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This is just a try to create a new monster

Concept: Scale and Pixel: Finished Model :

Looking good

Amazing but I would fix the perspective

It's a good start. There are some problems with the perspective however. It is shown to much from the top. I would expect to see more of the belly, and the hidden legs.

I'll try to fix the perspective during the weekend, I have no much time during the weekdays, I'll add some belly as in the concept and try to show some legs, but it can't be that much, also, once the monster concept is done, I'll find a name for it and change the topic as [REQ] so some one with more experience and skill can animate it (hopefully).

Wow. Great start!

I can't wait to see this in game. Any ideas of where it should go? looks like some kind of jungle/swamp kind of creature imo.

In case anyone is interested, here is the file, it has only two layers, the frame and the color, so the frame can be used for animation, then the color as a guide for finishing.


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Not sure, but I did my best adjusting the perspective.

Before: After : xcf file :

way better

yes, much nicer.

I named = 'Gwyllgi' that means 'Twilight Dog'

Good, now we need the animation.
My part is done, As I mentioned before, I'm not capable of creating the animation, but it should be possible for a pixel artist contributor take it from here.

Your shading is completly wrong on your new model and the perspective used on your first try wasn't that bad at all, it just needed some fix here and there.
If you accept to licence it under CC BY-SA 3.0 and to complete some other directions I might give it a try.

NB: guys it's a 45 degree aerial view, not a front one.

That might be true, but a lot of sprites suffer that the perspective is too much front view and not 45 degree aerial view. Some example are: The player, Mouboo, and the Snail. Therefore it would be IMO out of place if this sprite was really 45 degree.

+1 for correct perspective:
45° perspective
sun in south west
no reason to ignore these ...
to get perspective right its a helpful tool to use blender anyway

aloha chay

A map for it