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  1. Hey everyone I've been having a little trouble with adapting these alternate sprites to Ame's style so I might end up posting the overworld sprites at a slower pace than I was hoping to. Here's Alice: Walk Run There's also the fact that I didn't do so well at all for editing the bike sprites for the sports gear so I'll save those for last. I've also got a few updates on some things that I figured I could do better. Here: I don't think the sneakers looked like well sneakers at all which is why I thought I should fix this quickly. I was also thinking that black sneakers might look better on her. I mean I don't really know I just used to know some girls who wore black sneakers and sweats too so I'm just trying stuff out. Of course I'm looking to improve as I go along which is why I went back to update these. Well the expressions don't take much time at all.(unless its Alice) In this game, its true that having alternate expressions is unnecessary but I'm also using this as a warm up before I work on alternate expressions for bigger sprites. In this case, the practice is good since I have such a small space to work with. I want to try messing with the transitions soon. I also figured that the violet color of Alice would look better. Yep surfing will be done as well. However, I'm not worried about it at the moment because I noticed that I won't have to do much editing for the trainers. I should be able to do those very fast. I'll try to take a break from working on the bigger sprites but I'm bound to notice something strange sooner or later. I've been thinking about this as well. I honestly don't know what variables are used to load the sprites and how they're loading so they don't produce lag. I've had idea's myself but they might be too troublesome for this game. I'd probably try something simple like your suggestion as a test. That is when I've finished learning Ruby Scripting..... I was looking at the fashion coats at the moment and almost decided to give neither of them a hood. I need more practice with making hoods anyways so maybe sometime in the future I'll try to make a better hoodie. Or I may try to swap some of their outfits.... This is a smaller update but it's also a way of me letting you guys know that I'm trying to improve while bringing out new stuff. I'm not the fastest character spriter out there but I don't want to send Ame too many pms knowing that she's very busy. Since it's fan made I guess that mean's I should keep trying to find the answers myself and from you guys right? I'll try to get all of the walk and run animations in first and finish up with the bike and surf animations afterwards. Until then comments, critiques and questions are welcome.
  2. Sure Zhroud you're welcome to join in. I've done too much before posting so first let us begin with something new. Transitions! Vero Trevo's Vero Alice Violet Alice Twins? Not exactly.... ok maybe. I'm working on a slightly more violet color scheme for Alice. I noticed that in her original dress so I'm trying to see how it does here. Kuro Lucia They all had a few odd troubles for me here and there but I got through them in two days. I call victory for that. And now for the big guns. **fires the update cannon** Kabooom!!!!! Trainer Profiles Lucia -smile Lucia -"You call for me?" Lucia -excited Lucia -serious Well I didn't give her any optional emotions before so I wanted to give her some tool Vero -he's mad again Vero -ah you know same old Vero. Vero -took the man's shades Vero -thinks he's bad Alice Violet scheme -her usual self Alice Violet -serious Backsprite update A very light touch on his collar. There isn't much I can do for him now(at least I think) so I'll probably come back to him later if I get the chance. Of course if you must swipe Kuro's shades. I hope he's not too strange without them. Then again I can barely tell right now so if there's anything I can do to fix it let me know. Of course Kuro with no shades is optional. I edited her a little. There isn't that much of a difference except for a few pixels that I hope get her looking a bit better. You can tell me if she looks better with a dark violet or the gray black she had. If they look about the same that's ok to say too. I figured its best to speak less and let your critiques give me guidance. I've finished the transitions for the most part and I'm moving on to all the overworld sprites I have left. That includes surfing with the Sports gear. Until then comments, critiques and questions are welcome.
  3. I'm learning two scripting languages at once and I'm not sure which will land me a job first.

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    2. Etesian

      Etesian

      ^^wish there was a sarcasm font for those kinda comments

    3. Saber12

      Saber12

      lol. Well there are native languages to learn as well I guess.

