New modder here, just have a question

[clomaka]

I generally draw out my ideas, scan them in to get proportions and everything right, and work on top of that. I don't use the sketch for shading or anything, but i don't see why you couldn't

[CdrDecker]

Many thanks guys. I might have to give it a try. sgqwonkian, I look forward to your weirdyssey mod too.

[Phlagm]

I have tried to do that, but actually found that following the Klakar ship example (which is a photoshop file) loosely it the best solution. My Sphyrna race was drawn from scratch by first drawing a white outline and applying shading and color in layers over the top. Most of my ships for existing races were edited from fragments of other ships of that race, and my own contributions to filling in the gaps. For the additional tan ru and pirates, I scrubbed the color off the ships via a black hue layer and then applied colors or patterns over the top. And I have used photos for some things. But for making a whole race from scratch, i recommend following that file.

http://z7.invisionfree.com/SAIS_Foru...p?showtopic=98

There's the link.

[CdrDecker]

Thanks Phlagm. By the way I liked your mod. I like the sphyrna ships too.

I've attached a .zip of the first ship Achilles. Achilles is freehand with MS Paint. I've done some editing in GIMP. The second one is to be the lights layer.

[CdrDecker]

Update: Removed Achilles, just working out things with GIMP. I've figured out how to do the sprites but the big problem is trying to do the silhouette.

[Phlagm]

There's a great post about it on that same site

[CdrDecker]

Thanks Phlagm.