Portrait Request

[Durandal]

Hey everyone, i am currently working on a hack called "Fire Emblem - Righteous Indignation" (Yes I know the name is long lol) but if someone would be willing to make me even a few portraits I would be more than willing to help them with anything they need, they would also be given full credit. Currently I need 15 portraits, I don't expect one person to make them all, that is asking wayyyyy too much for someone I don't even know. But if anyone has the time and is willing to even do 1, I would be eternally grateful to them, message me on here, or on skype, my skype is *TaylorVain* thank you<3

[Durandal]

Also, I will be including screen shots to show the seriousness of this hack, that it isn't just "another fe hack" I have wanted to do this for years now, and am also looking for a partner in this project.

[ghast]

you should use recolors and place holders for now. Asking for 15 mugs is a lot. and even if you have progress screen shots, it is very unlikely that you'll find someone or a few different people to dedicate mugs for you. I'd suggest trying your own hand at spriting first, even if they are bad. You might be able to catch the attention of some other spriters.

Alternatively, you can wait a month for the Open Source Gallery to open up. There will be open source sprites there.

and its not just about showing screens to show that you have progress made. You need the hack topic to be eye catching with cool stuff being featured. You don't need mugs right off the bat, so like I said, use recolors and try your own hand at spriting. That's what everyone starting out has done.a

Edited June 5, 2015 by GhastStation

[I'm gay dabadeedabada]

you should use recolors and place holders for now.

This, don't most hack authors who can't sprite just use the portraits of the character whose slot the new unit is using until they've got something to show or someone volunteers as an artist? It's not like it's particularly distracting while you're still in development phase.

[Willie]

I could try to make some if you'd like, but they'd be really bad. Any specific types of mugs you'd like?

[Princess Peachar]

Actually...even those that can sprite use recolored vanillas. Lol

[Lenh]

Splicing isn't terribly difficult, and you can churn them out quick once you get the hang of it.

Although I agree, I think it'll be more trouble for you to get it all working than to just live with the vanilla mugs until you get some more headway in and get a feel for what you're doing and where the characters are needed. Alternatively, find and use Nickt's mugs since he's open sourced and hackboxed his.

[Durandal]

I mean I was just asking, it's okay if no one wants to, I understand, it is a lot to ask, but I figured I would try, i also tried splicing I just couldn't do it, my only talent is content, like story, plot, progress, descriptions, the meat of it, designing the levels, the characters, I lack the skill to back the multitude of ideas I have, sadly.

[Durandal]

Thank you all for feed back, this is what I have so far, it is hard for me because I am not good at writing stories, well, I have the ideas, just not the skills.

~Fire Emblem - Righteous Indignation~

Started 6/4/2015 11:37 p.m.

Characters and Classes:

Playable Characters.

1. Straid - Lord~ The Liberator. 18 Handsome, pale skin, black hair, blue eyes, slender face, armor very similar to Ephraim's armor from Fe8 except no cape. EDIT: I do want a cape ;-;

2. Elina - Light Mage~ The Sympathetic. 20 Beautiful, fair, kind of short, blonde, almost white hair, brilliant blue eyes, white robes, similar to Natasha from Fe 8. Very attractive.

3. Damien - Shaman~ The Bookworm. 16 Average height, very pale, purple hair, rounded face, dark purple robe similar to Knoll's robes in Fe8.

4. Yseult - Sage~ The Wise. Phantom is designing this character.

5. Willem - Knight~ The Brute. 28 Stocky, bold features, what you would expect a seasoned, royal knight to look like, brown hair, brown eyes, similar to Oswin from Fe 7.

6. Stark - Archer~ The Wolf. 17 Serious looking, short brown hair, defined face, very dark eyes, similar to Wil from fe7.

7. Hoshi - Myrmidon~ The Cheery. HoshiHearts is designing this character.

8. Kaathe - Nomad~ Lightfoot 19. Now this one is tricky, and I haven't decided, I don't want him to look EXACTLY like all the other nomads. But I still want him to look like a nomad. Difficult.

