The problem I'm seeing is that, all of the sprites/tiles are not here; some are missing (i.e. some of the ones in the mock up are only in the mock up). It seems like there are random sprites scattered about; some are great, some need work, and some are not worthy. Also, it seems difficult to keep track of who has sprited what (for credit reasons).
If someone could pull off organizing and leading this project in an efficient manner, that would be awesome. I'd love to try my hand at spriting some stuff myself, but we really need to get things organized a bit first. I have some ideas on how to do this.
The first thing that I think we need to do is get all of the latest sprites together in one place, then we need to categorize them somehow. My idea for categorizing them is to have different sections for the sprites and tiles, depending on how complete they are. I will call these "Completion Grades" (a.k.a. CG). The smaller the number, the more complete it is, with 1 being totally complete. The bigger the number, the less complete it is, with 4 being the earliest stage of development.
THE 4 "COMPLETION GRADE" LEVELS:- [CG 1] Completed Sprites/Tiles:
These would be the sprites/tiles that have been decided to be completed; matching the ZFGC Style. There needs to be some kind of order on how it is decided if sprites meet the standards (also, what are the standards?).
- [CG 2] WIP Sprites/Tiles
These would be graphics that match the ZFGC Style (or extremely close), but may need a few minor adjustments, more frames for an animation, more content, slight perspective changes, etc.
- [CG 3] Concept Sprites/Tiles
These would be more of just "drawn ideas" that are made by people that have a cool idea, or maybe they just can't quite get the ZFGC Style right. Someone else with more skill could take one of these sprites and revise it and get it to match the ZFGC Style.
Why this is a good idea: This way, pretty much everyone can pitch in. You don't have to be a killer spriter like DJvenom to contribute.
- [CG 4] Sprite/Tile Pending List
If a spriter doesn't see a CG 3 or 2 that they want to try to get up to the next CG level, they could check this section for sprites that haven't been started yet, to see if there's something they would like to try to sprite in ZFGC Style. Basically, this would be a list of sprites/tiles that have been decided should be sprited, but haven't been started on yet. No graphics here, just names and possibly descriptions if need be (if the name doesn't identify what it is).
Why this is a good idea: This way, the graphics that are being sprited aren't as random. There is a list of sprites that people have decided they think should be done in ZFGC Style. As to how people choose what goes on the list or not, I'm not sure. As always, there has to be some kind of leader (or small group of leaders) to make a final decision.
KEEPING A CONSISTENT GRAPHICS FORMAT/STYLE: It would be great if someone posted a "how-to" on the ZFGC Zelda graphic style. Just giving a few tips on how to match the ZFGC Style properly. A reason for this would be to help avoid pillow shading, disproportionate graphics, too much or too little color use, etc.
I'm all for starting this up again because it's just not right to have these amazing sprites go to waste. NEED MOAR! ^,^
EDIT: Just realized credit probably doesn't matter, as stated in the first post (credit goes to ZFGC as a whole ;p).
