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Bloo2daMacs · 07-17-2007, 01:35 PM

Hmm, what's something I've never tried before? Oh, I know! A sprite recolor! Ooh! How about a Pikachu with Mewtwo colors! It'll be a blast!

It was a long, tedious, and somewhat boring project. At least the results made it all worth while.

So, a sprite recolor is where you take a sprite (Pixelated character from a video game) and go through lots of hard work to get it to be a different color. Here's the process of...

B2dM's first "Sprite recolor" thing!

Okey dokey. STEP 1: TAIL.

Down there you can see the colors of Mewtwo's tail. Al I had to do was find out which parts of Pikachu's tail, were equivilant to which parts of Mewtwo's tail. And the results were as shown above. Decent, no? At this point I was sure the project was going to be easy... until...

STEP 2: BODY

Ugh. Thirty minutes of that. So, It's looking good and all, but notice how Pikachu's outline is still yellow and brown? That's gotta go, and be replaced with the colors of Mewtwo's outline, so I figured out which colors of mewtwo's outline needed to go where while performing...

STEP 3: OUTLINE

And that was about the icing on the cake. So we've got the whole project done now. Let's view some result shots that AREN'T close up! (In otherwords, lets view it like how you'd see it in the game.)

Mewtwo and Pikatwo *laughs at horrible pun* side by side:

Pikachu and Pikatwo *laughs* side by side:

And the process of Pikatwo*brick'd*:

So there you have it. I thought it turned out decent, and pretty awesome for a first time thing. So, what do you guys think?

Cassini90125 · 07-17-2007, 01:38 PM

I think it looks great.

Well done!

xxxClaire · 07-17-2007, 01:43 PM

That's so cool!

Nice work!

Invader Bloo · 07-17-2007, 01:50 PM

Awesome! Though I don't like Pokemon...but still awesome work!

LaBloo · 07-17-2007, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Invader Bloo

Awesome! Though I don't like Pokemon...but still awesome work!

I Did my try. It was good. I know, It is cool work!

Ricky Fieldmouse · 07-17-2007, 06:09 PM

You forgot the base of the tail. =O

Awesome work though.

emperor26 · 07-18-2007, 09:08 AM

That's very nice coloring you did, B2dm.

Good job.

Bloo2daMacs · 07-18-2007, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ricky Fieldmouse

You forgot the base of the tail. =O

Awesome work though.

For some reason, it just didn't feel right coloring the base of the tail. So I didn't. *shrug*

And thanks everyone! I just might try some more next time I have some free time on my hands.

Shelltoon · 07-18-2007, 10:31 PM

If you have a more advanced tool like Paintshop Pro, you can just reduce the Pikachu to 256 colors and edit the palette there. It saves a lot of time, and is less painful to do.

07-17-2007, 01:35 PM	#1
Bloo2daMacs Banned THE REFORMER... Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Spam Board Posts: 910	B2dM tries something new. Hmm, what's something I've never tried before? Oh, I know! A sprite recolor! Ooh! How about a Pikachu with Mewtwo colors! It'll be a blast! It was a long, tedious, and somewhat boring project. At least the results made it all worth while. So, a sprite recolor is where you take a sprite (Pixelated character from a video game) and go through lots of hard work to get it to be a different color. Here's the process of... B2dM's first "Sprite recolor" thing! Okey dokey. STEP 1: TAIL. Down there you can see the colors of Mewtwo's tail. Al I had to do was find out which parts of Pikachu's tail, were equivilant to which parts of Mewtwo's tail. And the results were as shown above. Decent, no? At this point I was sure the project was going to be easy... until... STEP 2: BODY Ugh. Thirty minutes of that. So, It's looking good and all, but notice how Pikachu's outline is still yellow and brown? That's gotta go, and be replaced with the colors of Mewtwo's outline, so I figured out which colors of mewtwo's outline needed to go where while performing... STEP 3: OUTLINE And that was about the icing on the cake. So we've got the whole project done now. Let's view some result shots that AREN'T close up! (In otherwords, lets view it like how you'd see it in the game.) Mewtwo and Pikatwo laughs at horrible pun side by side: Pikachu and Pikatwo laughs side by side: And the process of Pikatwobrick'd: So there you have it. I thought it turned out decent, and pretty awesome for a first time thing. So, what do you guys think?

07-17-2007, 01:38 PM	#2
Cassini90125 The Postmaster Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saturn Posts: 6,652	I think it looks great. Well done! __________________ "Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!" Sailor Moon. Best Anime EVER.

07-17-2007, 01:43 PM	#3
xxxClaire Teenage Wasteland Live everyday like you're Glen Coco. Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Bark Town Posts: 617	That's so cool! Nice work! __________________ ?------?------? ? Long Live Jeremiah ?

07-17-2007, 01:50 PM	#4
Invader Bloo Elder Spam Teh Merc with teh Mouth Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Weapon X Posts: 1,268	Awesome! Though I don't like Pokemon...but still awesome work! __________________ JOIN THE CAUSE! Become a Spam Role-Player!

07-17-2007, 06:09 PM	#6
Ricky Fieldmouse Revived Member HELLO THERE. I'M DOCTOR RABBIT Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 143	You forgot the base of the tail. =O Awesome work though. __________________

07-18-2007, 09:08 AM	#7
emperor26 Foster's Legend Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 725	That's very nice coloring you did, B2dm. Good job. __________________ See ya!

07-18-2007, 10:31 PM	#9
Shelltoon A Caring Individual So sweet... Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 327	If you have a more advanced tool like Paintshop Pro, you can just reduce the Pikachu to 256 colors and edit the palette there. It saves a lot of time, and is less painful to do.