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HOW TO SHOW YOUR WORK
2. CREDITS
3. DO NOT BE A IDIOT!
4. MFZ ONLY?
5. ORGANIZATION
6. RANKING
7. FILE SIZE
8. BUTTON
9. SUBMITTING
1.
HOW TO SHOW YOUR WORK
- When you post an image on the
forums, you should save it as a PNG.
- To post a sheet,
it must be uploaded to an image host. the most commonly used
one is
http://www.imageshack.us
First press
browse, then upload your sheet into the host. You will be
given a few links; use the one that says "Direct link to
image" do this
by just copying
and pasting it, make sure the link works first!
*To show your
image (click the Image button)
- Does
imageshack not work for you because school blocked it... Well
here's one they haven't caught yet
http://www.bonafideimg.com
2. CREDITS
Now you got your sheet, but there are
rules to follow when spriting, just as in everything else.
When making a sheet, one of the first rules, is CREDIT! This
is not an option at MFZ, and is usually to be found in
almost any area that's has to do with spriting. Without
credit, you are stealing, and will get in trouble. How do
you give credit, and correctly?
There isn't a short cut to credits. When giving credit, you
must give it to everything, and everybody that you used
things from, this includes if its a rip, edit, or custom.
Example:
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"SOMETHING" SHEET
credits: (made up names)
Dude in the Chair
- Credit for making original "something"
If the sprites were originally made by someone else then its
good to say, and to put them first. This goes for projects,
if the original design for the whole sheet was made by one
guy, give him credit for it. If your making the sheet off
someone else's, then make sure to email them first, or get a
connection to them, so you can have permission to extend
their sheet, whether its custom, or a rip.
- (http://something.com)
The link is put in because a name without a link is
basically a blank, no real reason, as well since your on the
net, and not famous you could be anyone with that name, or
anywhere. The link allows people to know who you are, and
where to find you, if not a site, email then.
San Norman
- credit for putting together "Something Sheet"
- following sprites: (rotation sprites, walk/ run
animation)
When making a sheet, if someone added extra poses, say which
they made, minor or not, there's other ways to do this as
well though.
If the sheet is broken up into sections, with each person's
name with there sprites in that section, you don't need to
do this, ex:
Sonic
- (http://something.com1)
Trusin
- following sprites: (fly, spin, spin dash)
- (edited sprites of San Norman)
However, sometimes sprites that were made by another, are
reused to make more poses by another, if so, should be said,
such as: front poses edited by San to make blast attack.
- (http://something.com2)
Snowman
- following sprites: (Other poses, snow board sprites)
Sometimes there just a bunch of random poses edited by
others, and sometime cant be picked out really, or so few
its useless to give a section, if this is so, just say other
poses (if okay with the person who made them) if they made
misc objects, credit for it (snow board)
- (http://something.com3)
Links: Put in at the end to advertise for
everyone, or just give a gist of where the sheet came from,
not needed really.
- (http://something.com)
- (http://something.com1)
- (http://something.com2)
- (http://something.com3)
Hosting: Where is the sheet going to be hosted,
say you don't want it to be everywhere, then you give areas
where its to only be.
- This sheet may only be hosted at
:
(something)
:
(something)
Or you can do tags ex:
The tag must have the name of your site, the link on it, and
its purpose, in this case (only to be hosted)
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3. DO NOT BE A
IDIOT!
Then after words, should be done if
you own an archive, or not, state where the sheet is to be
hosted, if not one area, make sure you have your email on
it! 
DO NOT PUT, only may be used upon with permission, if you
don't have you email on it!
How are they supposed to ask then, also its good to have for
various reasons, one, what if the sheet gets stolen, how is
someone else supposed to know where the original creator is
then to tell them, sprite thieves usually do NOT take tags
off the sheets they steal. But what if they do?
Lucky you!
4. MFZ ONLY?
If you give the sheet to a big sprite
archive, the sheet will be known to be yours, if you don't
want the sheet to go anywhere else to secure the safety of
your work, Read the below, "How to contribute to the archive
twice, and help our site "
People submit lots of sprites here, mostly Sonic stuff, they
all put credits, but there is something there not doing,
there not making it only for the MFZ archive only, some do.
If you look at old sprite sheets, such as one for Psyguy,
they say for Psy, or for Psy only. This meant the sheet
could only be on his site, of course he gave them all away
after he took the archive away, and that tags became mean
less.
To the point. How to contribute to the archive twice, and
help our site.
All you have to do is put this tag on the sheet.
If you only have paint, and are using a color BG, use the
one below, just change the purple BG of it to what ever
color you need it to be.
If you're saving in GIF format and need to save color, use
this one:
or if you need a smaller version
thus stating its only for MFZ, doing this, it will keep
others from taking the sheets and hosting them on there
archive, and in the long run, gives the MFZ archive more
stuff other sites don't, making the archive more valuable as
well.
However this doesn't just help us, this helps you
Some people worry about there sprites moving all around the
internet and being stolen, the best way to avoid this, is
this! It also allows other people to know where the sheet
came from if it does get stolen, kind of like free
advertising, then those people will report the sheet has
been stolen to us, and we can have the site that took it,
take it down, if they won't, well that's something MFZ never
has had to deal with, and hopefully wont, but there are
ways, cause I've seen other sites resort to it.
Also MFZ can support this easily, we now get to 3000 to 5000
hits a day b
d
So in a long topic short, Help MFZ, help yourself, free
advertising, secured sheet.
