Catgirl BE... sprites?!

GenericName · 02-24-2006

Done in MS Paint.

This is really done over the course of several days, mostly at night. A few people (read: two) found this amusing so I fifgured I'd post it here... even though one of you has already seen it... don't expect anything else, this was mostly a one-shot boredom sequence... and no, it won't be animated. I don't think it would translate into GIFs well, especially because there isn't a lot of frames and the growth isn't smooth between them; it's better to leave 'animation' to the mind in this case.

Also: blargh at no PNG attachments

02-24-2006

I think it's cute how she falls out of the bounding box.

PrBlahBlahtson · 02-24-2006

What can I say? I got bored. Had it almost completely done by the time I realized I made it one pixel too thin, though.

SoylentOrange · 02-24-2006

Process spriting is probably one of the most under-represented forms of the fandom- probably because it's so hard to do, but boy is it worth it. Great job, on both the sprites and the animating!

GenericName · 02-24-2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by SoylentOrange

Process spriting is probably one of the most under-represented forms of the fandom- probably because it's so hard to do, but boy is it worth it. Great job, on both the sprites and the animating!

Yes, the animation is quite nice - congrats, though I think it was a bit fast... I'd edit it myself if my GIF program didin't leave a huge "HELLO I AM ______" sign in every animation I make with it... not that this image doesn't have my alternate name in it. (heh, heh...)

Also, spriting is rediculously easy... at least, once you get the hang of it. Most of that was, literally, just dragging a box, ctrl-clicking and dragging (for creating 'trails'), and then touching up the image (smoothing, adding more shading, etc.).. once you learn the Tricks of the Trade (TM), it becomes that much easier.

(of course, the fact I had several other people looking at the, uh, tame sprites, and pointing out the flaws in the female ones really helped)

In short: thanks, maybe I'll do something else now... provided I can figure out which to do next.

Agent M · 02-24-2006

Looks like it'd make a great DA avatar, if you made it 50x50 and have her fall out the bottom and disappear.

02-24-2006

Agreed, great stuff. You could do a giantess along the same theme- growing out of her box. Of course I look forward to anything you end up doing.

PM or email me if you would like me to do some interactive flash game stuff with your work. ^_^

02-24-2006

hn very impressive

GenericName · 02-25-2006

I hate you guys.

Now you're making me want to redo some frames and add more 'intermediate' frames to smooth out the growth/falling section, so that it isn't as rough anymore. Maybe I'll try it tomorrow, though I'm sure this will put it over 30 frames... this current set is 15 itself, and there's a lot of choppiness going on. Hm... if I can find some alone-time tomorrow without anyone else home, I'll probably poke at it. Might as well keep honing my animation skills if I'm making my own "RPG" type thing (through, granted, this will almost undoubtably not be in it... unless I make a side where she keeps growing larger and eventually bursts out of existance digdug style)

(on that note, my longest animation ever was around 115 frames; my longest sprite-only animation was a little over 47 and featured a marble rolling up and down a hill endlessly, it's pretty neat...)

(also: I talk in parentisis a lot.)

(edit: maybe too much. I should stop.)

PrBlahBlahtson · 02-25-2006

Sorry, I've got an old copy of Paint Shop Pro 5. Back when they first bundled Animation Shop into it and it was only $99. A legitimate copy, no less. I thought about playing with the delay to improve the quality, make it a bit more enjoyable, but... I'm a tech, not an artist. I find that I look at things as numbers more than art and lose patience pretty fast.

Yrrall_Dlok1 · 02-25-2006

WOW! just found my way back and you guys are doing what I do when I'm bored... IF I find the CD with the animations I did of Katt from breath of fire 2 I'll post em.

Jedi_moogle_Cid · 02-25-2006

mmmm... catgirl boobies... nice fer avatar, jess wish I (we? maybe) could have bigger copies of that sprite. I like it!

02-25-2006	#12
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02-24-2006	#2
Smith6x7 Guest Posts: n/a	I think it's cute how she falls out of the bounding box.

02-24-2006	#4
SoylentOrange Process Disciple Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 4,920	Process spriting is probably one of the most under-represented forms of the fandom- probably because it's so hard to do, but boy is it worth it. Great job, on both the sprites and the animating!

02-24-2006	#6
Agent M Process Master Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posts: 595	Looks like it'd make a great DA avatar, if you made it 50x50 and have her fall out the bottom and disappear.

02-24-2006	#7
tsokei Guest Posts: n/a	Agreed, great stuff. You could do a giantess along the same theme- growing out of her box. Of course I look forward to anything you end up doing. PM or email me if you would like me to do some interactive flash game stuff with your work. ^_^

02-25-2006	#9
GenericName I edit sprites. Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 176	I hate you guys. Now you're making me want to redo some frames and add more 'intermediate' frames to smooth out the growth/falling section, so that it isn't as rough anymore. Maybe I'll try it tomorrow, though I'm sure this will put it over 30 frames... this current set is 15 itself, and there's a lot of choppiness going on. Hm... if I can find some alone-time tomorrow without anyone else home, I'll probably poke at it. Might as well keep honing my animation skills if I'm making my own "RPG" type thing (through, granted, this will almost undoubtably not be in it... unless I make a side where she keeps growing larger and eventually bursts out of existance digdug style) (on that note, my longest animation ever was around 115 frames; my longest sprite-only animation was a little over 47 and featured a marble rolling up and down a hill endlessly, it's pretty neat...) (also: I talk in parentisis a lot.) (edit: maybe too much. I should stop.)

02-25-2006	#11
Yrrall_Dlok1 Process Fan Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 59	WOW! just found my way back and you guys are doing what I do when I'm bored... IF I find the CD with the animations I did of Katt from breath of fire 2 I'll post em.