Pool of Kitty Cats and Rainbows

Draenin · #1 06-13-2006, 05:52 AM

Sprites for the Pool of Chaos spell animation on Kingdoms.

I'd like to hear what you guys think.

zephirot · #2 06-13-2006, 05:04 PM

It looks like a clouds, but it is very nice.

killerogue · #3 06-13-2006, 05:07 PM

I like the skulls blending thing you got going on.

Sage_Shadowbane · #4 06-13-2006, 06:07 PM

I dont very much get it...but very nice none-the-less.

lancelot9 · #5 06-13-2006, 06:19 PM

maybe make ripple sprites?? so it looks more like water.

Draenin · #6 06-13-2006, 06:47 PM

That's not a bad idea.

Oh, and for those who don't get it, the pool is supposed to be in the ground. The bubbly-looking parts are there so that when put on the ground, it looks like the ground has torn itself open.

Elk · #7 06-13-2006, 06:50 PM

I love the souls
Looks a bit nice =D

Sage_Shadowbane · #8 06-13-2006, 07:01 PM

Ahhh ok, I see now. Good job Draenin

I likeish your style.

Chris · #9 06-13-2006, 07:31 PM

I should give you a diamond on GK for those gfx. They rock.

Curt1zzle · #10 06-13-2006, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

I should give you a diamond on GK for those gfx. They rock.

I'm not trying to be negative, but are we looking at the same graphic?

It looks grainy and very unclear...

Draenin · #11 06-13-2006, 07:47 PM

It is somewhat unclear, actually. Good eye. That happened to be exactly what was bothering me while I was doing it. However, I am unsure of what to do in order to make it a bit cleaner. The rocks / dirt I am pretty content on, though. The actual pool itself is what bothers me.

The skulls in the pool are a product of me layering an image of stacked skulls over a 1-shade purple pool, and then setting the opacity along with using a filter in order to get it to show up in the pool alone, and nowhere outside. The image also got distorted somewhat due to resizing it to 50%. Perhaps I should empty out just the pool portion and select a different image with better clarity?

Curt1zzle · #12 06-13-2006, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Draenin

It is somewhat unclear, actually. Good eye. That happened to be exactly what was bothering me while I was doing it. However, I am unsure of what to do in order to make it a bit cleaner. The rocks / dirt I am pretty content on, though. The actual pool itself is what bothers me.

The skulls in the pool are a product of me layering an image of stacked skulls over a 1-shade purple pool, and then setting the opacity along with using a filter in order to get it to show up in the pool alone, and nowhere outside. The image also got distorted somewhat due to resizing it to 50%. Perhaps I should empty out just the pool portion and select a different image with better clarity?

I don't think that's necesary. Try messing with the opacity of the purple and then the schools more.

If you make it look foggy it should work.

Draenin · #13 06-13-2006, 08:36 PM

Okay. Tiny modification. Couldn't do much more with the opacity since the layers already had been merged due to png format. Anyway, is the clarity a little better now?

Edit: Oh, hey, wierd, the transparency makes it black in thumbnails.

Ah well, full view it.

Chris · #14 06-13-2006, 08:41 PM

Looks good to me Curtis.

Sage_Shadowbane · #15 06-13-2006, 10:03 PM

I really like it except one little thing...I personally think the rocks are kind of too shiny to look like...rocks? I dunno, could just be me.