Super Smash B-List (Sprite Comic)

Green-Shirt Q · 02-24-2009, 09:54 PM

Archive (100 comics):

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Stage 1: Everyone Meets Everyone

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Stage 2: First Fights

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Stage 3: A Brand New Day

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Stage 4: Training Mode

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Stage 5: Dumped

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Stage 6: Morgan and Camosaur's Amazing Halftime Adventure

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Stage 7: Preparations

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Stage 8: The Fortress Of Darkness

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Stage 9: Final Battle

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Stage 10: All Stars

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Banners (currently four banners):

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Smilies

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Extras

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Rae Artemi · 02-25-2009, 07:16 PM

Great comic, I have a question though. Can I get a cameo for one of my splices?

Green-Shirt Q · 02-25-2009, 07:20 PM

New comic!

Comic 5: Naming issues

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@^: If you or anybody else gives me a sprite sheet of your character, I may give cameos.

Rae Artemi · 02-25-2009, 09:40 PM

I was kind of thinking more along the lines of them just standing in the background or something, because all of my sprites are stationary splices. Here's a link to all of my work, feel free to use any of it.

Green-Shirt Q · 02-25-2009, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Rae Artemi

I was kind of thinking more along the lines of them just standing in the background or something, because all of my sprites are stationary splices. Here's a link to all of my work, feel free to use any of it.

I was also thinking that too (I just thought sprite sheets would make them easier to incorperate into a scene). I might use those sprites in the background.

Thanks.

The Gremlin · 02-25-2009, 10:09 PM

Do the sprites have to be ours, or can they be from a site we found? If the latter: Great.
Otherwise, as I have no idea how to do sprites: Damn.

Jjkaybomb · 02-25-2009, 10:22 PM

As a... veteran of sprite comics.... I'm going to put this gently.

Oh god, my eyes.... my eyes....

Actually, there are some jokes that I laughed at! "As a pikachu recolor I have to try my hardest to not be adorable..." "try harder"

But ah, its apparent you have no experience in sprite work.

for one, MSP will be your bestest best friend ever. See how your resizes got all blurry? Very undesirable in a sprite comic. I can hardly see your charactors at all. Sprites are about the fine detail, the individual pixels. When they get blurred out... well, its kind've hard to see what they're doing or how they're looking. Not to mention you got... wierd borders around some from the resizing... a good preventitive mesure would be to resize only by factors of 100... so 200% 300%... again, just MSPize, Inkscape, or anything else, is bad crap fior anything but special effects for webcomics.

Your edits are very simple or bittage mixing. I'm more okay than most with people mixing thier bittages in-comic, but on the same sprite, like with Ghengis Kong and the snorlax... ew. It looks... terrible. Very hashed together, very awquard. the resizing doesnt help... And your color choices are very poor. Flaundermouse and Scott are decent recolorings. That dinosaur does not look good at all...

Backgrounds are sparse, but I know more than anyone how much of a bitch it is to make good backgrounds, and they're not eye-blaring, so its okay.

I dunno, in general, it kind've looks like you know what you're half doing. And I have faith in you since you held a very long running comic. But you are very, very inexperienced in sprite comicing ways, a genre flooded with very poor art. The jokes cant hold this up. I wish I could find some sprite tutorials... but dammit, that day and age has passed... *grumblemumble*...

Green-Shirt Q · 02-26-2009, 04:53 PM

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[Advice]

First of all, I'd like to say that, although I appreciate your advice, I would like to say that as far as I'm concerned this comic is focused ENTIRELY on humor and the art can go $#@%!& itself.

If MS paint will get rid of the blurriness, I will try it out. I've tried everything to get the characters clearer while all being the scale I want them to be, and Microsoft Paint will solve that problem, I will try it. I've always forund that program to be quite unuserfriendly if that term means what I think it means, and I always get quite frusterated if I try to use it. I'll still try, though, if it means a solution to my blurriness problem.

As for resizing and stuff, screw you!

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As for the recolouring, how the heck can my colour choices be poor?! What the heck does that mean?!

Also, the dinosaur is supposed to be like that!

Anyway, no, I cannot draw sprite backgrounds. I have downloaded a bunch from various internet sites that I'll be using as much as I possibly can at every single oppertunity I see, but few can fit into the comics I've made so far. So the backgrounds will be sprite-y, but only when it makes sense for the story.

Thanks for your comments.

Here's the new comic!

Comic 6: The beginning of a harsh rivalry

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Jjkaybomb · 02-26-2009, 05:19 PM

I dunno, with the dinosaur, it just doesnt...blend. The colors jarr against one another instead of working together... guh, I cant explain it. It's like how orange and red dont go together, I dont know how to know it. Just look at it and think "does this look good, natural?"

Sorry if I came off rough, wasnt in the best of moods, but, ah, yeah, sprite comics... XD; I've just seen a lot... that were so worse. I'm going to shut up now! *teeters off*

I still think its funny, and if that's all you're going for, then, yay, ignore me, I'm just a crazy criticizer evil lady person! *teeters off... again*

Green-Shirt Q · 02-26-2009, 05:32 PM

I don't know anything about what you're talking about about clashing colours, but the dinosaur looks the way he does for a reason! I spoil no surprise, but you'll all find out very soon.

