Thank you! Now for a bit of history, the Roman actually used smaller chariots then the Britons and Egyptians because they used theres for war while the Roman used them more for ceremonies and triumphs and of course the chariot races! And guess what guys, there will now be chariot
races in Kingdom!!!! take a look

With my new spriting skills I am making Kingdom one of the best RPG maker games ever!

And you make a good point about the horses color, I think when I make differnt team chariots I will make them differnt colors.

The chariot with the little guy in is great- I have never seen that anywhere before.

The horses though, in particular in the facing forward one with the chariot need a little more definition- as in the chariot and roman have sharp lines but the horses seem almost blurry - and maybe show the top of their tales. Could be that the grey is not the best colour choice- and maybe four horses rather than two.

Ah ty Kaz lol, yeah my art is the first of its kind! I know the horses are a bit off, I was surprized because they are the default horses, I am going to go over them again, just wanted to show a teaser and put the other spriters to shame, especially the one that just lurks on this site and doesnt contribute

You defenetely have a potential I like your pixel art, and as a pixel artist myself i could say that you doing pretty good job You evaded all beginner's mistakes known to me, which letting me to assume that you have an experience in pixel art. Could you tell me how long you making pixel art? Just curious

Ah a fan! Well I just started doing cray pixel art one day cause it was a NIGHTMARE to always try and find a pixel artist! And the ones i did manage to find were not always ppl id want to work with so this forced me to have to do it myself, which actually has turned out great cause now im doing pixel work that they cant I have been doing pixel art for about 4 months now I think.

Then you learning pretty damn fast Your frankenspriting is on a very good level. When i was starting making pixel art it always turned out to be a pieceof something unpleasant, only now i am able to draw something close to rtp

I wish I could do char pix like you stallion, those fighter poses you have done are badass. I have done the horses now so the whole thing flows great!

Wonderful execution Lato. You are going places I tell ya

Thanks

Oh, Lato, if you'll allow me, i'll say a few thing of this chariot

Chariot's contours are black, it contrasts with pretty much everything. Try to replace it with darker gold, it will look better Also i like how you changed horses' size to fit

You may have a point about the color but I just have a soft spot for the way black looks Anyways I had a few question about your work, ill pm you.

That's cool~ Can't wait to try...
But btw, what program did you use to do spriting?
I kinda want to give it a try ^^

I use Photoshop on all my work. Ok guys I wanted to show you some of the other things I have been working on, I have recently joined the Anonymous Agony team as the lead spriter so I wanted to show you guys a small sample of the work im doing for them. Doing professional work in rpg games is my dream so I hope you guys enjoy the games I work on!

Oh, a cop! So your game taking place in modern setting? I like those, expecially if they are with monsters and magic

Well its not my game, its the teams, I don't like modern settings myself , but its good to try out new things to improve my skills, and she turned out good, I am trying to really get better at char sprites since thats what everyone seems to want. But my real passion and skill is doing sprites that no one has ever seen and done before like my Roman sprites.

How many days it takes to be as good as you anyway? xD
Well, I'm more of an artwork designer of RPGames but spriting seems so adorable~
It's alot harder to try for me, I did that but zooming to one pixels is just...dizzying xD

Well it took about 120 days for me to get this good lol, and im still trying to get better, believe me I thought the same thing when I first tried to do a pixel char, but then I went to art school and really learned a lot and am still learning so that helps. I am also a traditional artist, I have my own graphic novel of my game Kingdom that I made, But im still trying to improve on myself in all areas and would say I dont really know what my main strength is now.

Im just happy now that my work is so good that I have professional game companies wanting me to work for them, its really a dream come true and makes me want to improve even more!

