Title: AlphaEva's Sprite and Art thread
Description: My babies!
AlphaEva - May 11, 2007 02:07 AM (GMT)
AlphaEva - May 12, 2007 09:30 PM (GMT)
Timaster - May 12, 2007 10:56 PM (GMT)
Hm...
I am going to shake my little fists in your general direction, because sadly, I don't have any really good proof for what I am going to accuse you of: sprite stealing.
Here are my reasons:
1) The tiny metroid and metroid husk are from Metroid Fusion.
2) I have seen the baby tallon metroid and the hunter metroid before, ages ago, but I'm not sure who made them.
3) The egg is simply colored from Super Metroid, and people that take credit for recolors are very rarely good spriters themselves, which is why they take credit for recoloring.
4) A good spriter (one that would fit with that metroid) would rarely, if ever, make a sheet that is 99% recolors, or additions of little lines. Those are warning signs for sprite stealers, usually.
5) You lack forum etiquette, and since most good spriters are born on forums, that seems rather alarming.
6) The other forum you frequent (The Hunter Council) has no trace of your sprites, leading me to believe you're not especially proud of them, you're hiding something, or something similar.
7) The fissions are resized from the normal metroids. It seems strange that you would resize your sprites like that... unless they came from separate sheets. Which weren't yours.
If
1) You used them to demonstrate a before/after sorta deal.
2) You were the one that made them.
3) You were just recoloring, and you didn't know that it's stealing to recolor without saying how you recolored.
4) You are not an ordinary spriter.
5) You frequent forums that don't focus on grammar/not double posting, or are a forumless spriter.
6) You don't visit that forum, and the name was a coincidence, or you haven't posted there for some other reason.
7) You resized for some other reason, like filesize.
then I'm sorry for accusing you.
Right now, though, I very highly doubt that those sprites are yours, by the definition of "yours" that means they weren't just run through simple photoshop color changes, but the base was also made by you.
If they're not yours, then you'd better have a good excuse for claiming they are. Saying you didn't know that recoloring without credit is stealing may get you out of some trouble...
AlphaEva - May 13, 2007 04:17 AM (GMT)
ok the metroid itself i made, the shell husks im just using with it for another project, yes the egg is from super metroid, i did some coloring to it. The Baby tallon and hunter i made originally i swear on my life i made them. the tentacle to the hunter i found somewhere but i cant remember so whoever made that i give credit to them and if you see this please put ur name down, and idk why the fission sheet is smaller. it just is. and how do you know im at hc? and i just started back up on spriting and so i posted them here. and HC doesnt focus on sprites.
Sephi-hatu - May 13, 2007 04:19 PM (GMT)
Heh. Methinks somones completely wrong ;)
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| 1) The tiny metroid and metroid husk are from Metroid Fusion. |
Firstly, there aren’t many ways to make a tiny metroid. Theres a reason small metroids look like the ones in fusion. The fusion ones aren’t really that different from Super Metroids either! (Gasp)
And, you’ll notice that the husks merely use the colors from Fusion, and aren’t actually from Fusion. They are shaped like the shells of the metroids on the sprite sheet. (Gasp, that makes sense!)
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| 2) I have seen the baby tallon metroid and the hunter metroid before, ages ago, but I'm not sure who made them. |
Im glad we've all seen them too. Proof is in the pudding, and in this case, I see no pudding. (Therefore, no proof)
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| 4) A good spriter (one that would fit with that metroid) would rarely, if ever, make a sheet that is 99% recolors, or additions of little lines. Those are warning signs for sprite stealers, usually. |
Except for the necessity of the duplicated sprites. You see, if you damage a metroid enough, it changes color. So you need all of the sprites duplicated for the color change.
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| 5) You lack forum etiquette, and since most good spriters are born on forums, that seems rather alarming. |
Ninja please.
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| 6) The other forum you frequent (The Hunter Council) has no trace of your sprites, leading me to believe you're not especially proud of them, you're hiding something, or something similar. |
He also frequents SR388, and (gasp) his work abounds there.
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| 7) The fissions are resized from the normal metroids. It seems strange that you would resize your sprites like that... unless they came from separate sheets. Which weren't yours. |
You'll notice that the image resized itself to fit the screen, and the sprites aren’t actually resized...
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Right now, though, I very highly doubt that those sprites are yours, by the definition of "yours" that means they weren't just run through simple photoshop color changes, but the base was also made by you. If they're not yours, then you'd better have a good excuse for claiming they are. Saying you didn't know that recoloring without credit is stealing may get you out of some trouble... |
Well, I think you should apologize, because from my perspective you've gone to great extremes to try and say that he steals sprites, with almost nothing but your assumption to back you up. It's one thing if you post the sprite that he stole, but that isn't the case is it?
I know his sprites are original because I'm the one who told him to do them. In fact, an earlier execution of the metroid sprite was more egg-like until I told him it looked weird.
So, in conclusion, these sprites are AlphaEva's own, home-made original sprites.
Timaster - May 13, 2007 04:28 PM (GMT)
Jolly good =3
Holy shit those are amazing, though >_>
I didn't want to believe that a random person could be an amazing spriter :<
Sorry for accusing? =D?
EDIT: While I'm here, I might as well give criticism.
1) The uh, thing that looks like a cocoon (tallon metroid cocoon from MP2, I think) doesn't have very good shading, so it looks a bit cartoony.
2) The hunter metroid does not look like a hunter metroid. It looks like you just forced your regular metroids to wear a corset for a year. I'm not sure what it is about it, but it just doesn't look like a good hunter...
