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One year of Spriting; My spriting anniversary!
Topic Started: Oct 21 2006, 02:00 PM (1,139 Views)
MegaRockEXE
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About one year ago around this time, I began spriting. I was a lurker around several Megaman forums at that time. Spriting really grapsed my interest. I was trying to sprite, and of course like may other n00bs, failed miserably. But around Mid-November, I joined the Megaman Community (closed now) and decided to show off my sprites. I didn't even start my own topic, instead, I hijacked a poor member's sprite thread. A bad n00bish mistake. But I was fairly new to the internet at that time. So what I did after being warned is I started the Custom Sprite Rating Corner. It was a popular thread that was used for several people to show off their sprites and have them rated. That thread lives on today in the current Sprites Inc foum. (I've made history in spriting!) In the early pages of that thread, I met a guy named "Jacre Marc" or something like that. He wasn't a Megaman fan or anything like that, but he decided to try and help me. He gave me one of his sprites and I edited it. It sucked. It wasn't until about January that my spriting skills flourished and got better and better. That's what months of staring at sprites brought. And as a treat for being patient and reading this little story, here are some of my very first sprites!


A supposedly 8-bit Classic Protoman

My Alpha DS

Aquaman DS (damn I used the same exact colors on these DSs

Bass SP, riiiight. >_>

Chaos Aqua Soul (more like sh*t to me)

Dark Air Hockey

Nebula Grey GS (man did I whore the f*ck out of this sh*t)

Dark Flameman (SH*T!!!)

My very first signature. Sh*tty

One of my first avatars (crap)

Some sh*t I did to my GBA via Paint

"Batman" oh glorious sh*t

How I f*cked up Jacre Marc's sprite

Some stupid signature I made

Life Virus DS pure sh*t

Another stupid signature

That just about does it for page 72 of my Imageshack. Now comes some more stupid sprites I did. To beleive that I actually thought these were good. :rolleyes:

Bass Soul (it sucks)

I don't even know what the hell I was thinking when I made this.

Bowl Soul

Cloud Soul (sh*tty)

Cold Soul

Cut Soul (arrrgggghhhh these suck!!!)

Dark Soul

"Drill Soul"

Elec Soul (I even saved this one as a JPG. WTF!)

Flash Soul

Heat Soul. Probably the most ridicoulus one I made

Ice Soul (o rly, it sucks!!!!)

Kendo Soul, really stupid

Laser Soul (this one sucked out loud)

I bet even a blind person could do better than this!

Planet Soul (2nd stupidest award!!!)

Plant Soul

Another stupid invention, Punk Soul

Quick Soul

Snake Soul (3rd stuipdest!)

Spark Soul

Swallow Soul, sucked

Turbo Soul, yeah right

And that's about it. Now you have all seen how far I have come. As you can see, even I hate my old works. That's just how things are going to be. Hope you enjoyed my story!
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oooh :) the story of megarock! Your early sprites are just like anybodies first couple of sprites, I think im in the middle phaze of spriting (not a n00b but not great either).
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Keep at it. With plenty of practice, you'll get better. Understand and become knowledgeable in spriting!
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WOW :-) great words of wisdom from megarock himself! I will keep those words with me forevor :) . And do you have any new sprite works to upload here or are they here and I just never seen them ????
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I've uploaded my Zoanoroids here and I post sprites often on the Sprites INC forums. Here is my Z. Gutsman
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Iv'e never seen the zoanoroids before in the series but they look kool. Ill find out more about em' and ill keep a lookout for your great sprites on Sprites inc. Nice sprite!
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Now, what I mean in my quote (you put it in your sig :D) is that you have to know why that sprite looks like it's supposed to. Why does the sprite turn out the way it is? How amny colors are in its palette. Why does this part look round while that other part looks sharp. These are questions that let you think about, and get better at spriting.
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Nice going Mega, you got some cool history, those sprites beat the crap out of my sprites right now ^^ Then again, I don't sprite often.
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"A man who inflicts suffering can't rest. His guilty mind won't allow it. But today, I can finally close my eyes to the living nightmare. And lay down... knowing that I won't... wake again." ~ Scar's dying words.

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Credit goes to Aqua; pretty damn sexy if you ask me (the sig, btw XD).
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Oct 23 2006, 02:15 AM
Nice going Mega, you got some cool history, those sprites beat the crap out of my sprites right now ^^ Then again, I don't sprite often.

That sounds like me. but then again, I go through phases in spriting... :(
oh, well... practice makes perfect...(only if you stay on top of it(unlike me))
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But the way I talked about my own sprites. If I was talking about someone elses', they'd be mad as hell. Oh, and I though up of this quote today, "If I had a penny everytime someone made a Blademan, I'd be rich!" However, "If I had a nickel every time a fanmade Navi was actaully good, I'd be broke."
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no coment from the peanut gallery... :( :(


exept, nice quote.
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Oct 24 2006, 06:44 PM
But the way I talked about my own sprites.  If I was talking about someone elses', they'd be mad as hell.  Oh, and I though up of this quote today, "If I had a penny everytime someone made a Blademan, I'd be rich!"  However, "If I had a nickel every time a fanmade Navi was actaully good, I'd be broke."

OMG LOL. Those are some good quotes there! There are alot of fanmade navis. No forum member anywhere would be caught without their pallete switched megaman or protoman. Im one of them! (at least I tried to make it different)
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Sadly, there is just too many people who don't put too much effort. It's actually quite funny. Just take a look at a dead end RPG forum or something close to that and you'll see what I mean. :LOL:
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hey,did you upload 'em to your photobucket account?because imageshack don't work anymore(can't view it)
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