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Published: 2008-06-09 04:59:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 2277; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 157
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Here is the full and completed version. I got really lazy at the end and decided to just post pictures. Perhaps I'll get un-lazy sometime and really get in-depth with this thing.Anyway, this thing isn't to be reposted, though you can link it anywhere you like. Take this from me and incur my wrath. You have been warned.
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Application of "sprite splices" for larger artworks ?
What a wonderfull idea ! In fact I already had a try at it in a WIP
but your tutorial is crystal clear about the process for the custom mugs ^^
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Splicing FE9/10 mugs isn't anything new, honestly, but it makes things a lot faster.
This tutorial is really old, though. x[
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Yeah, shure, it's as old as the game is..sort of xD
But anyway, it's an usefull tutorial what can also be applied with digital and traditional
drawing.Β I mean, if you draw a large mug like FE9/10 style but fail a part (like a arm) it's good
toΒ know how to correct it by redrawing it somewhere esle and "splicing" it in a digitalΒ media.
I know too much pepole who do not even think of this technique and restart
from scrath,Β succeding the previous "fail" part, but failing somewhere else ^^"
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When I first found your account, I browsed through and saw this, and jaw dropped. I told myself that I'd make time to try what it says sometime.
So, I finally set aside time, to try it. I picked out my character, and got some refs, and started to decide what pose to give him. I decided to go and look at what pose I gave him in his art I made a while ago. He has his left hand on his hip and his right at his side. So, I spliced, and outlined, and drew most of the clothes. Then, I come back and look at this, and realize that it's the same general pose your character has, here! I totally facepalmed. Didn't intend to copy the pose.
Anyway, this has been a great help so far. I'm around figure 6, right now.
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XD It's a pretty generic pose, so no worry. I don't think AK would actually even put a her hands on her hips, like, ever. She's more of a folded arms kind of person, but that's just asking for a bunch of unhappiness.
:] Good to hear. I'd love to see your final result.
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I can't even think of a character other than Tibarn who has arms folded, and I think that would be hard to wing it, without a reference.
Sure. ...Gosh, I've messed with the hair so freaking much. I think FE sprite hair is very logical in it's placement, so the art I had didn't help as much as I thought it would. But, I'm around figure 10, now.
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It'd be a little more like FE9 Calil's pose, actually. Just less flirty and more condescending. But yeah, it's unhappy either way. XD
Urgh. Hair. >>; I've only just started getting hair to make some semblance of logical sense, and for that matter, AK's hair makes ABSOLUTELY NONE. Just any old reference works, though. I mean, it's pretty much just digital painting now.
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"finished" result: [link]
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where did you get the images to make the character?
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Fire Emblem Planet. Huge FE sprite resource.
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XD Thanks.
You'll work into it rather quickly. You only need a few tools if you like normal CGing. Even if PS looks intimidating, I think you'll have fun just messing with the tools. It's all right if you don't have a tablet. Just be sure to save often in separate files in case you flop.
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I just found you over Gaia randomly in Zomboid's LGBT Hangout in the CB: checked out your art. Annnd now I love you. This is amazing work
(I'm Kasurin on Gaia, by the way, and I rarely if ever check my messages on Deviantart and do half that of uploads, soo try not to judge me too hard on here XD)
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Thankees! XD Don't worry. I'll be heading over to Zomboid's soon, so we can chat there! Thanks for dropping a comment (and faving).
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This is AMAZING!!! This helps me out so much! But could one use a program other than photoshop to recolor hair... or anything else on the sprite (full custom work like this is mostly out of my reach)?
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:]
Sure. I just use Photoshop 'cos I don't have any other program to work with.
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o_O Wow... I almost feel like I could do it reading all that... then I realize I still have no clue about most of it...
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:] Willful thinking. You're good at being positive, aren't you? Put it to some good use.
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^^ Yupyup! I'm like the plus side of a battery!
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Just saved the tutorial. 
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LOLz The lineart alone took me about 3 hours. d:
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Huh really? Did you use a mouse or something like that? I just plugged in my tablet and traced away and added as I went along on it.
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d: Nope. Used my tablet. The drawing only took me a few minutes, but getting the lineart cleaned up took 3 hours. Drawing isn't a slow process for me; editing just takes forever.
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