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Published: 2013-10-17 12:08:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 1729; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 4
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Description This is both for Halloween, and well, for a project I am working on~

For those unfamiliar, this is a scene in the video game "EarthBound." Played with the lighting in this one, and it turned out rather fun!

EarthBound (c) Nintendo
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Comments: 30

Wallaroo [2018-12-14 23:08:02 +0000 UTC]

It's the Department Store Spook!!!

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Ardwick In reply to Wallaroo [2018-12-18 02:54:38 +0000 UTC]

It's conducting all sorts of nasty business!

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CrushTowerArt [2014-01-25 00:23:50 +0000 UTC]

What program do you use to animate?

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Ardwick In reply to CrushTowerArt [2014-01-30 12:06:46 +0000 UTC]

I currently use Adobe Flash CS4!

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BluebottleFlyer [2013-10-19 23:37:16 +0000 UTC]

Having never played any of the EarthBound games, it's lost on me what's actually happening here, but I can definitely feel the tension, and the blue-toned lighting adds greatly to that. Nicely done.

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Ardwick In reply to BluebottleFlyer [2013-10-20 19:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  Yup, I was aiming for that sort of feel alright~

And thanks, it is a really fun game!

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Auroralore828 [2013-10-18 18:22:43 +0000 UTC]

Nintendo needs to hire you for an Earthbound show. Or someone needs to hire you for animating, seriously, this is amazing!

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Ardwick In reply to Auroralore828 [2013-10-20 19:39:31 +0000 UTC]

Hah, that'd be nice.

Thank you!

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Auroralore828 In reply to Ardwick [2013-10-20 19:50:21 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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TheCrescentFox [2013-10-18 02:23:29 +0000 UTC]

Funny, I watched my brother play through this area a few days ago.

You did a wonderful job with this.  The lighting definitely came out great!

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Ardwick In reply to TheCrescentFox [2013-10-18 04:07:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
And wow, odd indeed!

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erickreillyart [2013-10-17 23:51:58 +0000 UTC]

Way cool!

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Ardwick In reply to erickreillyart [2013-10-18 00:04:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Psichance [2013-10-17 21:22:19 +0000 UTC]

Pretty much now, you blast out the big bottle rockets and he's doomed.


Geat job, by the way.

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Ardwick In reply to Psichance [2013-10-18 00:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Should have conserved his ammo: but noooo, he had to use it on the coffee and disc monsters roaming about the store.

Thanks a lot!

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Byrdwerm [2013-10-17 20:09:58 +0000 UTC]

Man, you've improved so much since EarthBound Animated.

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Ardwick In reply to Byrdwerm [2013-10-18 00:06:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, that does mean a lot actually!

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Byrdwerm In reply to Ardwick [2013-10-19 16:55:04 +0000 UTC]

By the way, you drew Jeff a bit differently in this picture... do you plan to draw him like that from now on?

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Ardwick In reply to Byrdwerm [2013-10-20 02:37:16 +0000 UTC]

For now at least: I made an effort to change the eyes so we could actually see them.  I'm thinking it makes him more expressive~

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Byrdwerm In reply to Ardwick [2013-10-21 01:16:00 +0000 UTC]

The big question being: "To draw Jeff like his sprite, or not to draw Jeff like this sprite?"
Really, though, I think Jeff as a character benefits more when you draw his eyes. Showing his eyes makes him seem more like a person and less like a robot, or something.

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Ardwick In reply to Byrdwerm [2013-10-21 02:54:10 +0000 UTC]

I used to stick specifically to the sprites, but I think over time it was probably better to try to go a beyond them if possible, to avoid feeling too limited.

Thank you!

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PallidCrestUT [2013-10-17 19:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Dude you are getting way better! and so am I! I've seen your old account and man do I see improvement! Your awesome!

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Ardwick In reply to PallidCrestUT [2013-10-18 00:09:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you a lot! Keep up your work too, man~

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PallidCrestUT In reply to Ardwick [2013-10-18 00:29:43 +0000 UTC]

I will try! Even though my episode 2 is turning out to be a very long project:/

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CherishedRose [2013-10-17 17:59:49 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a simple shopping trip went horribly wrong.

As mentioned, you really caught the tension in this scene.

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Ardwick In reply to CherishedRose [2013-10-18 00:09:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!  Yeah, who would have seen it coming had they not been warned?

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Chandraraj [2013-10-17 17:23:41 +0000 UTC]

I haaaated this part of the game. The teams so weak without Paula!
But you caught the creepiness from the original game of that scene, great use of color and shadow!

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Ardwick In reply to Chandraraj [2013-10-18 00:12:27 +0000 UTC]

They are really reaaaaaally crippled without her PSI.  And that Monkey Cave escapade was a tad tedious. :C

But thank you!  I mostly went based on what the game map was giving me as far as color goes.

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SilverStarSheep [2013-10-17 13:45:13 +0000 UTC]

This looks great, Ardwick!!
The lighting and linework is really nice. ouo b

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Ardwick In reply to SilverStarSheep [2013-10-18 00:23:02 +0000 UTC]

Aw wow thanks!

The lighting turned out to be probably one of the most fun things to mess with in this one, actually~

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