SpriteAttack

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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   I guess you didn't bother reading but just looked at the colourful pictures. The tutorial is more advanced and earlier post make it easier to follow... but the feedback I get shows that people can follow the ideas and create their game asse
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   You are aware that most people find it hard enough to draw cubes and circles, right? Your advice is great for the artistic minded but for those 'artistically challenged' the 3D thinking is a very alien concept.
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   I don't think you got the idea right. I am not trying to teach programmers to repaint the mona lisa. I am just providing a different approach and tutorials on how to use inkscape to create game assets that are good enough to be used in game
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   Thanks for posting the link to the beginnings.... This is where people interested in trying out inkscape and game art creation should start. The helicopter is the most complex and daunting project on my blog so far.
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   The problem the way I see it is frustration and lack of satisfying results. Most programmers I have come across in my 20+ years of making game art have tried art (even just place holder art) and have scribbled but were not happy with the re
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   Thanks, mate... The key is trying it with easy steps and not dive into the complex helicopter.
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   Try and read the earlier post. I think they do explain the approach a lot better. I don't intend to make you into the next daVinci but enable my readers to create decent game art or at the very least better looking place holder art for thei
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   by SpriteAttack 14y ago

   Thanks for the mention of my blog on the Hacker News. I just which there would have been a link to the earlier posts. The post got harder and more complex (with the helicopter pushing the limits of what could be considered easy to follow ar
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   2D gameart for programmers (and others)(gamasutra.com)

   7 points by SpriteAttack 15y ago|0 comments
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    by SpriteAttack 15y ago

    This is the biggest hurdle for those with a 'I can't draw a stick figure if my life depended on it' attitude. Hand drawing takes a lot of practice and determination to get past the initial 'this looks like sh ' stages.. I agree with you as
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    by SpriteAttack 15y ago

    I tried getting onto the irc channel to talk a bit about the tutorials but the channel wouldn't let me send - neither with the web tool nor with trillian... ;(
12. 42.▲
    by SpriteAttack 15y ago

    Thanks for the positive feedback, guys... I will continue working on more 'simple magic' bits to keep the series and the blog going... I am just having way too much fun with it... Gamasutra Part 1: http://gamasutra.com/blogs/ChrisHildenbra