  4. I just checked Serebii and Bulbapedia and Armani is correct in this case. For Typhlosion nature power counts as both an egg move and a learn able tm so nature power is breed able as of Gen 6. I guess this is a move that missed the update. When it does get updated, you'll most likely use the tm. Generally tm's don't get passed down anymore for Gen 6 but there are a few that still do. Should this be moved to troubleshooting?
  5. Thanks! I like how Vero is coming out too. Maybe with a few adjustments I can get his trainer sprite to match up better. I couldn't go through the day without finishing so here's Lucia! I'm not sure if she needs a hood or not. I kinda feel like it was add at the last minute. I guess I'll work with it for a little and if it gets in the way I'll just go back to my references and give her the collar instead. I'm drained so many errors elude as of now but if you find anything strange I'd be happy if you'd let me know. With all of them up I can at least start working on the transitions. I plan on going through a somewhat similar process as I did last time to ensure that these sprites get finished quickly. Until then comments, critiques, and questions are welcome.
  6. Thanks a lot for the critiques guys. Believe me it helps keep me focused on the bigger problems at hand and allows me to update things a bit faster. He's what an update to Kuro and Alice and also Vero's backsprite. For now I knew I had to shrink down the size of her arm. I'll touch her up still for the final draft but please feel free to tell me what you think. Ok I like this perspective better even though I'm still not quite sure it's correct. I understand now that I was trying to get a bigger hood on him that was used for winter coats. Since the original hood is so small I had a hard time imagining how it should look. I still feel that this might be my weakest showing of a back sprite or its the weakest of my work if that makes any sense. Its rough and although we could also call him a biker, he at least has a darker color palette for me to work with. I'll definitely update him in the future. I was hoping on bringing out Lucia too but for now I'll just keep up the pace. She'll get here soon enough. Until then comments, critiques and questions are welcome.
  7. I remember my first AP course in high school. I didn't understand it but took AP English literature and composition my senior year. I did better but I wouldn't rely on me for help in literature and composition.........based on my score.
  8. Well made it to the post happy birthday. Please keep the destruction to a minimum or I may cease to exist.
  9. I let too much stuff slow me down with making this one. Kuro's up. This was the idea I had so far even though I'm no expert on perspective this is the idea I had in mind for him. Not much was going to change since I'm still using the same color palette for him. I'll come back to this if I there's any details I could add. Let me know what you think. I'll have to try harder to get the others done soon. Right now I'm struggling with having confidence in my work but hopefully it'll blow over. I'll just try to get better slowly. Until then comments, critiques and questions are welcome.
  10. Not when you take away every single weakness with a field effect. Now I'm not really sure how difficult reborn is suppose to be but as long as we have the tools to fight back, I'm ok with fighting a somewhat tougher opponent. Besides the electric terrain, there's usually a way for us to use the field to our advantage if we choose to do so. So I don't mind earthquake being nerfed in particular. I just hope there's some advantage in it for us with Aya's new field and it doesn't necessarily have to just give poison types support. Especially, since a lot of people are running towards pokemon with earthquake including myself. She's very difficult as is and Mamoswine is just one of many options. Not to mention Mamoswine really isn't the best option considering the fact that Tentacruel will most likely outspeed you unless you ev trained it. Then there's the case that most of her pokemon have and can pull of giga drain against you. Camerupt helps until dragalge or drapion enter the fray. Psychic types? Well speedy Gengar is totally prepared. I think the worst part is dealing with a Muk with minimize. Luck was on my side every time I beat Aya and I was using a Gothitelle who happened to have Competitive as its ability. I was lucky enough to ko 5 pokemon from her whole team with psychic moves but its accuracy and defense was down and I only had one hyper potion to use for keeping it in a little longer before it fell to muk. Mamoswine is just handy at that point in the game against shade and aya. Other than that it falls as well.
  11. Well the transition sprite does look a bit better. For the profile sprite, I like how the shading and highlights were done for the boots but the body shape is a little too rectangular. Start by shaping her up a little more and you'll notice a big difference. Yeah its possible to implement that in the game. It just takes programming time. I thought about trying to implement it myself but I don't know ruby scripting well.... not yet at least. I wanted to get at least one new backsprite out so here's Alice! So far I like it. The next time I look at it I'll probably notice something strange but not everything. Tell me what you think. I'm going at a slow pace but I guess I can appreciate some progress rather than none. I'm still working on the summer sprites and I will get the surf animations done as soon as possible. I don't know who but one of the other the back sprites should make it up here soon. Until then comments, critiques and questions are welcome.
  12. I'd definitley say go for the moderate amount of characters. Too much info spoils the overall story and not enough particularly leaving in just the protagonists and rivals isn't really enough of an attention grabber for this kind of game. The character page was what helped me decide to try the game in the first place because you had simply identified Anna, Charlotte, Noel and Laura as the doctors patients not gym leaders. I was currently reading through plenty of pokemon hacks and fangames at the time and whenever I saw the same advertised set up of a new region, new villain team, and 8 gym leaders, I might consider the game but I most likely wouldn't try it only because I was looking for a strange twist to the series. The fact that you revealed other characters who play different roles from what we're used to was what grabbed my attention(particularly the Doctor and the patients) because you didn't advertise a reused formula. Or at least what looked like a completely reused formula. Lastly there really isn't enough on the character page as is to spoil the game. It was the pitch that caught my attention then and I believe that updating it with a few more characters in regards to the current episode will not harm spoiling the story in any way provided that you continue using the same setup you currently have. One or two sentence descriptions and a quote from the character in the game.
  13. I know sometimes the original is just the best. I'm just messing with emoticons. I've been slowing down a bit much lately. For now I've finished the alternate pose for Kuro and edited Alice since she was the dummy. Usual I guess? Serious Alice has been a little troublesome for me. I was trying keep from letting her body have too much of an egg shape if that makes sense. I know I'm no expert on perspective even with a reference but I had to at least try to fix her up. Tell me what you think of her. Same old Kuro Same Kuro no shades. Its kinda chilly anyway...*shivers* "Funny guy eh?" For the most part I was ok with the outfit overall. I didn't think of taking the shades off until Trevo suggested giving Vero shades so its a funny oddity I thought I'd try. I'm interested in you're thoughts too. I tried making alternate poses just to challenge myself however I think now it'd be better if I just got the sprites done with quickly at least for those of you interested in using these. I've already started working on the back sprite animations although I'm not sure if I should keep posting everything on this thread or if I could make a separate one for the winter sprites. I'll ask around first of course. Until then comments critiques and questions are welcome.
  14. I no not the status update.....ugh. I'm ok.

