Doom sprites HD (8x) version v03 released

[Blox]

The problem is that there's a reason nobody has made intermediate frames for doom sprites; it's hard as all hell.

Now multiply the resolution by eight, and suddenly we have a real big problem.

[TheMorden]

personally not a huge fan of the current imp, perhaps something more like this?

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[iLikeTheUDK]

I think I've come up with a good method to make intermediate frames: You draw lines showing the same pose as the monster in a new layer above the frame, creating some sort of a skeleton. Now, you should make continuations of it, and make continuations of the skeleton that move like you want the sprite to. Now, draw each intermediate frame above each skeleton. You don't need to recreate each frame from scratch; You could re-use parts from your previously-made frames (including intermediate frames), modifying these parts a bit and blending them into each other. The only parts in each intermediate frame that should be made from scratch are those which don't match any pose of any part.
And as for CGI pre-rendered sprites, the whole process was automated here for decades...Here it's called "skeletal animation".

[TheMorden]

I think I've come up with a good method to make intermediate frames: You draw lines showing the same pose as the monster in a new layer above the frame, creating some sort of a skeleton. Now, you should make continuations of it, and make continuations of the skeleton that move like you want the sprite to. Now, draw each intermediate frame above each skeleton. You don't need to recreate each frame from scratch; You could re-use parts from your previously-made frames (including intermediate frames), modifying these parts a bit and blending them into each other. The only parts in each intermediate frame that should be made from scratch are those which don't match any pose of any part.
And as for CGI pre-rendered sprites, the whole process was automated here for decades...Here it's called "skeletal animation".

what you say is a great idea! it should be done.

[Enjay]

imp.png

Holy shit! The imp has always been almost cutesy to my eyes but that... that's the stuff of nightmares yet still keeping everything that is important about the imp. It's the kind of thing that, if they'd made models that looked like that picture, would have been much better style-wise than the imps id used in Doom3.

[TheMorden]

imp.png

Holy shit! The imp has always been almost cutesy to my eyes but that... that's the stuff of nightmares yet still keeping everything that is important about the imp. It's the kind of thing that, if they'd made models that looked like that picture, would have been much better style-wise than the imps id used in Doom3.

im glad you like it, i was worried that no one would xD

[Paul]

imp.png

Make his face take up less space on his head, and I think you have a winner. It will also solve the problem of him looking sorta goofy.

Hard to tell how far it "sticks out", I always thought that the imp should have had a semi-saurian head that had a long jaw extending far in front of him

[Blox]

It looks hell of a lot goofier than this:

Spoiler:

[Marnetmar]

stop

[iLikeTheUDK]

Stop what?

[Enjay]

stop

Hammertime!



Personally I prefer TheMorden's one to the one above that Blox posted.

[wildweasel]

stop

What possesses people to make one-word replies like this? Either put it in clearer terms or don't post it at all.

[Judge]

How about something like this? I copied over the old chest/shoulders/ribs from a different imp I was working on.

[Blox]

The eyes and brows, folks. In the bigger headed ones, it has more of an angry "O_O" face.
While in the one I reposted, it clearly has a very malign look on it's face. As if it wants to tear that face off you, and eat it with the delightful thought of having killed the bastard that is you. (I.E: It doesn't like you.)

[TheMorden]

How about something like this? I copied over the old chest/shoulders/ribs from a different imp I was working on.

i love what youve done with it xD looks so much better