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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: lharoon on May 06, 2017, 09:22:48 pm

Title: Blood Orange (first pixel art attempt)
Post by: lharoon on May 06, 2017, 09:22:48 pm
Put this together on my phone (in Pixelable). Basically my first attempt at pixel art, so I could do with some criticism. :)

(http://i.imgur.com/sdsX8FB.png)
Title: Re: Blood Orange (first pixel art attempt)
Post by: MysteryMeat on May 06, 2017, 10:02:34 pm
Too dark, and you gotta watch your banding! Look through the pixels and art glossary thread here, there's a bunch of stuff you could look at here for colors and avoiding banding issues!

http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=19594.0
Title: Re: Blood Orange (first pixel art attempt)
Post by: lharoon on May 08, 2017, 04:16:56 pm
Thanks for the feedback and links MysteryMeat. One tactic I read had to do with using fewer bands of colour. Are these any better in this regard?

(http://i.imgur.com/M9tkAGI.png)

(http://i.imgur.com/Y7YZ0KB.png)
Title: Re: Blood Orange (first pixel art attempt)
Post by: MysteryMeat on May 08, 2017, 10:34:15 pm
Better! Now just tweaked and your colors, you're not quite orange enough for it to be a blood orange. If you really want to sell that it is a blood orange too, I recommend taking a cut of it out to show the inside and it's blood red juicy bits!
Title: Re: Blood Orange (first pixel art attempt)
Post by: lharoon on May 11, 2017, 08:43:57 pm
Thanks again MysteryMeat, really appreciate the suggestions. Here's a stab at your idea of taking a cut. Not really a blood orange anymore, but I'm not so fussed :P. (This (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_lclVymJYsbU/TIE6kGhZzTI/AAAAAAAABLo/_5YGftKR0mQ/s200/split+orange.jpg) was a loose reference).

(http://i.imgur.com/w72fEXB.png)

(I'm not sure why, but my colours appear muted when posted here…).