9. Borus - Fighter~ The Sanguine Slayer. Ahh, Borus, You know that loud, tall hairy really big male relative you know? The one that looks like he could easily pick up a deep freezer with one arm? Yeah this is him in Fe form, very tall, muscular, with a mustache, kind of like Bartre from Fe 6.

10. Conrad - Mercenary~ The Silent. Loosely based on Dieck from Fe6. Except younger. Golden hair, green eyes, Black mercenary armor, the typical one shoulder pad business mercenary/heros seem to have (:

11. Jugo - Paladin~ The Steadfast. 53 basically if you combined the skills and personalities of Seth, Jagen, and Marcus together, that would be Jugo. Shimmering gold and silver lined armor. Solid white hair, dark black eyes. A very assertive looking man. He glows with authority and control.

12. Klein - Cavalier~ The Bronze Flash. Blue hair, pale skin, typical cavalier armor. This guy is supposed to be generic, as with most cavaliers, they are a dime a dozen, as long as people see him and think "Oh a typical cavalier character that I might use for 1 chapter then never pick him again" then it was done right haha.

13. Lopez - Soldier~ The Resolute. Scorcher is designing this character.

14. Rosamond - Sister~ The Somber. Phantom is designing this character.

15. Ria - Thief~ The Man Eater. I think Chigai is designing this character.

16. Washburn - Pirate~ Wildman. 20 A younger version of Fargus from Fe 7.

17. Vivian - Dancer~ The Sultry. 18 A beautiful, flirtatious dancer making a name for herself.

18. ~ Trashed

Enemy Characters.

1. Sid - Brigand~ The Butcher

2. Jasper - Mercenary~ The Monster

3. Mazus - Cavalier~ The Sleazy

4. Adaranth - Knight~ The Glutton

5. Sable - Shaman~ The Wicked

6. Tidus - Fighter~ The Maniac

7. Dario - Paladin~ The Fool

8. Venkalth - Warrior~ The Seashore Killer

9. Weiss - Sage~ The Vile

10. Viktor - Hero~ The Ripper

11. Whitmore - Sword Master~ The Serpent

12. Ulrik - General~ Aegis

13. Vayne - Hero~ The Loyal

14. Crowley - Druid~ The Creeping Darkness

15. Heinrik - King~ The Just

16. ~ Trashed

Neutral/Important Characters.

1. Raimund - Soldier (Halberdier?) The Resolute

2. Guilhelm - Knight

3. Cedric - Sniper Sureshot

4. Tristan - Fighter

5. Elizabeth - Valkyrie The Prodigy

6. Evette - Paladin

7. Baret - Berserker The MAD

8. Darwin - Pirate

9. Osric - General The Wall

10. Possibly a Prince, or Princess?

11. ~ Trashed

12. ~ Trashed

13. ~ Trashed

*The nicknames are purely to help remember the appropriate descriptions for everyone as they are still a WIP obviously*

Important/Noteworthy Locations: Flamepeak Arena, Direcall Mountains, Claydenn Hideout, Shimmerhaven, Silentstrand Beach, Gloommount Graveyard, Windbourne Range, Oxwick Farm, Honeycliff Pass, Ebonglen River, Elderhost Lighthouse, Duskmore Valley, Arrowbay Harbor, Bonefalls, Bleakgrave, Milltown, Redshore, Green Wood Village, Grasscrest Village, Stonewick Valley, Rockhelm City, Coldbourne Harbor, Dragonmire.

Locations: There are 5 major Provinces in the continent of Atiria. Stagwell being the largest, wealthiest province and the most powerful military force in the land, Toran and Kirov two upper middle class provinces handle most of the trade and commerce in the land, Crale a middle class province being mostly markets and live stock and the main harbor "Arrowbay Harbor", and the poorest being Steepcross, plagued by crime and poverty.

