Zeshiro said:Still missing the point, sadly. It's not about the recolor itself. It's about knowing that have something unoriginal and that it needs to be changed. Not that you have something unoriginal and you need to quit. But you have something unoriginal and it needs to be changed. It's not about "How to make a recolor, and what it won't do for you", it's about "What did you learn from your horrbile attempt at making a wad?"
The problem is that they haven't learned, ever. They start, then quit, then start, then quit. It's not like recolors have proven themselves to be a successful learning experience. It hasn't happened yet.
Zeshiro said:What I'm saying is, that this is purely a learning experience. And "the essentials"..? That seems more like a list of what's essential to you. And as for making and S_SKIN: That's why we have this.
And what do you mean an insignificant ammount of learning animation? Looking at something and how it moves frame by frame is the most basic form of animation. Pictures in a sequence is animation. If you can imitate it, you can recreate it. It's about learning how things move. You're now assuming that the person who is making the recolor is mentally challenge, or not intelligent enough to grasp basic concepts. You're making wadding a character seem more complicated than it is.
Unfortunately, you are wrong here. Essentials are just that, essentials. Not essential to one person. What basics a character needs are essentials, and recolors have that already done for them, so it's not the learning experience you make it out to be. They aren't imitating the sprites. They are using each and every pre-made sprite in their characters and drawing junk on top of it. To understand basic design of a character, they need to be able to animate correctly, align correctly, and work in all the angles. Since this is already done, they are not learning that.
Zeshiro said:The fact is, there's no right or wrong way. I understand you're trying to come up with an efficient way, but there are different degrees of efficiency. I could save tons of money year from not buy gas if I just walked everywhere. But I'd just be late to everywhere I go. It's just a matter of opinion.
But your metaphor does not logically make sense in this situation, as it does not clue in remotely to the issue at hand. There are no similarities. And as for "right" and "wrong", I've stated how that there is, in fact, a right and wrong way to do this.
Zeshiro said:But to say that your methods work better than the methods of others, again: Arrogant.
That's true, only if it's presented in an unproven, assertive way. I fail to see either of those as having taken effect in this instance. My method is proven. I did not assert that it was the absolute best. Ratherm I cited it as an example.