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    1. HolyKnight
    2. Saber12

      Saber12

      its just funny sometimes when you search for something you accidentally type it in the status bar and not the search bar

  15. My ace huh? Well on the server its usually my Absol but for Reborn. I may have to go with Aromatisse. Its slow yet dependable for boss battles if I can pull off the calm minds and misty terrain, heal up with draining kiss then finish them off with a moonblast Long live Fairy Tail!!!
  16. Alright I definitely needed to touch up Vero here. However, I find it easy to play around with expressions on his face. Help me decide which one looks best. Same old expression Slightly different pose. Angry Vero Cocky Vero Trevo's Vero At this point I like how he's come along. If you see anything strange let me know. Overall I had to thicken the shoulder length of the coat based on the reference I had and I did a little bit of clean up with the shading on the coat and buttons. I think it looks ok but I'm interested in what all of you think. For now I'll try to fix up a few things with Alice and Kuro, then I'll head to the next portion of the spriting process. Until then comments, critiques, and questions are welcome.
  17. I've gotta be brave and take more risks now not later.

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  18. Without a second thought Kuro's up. He seems a bit simple but I guess that's the point of a concept anyways. So let me know if the coat's too short or his hood looks strange. Right now it looks fine to me but tomorrow I'll probably want to fix a few pixels here and there. Tell me what you think. .....Good point. I think I might be trying something that's way unnecessary. I guess I'll finish making these poses exclusively for the winter outfits but in the future I don't think I'll continue with making different poses for alternate outfits. It has been eating up time that could be spent elsewhere. Well this set might take a bit longer though that depends on how I'm able to get through making all these. I'll try to get the alternate poses done but if it gets too difficult I'll just move on to the sprite animation and the rest of the sprites I need to replace. Also I will not forget that episode 13 introduced surf which means I have more overworld sprites to work on than last time including the summer sprites. I don't want to leave anything unfinished. Until then comments, critiques and questions are welcome.
  19. Sure why not? Gen 1 Starter: Pikachu/Bulbasaur. I always felt the need to choose the starter on the box too. For me it was leafgreen. Gen 3: Mudkip. Personal mascot I'd call my Pikachu. Gen 4: Piplup. It was fun thats it. Gen 5: Tepig This one just felt right. -Fun fact. Whenever I play a main series game I never let any of my pokemon evolve unless they learn a new move like tepig when it gets arm thrust as pignite. My only exception was mudkip after I saved and saw the evolution marshtomp. I didn't like the look so I played through Saphire with a level 51 mudkip and entered the hall of fame with it along with a team of course. In pokemon Black I had pignite as my only evolved pokemon with blitzle, pidove, pansage, timburr, munna and sometimes whirlipede. I will say that made battling Nimbasa's electric gym leader difficult enough for me to lose at least once. -I take forever to make decisions even with starters. Since there isn't one on the covers of black and white I was sitting there for like five minutes trying to decide which pokemon seemed to fit my idea of a "hero's partner". In the end, I felt that tepig had the right look. -Generally I train and test out any pokemon that looks appealing with some consideration of the level to me(stunfisk no thanks). In Black I trained a lot of pokemon in preparation for each gym leader but I of course ended up rushing through the later half of the game. -I tend to build my teams artistically with as much variety in size, color and type as possibly. So for emerald I'd have a Blaziken but I would throw in a Glalie because of its bright blue colors in contrast. Then I'd bring in Tropius and Aggron due to there potentially large sizes and I'd top it off with a Minu because of its small size, dark blue markings and overall yellow look. It gets annoying in Pokemon Black where I add too many standards like everything needing to be dual typed, different in type, and from Unova only but it looks nice when its done. -In diamond I sometimes saved before leaving a zone where I'm partnering with another trainer like the girl who had Chansey. I don't know I just start to miss having humans in my party for an RPG. -I never ev train unless I get completely obsessed over trying out a new pokemon combo or two. Even now if I do that I aim for perfect or close to perfect IV's unlike my younger self who learned ev training first then ev trained a Flygon in Special Attack, Defense, Special Defense, Hp, and Speed