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Joined: Mon May 11, 2009 1:42 pm
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I don't have experience with GIMP but hopefully someone can inform you of how to turn the white background transparents. I, myself, have always used paint.NET and Ulead Gif Animator but it's a fairly impractical round-a-bout way to go about it so hopefully some gimps who use GIMP can help you out there. (ily GIMP gimps <3).
As for the sprites, good job! Whenever I examine the Young Phoenix sprites, I always think of that idea where you remove the mask but I've never entertained it. You've done a decent job but I will make some criticisms because that's how creativity works.
Firstly, as I'm sure you've notice, Phoenix's right half jolts a little. This is an easy fix that you can take care of in less than a minute. The other problem, on the other hand...
The second problem is that in your third sprite, Phoenix's mouth opens but his face doesn't react. What I mean is that, if you look at other sprites, you'll see that the chins move. It's a little difficult to pull of naturally but it really is worth it.
Lastly, and this is...difficult depending on your program. You use GIMP which I'm not familiar with. Anyhow, the timing needs to be fixed. This is minor detail that doesn't matter too much but it's just a nice...formality of welcoming to the people browsing your forum, if that makes sense. Like, it's easy and accessible.
I'm sorry if I'm sounding harsh or overly analytical. Your work is great for a beginner but even experts can improve their work. Good job!
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But in all honesty, META humour sucks.