Where to find sprites/art

mott555

Not really a coding question, but here it is anyway.

Some friends and I are working on creating a video game and I need to find some art. The game is a 2D top-down action/arcade type thing in a science fiction setting. I'm not really sure how to find artists though...is there any kind of recommended forum where sprite artists hang out and would be open to contract work? Or for that matter, is anybody here talented at drawing sprites and interested?

Lorne Kates

@mott555 said:

Or for that matter, is anybody here talented at drawing sprites and interested?

... so, what's the title of your Purple Dildo game?

flop

There are lots of CC or GPL licensed cliparts available - as bitmaps and as SVG. The latter would allow lossless rotation, scaling, and shearing.

Googling, and first hit says http://openclipart.org/.

Cassidy

I used to hang out over at YakYak which is very gamer-centric, not just full of those who play but those who write, develop, test, promote, market, distribute.

They often share tips and tricks - some musicians will have volunteered tunes for developers, some artists created images and promo sites for gamers, etc.

Not guaranteeing anything, but I found the community helpful many times. YMMV.

Ben L.

The guy who writes code in Microsoft Word made this because neither of our artists are online. You can use it too.

Ben L.

@El_Heffe said:

Pretty sure that's cheating.

Medezark

@mott555 said:

Not really a coding question, but here it is anyway.

Some friends and I are working on creating a video game and I need to find some art. The game is a 2D top-down action/arcade type thing in a science fiction setting. I'm not really sure how to find artists though...is there any kind of recommended forum where sprite artists hang out and would be open to contract work? Or for that matter, is anybody here talented at drawing sprites and interested?

Mott, here is an excellent website for exactly what you want: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gpl+game+resources+sprites

Cheers!

Lorne Kates

@Medezark said:

Mott, here is an excellent website for exactly what you want: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=gpl+game+resources+sprites

In case you're wondering what that site is, here's their "about" page: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=lmgtfy

pjt33

@mott555 said:

Not really a coding question, but here it is anyway.
Some friends and I are working on creating a video game and I need to find some art. The game is a 2D top-down action/arcade type thing in a science fiction setting. I'm not really sure how to find artists though...is there any kind of recommended forum where sprite artists hang out and would be open to contract work? Or for that matter, is anybody here talented at drawing sprites and interested?

Have you tried http://opengameart.org/? Even if you only use it as placeholders, it lets you get your game to the point that an artist can see that you're serious about actually finishing the game and hence worth negotiating with.

Nmare

If your project is serious, forget about clip arts and all those non indie devs website. Indie developers have high standard.

I can recommend you Genevieve from my city. She worked on an indie game called http://www.bollywoodwannabe.com/ and shes not working on a project now. And shes cute! =)

You have this guy here too panicartstudios.com/ But he probably have alot of request.

if you need an illustrator, contact this guy at alexbd.com. Not too expensive.

If you need music, i can sell non exclusive (cheap price) or exclusive rights for some track i made (ambient and technoish style). But i also have alot of contact.

the french canadian indie game scene is on a boom now. Alot of game companies and there alot of 3D schools (they also make pixel art). So if you need something, take my email and i can find you anything. As there alot of artists... price are very good. Our english is far from perfection, but we can all speak in english.

Lorne Kates

@Nmare said:

If your ... I can ... If you

Nothing legitimizes your artistic talent like making forum posts with a Geocities color scheme. Could you not figure out how to randomly change the font size and face, too?

Do you have an Angelfire portfolio-- sorry, I mean "Welcome to the Cyberportfolio of SOANDSO!!!!! =)"

Nmare

i have no idea why the forum randomly added shitty colors like that.

And your post is so usefull. Now i have a goal in my life. Thank you.

Lorne Kates

@Nmare said:

i have no idea why the forum ransomly added shitty colors like that.

Did you pay your monthly protection fee?

Edit: OP fixed the spelling error, but my joke is funny and you should all worship me.

blakeyrat

@Nmare said:

I can recommend you Genevieve from my city. She worked on an indie game called http://www.bollywoodwannabe.com/ and shes not working on a project now. And shes cute! =)

Your post is strange and confusing.

But Bollywood Wannabe looks *amazing*. You should all vote for it on Greenlight.

bgodot

Different at least, and I've bought many games that I never played just to support interesting ideas.

Anyway, for OP, there are many, many times more people who can draw/art stuff than can code, I don't think you'll have difficulty.

I would avoid 'public domain' collections though; some are littered with lifted art from commercial games; and you don't want to get bitten.

My personal plan for games is to ship with crappy self-made art; but with super-easy support for dropping in player made graphic/audio mods. But Ihavn't released anything to the public since commodore 64 days (80 column terminal emulator..)