Piles of Pixels [Selkie's Sprites]

[TheoreticalSelkie]

@Suicune's Fire, the second bat's legs are longer than the first one. They're supposed to be an evo line, but they don't really look like it xD I can revisit the dithering on the snakecat, though I think there might not be a lot of room on the head for it. I'll have to check first to make sure.

And since it's just before Thursday, time for the fourth week of WIP Wednesday!

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WIP Wednesday #4: Layers

It’s like 11:38PM right now where I am! It’s still Wednesday! Trust me! This one will be a bit of an extension over from last week's thing about work processes.

Now for a topic close to my heart: layers. Well, colors is actually much closer, but layers is something I’m still trying to figure out. This is a topic being discussed right now over at r/pixelart so I figured that I would talk about it here because why not. So have a layer breakdown of one of my WIPs here:



Quality might be a bit iffy. But that’s how I tend to work with layers in larger bits of pixel art. Most elements are done on separate layers since it’s easier to manage if I make a mistake with that object.

I am aware that my work process is probably terrible. I don’t name my layers. Need proof? Here:



I mean, I can figure it out just by hitting the eye and seeing what disappears, but it tends to be pretty bothersome to manage. Especially if you did your pixel art on the layer below the current one, or the background layer. However, this process is used for larger sprites that have multiple components. How do I manage smaller sprites?

Similar to that weird snakecat sprite over here: nanana, my layer breakdown are as follows:



I just keep on duplicating layers until I get to the final version. Think of it as restore points in a game; I can always go back if I make mistakes.

Though I figure that I’m not using layers efficiently anyways. Most of the time, my stuff can be done on one layer, but it’s nice to have records of what I was doing previously so I can check and compare the early versions to the final versions.

That’s it for today. As a side note, those weird 3-colored sprites aren’t going to be posted until I finish whatever I originally planned with them. So stay tuned!