How do people make such graphics?

[Dakaha]

I sometimes look at games and wonder how people make such graphics.
So my question is... How do people make such AWESOME graphics for games? :D

[evan210]

example?

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 01:35 PM, evan210 wrote: example?

Well... look at poral defenders, or even dino run.

[evan210]

time, effort, and skillz.

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 01:46 PM, evan210 wrote: time, effort, and skillz.

Yes.. but I wonder how and if they use extra programs, what tools they use in flash etc.

[evan210]

At 4/4/09 01:52 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:46 PM, evan210 wrote: time, effort, and skillz.

Yes.. but I wonder how and if they use extra programs, what tools they use in flash etc.

with the dino run thing, which i believe is pixelated, most likely was made in some pixel-making program.

[Blain-The-Pain]

At 4/4/09 01:53 PM, evan210 wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:52 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:46 PM, evan210 wrote: time, effort, and skillz.

Yes.. but I wonder how and if they use extra programs, what tools they use in flash etc.

with the dino run thing, which i believe is pixelated, most likely was made in some pixel-making program.

Or the downloadable pixel tool for Flash. Either way, the best way to be able to draw good graphics is to be good at drawing, believe it or not. You can draw just about anything you've seen on this site in Flash (except for a few things you might need Photoshop for), if you practice enough.

[Moltimert]

At 4/4/09 01:44 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:35 PM, evan210 wrote: example?

Well... look at poral defenders, or even dino run.

I believe they used the pixel plugin on Dino run
but usually artists simply draw in flash.
Check out the Behemoth Devblog
there are some cool videos of Dan drawing the castle crasher grafics.

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 02:06 PM, Moltimert wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:44 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:35 PM, evan210 wrote: example?

Well... look at poral defenders, or even dino run.

I believe they used the pixel plugin on Dino run
but usually artists simply draw in flash.
Check out the Behemoth Devblog
there are some cool videos of Dan drawing the castle crasher grafics.

Well that looks awesome.. but then myquestion is how they got the first sketch? and how do they ever animate it? with the bone tool?

[Tager]

lots and lots of practice...

tip: when shading, do two layers of shade one layer main and another next to it slightly lighter.

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 02:22 PM, Tager wrote: lots and lots of practice...

tip: when shading, do two layers of shade one layer main and another next to it slightly lighter.

Thanks, but doesn't someone has a tutorial or something so I can start practice? I got all day :)

[ImpendingRiot]

http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/fla shtutorials.html

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 02:32 PM, ImpendingRiot wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/collection/fla shtutorials.html

No, I don't have problems with actionscript but with drawing :)
O and btw, thanks for anyone that is helping me, I really appreciate it :D

[kiwi-kiwi]

For pixel art you can use the gimp, just make what you want to make then use blur -> pixelate. Also people make great art because that's what they like to do.

If you want to make great art try and spend at least 10 minutes a day making art with any tool you have at your disposal.

[Moltimert]

At 4/4/09 02:10 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 02:06 PM, Moltimert wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:44 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:35 PM, evan210 wrote: example?

Well that looks awesome.. but then myquestion is how they got the first sketch? and how do they ever animate it? with the bone tool?

At least in one of the videos (Undead Cyclops Boss) Dan shows how he animates.
Basicalle he rotates, skews and tweens the drawings as much as he can
and whenever he needs a new angle or something he draws another version of the character.

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 02:51 PM, Moltimert wrote:

At 4/4/09 02:10 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 02:06 PM, Moltimert wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:44 PM, Dakaha wrote:

At 4/4/09 01:35 PM, evan210 wrote: example?

Well that looks awesome.. but then myquestion is how they got the first sketch? and how do they ever animate it? with the bone tool?

At least in one of the videos (Undead Cyclops Boss) Dan shows how he animates.
Basicalle he rotates, skews and tweens the drawings as much as he can
and whenever he needs a new angle or something he draws another version of the character.

Well... he has sketches so I still don't know how he ever managed to draw that. And what settings do I need? What tools do I need? :P

[Dakaha]

can someone tell me what settings I need for smooth drawings? :)

[Alpharius120]

At 4/4/09 03:42 PM, Dakaha wrote: can someone tell me what settings I need for smooth drawings? :)

It all depends on personal presference, I draw with a smoothing of 40 if and when I use the brush tool, but with the pencil tool I just draw a line and start bending it and such. Plus you need talent and years of practice for good drawings. I'll admit, I suck at flash drawing but I continue practicing, so one day I may be good.

