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Post by hackbarth on May 8, 2009 5:20:27 GMT -9
New project: Using video game sprites to create paper minis!
Video Game sprites are easily found in the Internet, in a multitude of themes, some have the same front/back views and perspective that we use for paper minis. Maybe they can be adapted to instant paper minis.
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Post by hackbarth on May 8, 2009 5:38:00 GMT -9
Step One: Grab a sprite from an old arcade game. From "The King of Dragons", I got a generic elf archer. Then I open it with Inkscape and use the "Trace bitmap" tool, this transforms the elf from a crude and aliased bitmap in a well rounded design with smooth curves. The settings used where Multiple scans, by colors, 12 scans. Next, to trace the figure.
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Post by Floyd on May 8, 2009 5:51:35 GMT -9
That's a cool idea. There are tons of Sprites ripped from nearly every game imaginable these days. Might be fun to do a retro-styled set of figures.
I like the trace Inkscape performed on that piece. Very much a loose painterly look.
~F
ps. Off to find some Metal Slug, Wolfenstein and Ghouls and Ghosts sprites.
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Post by squirmydad on May 8, 2009 6:10:38 GMT -9
I know I have a reference folder full of sprite sheets and other various images I have saved. The way they are colored is what inspired me to color the way I do, and hence make them look like video game characters with the black outlines that make them look sharp on the screen.
I also get a lot of cool ideas for color schemes from these video game sprites. JIM
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Post by hackbarth on May 8, 2009 11:44:21 GMT -9
Tracing in progress, this have the possibility of turning up good:
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Post by Aestelon on May 8, 2009 12:25:11 GMT -9
This is a brilliant idea, and it looks like it's shaping up nicely. It's a pity the sprite's angled like that, though; it'll make it a bugger to base. I think particularly good sprites to use would be ones from things like side-scrolling beat-em-ups and the like.
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Post by onemonkeybeau on May 8, 2009 17:52:53 GMT -9
I wonder how just leaving the sprites in all their pixelated glory would look?
I'm thinking how cool it would be to have a complete set of sprites from games like Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario Brothers, the list could go on and on...
We could even put the standard black border around the sprite to make it pop...
Hmmm... this could be AWESOME!
Think of the SWEET dioramas we could make!
onemonkeybeau
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Post by cobra on May 8, 2009 20:15:15 GMT -9
Mmmmm.. a complete set of pacman minis, with all the ghosts (both in normal form and blue scared form), various fruits, and of course Pacman himself... Or the world's fastest paper mini - Sonic the Hedgehog /Cobra
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Post by silentsquirrel on May 9, 2009 0:58:43 GMT -9
Wow, the sprite looks fantastic after the Inkscape trace. I'm looking forward to seeing how the final image turns out.
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Post by Dagger on May 9, 2009 18:18:59 GMT -9
Cool... this is a very good idea... I'm anxious to see how this turns out...
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Post by squirmydad on May 11, 2009 11:49:00 GMT -9
I'm actually liking Inkscape the more I play with it. It can trace my ink at better than what I'm using now. JIM
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Post by kane on May 12, 2009 6:17:59 GMT -9
That is a really neat effect! Can't wait to see it finished. I had been thinking of trying this with World of Warcraft characters, but I never did figure out how to use the character viewer properly. Will have to give it another shot.
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