MaidenM

Thank you guys, and especially thanks for comparing it to Golden Sun (oh, my childhood...)! Good points on the slidey room, I feel I need to revisit it to make it more complicated and consistent in how it looks. I found it a bit difficult to make since the other rooms where very snow themed and the slide room was more ice based. Bit of a gear shift so to speak.

So I made a short dungeon for the very beginning of my game. I posted some of these in the gallery thread but now I'd like to know what others think about the layout and such. The dungeon is supposed to be this lonely, desolate cave leading up to a small temple. It is rarely visited, only sometimes by pilgrims who journey to the temple to pay tribute to the dragon who resides there. As it is the very beginning of the game, the prolouge really, I wanted it to be short. It is meant to focus on the introduction of the main character and her reason for starting her adventure. Entrence: Second Room: Third Room: Slidey Room: Temple Entrance: Dragon Chamber: Personally I think these are good for a first try, but not good enough for the game. I will probably revisit them as the game goes on. I would love to hear opinions from others though.

Thank you x) As I was drawing freehand the rounded corners where easy. I'm just worried it might look sloppy atm...

So I'm trying to do parallax mapping because the tilesets scare me. I would like to know what others think. These are meant to be the very first maps in my game, a short ice dungeon to begin with. I wanted to make it look very empty while still giving it a decent amount of clutter. I'm using the resources that came with RPGM, if anyone has any suggestions of what else I can use I would appreaciate it. As it is the very start I wanted it to be simple, like kindergarten simple. A bit of jumping, a bit of pushing, a bit of sliding.

You definitly have a point, I found it much harder to even begin to draw since I stopped reading manga and watch anime. Video games still help, but it's not the same kind of inspiration for me. And you're right, it's easier when I like drawing them. The girl in my example is way more developed appearance wise and I enjoyed drawing her. The orc on the other hand I knew would be difficult since he's not as fleshed out and I'm quite sure that lowered my preformance. Very good advice. I have heard it before, but I always forget so it was good to get a reminder. Flipping the canvas was a new one though, I think I will find it useful. Adding more volume might help, I think I will try it. The reason I didn't was mainly because I wanted to get an idea of what I wanted before commiting.

Hiya, first proper post here! I've been drawing for most of my life at a hobby level, I am self taught and a bit lazy so I've never really done any serious work. Now I want to try making concept art for my game to get my characters fleshed out... and it's bloody hard. I find myself needing a structure I haven't needed before. Not to mention I'm not very good at full-body drawing and I get bored quickly... Here are two characters I'm working on. I'm trying to go for a simple design, few colours and such. How do you guys get your ideas going? Doodling? Planning? Power through? Do you try to go for details or get more of a whole look? Am I thinking too hard about this? Why are arms so difficult for me? don't amswer that...

Hiya, RPG Maker community! I've been trying to get started making a game and thought this place might be useful... If I can stop being shy for a little bit. I've been playing around with RPG Maker for about a year or so but never made a full game. This summer I hope to work on a project that has been lying around for far too long. I'm a bit scared of social stuff, and never really know what to do when I get to a new forum. Any suggestions? Please be nice to me