[Josh-B]

Zooming in with brush tool and drawing or drawing big at 100% and shrinking your graphics down helps.

[Dakaha]

It all depends on personal presference, I draw with a smoothing of 40 if and when I use the brush tool, but with the pencil tool I just draw a line and start bending it and such. Plus you need talent and years of practice for good drawings. I'll admit, I suck at flash drawing but I continue practicing, so one day I may be good.

Hmm.. Well.. How can I even animate it? with the bone tool?

[SlightlyToasted]

At 4/4/09 03:47 PM, Alpharius120 wrote:

At 4/4/09 03:42 PM, Dakaha wrote: can someone tell me what settings I need for smooth drawings? :)

It all depends on personal presference, I draw with a smoothing of 40 if and when I use the brush tool, but with the pencil tool I just draw a line and start bending it and such. Plus you need talent and years of practice for good drawings. I'll admit, I suck at flash drawing but I continue practicing, so one day I may be good.

It does take a while, but I wouldnt say years. If your not born with it.. Its way harder to master.
I know so many people just say practice, practice, practice, but that is really the only true way of improving.

[Dakaha]

It does take a while, but I wouldnt say years. If your not born with it.. Its way harder to master.
I know so many people just say practice, practice, practice, but that is really the only true way of improving.

I love drawing! But I just don't know what settings I and stuff I need to draw and animate well in flash

[Alpharius120]

At 4/4/09 03:57 PM, Dakaha wrote: Hmm.. Well.. How can I even animate it? with the bone tool?

I would go FBF (Frame By Frame).

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 04:37 PM, Alpharius120 wrote:

At 4/4/09 03:57 PM, Dakaha wrote: Hmm.. Well.. How can I even animate it? with the bone tool?

I would go FBF (Frame By Frame).

Hmm... Can someone tell me how to make my moving character animated? If I try and I press the right key it freaks out.

[Matt2k8]

The only thing they us is drawing skills and time.

[Xeptic]

I'm not trying to be an enormous ass here, but if you're going to ask questions about every little step you take with Flash this topic will have hundreds of pages in a matter of days... You could at least check a few tutorials here on NG (which someone else has linked you to already I think), use Flash' help function or check Google. Try to do a little research of your own instead of immediately asking people all of these really, really basic questions. If you want to make animations or games with the same quality as Portal Defenders be prepared to spend many years drawing and animating (warning: look at what it did to Luis ;)). Not a tool in the world can help you with that if you don't have the skills or the dedication to learn these things on your own.

[Dakaha]

At 4/4/09 04:53 PM, Xeptic wrote: I'm not trying to be an enormous ass here, but if you're going to ask questions about every little step you take with Flash this topic will have hundreds of pages in a matter of days... You could at least check a few tutorials here on NG (which someone else has linked you to already I think), use Flash' help function or check Google. Try to do a little research of your own instead of immediately asking people all of these really, really basic questions. If you want to make animations or games with the same quality as Portal Defenders be prepared to spend many years drawing and animating (warning: look at what it did to Luis ;)). Not a tool in the world can help you with that if you don't have the skills or the dedication to learn these things on your own.

I really appreciate your fair answer but I just want to figure out how to draw in flash and to animate my character, while waiting for answers I also search google and other flash sites.
And you aren't being an ass because you did try to be nice to me :P

[Neo-13]

I have a little question about those videos - how is Dan colouring with the brush really 'messily' but having all the parts that go over the lines erased automatically? It's as if there is a mask there all the time, but surely he can't be doing that every time. Also, was that the brush tool or pencil for the outlines? Looked like brush, but then that first thing is what's confusing me here.

[TheCupcakeArmy]

He changed "paint normal" to "paint inside" on thee brush tool.

[fluffkomix]

okay to you and anyone else in this thread who is hoping to learn drawing and animation, i present to you the best animation tut that has yet graced my eyes on newgrounds.

Unleash Your Imagination, by SpikeVallentine Type: Game Rating: Everyone

it shows you how to do drawings, how to FBF animate, how to use motion tweens, as well as a few more technical things or small things that actually improve on your flash's look as a whole.