3) If I recall correctly, that splitting animation for fissions is inaccurate, but don't take my word for it.
AlphaEva - May 13, 2007 04:58 PM (GMT)
lol its ok, yeah im not really sure what the hunter looks like exactly, so thats the best i could guess from memory, yeah the cacoon is from MP2E i do need to reshade it. and i have no idea what the splitting looks like exactly so again I guessed lol. and the red metroid are Tallon metroids from MP2E not damaged ones. But yeah its all good
Timaster - May 13, 2007 11:11 PM (GMT)
Whoa...
I looked at the Metroid 2 Remix forum thingy, and you've made a bunch of flippin' awesome sprites. Post those here, please =o
AlphaEva - May 14, 2007 12:33 AM (GMT)
Sorry I cant, so no one steals the game sprite, i was told not to, so if i make a sprite and its not part of M2 i will post it
Timaster - May 14, 2007 12:38 AM (GMT)
Isn't there an equal risk that someone steals them from there?
Don't mean to pressure you, since you're not responsible for that rule anyway, but still...
AlphaEva - May 14, 2007 12:48 AM (GMT)
all my new sprites are in the restricted forum now, so no one can get them
Timaster - May 14, 2007 03:02 AM (GMT)
Could you post the non-restricted ones, at least? Pretty pretty please? :^_^:
AlphaEva - May 14, 2007 11:52 AM (GMT)
haha ok heres A dark Metroid I just started
Hairy Pomegranate - May 14, 2007 01:28 PM (GMT)
holy ***t that is some good stuff you've got! i especially like the dark metroid!
AlphaEva - May 14, 2007 08:56 PM (GMT)
Ok i made a sheet for the dark metroid and redid the animation
Dazuro - May 14, 2007 10:24 PM (GMT)
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Damn you. Now my old Dark Metroid looks like crap. ;_;
I think it 'squeezes' in a bit too far though.
AlphaEva - May 14, 2007 10:41 PM (GMT)
you made one too? can I see? and yeah i was thinking it squeezed inward to far
AlphaEva - May 15, 2007 08:55 PM (GMT)
I made some fusion suit sprites modified from SM
REDHALBERD - May 17, 2007 07:45 PM (GMT)
You're a beast. You're probably one of the best metroid spriters I've ever seen, and being on this forum and SCU, I've seen most of them. That Dark metroid is ghastly awsome, though I do think it squeezes in too far.
I feel outclassed.
AlphaEva - May 20, 2007 08:39 PM (GMT)
dude dont feel outclassed, your sprites are awesome!
Dragon - May 20, 2007 11:35 PM (GMT)
The Metroid and Dark MEtroid sprites look awesome. How long have you been spriting?
AlphaEva - May 21, 2007 12:38 AM (GMT)
for awhile but i used to never publish my stuff, until now lol
REDHALBERD - May 21, 2007 01:00 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (AlphaEva @ May 20 2007, 08:39 PM) |
| dude dont feel outclassed, your sprites are awesome! |
Lol, MY sprites. They dont even feel like MY sprites anymore. They're redhalberds, not mine. I'm barely even a metroid fan these days. Hell, I guess it's just school, but I can't sprite like that anymore, nor do I have the motivation to do so. I REALLY want to come back and get back at it, but I just dont see it happening.
Thanks anyway. (goes back to topic redhalberd's work)
AlphaEva - May 21, 2007 02:32 AM (GMT)
I know what you mean, i sprited then stopped but one day decided to do it again, just get back on that horse man!
AlphaEva - May 21, 2007 10:10 PM (GMT)
More sprites
AlphaEva - May 23, 2007 04:09 AM (GMT)

run samus run!
072 - May 23, 2007 04:14 AM (GMT)
Missing a frame or two, aren't we? ;)
AlphaEva - May 23, 2007 04:16 AM (GMT)
072 - May 23, 2007 05:11 AM (GMT)
That might not be the problem, but Samus's "front" foot doesn't kick out as far as her "back" foot, making it look like it at least.
EDIT: Yeah, that's the problem. Missing some frames. Her back foot doesn't go back as far as her front foot either.
AlphaEva - May 23, 2007 11:57 AM (GMT)
hmmm yeah i guess the sheet i was using is missing them
REDHALBERD - May 23, 2007 10:58 PM (GMT)
Funny, I dont see any missing frames.
edit: Nvm, I took it into Jif animator, and you're missing a frame for some reason.
AlphaEva - May 23, 2007 11:09 PM (GMT)
Thanks guys! i found the missing frames so now it should look better
REDHALBERD - May 26, 2007 10:11 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (AlphaEva @ May 23 2007, 11:09 PM) |
Thanks guys! i found the missing frames so now it should look better
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It looks very smooth. Any updatesish?
AlphaEva - May 27, 2007 01:35 PM (GMT)
yeah i will post part of the sheet im working on in a bit
Hairy Pomegranate - May 27, 2007 08:23 PM (GMT)
is it super metroid style?
AlphaEva - May 27, 2007 09:06 PM (GMT)
AlphaEva - May 28, 2007 03:23 PM (GMT)

Okay here is an update on the sheet im working on and it looks better on a dark background
072 - May 28, 2007 06:44 PM (GMT)
Ha, better than the original!
But is it just me, or is the arm cannon arm especially long on the slanted poses?
AlphaEva - May 28, 2007 07:56 PM (GMT)
yeah it kinda is but i think the fusion cannon is longer then the orginal
Gold Leader - May 28, 2007 11:37 PM (GMT)
On the slants her hand is holding the part of her arm right before the gun. The gun itself is fine all-round.