FireIcarus

The links in the Shatterlight thread don't work.

Okay, I need to get something off my chest: Why is Ayra's battle sprite wearing white? I'm 1000% certain that she wears purple unpromoted. It kinda bothers me a bit. Other than that...well, Chapter 1-2 could use some switching around of the item drops...I also wonder when the portraits will be completed, but still, you're doing God's work here. I look forward to this hack.

Okay...Hear me out, guys. I'm trying to make a portrait of Natasha as a Valkyrie. Of course, because I'm overambitious, I'm stuck yet again... MAYBE someone will help out a douchebag and help make this a finished product. I don't know. I do want to hack Sacred Stones so that Natasha starts as a pre-promoted Valkyrie (which I will post somewhere when I figure out how to make patches as "Natasha Mode"), but I want a portrait to go with it. I tried to make the portrait on my own, but it's not looking that great and the 16-color limit is really hurting my progress and I can't make her hair at all. This WIP here is all I've got. If you're wondering about the weird yellow patches, I'm just trying to see where her hair is going to be using the colors available to me.

Okay...I think my anger has subsided, so now I can be more reasonable. Well, I feel like I can do most of my project on my own. I have plenty of time on my hands. I'm just lazy to a fault and my concentration is stifled by the presence of people that I know will bother me, so that kinda halts my progress... The thing is that I don't think I can make characters with large armor and helmets that cover their face or characters in Yusuke Kozaki's art style (Awakening/Fates), so I want someone to make those for me. Hopefully, I didn't piss off everyone that could've helped me. And Lenh, my project is literally trying to make a fabulous train wreck into as much of a legitimately good hack as I can. It's so bad that I can't change weapon stats because the original creator somehow screwed with the game that much. And yes, there are some horrifically broken weapons.

I'd like to apologize for my little tirade. It's just that I've been trying to get help, but everyone's given me the same unhelping answer and it makes me frustrated. I'm...honestly kinda cringing at my post right now...Still, this is something I felt the need to address. Then again, I'm the same lunatic who wants to single-handedly make an eight-year-old hack that's infamously so bad that it's good actually great in secret to everyone because the original creator and I agreed to keep the project secret until a good amount of it was completed, so I guess I had this coming. Also, to all of your saying that most artists want to be commissioned: I AM BROKE. I'd like to go on about that in particular, but that'll just open a different can of worms that's unrelated to anything. I could go on, but I'm not as angry as before, so I don't have any words for a rant, really. I still feel that people who actually are willing to finish a project are at an immediate disadvantage because this community is more skeptical than something called a community should be. Okay, honestly, I'm surprised my first sentence was actually met positively considering everything else (expectedly) wasn't. I got nothin' else to ramble on about, so I guess I'll just end it there...

We need to make a list of which spriters are available to take requests. An amateur hacker who wants to make their game look shiny and different should not have to yell at the air and hope that someone listens only for that voice to say "Maybe if you get good, people will show up and help you" Also, while I'm aware that art is demanding and taxing, I personally believe that an artist's job is to BE an artist. An artist should be able to take any request so long as it's within their capabilities and aren't overworking themselves. I know not everyone is or wants to be a full-time spriter, but I don't know... I'm just making a long, rambly rant because I feel like anyone who wants nice sprites for a hack is six years too late because none of the good spriters have time anymore and it infuriates me. I expect to get burned by someone who's actually been in the spriting scene for a long time. I know I'm naïve. Well, I should at least contribute to this place somehow...I guess I should just show off a few of my works.

Hey, I'm actually getting it done!

Well, this is what I got so far... It still looks a bit too much like Knoll (who is the base)...

Okay. I will try. Thanks for the encouragement.

So, I'm working on a hack and I wanna include a Wizzrobe (as a Druid) and a Darknut (as a General) because I feel like it would be fun to have a couple of Zelda enemies thrown in to spice things up and also because I'm in a bit of a Zelda fix at the moment. They would be based off their Zelda 1 designs. The problem is that I feel like making portraits for them is a little too complicated for me. Is there anyone out there who could help me out? It would be greatly appreciated.

I need to speak to the creator of this hack.

I'm surprised that of all the flaws in FE1, no one points out the lack of crit avoid. I love FE1 to death, but screw every enemy having a crit rate! It's the only thing that scares me now during late game. Still, this is actually my favorite FE game for some reason. It's probably my affinity for 8-bit. Currently, I'm on Chapter 20. Funnily enough, that's the farthest I got in Shadow Dragon. I beat it at the cost of Minerva...then Chapter 21 happened and I was still traumatized by FE3 Book 2:3 (Book 2, Chapter 3, in case anyone's confused) and instantly quit my playthrough. Stupid Dracoknights...

If I had to choose from Fates, I'd say Niles. If I had to choose from a different FE game, I'd say Dew from FE4. I don't know if I have a limit to how many requests I can make... ^-^"

Cool. I need to get Birthright soon. (Plays FE1 because Niles died near the end of Chapter 17 yesterday and is exhausted by difficulty) Now I just need to figure out how to make blinking and talking frames...

Hmm...I hope this isn't asking for too much, but I wonder if you can make her in a usable form, for hacks and stuff.