-(F,D,DF,F + A or B or C)
A puppet grabs the enemy in mid-air and slams it against the floor.

-Dummy-(D,DB,B + A or B or C)
Works as a counter, P1 is hit revealing is just a dummy which explodes hurting the enemy,  she then reveals herself from behind an invisibility/camouflage cloak at certain distance away (distance depends of the button pressed), being slow and poor at close melee, this helps to keep the distance as well.

Super Moves

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-Goliath-
A giant puppet is summoned, has a time limit, can take hits but can't be destroyed, it doesn't flinch if attacked, range is huge and can be controlled to perform various actions to help in combo chains/pressure. (Haven't defined all its moves, but requires 3000 of power to summon)

-Automaton: Level Titania-
A large halberd-wielding armoured puppet is summoned (slightly taller than P1), it doesn't have a time limit but can take hits and damage at any time, after taking some damage it's destroyed, has limited super-armor and flinches when it breaks, it automatically attacks once it's summoned using melee only and cannot be controlled (movement speed is average and attack startup is pretty slow), but can be commanded to perform one of these 3 things:
x.- Self-destruct hurting the enemy, anti-aerial.
y.- Fire a high-output laser.
z.- Do a fast combo while charging at the enemy.

The puppet is left unusable after performing any of them. (Requires 2000 of power to summon, and 1000 to do the rush combo, shoot the laser or make it self-destruct)

Goliath and Titania can't be at the same time in the field.

-Dolls of War-
(Still Deciding)

-Trip Wires-
A series of strings are scattered across the stage for a certain amount of time that hurt the enemy if touched and produce a small stun, damage is very minimal (1HP), but restricts P2's movements & P1 can move during this. If the strings connect (or are hit by other projectiles) they become disabled for a few seconds, then they're able to hurt the enemy again, this repeats until the super move time limit ends. (Requires 2000 of power)

-Hourai-
P1 fires a high-output laser, range is infinite. (Requires 1000 of power)

The Last Word:

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Finishing moves that trigger when certain criteria is met & override -Dolls of War-, which would be the strongest super on hit, but still undecided on them.

-Grimoire: Necronomica Fantasy- On low health (could works as a counter), If it hits a cinematic sequence starts, P1 is knocked out revealing her non-retconned form which flies at the distance, summons an alternate realm and starts gathering dark magic from her book into a huge attack which is released and obliterates everything. End cut shows P1 reappearing and wondering what just happened.

-The Phantom of the Grand Guignol- If it hits a cinematic sequence starts, several dozens of creepy/horror puppets are summoned from the darkness into a theatre's stage, followed by a giant monstrous one that grabs the enemy and seals it in a box, then the smaller ones pierce the box with several swords to finally being sliced in half by the giant one. End cut shows P1 doing a reverence to the "public".

Here's a example sketch of a combo, considering 6 buttons, [a,b,c for character]-[x,y,z for puppets]
(Requires goliath summoned + a puppet set in the field+1000 power),

A(normal), B(normal), C(normal), 41236+c(barrage), 236+c(it's a follow-up), 22+b(upper slashes), 4214+a(stabs), 22+z(Goliath smash), 22+c(activates puppet), 6236+a(slam+while enemy is in air:
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Haven't fully decided on the commands, so this can change.