only to find out that all of its IV's were below average as well as having an Adamant nature. After 7 years I can say I beat Orre Colosseum of XD Gale of Darkness and won't do it again. -I'm getting into the Fairy type pokemon and my favorite so far is Aromatisse though I've always loved Gardevoir as my psychic type and smart/beauty contest winner in Saphire. -I don't like grinding because it feels mindless and I can easily get trapped into doing it sometimes but I prefer training wherever my pokemon level up the fastest. -There was a point in time where I continuously harvested berries all the time for both Sapphire and Diamond but once I stop, I stop completely. -I loved battle frontier when I started it. Hated it before I gave it up. I tried but I never liked the idea of starting all over and battling random trainers who didn't really have anything interesting to say in ALL CAPS. I enjoyed and played my hardest at the Battle Dome, Battle Factory, and the Battle Pike. The Dome is where I went all out planning my team before entering and after not to mention I felt that it should have been implemented as the pokemon league but that's just my preference. The other's I couldn't do so much and the Battle Palace I won't even give the time of day after my first try even with a guide. -I hate to delete moves so I tend to take about five minutes deciding on what I want to keep usually mid-game. -I don't like naming my pokemon but when I do it means that I really don't wanna stop using it. -Last thing, whenever I choose pokemon in my team I consider a possible story it might tell about my character in relation to the other main characters such as in Black. If I could see a story behind my trainer using stunfisk I'd use it right away.
  20. Ok its been a while since I updated this so lets take a look at Lucia for a moment. Edit: Can't have white backgrounds can we? How does the white winter coat suit her? Basically this is the outfit I'm aiming for although the pose I have in mind is taking awhile so now's a good time to talk about colors and the idea of having this type of winter outfit for her. I've been thinking about giving her boots a different color but for now I'll try to get the other pose together and let this give you guys an idea of what I'm aiming for. I can make changes now so let me know if anythings strange. Ok I want to give Vero a trench coat although I keep bumping heads with myself on this. For now I haven't seen a whole lot of different winter coats so I might just go with that since I like the look of trench coats anyway but I did have something slightly different prepared. I'll probably make the change to a trench coat in the end but when I reveal his outfit I may have two options for him. Oh and as for shades that shouldn't be a problem if you want those personally. I can make it an extra alt but unlike the wristband alt I didn't finish for the summer outfit I'll apply it to all the sprites. These would come along a little faster but I'm experimenting with a very different pose on Lucia as of now and I'm drawing the whole thing. I can't say how long it'll take but I might hold off and get Kuro and Vero up so you all can look at the concepts. Until then questions, comments, and critiques are all welcome. Edit: Not done yet. Today I need to try to make up for missed posts so here is Lucia with an alternate pose. I bet there are mistakes all over but for now I got it to a point where I actually like it. The hair was a bit scary but I think I nailed it.(me not being an expert on perspective). The boots can either stay this color or change I'm open to suggestions. I just really wanted to try a pose I saw and I got it. The main challenge was drawing the whole pose while referencing the original and the pose I was aiming for and ......................it was an amazing journey! Please tell me anything strange you notice so I can improve. I'm also looking to find other options for the buttons on her jacket if they could be better otherwise I'll settle for this. Once again I need to move and show so before I get bold again here's what I have at the moment for Vero! I was not aiming for a Looker resemblance in case that's what it looks like. I'm experimenting with jackets and for now the trench coat is a bit difficult for me to get but I'll set it up for him soon. As of now I don't have a new pose planned for him but I'll figure something out. If you like him this way let me know too so I can consider leaving the sprites as is. I still have Alice with her original pose and facial expression as well in case you're all interested. As of now I'll just keep moving along until I have everyone up. Until then questions, comments, and critiques are all welcome.
  21. I feel like going to college was a waste of time. I went for game design for 2 years so I could work in games. Its been a year since then and I don't know what to do or how to get a steady job. I just feel like a failure at life.

