Forums · Splice that apparently sucks
Well, for your first sprites, well, it's not all that bad.
The program you're using for splicing should have some sort of way to resize the picture. If you're using Paint, make sure you move your sprite as far into the upper-right corner as you can without cutting anything off, the go to Image > Attributes and change the size there.
You used a jpg, that's no good. Always try to save it as a png, or if you can't, save it as a bmp. Just not a jpg.
Now, the shading could be a lot better. Around the chest, the colors look too solid. His right arm is also a little too solid, as well. And speaking of his right arm, yeah, try not to do that next time. >_>;
If you did what I said above, it'd probably look pretty good. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but did you resize the sprite in intervals NOT of 100? Well, you shouldn't if you didn't resize it in intervals of 100, and heck, try not to resize at all.
The program you're using for splicing should have some sort of way to resize the picture. If you're using Paint, make sure you move your sprite as far into the upper-right corner as you can without cutting anything off, the go to Image > Attributes and change the size there.
You used a jpg, that's no good. Always try to save it as a png, or if you can't, save it as a bmp. Just not a jpg.
Now, the shading could be a lot better. Around the chest, the colors look too solid. His right arm is also a little too solid, as well. And speaking of his right arm, yeah, try not to do that next time. >_>;
If you did what I said above, it'd probably look pretty good. Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but did you resize the sprite in intervals NOT of 100? Well, you shouldn't if you didn't resize it in intervals of 100, and heck, try not to resize at all.
Whoa.
Okay, there are several programs that can do that for you. None of them I'm going to dig up. Basically, when you save your image, don't save it in jpg, save it in png. Don't try bmp, since that's usually a last ditch attempt in case you really can't do pngs. You can do it the cheap way and just rename the file and change the extension to .png, but after it's turned into a jpg, there's no changing the blurriness.
Comments on your latest sprites, there's a black border around the sprite. =/ Not a good sign. Try not to put the sprite on a black background, put it on a white background so stuff like that doesn't happen. Also, the wings look redundant, it's like they're the same but mirrored. Use the other wing that Ninjask has for the other side.
Okay, there are several programs that can do that for you. None of them I'm going to dig up. Basically, when you save your image, don't save it in jpg, save it in png. Don't try bmp, since that's usually a last ditch attempt in case you really can't do pngs. You can do it the cheap way and just rename the file and change the extension to .png, but after it's turned into a jpg, there's no changing the blurriness.
Comments on your latest sprites, there's a black border around the sprite. =/ Not a good sign. Try not to put the sprite on a black background, put it on a white background so stuff like that doesn't happen. Also, the wings look redundant, it's like they're the same but mirrored. Use the other wing that Ninjask has for the other side.