REQUEST: Shikadi Master sprite for Doom?
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REQUEST: Shikadi Master sprite for Doom?
I have a thread going at Doomworld asking nicely for people with more spriting talent than me to (help) make an awesome scary Shikadi Master sprite for a Doom level I'm making. The trick is that it would be present alongside the standard Doom bestiary which puts spriting for it beyond my simple EGA comfort zone. I figured I might as well ask the good people here nicely as well, since at least some of you have done stuff with Doom as well before. Two of them will feature as an end-of-level sub-boss thing of sorts, and since I already have Dehacked states experimentally ready all that would remain would be to draw the frames.
No pressure of course. I know y'all have Keen-related stuff to work on (as will I, when Operation: Stardust gets rolling ), but I figured I'd throw this out there anyway.
No pressure of course. I know y'all have Keen-related stuff to work on (as will I, when Operation: Stardust gets rolling ), but I figured I'd throw this out there anyway.
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Thanks for considering it. I envision kind of in the vein of this one I drew a while ago but if you're awesome enough to attempt to draw a Shikadi Master sprite then obviously the creative liberties are yours. The DW thread has a much more tl;dr sprite request but I can repost it here if you (and others) want.
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Hah, I'm not sure where it's supposed to be. I was sitting out on a lawn one night and imagined a Shikadi Master teleporting in with big shafts of lightning and such. I guess that means he's in Oregon?
The WAD this is for is using an unmodified Doom II palette. If that's not a helpful answer I can do my homework and get back to you.
The WAD this is for is using an unmodified Doom II palette. If that's not a helpful answer I can do my homework and get back to you.
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Sorry to make you wait. I made the outline last week, then put it off until today to color in the details.
Too big? Too hard to see? He's way bigger than doomguy, but should be shorter than a cyberdemon. I want feedback before attempting to make any more frames. How should he behave, btw?
edit: outline looks like this:
Too big? Too hard to see? He's way bigger than doomguy, but should be shorter than a cyberdemon. I want feedback before attempting to make any more frames. How should he behave, btw?
edit: outline looks like this:
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Ooooooh, that looks good! It looks even better against a dark background. The clawlike hands are a nice touch. I might suggest having fewer sparks towards the center and more towards the outline, that might make it look both more 3-dimensional and more defined. Alternatively (or also) the outline maybe could be the same color, but a pixel or two thicker?
In order to make it teleport very far in Dehacked, I make it move pretty fast, so its walk cycle would probably have to look more like running. The Dehacked I have made now (which I won't be able to send you for a couple days ) actually would involve a flying Shikadi Master, which in my mind's eye is hard to do that without it looking too cartoony or silly.
The Shikadi Master has one attack, for which it teleports and then, as it teleports in, it releases a flurry of plasma bolts before continuing to chase the player. I'm currently just recycling teleport frog sprites for the "teleporting in" states but if you feel like drawing your own then that would be awesome too. For the death states I imagine it just kind of evaporating into ether, though maybe a more explodey death animation could be cool.
Thanks a lot for doing this! It'll look rad in game once it's all done and stuff. If you want more specific info let me know.
In order to make it teleport very far in Dehacked, I make it move pretty fast, so its walk cycle would probably have to look more like running. The Dehacked I have made now (which I won't be able to send you for a couple days ) actually would involve a flying Shikadi Master, which in my mind's eye is hard to do that without it looking too cartoony or silly.
The Shikadi Master has one attack, for which it teleports and then, as it teleports in, it releases a flurry of plasma bolts before continuing to chase the player. I'm currently just recycling teleport frog sprites for the "teleporting in" states but if you feel like drawing your own then that would be awesome too. For the death states I imagine it just kind of evaporating into ether, though maybe a more explodey death animation could be cool.
Thanks a lot for doing this! It'll look rad in game once it's all done and stuff. If you want more specific info let me know.
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