Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

LightNews

Lavaman

@adhoclavaman.bsky.social

34 followers 27 following 78 posts

Art hobbyist. youtube.com/channel/UCs4CQtMl-kxB0v2JlFZRbKQ https://lavamantilerips.blogspot.com/ Helping with Shattered Diamond. https://gamejolt.com/games/mmsd/863724 Old art handles: https://www.deviantart.com/mtvalmai

lavamantilerips.blogspot.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Dec 6

Set up a blog site to talk about Mega Man graphics. Starting a couple years ago, I ripped a bunch of background tiles from the NES hexalogy and jotted down what I found under the hood. Currently just has the introductory page, but I plan to add more.
lavamantilerips.blogspot.com

Lava's Tile Rips

lavamantilerips.blogspot.com

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · 6d

I am long overdue for making some #deltarune fan art.

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Sep 14

Making key art of my OCs, starting with Molecule Man.
Wanted the rendering to look sufficiently Mega Man without being constrained to one particular official style.

#megaman #robotmaster

Molecule Man. A Robot Master modeled after H20. He uses his special weapon Shrink Ray to turn himself microscopic, seemingly vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Sep 14

Napstablook

Reposted by Lavaman

Ax @axneon.com · Sep 3

Last n simplest attack but prolly my personal favorite, an attack for @adhoclavaman.bsky.social . I am a simple man n when I see characters with Big Symmetrical Head Thing I foam at the mouth a little bit

I'll go head n do another alt text ramble on this one as well but it prolly won't be as long 🧵

A womanlike robot with a somewhat aloof expression looking back at the viewer in a dark room. She has glowing green eyes, two discs on the side of her head and a cylindrical hairstyle, resembling a spool of thread. One arm has a spool of aged ribbon and is outstretched, while the other arm is connected to the ribbon with a large needle

____________________

YAP SECTION

I've always been a fan of Megaman design principals (even the worst ones rarely miss💯) n this design is super fun. This was one of my earliest artfight sketches, but it ended up being the one I struggled the most with. It was one of those things where I got so ambitious with the idea that I kinda paralyzed myself in choices until enough time passed that my mind went "JUST DO SOMETHING". Even though I coulda done more contrast wise, this is probably among my most intense examples of my over-rendered sketch trick to date which I am pleased with

as for why I went the ominous route once again; I've just been watching too much Casshern Sins LOL

____________________

TagAxArt

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 2

Right, one more important thing.

A big thanks to everyone who gave my OCs attacks. I got way more than I was expecting. You made this creature of rock and fire very happy.

I really need to get on updating all of their reference sheets for next time. I was too busy making attacks to finish those!

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Overall, not bad for a first art fight. I still need to control my scope/output-- I like to experiment and that takes time-- but I otherwise feel I grew in skill relative to art I made roughly a year ago.

There were so many attacks I still wanted to do ;_; but I feel that sentiment is universal.

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

7th and last attack, trying to include a background. I still need to practice those-- I definitely overscoped-- but I like how some of the rendering turned out.

OC by @evilbeeman.bsky.social
artfight.net/attack/12897...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Attack #6. Another last-minute addition, or I would've fixed some proportions. I like the double-necked guitar.

@axneon.com and I first met when I drew his Ratboy OCs a long time ago, so this continues that trend.
artfight.net/attack/12869...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

A bit of a time gap between attacks 4 and 5 due to college. The designer for this one makes a lot of good OCs but unlists them frequently, so I made this attack in a bit of a rush (shows in some spots.) Least I got some pixel art practice in.

OC by TimelineJunkie.
artfight.net/attack/12235...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Fourth attack was another Robot Master design, because of course I like to draw those. I played a little with her rendering, sharing colors for the highlights and shadows.

OC by Zosonils.
artfight.net/attack/10557...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Third attack was a case of a simple design with a really fun idea behind him. The bendy root arms let me sorta get loose and make more twisty, curvy lines.

I found Petrhum early on through the random OC button, and I regret not attacking more of those.

OC by Sillby.
artfight.net/attack/98962...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Attack #2. Wanted to get one Dofus OC in there. This was a fun one because the ref sheet was just the bust upwards and a helpful text description, so I got to fill in some blanks.

OC by @artstarmi.bsky.social
artfight.net/attack/97792...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Aug 1

Gonna make a thread of my other attacks now that Artfight has more or less concluded.

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jul 2

My first attack. Sam's designs are peak. #artfight

artfight.net/attack/89413...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jul 19

Finished spriting my sillies. The lineup was stuck at 6 bosses for a while until I found some ways to close the weakness chain.

Not every design is perfect, but they're consistent and help each other stand out. They're all NES accurate too (though Drain Man would flicker a little).

#megaman

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jul 19

Ink Woman didn't translate to a NES sprite very well, but I have an idea on how to fix that...

Reposted by Lavaman

Muffins @chromaclover.bsky.social · Jul 15

"Brother George"
"Oh Brother George"
"Our Brother George returns to us"
#RatboyGenius
11.11.24

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jul 2

My first attack. Sam's designs are peak. #artfight

artfight.net/attack/89413...

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jul 1

artfight.net/~lavaman_inks

God, I have so many OCs I need to add or update... I'll probably be too busy attacking in the meantime. But, uh, feel free to hit me anyway! Can't guarantee a revenge, though.
#artfight

An art gifting game

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jun 20

For a mentor of mine, and his OC. Time flies.

#megamanY+1

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Jun 17

Happy (very late) pride month. Gettin' back to art stuff, hopefully. #ratboygenius

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · May 18

One more fangame tileset remake. Except I went a little overboard and hacked a whole level. #megamanY+1
youtu.be/kk-jA8vQOfg

Timber Man but on the NES

YouTube video by Lava Man

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · May 9

Lastly, just to show that it works, and because I can, I ported the tiles to a couple screens of Mega Man 5.

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · May 9

Didn't realize animation is a separate attachment button and gifs only work there aaaaa

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · May 9

Once in a while I remake MM (fangame) tilesets, for fun. Glue Man's stage is already close to NES limitations, so accuracy didn't pose much of an issue. Just polished it up. Exploring palette-switching for the background and working in one color was a nice exercise.

Original (top) by MegaPhilX.

Lavaman @adhoclavaman.bsky.social · Apr 7

Yes indeed.