8-Bit Shinobi Sprite

Ersatz · 11-09-2010, 10:23 PM

Hey guys, I'm a long time 8-bit theater reader, although I've fallen a bit behind of late. Anyway, I have an odd request but I figured that here was the best place to ask.

Anyway, many years ago Brian, inspired by the PS2 Shinobi game, created a Hotsuma sprite out of a Mega Man sprite. He also did a one-off comic using it he liked it so much. Words cannot express how much I loved that sprite - it was my AIM avatar for a long time.

I had the sprite and was going to use it on my Backloggery account. Sadly, my laptop was stolen before I was able to do so. So now I have no copy of the sprite and all my searches on the site and otherwise turned up empty. So I throw myself on the tender mercies of those here: does anyone have the Hotsuma Mega Man sprite or that Shinobi PS2 comic Brian did?

bluestarultor · 11-09-2010, 11:40 PM

I don't recall ever seeing either, to be honest with you, but I am a sprite artist. If you could describe it to me and tell me what era of Megs was used, I'd be happy to give it a shot.

Ersatz · 11-10-2010, 10:42 AM

You're a peach bluestarultor. I think pictures would do a much better job of conveying the image than a description by me ever could.

The base sprite was Mega Man's default standing pose from the NES games.

Here's the best picture I could find of Hotsuma and his rather... busy design.

Thanks again for the offer, I can't wait to see the results.

PyrosNine · 11-10-2010, 11:56 AM

Yeah, all the old cool extra comics brian had all went poof. I know exactly what you're talking about, but I don't have the comic or the sprite on hand.

bluestarultor · 11-10-2010, 04:23 PM

Well, here's a shot at it.

And blown up to 2x:

PS - I did this from a Proto Man base, if that's okay.

PyrosNine · 11-10-2010, 04:31 PM

Make the eyes on the headband blue, and the blades on the arms as well.

bluestarultor · 11-10-2010, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by PyrosNine

Make the eyes on the headband blue, and the blades on the arms as well.

Tried it while I was making it. It looked like crap. On top of that, it breaks the Mega Man format of only having 4 colors, black and transparency, which itself used extra memory supplied on the cartridge, as the NES only allowed a palette of 3 colors and transparency.

...God damn, am I ever a geek. I'll see about finding one of the blues in the NES palette that doesn't look like crap and do that.

Edit: This better?

Premmy · 11-10-2010, 08:06 PM

scarf needs to be WAYYYYYYY longer

Ersatz · 11-10-2010, 09:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Tried it while I was making it. It looked like crap. On top of that, it breaks the Mega Man format of only having 4 colors, black and transparency, which itself used extra memory supplied on the cartridge, as the NES only allowed a palette of 3 colors and transparency.

...God damn, am I ever a geek. I'll see about finding one of the blues in the NES palette that doesn't look like crap and do that.

Edit: This better?

That's some impressive results considering that you're using the limitations of the NES color pallet. This is actually inspiring me to give pixel art a shot myself. Would you mind terribly if I maybe used your Protoman/Hotsuma as a base?

PyrosNine · 11-10-2010, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Perfect!

11-09-2010, 10:23 PM	#1
Ersatz Goomba Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 8	8-Bit Shinobi Sprite Hey guys, I'm a long time 8-bit theater reader, although I've fallen a bit behind of late. Anyway, I have an odd request but I figured that here was the best place to ask. Anyway, many years ago Brian, inspired by the PS2 Shinobi game, created a Hotsuma sprite out of a Mega Man sprite. He also did a one-off comic using it he liked it so much. Words cannot express how much I loved that sprite - it was my AIM avatar for a long time. I had the sprite and was going to use it on my Backloggery account. Sadly, my laptop was stolen before I was able to do so. So now I have no copy of the sprite and all my searches on the site and otherwise turned up empty. So I throw myself on the tender mercies of those here: does anyone have the Hotsuma Mega Man sprite or that Shinobi PS2 comic Brian did?

11-10-2010, 11:56 AM	#4
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	Yeah, all the old cool extra comics brian had all went poof. I know exactly what you're talking about, but I don't have the comic or the sprite on hand. __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!

11-10-2010, 04:31 PM	#6
PyrosNine Zettai Hero Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: A figment of my own imagination Posts: 6,103	Make the eyes on the headband blue, and the blades on the arms as well. __________________ Pyrosnine.blogspot.com: An experimental blog of writing. Updated possibly daily. Possibly. A fair chance. Current Works for reading: War Between them, Karma Police. PyrosNine: Weirdo Magnet Extraordinaire!

11-10-2010, 08:06 PM	#8
Premmy Stop the hate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a nice web on fifty first street Posts: 4,466	scarf needs to be WAYYYYYYY longer __________________ Drank

11-10-2010, 10:42 AM	#3
Ersatz Goomba Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 8	You're a peach bluestarultor. I think pictures would do a much better job of conveying the image than a description by me ever could. The base sprite was Mega Man's default standing pose from the NES games. Here's the best picture I could find of Hotsuma and his rather... busy design. Thanks again for the offer, I can't wait to see the results.