Sizing?

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Started by Glisean 12 posts View original ↗
  1. Glisean
    #1 Source
    I want to make sprites for rpg maker and I'm messing around with different styles of drawing the characters, but I can't seem to get the size right. It seems really small to me when I do 32x32 in pyxel edit

    This is the size of the sprite I get when I export to a png. This doesn't seem right - or am I just drawing too small?
    32x32_Character_Model_Template_original.png

    Here's what my image looks like a little closer
    32x32_Character_Model_Template.png
  2. Poryg
    #2 Source
    If they seem to be too small, draw them bigger. VXA will accept it.
  3. Glisean
    #3 Source
    Poryg said:
    If they seem to be too small, draw them bigger. VXA will accept it.

    I was under the impression that it had to be 32x32 pixels? Can I make it say - 64x64 or something larger so i can get more details in and have it work all the same?
  4. Poryg
    #4 Source
    Yes, you can. The size is not important, what is important is the ratio of dimensions.
  5. Glisean
    #5 Source
    Poryg said:
    Yes, you can. The size is not important, what is important is the ratio of dimensions.

    So its not necessarily 32x32 pixels? It just has to maintain that ratio??? Have i just been totally misunderstanding
  6. Poryg
    #6 Source
    Yup. The sizing will only matter in terms of tilesets. But other than that it's not important what the sizing is as long as every sprite has the same size.
  7. Glisean
    #7 Source
    Poryg said:
    Yup. The sizing will only matter in terms of tilesets. But other than that it's not important what the sizing is as long as every sprite has the same size.

    That makes a lot more sense. Phew I was beginning to think i was just doing a bad job of getting all the detail in. How does it impact tilesets?
  8. Poryg
    #8 Source
    As I said, tilesets are the only ones that have to be the exact size of 32x32 pixels per tile.
  9. Andar
    #9 Source
    you can check how it is done with the bigmonster sprite of the default rtp, those are also bigger.
    Basically the sprites are bottom-centered on the grid, and if they're larger than 32x32 they overlap into adjacent tiles - if they're smaller they don't fill out the grid.
  10. Glisean
    #10 Source
    Is 32x32 typical for a character sprite or is it usually larger in really detailed one