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Post by silvir on Sept 24, 2003 7:57:06 GMT -5
Hey everyone, silvir here with some fresh pixels. After that feel free to check out a little rant at the bottom, it's quality matterial after all. : )  ...I don't think html is supported so no 2x for you. Anyways, this is an edit of a sprite I posted before the site went down. I think it's looking a little better. C+C.  I had a lot of fun with this pallete, that's my fav part of the piece. At first he wasn't supposed to be a zombie, but my art changes so much from start to finish, I can never guess what I'm getting. ; ) RANT: I've been playing a bit of pinball of my computer(just the little thing that comes with XP) and realized that the graphics are fairly simple through out. So I thought, why not pixel my own? Not neccessarily complete a game with it, at least not yet, but just to draw a pinball table. This is where you come in, I'd like a really cool idea for the theme of the table. And if you have any favorite objects in a pinball maching feel free to tell me all about it. I got somewhere around 480x320 pixels to fill (or 320x240 if I get too lazy). Thanks. : ) |
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Post by methinks on Sept 24, 2003 10:05:59 GMT -5
Well I have my own ideas and most favourite of them is not the one that I willmention here. Huhm, just that I am much more cautious after some events on pixelation the other day. Anyway here is a bit worse idea.
I'm a total freak, fantasy obsessed so that is what I would liek you to do: a fantasy themed pinball.
The main picture would be a typical image of a mage. Mostly: old guy with beard, brown-greyish toga, hair flying impatiently in the iwind and mage himself struggling against powerfuk tornade, trying to push it away with his staff. Uhm, cliche, I know. Still there
was no pinball that I know like that, heh.
So background story is also nothing new: there is this Kingdom (Amorathia) ruled by a King of Storms, powerful mage.
This Kingdom was surrounded by 3 other kingdoms (that were not too friendly) therefore lacked air for economy breath. Those kingdoms were ruled by a dynasty of Shagzinhs. At those days three brothers were sitting on a throne of each one: Gazroth, which always belonged to their dynasty, Lishanthia, established on elves terrain (elves were pushed out to Amorathia centuries ago by Shagzinhs ancestors) and Morakia, which primarily belonged to Amorathia (war that spread out 200 years ago split the Kingdom in two - the other part was not Kingdom anymore, as Shagzinhs claimed it). Amorathia, though surrounded by their long-ago enemies, lead peaceful life. But sth. happened inside three kingdoms that noone outside it would know. There was unrest and Amorathia was flooded by outlaws and plague of strikes of thieves, murderes and rogues. Strange creatures were passing borders of the Kingdom and King couldn't let it be this way. He has decided to take up a battle against kingdoms that not for the first time were providing death and destruction. He led his forces and with help of his most trusted allies: Elves and Wind he returned elves their destroyed and burnt, yet missed country. Loyal peasants and inhabitants of Morakia conveyed uprising which with help of Morathian's fores ended with succes. But yet strangest and most powerful, heart of enemy - Gazroth reamined untouched. Storm King led his forces toward the border... Sinister air fortold catastrophy... After passing borders army though their way towards castle of the most powerful of three brothers. The King of Storms entered and emrged vistorious after seven days. But a seed of Gazroth's soul was left in his brain. Kingdom hardly lifted up after the recent war when madness of Storm King became unbearable. Economy srashed, unrest broke into uprising, situations was out of hands...
But there was someone who took up a goal of taking control of whole Kingdom. It was Storm King's father's brother, whose mother was unknown... You have to takeover all of four parts of kingdom to provide peace again.
Yeah I know too long and too b**shi*** bleh bleh. I just felt like writing it. Heh, an yone got that far? You are still reading it? :] Maniacs :]
Anyway getting control of four kigndoms would give you a jackpot. I do not know english words for pinball stuff, heh so don't know how to explain it. Anyway I would liek to see there a macine that would blow air trying to take ball off-track. It could be turned on on random. Anyway if you are interested in me developing my idea and writing in details how do I see this table than tell me.
Bsic tthings:
1. Palette should be brown-greyish with some more optymistic accents, heh.
2. Table would involve hell lot of machines as I LOVE it :]
3. I prefer typical drawing style, like you know, Alan, and this H guy, uhm... Thjose Tolien ilustrators. Sth. like that, heh.
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sorry the backstory is inconsistent i've devoloped it live, during writing. heh anyway if it is not too clear i may rewrite in proper way still it is not essential for pinball unless you would like to make pinball the other way, heh, with mroe story... uhm anyway, yeah, feel free to ask about anything and feel free not to ask too :]
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Post by silvir on Sept 25, 2003 10:25:51 GMT -5
Wow methinks, that's certainly a lot more than I expected. ; ) Thanks for the idea, I might just use it (or at least part of it). Anyone have thoughts on my art? I'm almost insulted no one has said anything about my art. : P
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Post by TwistidChimp on Sept 25, 2003 10:46:28 GMT -5
Yo.
Not sure what the thing at the top is, crown, wierd alien craft ? like the colours and shading though.
I like the zombie guy alot, the pallete you've used fits v well and I like the style and the AA.
But the stance looks like he's about to or just started falling backward to me, like his legs are far apart and his center of gravity is now to far back for him to save himself. looks like maybe he's just been shot in the chest and is about to go down.
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Post by methinks on Sept 26, 2003 5:11:28 GMT -5
Hehe sorry I was whole commited to writing about this d**n pinball table. Therefore I forgot. Sorry.
So it is nice pixelart, mainly zombie-thing. I love your palette.. Anyway He would more fit me if he wasn't zombie like :]
Anyway he is leaning backwards so he is somehow about to fall... I think yoiu could add a color to this pic to give it more shadiong and make folds look less contrasted. His arms would drop some shadow probably too. Anyway nice job.
About pinball - I cna provide you with some more ideas. Or develop this one. Just tell me what you think.
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