I explicitly let dragoniade do whatever he wants wi this picture (and its art sources) in anyway anywhere anytime, including uploads to any website he uses.
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I ntended to give dragoniade a present on his birthday.
I ended up sending the present about a week later.
Part of that problem was due to a rather busy week.
Part was me not being used to working on sprites of thi size.
Instead of having a predetermined resolution, I essentially pixelled ahead. I ended up spending every day doing some part or phase of the sprite and getting the size down to dimensions that are powers of two. I wanted a front view because I did not want just another copy of the last present. I ended up making the wings big because I wanted the wings to be flightworthy, of course, though I had trouble getting the shapes right. I kept expanding them, too. One thing that I liked abou thi sprite is tha the colour gradient (which I actually got righ this time) practically begged to be dithered, though getting the solid colours and the dithering to the right proportions was difficult. I also decided to play a bit with more subtle shading, since the relatively large resolution meant hat I could afford more colours.
I still feel that I coul do better wi thi sprite, but I still feel very good abou the sprite. I just need more practise and research.
By the by, I am surprised at how small the compressed file is even a thi size!
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Dragoniade → dragoniade
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I ntended to give dragoniade a present on his birthday.
I ended up sending the present about a week later.
Part of that problem was due to a rather busy week.
Part was me not being used to working on sprites of thi size.
Instead of having a predetermined resolution, I essentially pixelled ahead. I ended up spending every day doing some part or phase of the sprite and getting the size down to dimensions that are powers of two. I wanted a front view because I did not want just another copy of the last present. I ended up making the wings big because I wanted the wings to be flightworthy, of course, though I had trouble getting the shapes right. I kept expanding them, too. One thing that I liked abou thi sprite is tha the colour gradient (which I actually got righ this time) practically begged to be dithered, though getting the solid colours and the dithering to the right proportions was difficult. I also decided to play a bit with more subtle shading, since the relatively large resolution meant hat I could afford more colours.
I still feel that I coul do better wi thi sprite, but I still feel very good abou the sprite. I just need more practise and research.
By the by, I am surprised at how small the compressed file is even a thi size!
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Dragoniade → dragoniade
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fantasy
Species Western Dragon
Gender Male
Size 768 x 384px
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