A dragon is already a monster on the battlefield. These Dragoknights are no exception. However, the time calls on occasion to bring out the heavy artillery... Dragon Cannon Weapon NO.: 1 Type: Gun Speed: Slow (1 projectile per shot) "A furious weapon infused with the power of a dragon." Black Dragon Cannon (DarkBound) Weapon NO.: ???? Type: Gun Speed: Slow (1 projectile per shot) "You do not even know our tongue, do you? Such arrogance, to dare take for yourself the name of Dovah!"
Dragonith, as a big dragon fan it saddens me that this isn't your most popular thread... Oh well, I'm totally up for helping you mod in Dragoknights if(see: when) they don't make it in!
Heheh, that's the initial plan anyways. If the claim holds true for easy modding, then I'll be glad to get these guys up and running in the mod world. Appreciate the offer btw. ^^ I use Photoshop+SAI for the majority of my work. Photoshop and MSPaint are what I use for my sprites.
SAI is great for much of the work if you use an art tablet, but you may find Photoshop significantly more preferable if you use mouse and keyboard alone.
MSpaint, not even kidding, it's about the easiest one availible for pixel art. If that doesn't work for you just find something more advanced that follows these couple of notes. 1. allows "hard" brushes with absolutely no aliasing or fade around the edges. 2. permits you to set the DPI(dots/pixels per inch) of the canvas, this makes it easy to change the size of your pixel art without changing the resolution. 3. Preferably, it allows you to view the whole piece and be super zoomed in at the same time (via a side window or something)
That looks awesome! but now I wonder what their pistols and rifles are like. Also, do you know of any Mac painting things other than PS?
Regarding spritework, this could help ya: Graphics Gale For general art + spritework, GIMP and SAI are also good alternatives.
I hate to force you to do this but, what do the female DragoKnights look like? and if you could; make a sprite? I think it would help get them in-game.
I would agree with rhino here, possibly a slight change to jaw/skull/lower body/tail/spinal structure as well for biological reasons related to egg bearing but for the most part they would be rather similar to males. If you think about it reproduction-related differences are the only real changes between males and females of a species, and reptiles have quite a bit fewer external signs of gender. As a side thought I'm sure this causes fun problems with human/Dragoknight relations since humans are so gender-sensitive but would have no solid visual indicators to go off of. (Think of those times when you've met somebody and weren't sure if they were a man or a women, but with an entire species)
The horns are actually more of a hair-style thing. At least, that's the general idea. Still trying to get those up along with some other things. Females have a bit of a more sleeker appearance than the already masculine males. It's not too much of a difference, but that's the general gist of it. Though, that idea is susceptible to changes if deemed necessary. Will try to make a female sprite today if I have time.~
perhaps a shorter snout? more snakelike rather then pointy eat everything croc face for the female version? Just a suggestion.
