Better Programmer Art
Woot! My article got featured on gamedev.net:
Better Programmer Art: Or how to fake it as a game artist.
I use a lot of examples from past LD48 games (mine and others), and most of this is stuff I’ve learned through doing these contests. Ironically, in the most recent contest I didn’t have time to replace the placeholder art so it pretty much ignores all of these tips.
Hope this is helpful to the community. Enjoy!
Jovoc
Tags: art, article, programmer art, sprites
Comments
philhassey
29. Dec 2008 · 22:24 UTC
nice article .. i really liked the lobster with the butterfly wings 
30. Dec 2008 · 04:21 UTC
Woot! Smiles is “a great example”! Wooo!
HybridMind
30. Dec 2008 · 15:46 UTC
thanks for the great article. some very useful tips there to think about. love the blue lobster too!
pekuja
03. Jan 2009 · 02:22 UTC
Good read.
05. Jan 2009 · 20:48 UTC
Fantastic! I printed it out to read later since I was at the day job, but then decided to read it immediately anyway.