Making game art for the first time please help

nomansohail

Hello i am making game art for the first time , i would like to release this game in iPhone 3, 4(retina display), iPhone 5 and of course in ipad as well , what i wanted to ask is that i am making these graphics in a vector program ie Flash so i can resize them to whatever size and wont loose the quality so should i just go ahead and make them willy nilly or should i take some precautions and keep certain rules in mind about the size and dpi etc ??

SlickZero

72 ppi is a must. And your dimensions should follow the multiples of 2 or 4. 32x32, 64x64, 128x128, 256x256, 512x512, basically make sure your image is divisible by 2 or 4, width and height. Your images dont have to be square like my example, just make sure the width is divisible by 2 or 4 and that the height is divisible by 2 or 4 as well.

creativeapps

I suggest go for Illustrator or Photoshop. In both you can resize as per your requirement. Flash is good for Animations and these 2 are handling graphical part of your gaming.

famekrafts

Photoshop is a must, you can even use anime studio for animation instead of flash. Vector graphics done in flash or anime studio will be lighter than other graphics in size. I did rendering in 3d and my file size are big, like 3mb for a bg. But that's for quality work.

nomansohail

soo i can make all art such as backgrounds and characters and effects in vector a massive size (of course both height and with will be either divisible by 2 or 4) and then just resize them down when importing them to gamesalad

famekrafts

Vector has no dpi, it's without resolution. So if you create for retina, make bg 2048 x 1536. All the other actors make double the size of what you need, if you need 32 make 64 x 64' needs to be divisible by 4. Etc. Resize inside the actor not outside gs.

nomansohail

Vector has no dpi, it's without resolution. So if you create for retina, make bg 2048 x 1536. All the other actors make double the size of what you need, if you need 32 make 64 x 64' needs to be divisible by 4. Etc. Resize inside the actor not outside gs.

so i import bg 2048 x 1536 files of backgrounds and my character walk, jump cycles etc into GS and then re size them then ?

lmpapoutsis1

Thanks for the information above!

Can anyone direct me to a tutorial in which a background and character art are created? I've seen many backgrounds you can buy and characters too, but I would like to know how to go about making my own world (preferably through Photoshop), however any other program would work, I'm not too picky - only concerned with what would be best.

tatiang

Can anyone direct me to a tutorial in which a background and character art are created?

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/33009/spriteattacks-art-tutorials/p1