I have started to plan a Visual Novel called "Eden" It's a sci-fi romance/action. I have started Character Sprite production which is pretty difficult. In Sprite production, you need to consider a number of things; first is the character's general personality. A sprite in a VN needs to portray that character's personality through the body language, colour scheme and even his/her speech patterns. Another thing that needs considering is facial expression. If a character is serious and cold, they will rarely smile or cry. If a character is a cute, bubbly and all round happy person then they would have plenty of different smiles or laughs. If the character is quite young then the expressions need to reflect that (usually though big eyes and small mouth) appropriately. Other things include outfits and hairstyles. When it boils down to it, Character sprites have a lot of thought put into them and hours upon hours of improving and re-doing are spent on just one character.