Anyway, thanks for the advice, even though I picked sprite comic format specifically because of a misguided conception that nobody would critizise it.

Jjkaybomb · 02-26-2009, 05:40 PM

It really depends on the comminity that you're from... I was basically from a very, very high end and demanding sprite comic comunity... this would get torn to pieces there in its prime, actually XD;

Most other places... yeah, I suppose most would just roll with it, accepting it because thats what sprite comics are artwise.... I hate that sterotype. waaahhh *runs off*

You'll always have evil crititcs like me, seriously Q, did you think you could avoid them all? =P

Rae Artemi · 02-26-2009, 05:40 PM

I worked out a simple sprite sheet for one of my splices:

It's not much, but it should be enough to work with since he is levitating.

Green-Shirt Q · 02-26-2009, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jjkaybomb

You'll always have evil crititcs like me, seriously Q, did you think you could avoid them all? =P

I will always hope.

Jjkaybomb · 02-26-2009, 05:57 PM

AND HOPE IS HALF THE BATTLE! Maybe.

Gah, you know I was only trying to help, really, really sorry if I've gone to far! I like this comic, just, when I read it, I can see it being so much better and within your grasp! waahhhh! @.@

Feel free to hit me or something

Green-Shirt Q · 02-26-2009, 06:05 PM

Relax! I'm not mad! Thanks for your input!

*pats Jjikaybomb on back in a friendly manner*

I appreciate your comments. It shows that somebody is reading my "hard work", which I quite like knowing.

Szilard · 02-26-2009, 07:40 PM

Have I mentioned I am reading this?
Cause I am.

Green-Shirt Q · 02-27-2009, 05:26 PM

New comic!

Comic 7: Female fighter

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Originally Posted by Szilard

Have I mentioned I am reading this?
Cause I am.

Good to know.

Green-Shirt Q · 03-01-2009, 08:22 PM

No response? Tough crowd.

New comic.

Comic 8: Transparent failure

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CrimsonAngel · 03-01-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by the_Q

No response? Tough crowd.

New comic.

Comic 8: Transparent failure

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Yuri's my favorite so far, This one making a close second. *russion dance*

Person1123 · 03-02-2009, 07:54 AM

Heh. Heh. I'm shocked that somebody's actually doing a Super Smash Bros-based comic. It's just...

awesome.

Now onto the bad parts: Genghis Kong is WAY BLURRY!

Jjkaybomb · 03-02-2009, 09:23 AM

Hey, I know plenty of people who loose track of everything in the course of battle. Even partially invisible helps.

Green-Shirt Q · 03-02-2009, 07:55 PM

New comic!

Comic 9: Brainless Fanservice

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There is only one more character left to introduce (who isn't in the banner), and then, THE REAL ACTION STARTS!

Jjkaybomb · 03-02-2009, 09:16 PM

...she dies first. What bout this is lol-able?

MSP still not working for you? XD Actually, they're much clearer and improved in the resizing, what am I saying? I'm just an MSPite

Green-Shirt Q · 03-03-2009, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Jjkaybomb

...she dies first. What bout this is lol-able?

I thought everybody loves Ralph Wiggum!

Sorry, but she's here to stay.

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MSP still not working for you? XD Actually, they're much clearer and improved in the resizing, what am I saying? I'm just an MSPite

Actually, with my last comic I just forgot to use it.

Although now that I am using it a little in combination with my beloved Corel Draw PHOTO-PAINT 8, I actually find I like the blurriness instead of the pixilated. It just looks more "right" to me.

But, since it makes it hard for the eyes of the audience, I have used Microsoft Paint with my latest comic a fair bit.

New comic!

Comic 10: Look who it is, kids!

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Assassin89 · 03-03-2009, 05:18 PM

This comic is completely random. Hopefully Master Hand will interject some logic, even if it is 1% of 0, into this plot.

Jjkaybomb · 03-03-2009, 05:46 PM

Woah, what happened in the third panel... o.O

Fourth panel = so true it hurts though *sobs the painful tears*

Green-Shirt Q · 03-03-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Jjkaybomb

Woah, what happened in the third panel... o.O

I tried to expand a spot in the 2nd panel using Microsoft Paint.

Jjkaybomb · 03-03-2009, 05:58 PM

No wonder its so blurrified... it only comes out clear if you expand the spot by multiples of 100... grabbing the corners to expand come out blurry as all others... XD; sorry, I'm no help

The Gremlin · 03-04-2009, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Jjkaybomb

No wonder its so blurrified... it only comes out clear if you expand the spot by multiples of 100... grabbing the corners to expand come out blurry as all others... XD; sorry, I'm no help

Yeah, if you want to expand something, it's usually best to use Stretch/Skew and Stretch the same length for horizontal and vertical. Otherwise it looks blurred and weird.

Green-Shirt Q · 03-04-2009, 09:00 PM

New comics! Two! A dual release!

These two issues are to build the plot a little.

Comic 11: What do you mean they're the new fighters?! THEM?!

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Comic 12: Master Exposition

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