Posted June 26, 2020 by Coach_Butters
My ultimate goal is to have all elements of this game except music to be created by me or pulled from the creative commons stash. This week I set out to create my own character sprites and animations. This was no small feat, as it had been almost a decade since the last time I drew for non-academic purposes. After looking up a few art theory videos and sketching out a character, I had to learn how to use Krita, so that I can efficiently make sprites and animations.
It was quite tiresome, but very fun. After 5 days I had fully replaced all sprites used from the "Pixel Art Medieval Fantasy Characters Pack" and could finally call a character mine. With this character in place, the Jazz theme is beginning to come together. I don't intend to create another character in full for a couple weeks at least, but more will eventually come. I need to use this character to balance moves, test movement, and develop the all-important AI.
Let me know what you think about the character. His design is inspired by Patrick Bartley, a very talented modern Jazz musician.