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work in progress

taken me all yesterday evening and most of this morning so far (started around 6.30 am, too).

earlier stage

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:19, archived)

That's getting more and more woo.

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Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:21, archived)

luvvly

Is it Moe's tavern?

(PornDungeon, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:21, archived)

All you need is the boy on the bike throwing papers

What was that game called? Delivery Kid?

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Grrrmachine the indifference engine, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:22, archived)

Paperboy, as far as i know.

And yes, it does look like that

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Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:23, archived)

paperboy is what I was thinking too

though the pic isn't deliberately based on anything...

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:24, archived)

No i know, but it's the same pixellated style

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Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:25, archived)

yeh

old school :)

couldn't bring myself to type that with a k

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:28, archived)

And i am glad you didn't.

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Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:32, archived)

you've just

reminded me of my childhood. i loved that game

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tweeny flickr.com/photos/tweeny, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:38, archived)

Paperboy

www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=P&game_id=8977

EDIT
mindpissed...

good excuse though, I did go to look for a link :-)

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TBL I posted this on, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:24, archived)

nice!

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mediocre ha ha ha, you're reading this, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:23, archived)

I say Frunt, give me a tip please?

On how to get it isometric ... do you just count one pixel to be 2 across and 1 down?

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Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:25, archived)

that's an important part of it, yes

am just learning meself, mostly using http://rhysd.syntesis.org/tutorial/.

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:28, archived)

Wonderful, it's exactly how i thought, thank you.

I may or may not, but probably i shall never get around to it, try some myself.

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Ghostwriter can't pick up his pencil, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:31, archived)

this is nice

and simple too

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pep, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:33, archived)

yup

that's the other one I was using. it's also very good.

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:36, archived)

I'd recommend using paint, or pixen on a mac

line tool saves much time, but the one in tattyshop ain't right for the job.

however, have switched this to tattyshop and am now labouring away doing all my lines in pencil, because I want to be able to group my layers.

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:35, archived)

you need a 1 pixel pencil

in photoshop - then its a lot easier. Also turn off antialiasing for everything - selections, fills, everything. That might be why you don't like it. Its actually great for pixel stuff - or i think so anyway :)

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pep, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:38, archived)

antialiasing!

I didn't even think of that.

that'd make things much simpler.

edit: having looked at your profile, I note that you definitely know what you're on about. found your websites via blogjam a while back. citycreator's what got me going in this direction. so, er, thanks... I guess. ;)

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:40, archived)

it really does.

no one ever seems to mention it either - although i did! I mentioned it in my nice tutorial. but Its not online, so its... no use to you.

edit - ah - thats nice - thank you. I would offer help, but to be honest i don't think you need it. Best advice i can ever give really is look at other people's stuff - enlarge it so you can see how they did it and try and do the same. Especially for shading. I'm still not great at proper shading - its an art in itself.

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pep, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:43, archived)

tell me about it

have just now noticed that I have two different light sources depending on whether you look at my shadows or my wall colours... *sigh*

I think once you've got the basics it's mostly a question of copying when you get stuck. Same as so much in life.

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:49, archived)

yeah - that happens to me too

you could draw a lightbulb on a layer and keep it in one corner while you work to remind you. Some people recommend that.

This forum is good for pixel stuff: www.pixeljoint.com/forum/
its more for game graphics than isometric stuff (sometimes they can be a bit mean to the iso newbies) but its worth a quick look if you have some time.

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pep, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:52, archived)

ta, will look later

daughter's up from her nap now, so am off. tata.

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frunt It's been a while..., Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:57, archived)

bye

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pep, Sat 21 Jan 2006, 14:58, archived)

Pixen is great!

Thank you very much, it's so much better than the paint thing in appleworks ...

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