Initial character design trials
Although I wanted my sprites to mimic the style of Super Mario I made a few changes so that my sprite had some individuality. My first sprite design had a hat, however I changed this to hair as it would suit the person I used as a reference to design the character more, therefore allowing the audience to see that the live action and animated characters are supposed to be the same people.
After deciding on my final sprite design I made a sprite sheet, having pre-drawn sprites will make animating easier as I will just have to place the correct sprite in each frame to create movement. The walking sprite would be a short frame animation, so it make look a bit jumpy- or as if the sprite is only moving one leg to walk, but this is what creates the desired look of a retro sprite.
I placed my characters on a VHS tape recording background (which I had acquired), as this was the kind of thing I was intending to place my sprites on for the finished and final piece. I didn't feel as if they blended with the background, and stood out a bit too much; to fix this I would need to add some filters onto the sprites in order to distort the quality and add an 80's/CRT TV aesthetic.
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