Pixel Pirate in Bits of Eight Concept thread

hawken

Alright dudes.

So I'm making an 8-bit style game, official thread with all the pixel art and so on over at TIG SOURCE

I'll post some of the concepts here as I go. So if you like 8 bit, 9 bit, 12 bit and 15.99 bit jump in and say hi. Any feedback welcome.

These concepts are to help me with animation and will probably end up in the game manual. (displayed here in chronological order)



(ABOVE: I was happy with the way these were going but they were wayyyyy to sloppy for game art, and the character needed to be chibified anyway)



(ABOVE: the guy on the far right was drawn last and probably solidified the style)





You guys remember the Famicom DX right?

Muzzoid

Good work man, Can't wait to see what you do with this.

I feel like it's kind of missing that "something" so far but im sure you'll manage to find it.

hawken

Muzz wrote: »

Good work man, Can't wait to see what you do with this.

I feel like it's kind of missing that "something" so far but im sure you'll manage to find it.

Cheers! Yes I know where you're coming from, hopefully that "thing" will appear as I draw more. Also I am holding back on one of the key features until it's ready to show.

hawken

Dado Almeida wrote: »

ps.: cant wait for the Kraken. ;-D

he lurks beneath dark waters

hawken

Is pink still allowed in games?

Muzzoid

Nah pink is apparently so sexist that we aren't allowed to use it.

Litho

It's not sexist. Projects like Tropes vs Women in Video Games is something to educate people and urge them to think beyond the colour pink and one-word characterisations, like "female".

Project looks cool!

How about adding some red glow on the flaming flying skull? Currently it's like the flames are not casting any light on the skull top at all.

I like the illustrations. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336763/pirate-5.png very cool character. And I didn't find these illustrations "sloppy". They're painterly.