Name Meaning: Righteous indignation is typically a reactive emotion of anger over perceived mistreatment, insult, or malice. It is akin to what is called the sense of injustice. This is the story of ~Fire Emblem - Righteous Indignation~

Beginning: The story takes place in Green Wood, a small but bustling town on the edge of Crale, on a cool, cloudy spring day. Straid, the son of a local wealthy lord, curious of the markets and town, snuck out without telling a soul especially not his strict and sometimes overbearing mentor and body guard, Jugo. It was on that day that a chance encounter took place that would change the entire continent of Atiria forever...

~6/5/2015 9:14 a.m.~

When he entered the markets Straid was surprised by the numerous people, he had not seen much past the quiet private residence of his father, aside from the maids and cooks. As he ventured further into the markets he smells very strange smells of foreign foods and exotic incense and the dull roar of the crowds. He hears two men yelling, and a girl running towards him, their eyes lock for only a moment before she barrels into him knocking him to the ground,

"Out of the way little Lord!" she mockingly yelled at Straid, the two men catch up asking where the girl had gone, he explains she knocked him down and she was gone, the men continue their search. Straid examining his personal affects, and realize his gold had been lifted, but that was nothing compared to the Pearl Gem his father had given him from a war long ago in a foreign land. Straid infuriated, took off in the direction of the girl, he asked if anyone had seen the girl matching her description, all seemed lost until a small child, no more than 8 years old said he saw her, the little boy was dirty, scrapes on his knees, and a bandage across the bridge of his nose, "I'll tell you" he said with a sly grin, "but you gotta pay me 5 gold first!" Straid, explained to the boy that she had lifted his coin as well, and if he agreed to help him he would get triple. The boy shocked, excitedly agreed, he walked for hours it seemed into the dangerous part of town. The alleys smelled of rotting meats and salted fish. The boy walked down to the last alley near the edge of town, "Down that way is Jasper's hideout, in the old Elderhost Lighthouse, you should be warned though, they'll kill ya just for lookin at em wrong!" "Jasper's the meanest bandit on this side of Atiria, they say he can kill a man before he even draws his sword!" Straid looks at the boy confidently, "I too, know a bit of swordplay, I was trained by the great Jugo!" The boys eyes widened "Really?! THE Jugo?! The famous hero of the Dragonmire war 20 years ago?!" Straid smiled "The very same Jugo!" The boy practically jumped out of his boots "Wow maybe you can finally end all the crimes, Jasper has been collecting "protection money" from all the merchants from round here and says if they don't pay up HE'LL be the one they'll need protecting from. If you could stop him you'd have all the people in Green Wood cheering your name for years!" Straid looks up towards Elderhost Lighthouse confidently, "Don't worry, they'll terrorize you all no more. I can't sit idly by why bandits plague my home." Straid boldy heads towards Elderhost Lighthouse when a group of thugs follow up behind him. One fatter bandit grunts something along the lines of "Ey you boy, lil Lordling!" Straid turns to the men. "Is there something I can help you with my fine gentlemen?" The fatter bandits face straightens to a more serious look "As a matter o' fact there is. So I ear you're going to wipe all of us out huh?" Straid's face remains still "And where did you hear this from?" one of the bandits near the back pulls the young boy from earlier from behind him, "This lil piggy ere said sumfin bout you wipin us all out eh, bein the hero and whatnot" The boy wrestles his head free and yells "They told me they would kill my sister if I didn't tell them what you wanted I'm sorry!" straids face goes Stone Cold, "Don't worry boy, I'll handle this scum too" "How tough are you all, threatening children? I see now why you are all so feared, you must be quite the warriors hm?" The fatter bandits grins showing the few yellow, orange and black teeth he has left "The lil lordling thinks he can take us all on!" The other bandits proceed to mock Straid as well. Straid's face remains still. His eyes lower to his blade, "Now you all die, here, in the mud like the dogs you are..."

