Day 4

I spent a huge chunk of time watching tutorials today. Here are the videos I watched.

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But first, the art I did today!


Today’s Art

Isometric Cloud Attempt

I attempted this cloud with no reference. It went ok?

Cloud Small Cloud Large


Afterward, I attempted an isometric balloon. It reads as a balloon, but I don’t think I quite got the isometric perspective.

Balloon Small Balloon Large


Canvas Size

The canvas size thing was very interesting. I ended up doing a bunch of calculations and came up with a set of pixel canvas sizes.

On-Screen Sprite Sizes: 16 x any number below 22

  • 64 x 64 (Tiny 16x4)
  • 80 x 80 (Small 16x5)
  • 128 x 128 (Medium 16x8)
  • 256 x 256 (Big 16x16)
  • 320 x 320 (Large 16x20)
  • 352 x 352 (Gargantuan 16x22 FullScreen)
  • 704 x 704 (Argentintuan 16x44 Overscan)
  • 1,072 x 1,072 (Titan 16x67 Overscan)

Maximum On-Screen Sprite Canvas Size

  • 640 x 352

The Size Targets

Here’s a big thing I did in GIMP.


Art Styles

During the process of watching this tutorial I get thinking about the art styles that I wish to use in my project. I believe I have settled, or as much as I can settle, on two distinctive styles.

  • Take inspiration from Octopath Travellers backgrounds.
  • Emulate the isometric spites from Ragnarok Online.

Octopath Examples

Overworld 1 Overworld 2

Ragnarok Online Examples

Player Character Examples Boss Example

See you tomorrow.