Actually, 120 days is a short time compared to what I did. I tried about one-two weeks and continue it another year but no results, no improvement lol. Art school? Like a university or studying in a studio from a certain teacher?
What about 'no main strength' but good in all-round arts? I guess that works better than just being such a prodigy in one aspect of arts ^^

Aww, I always want to have some companies but it's hard since I don't relle have many people irl that could help.
What you told really fuels me up! Wheee, I hope we both can improve and probably joining the NIS or Square studio lol~
Dreaming doesn't hurt, does it? ^^

Well I actually went to school at Fullsail University for game art. I learned a lot there. I would rather have just 1 strength but oh well, i am happy to be good a a few things and am about to get great at more. I like having the freedom I have now, working for a big company is great but trust me they take away your freedom. Being able to choose what game companies I want to work for now is much better for me and it feels good to know I have the skills they need.

Is it like a side-course where we can do in a free time or you take it as a replacement for your actual college time?
And umm...I desire more of a game-design school than an art institute, but I'll be more than glad enough if I could study there in the art school.
It's always good to stay positive and be glad of our abilities.
I can't tell about major studios, but working with pros and 'beyond Godlike' artists makes me like..you know, is that a better proud than that as an artist? ^^

I believe it is very prestigious to be in a position where you are working alongside an experienced professional game artist, but I always think that dreaming and aspiring to become better than your favourite artist idol is more prestigious (mostly if you actually develop your own style of art that is as recognisable and popular as a major gaming artist; who knows, maybe one day you'll be equals). Never doubt your dreams, press on until you meet them.

Fullsail is a university and a very expensive one! But I am very glad I went. I have just added chariot races to Kingdom! It's so cool! Here is a sample of one of the other chariot teams.

That's much better than the previous one! Excellent work, and it's really quite unique and neat that you've added chariot racing in your game.

Thank you! I really need to stop adding all these cool things to Kingdom or I will never finish it lol, I was just doing the final bug testing then all of a sudden I added in roman ships and chariots But my fans paid for something special so i'll give it to them.

Here is a book I made for my game, gonna use events to be able to read books:) Here is also the scroll form, both open and closed.
Im getting my work done on AA faster then I thought I would be, so i'm looking for some work that would interest me.

They look great, but I'd have to comment that the closed scroll should have two sides to it if the opened scroll does. D=
You can have a single-side scroll (if that makes sense) if it only opens down and the paper doesn't have a proper end on it (see images below if you don't know what I mean). =]

Sooo doesnt that mean that I did it right? cause if the non open one only have a single proper end, and when you open it it looks like the pic you have??

Edit: Ok i also added in the double:)

just dropping by hahah
Those are some pretty nice sprites xD I always like seeing original artwork in an RM game.

And i agree with XMO! Artists like yuumei, kiwinuptuo, maan it's a long way before i get there aha. But if you have a goal, then definately go for it, i'm working my ass off ;D

Why thank you, always good to have another fan! I just keep doing what I do.

Palaiologos flag, featuring the Byzantine double-headed eagle, glory to Rome and glory to Lato for being a badass and making this! This is yet another work of custom art I have done for Kingdom! Not for use without my permission.

I love it!
See, and this is why I said you should make flags!

Yeah I cant believe I didnt make these sooner, but I have made a few and now EVERY map in Kingdom is custom, I have historical Roman, Sassanid, and Antes flags. This was just something I did when I got bored of bug testing it, oh and I also changed the fort dest to have scrolls instead of flat paper lol. But I guess you guys will have to wait to see that, can't show you everything.

I have many ideas and am trying out some cool new stuff never seen before! Im still trying to push my skills to the limits! I know im art staff but it seems like I have been doing resourses more then anything, so I now claim the title of both ART AND RESOURCE STAFF AHAHAHAHAHAH

Ok in my never ending quest to make the whole world ROMAN I have remade the default seat of XP into a proud throne fit for a emperor!

Fantastic!
The wood design appears to match the era, albeit elaborate for wood design, but I guess that's the point. XD

I think the best part is the monster heads I put on the hand rests, they look so badass! To bad I can't use it in my game.

Yeah, that was a pretty cool idea. ^^

Have you considered doing other furniture? Such as wardrobe cabinets or dressers with mirrors?

THAT is a great idea! While I dont know much about furniture I think I could make some old style historically accurate ones pretty easy, Maybe ill do some roman ones.