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    2. Amethyst

      Amethyst

      Many game careers start with QA. You should see if there are any gaming companies near you who might be looking for QA testers.

    3. Saber12

      Saber12

      I guess I'll have to search harder. I probably shouldn't be complaining anyways.

    4. HolyKnight

      HolyKnight

      no you shouldn´t. You have talent, and will get a job of what you want. Just search for ir.

  22. Ok I think I'll slow down with the updates. After seeing the overworld sprites in episode 13 it seems like I have a long ways to go before I get any better. These aren't the final updates but something I experimented with on the battle back sprites. They're all a little bit taller with an emphasis on more detail. By the way, I'm planning on increasing the height(where its needed) for any characters who team up with you as well in case things look a little strange. The good news is that Kuro is fixed for those of you who might have notice that cut in the animation. Sadly I haven't gotten to Lucia yet but I will very soon. I've noticed that by aiming too high for quality will have me chasing pixels for ages until I actually know what I'm doing. So for now I'm going to focus on getting the concepts out as quickly as possibly and I'll update the original sprites slowly instead of giving them a final update. That way I'll give myself a chance to develop a good workflow. Even though Lucia isn't here I do have this... I was thinking of other main characters who would wear some sort of sporty gear or maybe training gear and for what purpose. Basically Apophyll Academy is on an island with a volcano and a beach where students train their mind, body and spirit. Sounds to me like an ideal place to wear the gear and possibly introduce it although they're are so many ways to introduce it. Victoria seemed very likely to change into this type of gear for me. Being a fighting type user I referenced martial arts pants and slippers and of course kept her black belt. I'd still like to try other expressions with her and Blake also seemed like a character in need of sports gear since he's a student as well. I'll get to him eventually but I just wanted to provide another interesting alternative outfit to one of our friendly rivals. This time I really will get through the winter concepts as quickly as possibly. If I'm going to get good at anything, I may as well get good at design with art techniques in mind. Until then comments, critiques, and questions are always welcome.
  23. I'm back in action Baby! Winter outfits are coming to Reborn.

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  24. I wanted to at least think of a concept for winter sprites and I sort of had this idea for Alice. Looks like I'm trying new stuff here. I decided to try giving her a different pose and a more serious expression. I had a couple of coats to choose from as a reference and in the end I chose the longest one which I ended up drawing. If you prefer her usual more happy self or her original pose or both then I can make that change very easily so please tell me what you think. Any spriters willing to help out are welcome. Basically this is sort of where I want to start and if you can beat me to making the overworld sprites, transitions, or back sprites go right ahead and post it or show me in private if you'd like. I'd like to see you're take on this as well in case you can pull off making any details I can't. Sorry for not having any updates. If any of you were using Kuro's sport set you probably notice a problem with his ball throwing animation. I'm fixing it now and I'll send his fix in with the updates as soon as I can. The next sprite I'll bring in will be Lucia this time around. I've got a good idea for her already. Until then comments, critiques and questions are all weclome
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