WIP Graphics Showcase

Danny · Postby **Danny** » Sun May 18, 2014 8:19 pm

I'll definitely consider doing that when I actually get good at making tilesets.

Fuyu · Postby **Fuyu** » Sun May 18, 2014 8:21 pm

8bitmushroom wrote:I'll definitely consider doing that when I actually get good at making tilesets.

You "get good" by doing so, actually. I'm expecting great stuff from you to be honest.

Darkonius Mavakar · Postby **Darkonius Mavakar** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:26 am

Darkonius Mavakar wrote:

ZOMG WTF GENERIC TILESE THAT IS GENERIC IS COMPLETED

So uh thoughts?

natsu stahp making goot tileset!!! i'll call the police!!!!

Fuyu · Postby **Fuyu** » Mon May 19, 2014 7:38 am

Darkonius Mavakar wrote:
Darkonius Mavakar wrote:

ZOMG WTF GENERIC TILESE THAT IS GENERIC IS COMPLETED
So uh thoughts?

natsu stahp making goot tileset!!! i'll call the police!!!!

NEVAH!!

The fill is somewhat weird, but original at the same time. I personally don't see myself using it, but can't say it looks bad to be honest.

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Mon May 19, 2014 1:17 pm

#genericgrasstileset

Darkonius Mavakar · Postby **Darkonius Mavakar** » Mon May 19, 2014 2:15 pm

Emral wrote:
#genericgrasstileset

your tileset can't be more generic than mine >:C

also it looks nice, kinda forest-y though

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:24 pm

Darkonius Mavakar wrote:
Emral wrote:
#genericgrasstileset
your tileset can't be more generic than mine >:C

also it looks nice, kinda forest-y though

nah m8 desert tileset

Darkonius Mavakar · Postby **Darkonius Mavakar** » Tue May 20, 2014 2:10 pm

Now it looks like chocolate.
me likes

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Wed May 21, 2014 12:46 pm

I am currently working on a magma-cave tile set called "Scoria Subterrane". This is incredibly hard to make because:
1. I don't have paint.net anymore since I have a Mac.
2. I can't play smbx anymore so I can't even try it out to see if it works fine.
I will show what I made so far later, I'm gonna work on it some more. It's actually looking good so far.

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Wed May 21, 2014 3:08 pm

Sorry for double post but I just finished my tile set is ready enough to be shown.

Spoiler: show

Any thoughts or suggestions?

StrikeForcer · Postby **StrikeForcer** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:46 pm

Eh, there is too little contrast on the red in your tileset ConXus. Also either make more squares with less of the noise (a terminology used in the pixel art community that describes independent single pixels being described here that doesn't sufficiently convey information by themselves and does not contribute to the piece and serves only to interrupt the area it inhabits and distract the viewer) or make edits to your existing squares to reduce your independent pixels.

While on the current subject of underground tilesets, here is mine: http://s17.postimg.org/ll9ymr43f/Speaki ... ground.png

Slopes will be added soon. Do not use yet.

EDIT:

Emral wrote:
Darkonius Mavakar wrote:
ZOMG WTF GENERIC GRASS TILESET WIP WHAT IS THIS
zomfg how does one beat this genericness?
I like the texture.

You like a pillow-shaded texture? That is an inherent no-no when it comes to spriting. Don't do that.

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Wed May 21, 2014 11:49 pm

StrikeForcer wrote:Eh, there is too little contrast on the red in your tileset ConXus. Also either make more squares with less of the noise (a terminology used in the pixel art community that describes independent single pixels being described here that doesn't sufficiently convey information by themselves and does not contribute to the piece and serves only to interrupt the area it inhabits and distract the viewer) or make edits to your existing squares to reduce your independent pixels.

While on the current subject of underground tilesets, here is mine: http://s17.postimg.org/ll9ymr43f/Speaki ... ground.png

Slopes will be added soon. Do not use yet.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will be fixing those pixels to make them look better, perhaps make them large stones, idk. I will post again tomorrow with an update.

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Thu May 22, 2014 12:47 am

StrikeForcer wrote:
Emral wrote:
Darkonius Mavakar wrote:
ZOMG WTF GENERIC GRASS TILESET WIP WHAT IS THIS
zomfg how does one beat this genericness?
I like the texture.
You like a pillow-shaded texture? That is an inherent no-no when it comes to spriting. Don't do that.

It works for tileset fills on occasion. Don't say something like that without having tried it before.

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Thu May 22, 2014 1:52 am

Emral wrote:
StrikeForcer wrote:
Emral wrote: zomfg how does one beat this genericness?
I like the texture.
You like a pillow-shaded texture? That is an inherent no-no when it comes to spriting. Don't do that.
It works for tileset fills on occasion. Don't say something like that without having tried it before.

I don't know about tilesets, but I had experience with sprinting npcs with pillow-shading, looks really ugly. Just make shading on the lower right edge to make it look good.

StrikeForcer · Postby **StrikeForcer** » Thu May 22, 2014 7:26 am

Emral wrote:
It works for tileset fills on occasion. Don't say something like that without having tried it before.

No I can. I've tried it before with a space station tileset I made, showed it off to a couple of my spriter friends in their Skype group, they noticed the alarms being pillowshaded. And even if I didn't try it before, I can still say it because I've seen spriting showcase topics on various other forums on the Internet that shows posts saying why pillowshading is bad, typically if its devolved into an argument.

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Thu May 22, 2014 8:58 pm

**UPDATE:

Spoiler: show

How is it now?

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Fri May 23, 2014 11:49 am

ConXus wrote:**UPDATE:
Spoiler: show
How is it now?

I think the best way for you to see is if you'd import a few tiles into SMBX and see for yourself. It's already been pointed out what's wrong and it hasn't changed since:
The rocks on the tileset are too bright/the dirt is too dark
There's not enough contrast between the shading on the dirt.

Magna DominXus · Postby **Magna DominXus** » Fri May 23, 2014 12:10 pm

Emral wrote:
ConXus wrote:**UPDATE:
Spoiler: show
How is it now?
I think the best way for you to see is if you'd import a few tiles into SMBX and see for yourself. It's already been pointed out what's wrong and it hasn't changed since:
The rocks on the tileset are too bright/the dirt is too dark
There's not enough contrast between the shading on the dirt.

1. I can't play SMBX on Mac. I will have to ask someone else to test it for me.
2. I can fix the dirt AND make it better by adding a pattern for example.
3. What do you mean by contrast?

Emral · Postby **Emral** » Fri May 23, 2014 12:17 pm

ConXus wrote:
Emral wrote:
ConXus wrote:**UPDATE:
Spoiler: show
How is it now?
I think the best way for you to see is if you'd import a few tiles into SMBX and see for yourself. It's already been pointed out what's wrong and it hasn't changed since:
The rocks on the tileset are too bright/the dirt is too dark
There's not enough contrast between the shading on the dirt.
1. I can't play SMBX on Mac. I will have to ask someone else to test it for me.
2. I can fix the dirt AND make it better by adding a pattern for example.
3. What do you mean by contrast?

1. Pick any lava background, open it in paint and start copypasting the tiles in front of it in a pattern you'd make. Or learn to dualboot windows and macOS
2. If you insist...
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrast_%28vision%29