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ASEprite, 42 Colors, 2 Layers, 24 HoursThis...this is a personal project I've been working on for the past week or so. After playing tons of Zelda Classic (fantastic game) I began to question the graphics of many people's custom quests...usually people just use art from the 8-Bit Zelda games or they edit 16-Bit sprites. Most of the original spritework in Zelda Classic quests is very poor, so I set out to create my own sprite set. I had trouble deciding on an idea, though, so I looked throughout Zelda's history to find inspiration. And it struck me...why not make sprites based off of the ACTUAL original artwork?

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Unsurprisingly, like in many NES games, the original artwork looks faaar from the game's sprites. The heads are far bigger and the designs are more clear, but a lot of the sprites lost a ton of their original detail. But you might say "But the original dot artists only had 4 colors to work with!" Humbug! The only limit of art is your creativity, so it was inexcusable the in-game art looked so far from the official art. After deciding on my theme, I set to work using the gallery you see above. Some sprites came out looking better than the NES ones, many lost a lot of their charm. Nevertheless, I feel these sprites are as close as one can get to attaining a look similar to the original art, and I'd like to see if anyone can do a better job.

On a final note, I am aware all of the necessary animations are not present. I originally planned to make ALL of the animations and items and tiles, but it seemed like too much work, and I was already worn thin by the time I finished this. But that doesn't mean I'll never finish this sheet! If someone wants to help me out, or if there is enough demand, I will make all of the necessary animations for this sheet so it may be used for custom quests in Zelda Classic 2.5.

Description

ASEprite, 42 Colors, 2 Layers, 24 HoursThis...this is a personal project I've been working on for the past week or so. After playing tons of Zelda Classic (fantastic game) I began to question the graphics of many people's custom quests...usually people just use art from the 8-Bit Zelda games or they edit 16-Bit sprites. Most of the original spritework in Zelda Classic quests is very poor, so I set out to create my own sprite set. I had trouble deciding on an idea, though, so I looked throughout Zelda's history to find inspiration. And it struck me...why not make sprites based off of the ACTUAL original artwork?

[link]

Unsurprisingly, like in many NES games, the original artwork looks faaar from the game's sprites. The heads are far bigger and the designs are more clear, but a lot of the sprites lost a ton of their original detail. But you might say "But the original dot artists only had 4 colors to work with!" Humbug! The only limit of art is your creativity, so it was inexcusable the in-game art looked so far from the official art. After deciding on my theme, I set to work using the gallery you see above. Some sprites came out looking better than the NES ones, many lost a lot of their charm. Nevertheless, I feel these sprites are as close as one can get to attaining a look similar to the original art, and I'd like to see if anyone can do a better job.

On a final note, I am aware all of the necessary animations are not present. I originally planned to make ALL of the animations and items and tiles, but it seemed like too much work, and I was already worn thin by the time I finished this. But that doesn't mean I'll never finish this sheet! If someone wants to help me out, or if there is enough demand, I will make all of the necessary animations for this sheet so it may be used for custom quests in Zelda Classic 2.5.