How do you make Ragnarok Graphics

[Noil 1]

Hello mates,

 

I am curious how you start the process of creating ragnarok art.

 

How do you achieve the retro-look of letting pixelicious art look great and ro-ish.

 

Yours Noil

[Winterfox 83]

@@Noil

 

I think it is a thing of practice.

Using original sprites, modding them to get a feel for the style and practicing to create own things free hand afterwards.

[fxfreitas 102]

First of all:

You just need paint and the basic notion of anatomy and geometry, no much, no more.

Something Like This:

 

Step 1. Make the outlines, making a sketch of you work.

 

Step 2. Add the color

 

Step 3. Shade it and remove the outlines, Darken, midcolor, lighten... Ohh its so simple, no!

 

Step 4. Ragnarok use a maximum of 12 tonalities of same color to shade a sprite, but in various sprites, we se a minimum of 5 tonalities. Somewhere in this forum, a print with the Ragnarok pallete template can be found, and used for a base ^^

You dont need the 12 colors to shade you sprite, but use a minimum of 5 colors to make him look smooth.

 

See the oficial sprites to learn the style.

A image for reference even help when you making a themed sprite, like the diabolus manteau, uses his illustration to make his sprites.

Edited August 14, 2015 by fxfreitas

[Noil 1]

Wow thats really cool thank you