And if you decide to put the tag on, your sheet is safe,
after words, you can put a joke or some little thing on the
sheet.
5. ORGANIZATION
However there is more to sheets than
just credit, a good sheet also needs to be organized.
Sonic
Take this sheet for example. Notice
how the sheet is in rows, and no space is wasted, also there
are other people who did work on the sheet, the person who
did this sheet, divided the rows of each persons work. He
put there name, and a button to there site if they have one.
Though the credit on this sheet is low, there isn't much to
say though, he ripped the sheet, and Psy and Kajin added
some poses. Sheets like this usually don't need big credits,
very few actual customs.
However some people when they have empty space, say "OMG
EMPTY SPACE! XD" THIS is unacceptable, and MFZ does not take
a liking to the idea, it was funny the first time, but got
old fast, whoever started it, if you have empty space, find
a way to fill it, a joke a panel, more sprites, or if you
really just cant, just say empty space, not big, just 12
font size, if not, don't even bother putting anything.
6. RANKING
Sheets need a certain amount of poses
to be a good sheet, the lowest amount that is accepted at
all, but not usually accepted is 10 sprites, the sheet needs
the basic poses of, run, walk, jump, bend, one action or
two, and some emotions, and some other views of the pose,
front for example. There are rankings for sheets that are
given at MFZ however.
You can not put Ultimate something sheets on a sheet of 20
poses, this is not allowed here, besides I started the idea.
Categories:
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Standard Sheet:
(10 - 49 poses)
Big Sheet:
(50 - 99 poses)
Super Sheet: (ex: "Sonic" Super sheet)
(100 - 199)
Ultra Sheet:
(200 - 299)
Master Sheet:
(300 - 499)
Ultimate Sheet:
(500 - 999)
Divine Sheet:
(1000 - above)
However! Do not do this just for fun, there are other rules
to this system, you cannot just put a bunch of sheets
together and say you got an Ultimate sheet. This rankings
are only to be used on sheets that consist of one character,
if more than one, don't count its poses, and its not based
by emotions, its based on poses, running, walking, stuff
like that, also not only one type of sprite, but a
consistent style, you CANT have the same poses twice in a
row, but have one in a custom either. Its one style, one
sprite type, one character, and based not on emotions, but
poses. 20 emotions at most.
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7. FILE SIZE
Also, if you're submitting a sheet to
MFZ, make sure its size is no bigger than
400KB; this takes
away from our space and bandwidth. If bigger, the
sheet will be made downloadable by ZIP instead.
8. BUTTONS
When updating for MFZ, I have to make
buttons for every single sprite, making them can take a long
time, about half an hour for every single sprite, and its
becoming longer, due to the fact, lets say we get allot of
submission's currently we have more than 20 (10/30/05) and
usually end up with 40 to 50 by the time of the next update.
After making the buttons for them, I have to link them and
arrange them on the archive, this can take up to 1 to 2
hours some times, longer if the programs screw up.
To make updates faster, I'm asking that everyone from now on
makes, when they submit their sheets, a separate button
sprite to go along with it, the button however, has to be a
primary sprite from the sheet.
Example:
notice there is no space around the sheet, and its
transparent, its okay however for the sprite to have a black
box as well, but we prefer transparent.
Example:
However its good to look at the archive, sometimes there's a
theme going on. If the sprite, such as the Super Sonics, all
are in the same pose, its good to pick the same pose as the
others. The Best pose for just about all sprites, and the
primary one is their standing pose. But as I said before,
check the archive to make sure the pose you pick, will fit
with the rest.
If I don't agree with the pose, I will change it, but I want
to do this the least amount I can. The largest a button can
be in 100x100, so zooming in or out.
Example:
It can be a little bigger or smaller, but 100x100 is the
most preferred, for more examples check the archive.
Backgrounds take the longest, cause I try to make them
perfect looking, when doing buttons for those, 100x100 is
required, and don't choose to much stuff, 2 to 3 things are
usually the nicest looking
Try to match the backgrounds up where you think Ill I’m most
likely to put them, I do rearrange them when updating, so
try to make the buttons match up with the one its most
likely to be put next to. For more example, look at the
archive.
Advance backgrounds and 8-bit are to be 80x80
Pixel art, there are done differently, if a art piece,
choose the area on it that looks the best to you or most
nicely done, and put it in a 100x100 box, if a selected of
sprite art, if multiple, choose the best three, and put them
together. If all different on the sheet, choose the one that
looks the best to you.
example:
Please consider doing this to help MFZ and me. This will cut
my time in half when updating, and that's allot of time.
Keep in mind, I might not use your
button, Ill only use it if you have a nice one, and follows
the above.
9. SUBMITTING
When submitting a sheet, if your not
confidant of your sheet being accepted, this meaning we
accept it to be on the site, then bring it to "Spriting
Discussion". Hear people will tell you what they think of
it, EXPECT criticism, they will also give suggestions and
ideas for the sheet. Once it has a rating of 8/10 from
others, its ready to be tested by me, and if I'm not sure,
then I make a vote option on it, if more yes than no,
accepted, my vote counts depending on how much I like the
sheet myself. Though sometimes the vote thing is just to get
an idea of what others think, and even with 20 yes to 2 no,
criticism over rules. So don't expect votes to win your
sheet.
When submitting a sheet, MAKE SURE! That you have followed
all of the above ^^^
If you have, then try the sheet.
Put the title of the sheet on the topic, and the sheets link
in the topic.
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