Yeah, maybe even tables/chairs/etc. ^^
The woodwork style would be neat to see, and of course you could even make stone head figures on pillars (like those in Roman structures).

I would like to present the lady Drusilla! As many of you know I am doing all the char sprites for Kingdom 2 so here is a little sneak peak!

I love her clothes! They match well with the game topic picture of Drusilla, and they are soft colours on the eyes. ^^

Thank you Yeah she looks great, and it means a lot to me being able to do all the sprite work for my game, sprite work costs so much money so im glad ive gotten good enough to do it myself, even better then most since other sprites wont take a job to do chariots lol. Im pouring more time into more roman char and backgrounds so it will really pay off even more. Kingdom was already one of the best looking games for XP since it actually had a time period theme to it and didnt just use a bunch of medieval sprites so im hoping to do even more with Kingdom 2 in Ace, but im still learning it.

You should test your talents on tilesets, I bet a lot of people would love a custom roman style tileset.

I have already done that! I changed the flags to roman and added rome symbols to the buildings, I have done edits and addons for it but as far as doing a complete tileset I think thats out of the question, the compile and instal of XP has just made it not work it really, I think ill try my luck with ACE now. But its cool that I can use all my roman stuff on Ace to.

Ok as most of you know I usually work with XP but now im moving on to Ace after a recent disappointment with the XP system. So this is my VERY first flag edit, the first of many to add some MUCH needed variety to the RTP cause I find ACE lacking in this area, the RTP is just way to bright for my taste but anyways here we go, I will be adding more from time to time to help you guys out and show off my skills.



Once again in my never ending quest to make the world roman I have done my first ACE world set building, the Arena!!!


(Update) Ok so I got really mad at this guy today, he was looking for some sprite work so I looked on his crapy forum, but apparently didn't know what he was doing or how the world works, most of all my time is important. However it's a good thing that most ppl think my work is awesome and totally kick ass, so being pissed off helps me do great sprite work, so here is a world map Roman senate house! This is just a sample, the one I use in my game will be shaded

Can't sleep, again, so I decided to make a series of murals/plaques for Kingdom to be put on the castle/city walls and maybe even inside. ACE is lacking in fine art so I thought id fix that.


Not sure what country I want to make it for though, could be for Egypt or Rome. But yea just thought show off my stuff. Think im still gonna shade it a bit more, maybe use it as a template for others. Not for use without my permission.

It looks neat. ^^
Have you thought of doing the golden eagle atop a pole for the Romans?

I can't find a proper example, so this will have to do:

A Fallout guy holding a Roman standard...lol XMO you crack me up sometimes ANYWAYS lets see the real deal!


Oh and by the way I have done so many of these flags and map add ons that I now have a entire default tileset size sheet of them.
MAUAHHAHAHAHAH

Yeah, there you go! =D

Strangely enough, when I searched Google for an image to represent what I was trying to describe, that one came up. So of course I had to use it.

If I have something learnt about Lato. It is that he is addicted to design flags and banners.

Mahahah cause im the best at it! And I think that is the one thing that the games need most, differnt flags for differnt countries. Flags are really fun to do cause they show off my skills but I think doing icons is the most fun. My tileset is full now, the cool thing about it is I can use it now for all my ACE and XP projects, even though I dont use XP anymore.

Ok I have been wanting to experiment with making new sprites/pix work but not sure where to start, so I looked on the map sheet until I got some ideas, im not really sure how to describe this, its like a old washing station for public use...I think, im not sure if I like it or hate it or really how it would even be used in game but I am wanting to branch out the kinda stuff I do. So tell me what you guys think.


Ok I also did my first desk, this is my first piece of furniture I have done from scratch, im not sure if the proportions are correct so tell me what you guys think.

I like the fountain thing, but it reminds me of a bird bath more than a public washing area.
To make it a better bird bath, you could add little statues spitting water out. =D
(Bird baths are cool to look at.) ^^


The table looks great, with the colours and all, though I think the tabletop is a bit long (up and down) for the length of the legs. I could be wrong because the perspective makes more sense against a background where other, similarly designed, furniture is.