~6/5/2015 11:31 p.m.~

*BATTLE SCENE*

"WOW YOU REALLY ARE GREAT!!" Screamed the young boy. Straid, catching his breath "Axes are no match for swords, they were fools to even try. Also, what is your name boy?" The boy replied "Chad." "Chad is it? I am Straid, the son of Lord Alexander." "Thank you so much, I can't wait to tell everyone back home about this!!" The boy runs off mid sentence. "Now, for the rest of the garbage." Straid peers at the Lighthouse, and steels himself for combat.

~6/8/2015 1:42 a.m.~

Edited June 8, 2015 by Durandal

[Durandal]

I could try to make some if you'd like, but they'd be really bad. Any specific types of mugs you'd like?

Yes Willie that would be EXTREMELY appreciated, and it is okay if they are bad, as long as they get the majority of what I imagine that is more than good enough for me, I could use all the help I can get c:

[Chigai]

I'd be willing to make a few, if you want-- But making them so they can be animated correctly is something I've never done.

I'll try my hand by guessing what some of these characters would look like and go from there.

[Durandal]

I can give you descriptions if you'd like c:

[Chigai]

I can give you descriptions if you'd like c:

If you could, put those by each of the character descriptions. Anyone that would want to make sprites could just read it from there.

[Durandal]

Okay I did it for all the playable characters so far.

[Lenh]

I mean I was just asking, it's okay if no one wants to, I understand, it is a lot to ask, but I figured I would try, i also tried splicing I just couldn't do it, my only talent is content, like story, plot, progress, descriptions, the meat of it, designing the levels, the characters, I lack the skill to back the multitude of ideas I have, sadly.

Don't think that you can complete a project as just Idea-man (literally everyone has ideas). Go look for more hats and find out what your strengths are (a night on Wordpad, while nice, doesn't really cut it).

You could ask but at this point you're asking with the high likelyhood that you won't even utilize the mugs/work others made, because of your lack of effort seeing a project through.

[Edit: Here have some more of those guys. Colors have been reduced to 16.

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Edited June 6, 2015 by Lenh

[NICKT™]

Alternatively, find and use Nickt's mugs since he's open sourced and hackboxed his.

Can't vouch for the quality, as they're all outdated by several months, but it's something.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qe2fsidnadbg2sv/NicktCollection.7z?dl=0

[Chigai]

All right, here's what I have for Ria.

I'll probably take on some other characters, so I may be posting again soon...

Tell me if I should do this one again, because I'm not too sure.

[Chigai]

Alright, I made Damien, and tried to make it so he was animated;

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[Willie]

Yes Willie that would be EXTREMELY appreciated, and it is okay if they are bad, as long as they get the majority of what I imagine that is more than good enough for me, I could use all the help I can get c:

Ok, do you want them framed or just the mug?

[Durandal]

Framed would be nice, and THANK YOU chigai, the damien one is perfect :D

[Durandal]

Can't vouch for the quality, as they're all outdated by several months, but it's something.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qe2fsidnadbg2sv/NicktCollection.7z?dl=0

Thank you, I am free to use them all? I need to give credit right?

[Durandal]

All right, here's what I have for Ria.

I'll probably take on some other characters, so I may be posting again soon...

Tell me if I should do this one again, because I'm not too sure.

I like what you did, I just imagined her with longer hair, but yeah you should, if you want, I like them c:

[NICKT™]

Thank you, I am free to use them all? I need to give credit right?

...aside from Killua and Lin which had help from other spriters, the rest are free to use for whatever you like.

No need for credit, either.

[Durandal]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xtsg4641swk2j2/Fire%20Emblem%20-%20Righteous%20Indignation.zip?dl=0

[Chigai]

Hey, um...

I did Ria again

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I don't know if palettes will work or if you need to fix hers but here it is.