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12 years ago
I was lamenting the fact that I didn't have an icon, so I picked up a program called 'SpriteSomething' ( http://terriblegames.com/spriteSomething/ ) for my iPad. I've been messing around with making some simple little pixel-art icons for myself. The icon that's currently my profile is the outcome of one of my little experiments.
I'm probably gonna upload some more of them to scraps or something later today. The basic idea was to make a base animation of some dude getting zapped with a TF-ray, and then have a bunch of variations on what he got turned into... I figured some of you'd like to see them. There's only a couple right now but the plan is to make some more. To do simple stuff really only takes about 5 frames of animation or so, so that's cool.
As far as the program goes, it's pretty cool. There are a few things I wish it had (lasso select, layers, rotate tool) but since I'm only working with 25 pixels or so it's not that big a deal. I tried doing some bigger (100x100) stuff, but animating it was way too much of a pain (especially where parts of the body, like tails and arms, overlap on the screen). I also have to dump the .GIF files through an optimizer to bring down the size, but that's not really a big deal. There are some better apps on PC, but being able to draw stuff on the can is awesome :P.
I'm probably gonna upload some more of them to scraps or something later today. The basic idea was to make a base animation of some dude getting zapped with a TF-ray, and then have a bunch of variations on what he got turned into... I figured some of you'd like to see them. There's only a couple right now but the plan is to make some more. To do simple stuff really only takes about 5 frames of animation or so, so that's cool.
As far as the program goes, it's pretty cool. There are a few things I wish it had (lasso select, layers, rotate tool) but since I'm only working with 25 pixels or so it's not that big a deal. I tried doing some bigger (100x100) stuff, but animating it was way too much of a pain (especially where parts of the body, like tails and arms, overlap on the screen). I also have to dump the .GIF files through an optimizer to bring down the size, but that's not really a big deal. There are some better apps on PC, but being able to draw stuff on the can is awesome :P.
No.
Longer answer:
I've never really done commissions and I don't really have any plans to start. If you want to suggest something and I decide to do it, feel free to ask if you can use it, there's a 99% chance I'll say yes. If I do something that someone suggests I always try to give credit back to them for the idea and let them know by attempting to contact them directly. I get that it's a kinda crappy situation, lord knows I've had the 'Just take my money, please!!!' feeling before, but it's a personal choice that I feel strongly about.
Longest answer:
I had a much longer reply about why I don't do commissions, but it got long enough that it should really be it's own discussion, so I'm not going to post it as a reply to this - probably a journal entry later.