Originally Posted by OldManClayton I think I need to get meself photoshop... everyone always says they use it, and I see alot of good graphics that look photoshop-esque. Wish I had enough money for MMF2 so I could do other awesome effects too... No really, what were/are those games Adam? Those are ridiculous! Did you draw those?!
Not everyone. I still use MS Paint. It's easy enough, and it does the job. Of course you probably won't get Dr. James-y graphics with MS Paint but at least I know how to use the thing (unlike Photoshop, where I can do some filters and that's about it).
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I do all my graphics in MMF2's internal editor. Which kinda limits me to pixel art, but then again my games are all 2d platformers anyway, so pixel art is all that's required.
I do them all in tgf. I don't like mmf's or mmf2's internal editor. Something about the simplistic yet powerful feel of tgf makes it perfect. I'm such a nerd, I can rip through drawing something and programming something so fast it's RIDICULOUS. Not to brag, but sometimes I sit there and go, WHOA. Slow down, too fast, there.
Only my problem was using the line tool or the box tool with the transparent colour selected, it would draw in that colour - NOT transparent like it shouldhave been doing. Try it - I dare you
I don't think many people at all use photoshop to do their pixel art, I'm pretty sure James doesn't!
I, too, use the MMF2 editor - I'd use Graphics Gale for it's colour selection and palette control but it's annoying to copy paste stuff all the time. (Hear that Clickteam? Give me HSL colour sliders in the side bar!)
I don't often use that color of teal, but I did have trouble once back in klik'n'play when I imported a Rockman.exe sprite... It's clear that we're not showing our VERY first games, because they would all likely be horrible (unless, I suppose, everyone was into drawing on the computer before game making.) so I'm having trouble deciding which ones to show, plus I haven't drawn in awhile so I'm likely out of practice.
I can't stand MS Paint. I use the MMF2 editor, it's like the TGF one except more awesome.
Back on topic: I personally feel that my drawing style has improved radically since I joined TDC in 2005. It just doesn't show much in my games, since all my recent creations have either been 48-hours games (which means their graphics are very scruffy to begin with) or just use a graphical style that's hard to compare to my normal style. And yeah I know, that sounds like a pretty half-arsed excuse not to post any screenshots, but whatever.
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No really, what were/are those games Adam? Those are ridiculous! Did you draw those?!
Or it always did for me!
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But yeah, MS Paint all the way baby!
