Class 64

Today I did some more work on some character sprites, by that I mean I finally made Howie his own character. Normally when making one of these characters I would use a template, but the template is sadly at my home computer, so I had to use the main character. So I started by putting two pictures of the main character side by side on two separate layers. I then started to create Howie. I decided to make his shirt after the one he sometimes wears that looks like a game controller.

I also started to work on the rest of the new weapons, so I started with the sniper rifle. This time around I tried to give it more shape. This method worked out significantly. This new rifle looks 100% better then the last one. I used a picture of what I believe to be a Swedish Mauser for reference. Using a reference picture was very handy, because it gave me a better sense of the shape of the rifle. The rifle I ended up creating doesn't necessarily resemble the Mauser, but it has some similarity's. Some of the similarity's would be the general colour and shape, plus those weird metal bands on the barrel that I can only imagine hold the woodwork of the gun together. So far this is my favorite weapon sprite I have created. Tomorrow I will work on exterior buildings, and buildings you can enter. Or work on more weapons and talk to Howie about his cool new recoil.