The Shy Experiment

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03 - First Attempt

Inkmonkey

on July 18, 2006

Originally I had drawn my own ? box, but I started to wonder at what point this series would stop being a "sprite comic" and just be some sort of oekaki comic with sprites pasted over it. Personally, I believe that sprite backgrounds simply don't work in comic format. It's all well and good in a video game, but too often the intensities of the characters and the backgrounds are too similar, and the characters get lost in them. There's a way to do it, to be certain, but for me, the method I'm developing just feels better (plus it gives me a chance to practice creating simple backgrounds).

My advice at this point to any spriters out there is to not to get too attached to any one technique. It's good to find something your comfortable with, but if you find a better method later on, don't be afraid to change to it.