New explosion animation

[SharkD]

I made a new animation for explosions.







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[Joseph Hewitt]

Given the style of the other graphics, I think that explosion looks too realistic. I would go with something more cartoonish.

[SharkD]

I was hoping to go for a more realistic look for all sprites. If you look at the "pending files" archive from my website, you'll see that the terrain sprites look a little more realistic.

[Joseph Hewitt]

Quoting: SharkD

I was hoping to go for a more realistic look for all sprites. If you look at the "pending files" archive from my website, you'll see that the terrain sprites look a little more realistic.

Realsitic doesn't always mean better. I would like to improve the art in GearHead- I'll be the first to admit that my own additions to the game art are usually terrible- but I don't particularly want to change the style.

I want GearHead to be done in a bright, cartoon-inspired way. This is more than just an aesthetic preference; the color swapper isn't particularly capable of handling realistic looking art, but does fairly well with cartoonish images.

To give an idea of the look I want, here are some videos taken from classic giant robot shows:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqmBVc29Zgk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48XtsG5-HFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ni5OkTpJ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDqG2m4gY18
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMMsqNLTrac

[SharkD]

I've got a couple of sprites, here, that look ok when going for a "realism" style. But, I can understand if that's not the look you want and would rather go for something else.