RandomHomelessGuy - Developer Application (Spriter)

[RandomHomelessGuy]

Ckey/BYOND Username: RandomHomelessGuy 
Discord Name: ElorgRHG
Position Being Applied For: Spriter
Past Experiences/Knowledge: My spriting career, if I can call it that, started on a short-lived codebase I ran with a couple of friends (as first and sole maintainer for a while) due to lacking any active spriters. There I converted sprites for species such as Teshari and Vox (forgive me for my transgressions). The codebase eventually and thankfully blew up, as most new server ideas do, after which I moved to Paradise and Shiptest. There I continued with minor contributions such as randomly deciding to resprite the entire security department on the former alongside some minor resprites which basically all of them were TG ports. After taking a short break of two years I returned, first to Paradise, and now I’m here. My main expertise with spriting is clothing, objects, and similar. I like taking older looking sprites and uplifting them as much as I can to make them actually usable. I was also originally a code contributor (and maintainer) for the vast majority of my ss13 contributor career so, while not very good, I know my way around that too.
Examples of Past Work:

Some examples from Paradise which I consider worthy of showing, most of these are TG ports though so nothing special:

• Captain clothing, 
• Jumpsuits and softcaps,
• Security jumpsuits, 
• Security suits (and security related items), 
• Engineering jumpsuits

 From Aurora: 

• Corporate (and departmental) jackets, 
• Winter coats, 
• Suit jacket,
• blazer, and dress pants
• Unathi Jizixi dress, Himean voidsuits
• Various Tajara-related resprites made in collaboration with the Tajara lore team:
  • https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/21085,
  • https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/21116,
  • https://github.com/Aurorastation/Aurora.3/pull/21206

Additional Comments: The aspiring developer, unaware of the horrors lurking beneath (sovl), yearns for the sprite mines (Eris) where the succulent and rare pixels (blueshifted palettes) come from. Okay but for real, I have not been here too long, just over half a year, but so far I have been enjoying Aurora. I suppose I just want to involve myself that tiny bit more, especially now that projects such as NBT2 are happening, even though contribution is a path to damnation (read: burnout). Also there’s no codebase under the blue, watchful, and oppressive Byond logo that lacks dedicated spriters no matter the skill.

Edited Saturday at 19:44 by RandomHomelessGuy
Proper bolding and formatting is the key to any successful career (or so I've been told (by me))

[CatsinHD]

Given 1/3rd of the Aurora-related examples are Tajara related, I feel it's suffice to say that I appreciate the work and skill of RHG. The Party gives its +1 in support.

[MattAtlas]

On trial until 01NOV2025.