RTP Editing - Make a Diagonally Facing Sprite

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How to make diagonally facing character sprites, an RTP graphic editing tutorial, translated by Slimmmeiske2


Original Tutorial: http://foryou.opal.ne.jp/sfog/dotcharaquart.html


Pixel Art: Creating a simple diagonal sprite


To make a diagonal sprite, we’ll be cut and pasting sprites from a 4 direction sheet.







Using the facing left sprite and the facing down sprite, we’ll make one who’ll face down to the left.


Arrangement:

• Reduce the facing down’s width to half and cut out that half.
  
• In case there’s no reduction fuction, it’s 2/5（12 or 13 pixels）from the right.
  
• Take 3/5 from the left facing’s right（max. 20 pixels）and combine it with the facing down part.
  
• Combine the facing down’s left hair part with the facing left’s right hair part.
  
• Now place this combined hair on the body we combined earlier.
  
• Shift the ears and eyes 2, 3 pixels.
  
• Adjust the outline.
  
• Shift the whole a bit to the right.
  
• Complete!
  

Points to look it more diagonal:

• The forehead in the facing down one is 5 pixels, diagonal it should be 4.
  
• The ear should be between the facing down and facing left a bit to the left.
  
• It’s easier if the left and right eye are at the same height.
  
• If you darken the inner part of the right arm, you’ll get depth.
  
• If you move the right arm and left arm 1 pixel up, it gives a depth of diagonal.
  

Conclusion:
And with this we end the tutorial. (Sorry for the abrupt end.) But you can do this in a short time period (around 3 minutes).


When you’re used to reducing and finding the right balance, you can exclude some other stuff and finish even in a shorter time period.


With such small scale pixel art, cut and pasting can help gaining time, which is a good thing.




Even if your game does not use 8 dimensional movement, the slanting sprites can create a stage like atmosphere.







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