Sprite Coloring Tutorial– In this tutorial, you can see step-by-step decisions that were made to bring a sprite to life from a standard “base sprite.” This tutorial discusses techniques such as eliminating horizontal lines (and limiting vertical lines), picking a proper color shade, and how to use different shades to round out the inherent flatness of a sprite.
Tutorial Video– In this video, John Cutting improvises his way through the creation of a new sprite pose for Lost Noise. The tutorial starts off with a quick comparison of older efforts vs. newer ones and why design decisions were made. The video will also show real-time coloring decisions