Special: Sprited VXA dress 1 coloured: Looseleaf style

Recolours of last weeks dress :D

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• Free for use in RPG Maker VX Ace, or in other RPG Maker versions provided you own RPG Maker VX Ace as well, for both non-commercial and commercial. 
• If the item is used in a commercial game, you must provide me with a free copy when the game is publicly released. 
• Do not redistribute or claim edits as your own.
• Credit is required when using in a game (Sarah_yt)

Check This! Thursday 8: MV animals

Ok... time to share my favourite resource pack to date.

MV animals by whtdragon!

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/whtdragons-animals-and-running-horses-now-with-more-dragons.53552/

I really love whtdragon's animal sprites. So many, and so good!

What will you do with these animal sprites?

Special: Sprited VXA dress: Looseleaf style

Here's a first sprited-dress. You may recognise it as one of the dresses in the RTP Inside tiles ^_^

This is made to Looseleaf proportions - see gif - but with VX Ace's three column set-up.

If you want to have four columns rather than the standard three, copy the second column (standing still) to an extra column at the front. So it will be:
Column 1: stand
Column 2: step
Column 3: stand
Column 4: step

Terms of Use (different to usual):

• (C) Enterbrain
• Free for use in RPG Maker VX Ace, or in other RPG Maker versions provided you own RPG Maker VX Ace as well, for both non-commercial and commercial. 
• If the item is used in a commercial game, you must provide me with a free copy when the game is publicly released. 
• Do not redistribute or claim edits as your own.
• Credit is required when using in a game (Sarah_yt)

World Building Wednesday 8: Lori and Keet

Time for my favourite twins <3

This is Lori (female) and Keet (male).

This character concept (below) is a bit old as they were originally going to be playable fighters, but as the story grew they have instead become part of the royal family (hence the crowns in the above sprites) and non-playable. 

These two are based on the rainbow lorikeet, hence their very colourful wings and red eyes. I made these two twins as there is normally little difference between male and female lorikeets, and you often see them in pairs (to be fair, the pairs are mating pairs not siblings, but I took some creative licence).

By Tatiana Gerus - originally posted to Flickr as Lorikeet's wings, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6552046

World Building Wednesday 7: Ren

Time to introduce the main character!

This is Ren. He's a half-blood (hence why his wings are not full sized). Ren will have middle-level  stats and will be the most customisable of the playable characters.

Ren is inspired by... wait for it... the wren. I do love those little birds <3 actually my favourite is the Superb Fairy Wren (pictured below), but I didn't want the main character to have blue hair >3>

By JJ Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com) - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=12075434

World Building Wednesday 6: Yesha

This week's world-building spotlight is on an NPC, Yesha.

Yesha is actually based on a cat I used to own - a beautiful ragdoll who unfortunately passed away before he turned two (rare incurable disease called FIP). At the time I took to drawing him as a way of coping with my grief and, given my developing characters based on animals previously, it just seemed to make sense to draw him as a person too.

He somehow managed to worm his way into the story and the rest is history.

He is 9 years old, very friendly and playful. Although he is an NPC, he will be paired with another character that will be playable so expect to see him a fair amount in the story. 

World Building Wednesday 5: Converting character concepts into sprite art

The past three weeks I've shared character concept art for three of the seven playable characters - Bimbi, James and Wedge.

I thought this week it would be fun to have a sneak peek at the sprites that the concept art inspired!

I'm using the 'MACK / Looseleaf' style rather than the standard VX Ace or MV style as I prefer the proportions - more realistic and yet still rather cute and anime-esque.

I use the Game Character Hub (GCH) to make my sprites as it has a large number of clothing items that you can add easily to the character. GCH has a bit of a bad reputation (as per this review) but for my purposes it's ok. The feature I like is a little window in the corner that shows what the sprite looks like walking in all four directions (up/down/left/right).

Anyway, without much further ado, here's Bimbi, James and Wedge.

You may NOT use or share these sprites.

World Building Wednesday 4: Wedge

The next character off the ranks is one of my personal favourites - Wedge.

Aside from Bimbi, Wedge is one of the very first characters that came into being and is also one of the ones that has had the fewest changes over the years. 

Wedge

Inspired by the Wedge Tailed Eagle

By Taken byfir0002 | flagstaffotos.com.auCanon 20D + Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L - Own work, GFDL 1.2, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3209915

The wedge-tailed eagle is the largest bird of prey in Australia. It's also one of the types of 'booted eagle' (i.e. those with feathers on their lower legs). Although they mainly eat carrion, they have been known to take down kangaroos and even horses.

Wedge is a fighter with heavy strength and stamina, but lower defence and accuracy. He's not playable immediately but will be unlockable after the first or second major quest.

World building Wednesday 3: Captain James

Next up after last week's spotlight on Bimbi, is Captain James

Captain James is based on the blue-winged kookaburra

By Adrian Pingstone - Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3338744

I love kookaburras. Although they are more famous for their laughter, kookaburras are actually fierce hunters. They even take out snakes, which is a big plus in my book! Plus that blue on their wings <3

Captain James draws inspiration from these birds. He is a fierce warrior who quickly dispatches any threats. Unfortunately his military training has taken away his more jovial personality and he rarely laughs now.

James is a playable character. He will have above average strength and accuracy, but below average agility.

World-building Wednesday 2

Building on last week's world building Wednesday, having established the general characteristics of a particular kingdom, let's turn attention to the characters.

One of the main characters is a young female Avian named Bimbi. She is inspired by a bower bird, renowned for stealing shiny blue things to build its nest. With this in mind, it makes sense to find out that she is a thief and loves shiny things, a characteristic that gets her into trouble in the story when she steals on particular shiny thing that is of utmost importance.

Here is the original bird (sourced from Wikipedia)

By Tatiana Gerus - originally posted to Flickr as Satin Bowerbird - female?, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5676585

'Bimbi' itself means 'bird' in one of the Indigenous Australian languages. Most of the names of my characters have double meanings :) I won't always post what they are, so see if you can guess them in the future :D