you said no tips right?
Well if you keep saying that people are going to think your a noob who thinks all of his work is good and his comic is perfect... even though it sucks. I understand how you feel though, when I first started a sprite comic, it was even worse than this one. and I hated getting comments saying how I needed to improve, because like you I wanted to do it my way. But those comments were some of the things that helped me do better, and I discovered a better way THAT I LIKED DOING THEM. Just because you get comments telling you to do better doesnt mean there completely going against your style of doing things. Change isnt always a bad thing, sometimes its better than being the same. It is true that ive only been spriting for about a year, and its true that ive mainly been doing handdrawn comics instead but its not gonna be that way for long.
Even though you apparently said "you don't want tips" (which really makes me think you're 11 or younger) I'm going to give you a few anyway.
- When people talk in real life, their mouths open. When people talk in sprite comics, their mouths should open too. Besides, it's not like it's that hard considering that Megaman has his own sprite for that kind of thing.
- Conversely, when people aren't saying something in a comic, their mouths should usually be closed. Your author sprite is the biggest offender here.
- After doing another quick sweep of your comics, the spelling looks fine, but it's the grammar that needs work. Specifically, your punctuation.
- Don't have the sprites from one panel spill over to the next. I can't tell you how bad it looks when you copy and paste something into the next panel, and you don't even have the gumption to edit it so it fits.
- You're using two-toned backgrounds that look pretty much like the same colors from your author sprite. While that is definitely a step up from using eye-blinding colors, it would be nice if you used a little more complex backgrounds. Either get them from a game, or make them yourself. Either will do.
- Your author sprite; I, like, don't even know where to begin. It's a Frankenstein (as in, you pasted different body parts from different bodies) gone awry. Absolutely none of those body parts match. Treble's head looks like it will fall off any minute. Shade Man's wings just look off. And Bass's helmet does not belong on anyone except a Bass sprite. Fixing this should be your #1 priority. There is absolutely nothing worse in a sprite comic than a bad looking sprite, so please do yourself a favor and find something different.
- Because I want to end this giant wall of text on a high note, you've actually got a really good sense of humor. By itself, it's good enough, but all of these other things drag it down. If you fix them (which are pretty much cosmetic) you'll be all set.
So, um, yeah... If you don't mute this or something, I'll be happy.
speedingbullet at 11:17PM, Aug. 19, 2006
you said no tips right? Well if you keep saying that people are going to think your a noob who thinks all of his work is good and his comic is perfect... even though it sucks. I understand how you feel though, when I first started a sprite comic, it was even worse than this one. and I hated getting comments saying how I needed to improve, because like you I wanted to do it my way. But those comments were some of the things that helped me do better, and I discovered a better way THAT I LIKED DOING THEM. Just because you get comments telling you to do better doesnt mean there completely going against your style of doing things. Change isnt always a bad thing, sometimes its better than being the same. It is true that ive only been spriting for about a year, and its true that ive mainly been doing handdrawn comics instead but its not gonna be that way for long.
DragonPower at 5:57PM, Aug. 18, 2006
I'm 13 And I said no tips!
Vagabond at 11:51AM, Aug. 18, 2006
Even though you apparently said "you don't want tips" (which really makes me think you're 11 or younger) I'm going to give you a few anyway. - When people talk in real life, their mouths open. When people talk in sprite comics, their mouths should open too. Besides, it's not like it's that hard considering that Megaman has his own sprite for that kind of thing. - Conversely, when people aren't saying something in a comic, their mouths should usually be closed. Your author sprite is the biggest offender here. - After doing another quick sweep of your comics, the spelling looks fine, but it's the grammar that needs work. Specifically, your punctuation. - Don't have the sprites from one panel spill over to the next. I can't tell you how bad it looks when you copy and paste something into the next panel, and you don't even have the gumption to edit it so it fits. - You're using two-toned backgrounds that look pretty much like the same colors from your author sprite. While that is definitely a step up from using eye-blinding colors, it would be nice if you used a little more complex backgrounds. Either get them from a game, or make them yourself. Either will do. - Your author sprite; I, like, don't even know where to begin. It's a Frankenstein (as in, you pasted different body parts from different bodies) gone awry. Absolutely none of those body parts match. Treble's head looks like it will fall off any minute. Shade Man's wings just look off. And Bass's helmet does not belong on anyone except a Bass sprite. Fixing this should be your #1 priority. There is absolutely nothing worse in a sprite comic than a bad looking sprite, so please do yourself a favor and find something different. - Because I want to end this giant wall of text on a high note, you've actually got a really good sense of humor. By itself, it's good enough, but all of these other things drag it down. If you fix them (which are pretty much cosmetic) you'll be all set. So, um, yeah... If you don't mute this or something, I'll be happy.