I was going to necro an old thread of mine (http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=17198.0) but it seems it's made it into good reads, and i'm nothing but happy about that.

So I suppose it's time for sketchthread 2.0, though things are a little less sketchy this time round so maybe process is a better word. The emphasis is changing a little in this one, as I'm making things a touch smaller and more focused on design. I really didn't like the space knight piece in that last thread, it's sheer size meant i spent waay to much time cleaning lines and it scared me away from the process for awhile, but I think i've broken back into things with this shifted direction.

Essentially i'm still trying to let a loose early sketching process generate a certain amount of workable chaos, or happy accidents. This is something I generally enjoy in mediums like ink, pencil or paint and I find this is a phenomena normally lost in pixel art. From that point I'm looking to focus on pallet and design and refine things into something more finished then I was previously going for.

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Hello All,

So I'm trying to get this all polished up, eventually it's going to be a full mockup but for now i'm just trying to complete the room.

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A little hard to read but its a dungeon room giving way to something more fairytale-esque if that gives some context.

Still a ton to do, but I thought this might be a good stage to iron out compositional issues or pallet issues. (or anything else)

Looking forward to your thoughts

Hello Pixelation,

So I've been doing these pixel sketches, they are kind of a halfway point between pixel pushing and sketching on paper, and I thought, seeing as I'm doing a ton and plan to do a ton more, I'd start a thread for it here.

I hope firstly that this style is acceptable for these forums, i'm not being overly messy, but i'm not being particular traditional either. To justify my approach I would say that the reductional nature of pixel line work means a lot of the distracting elements from other mediums (such as line weight) can be circumvented or controlled manually. As well, The fact that you're encouraged to work with a single clean line means you can focus a lot of energy on what a single given line is achieving,  and edit to a very fine degree.

For whatever reason with the process of refinement i find myself losing much less energy when working on these pieces then compared to any other medium i work in.  Which is why it's exciting to me and why I thought I'd share it here. 

Anyway without further rambling here are a few complete works,

Finished:
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Current Work:


Wip Progress:



Other Wips:

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Liking this a lot not idea how i'll handle colouring tho.

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A little looser, might drop this one, unsure.

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Probably treat this like demon ladies in terms of colouring.

A lot of these works will be pushed to different degrees of graphical fidelity. I might go deep with the pixel tech into some but more often i'll keep it fast and simple. Speed is very important to me, if I can complete two works in the time it takes me to polish one, i usually will.

Crits on structure, composition, pose, anatomy, expression ect are super welcome. Crits on pixel craft are also good but just keep in mind the rough nature of what i'm doing. Not trying to squirm outta crits just probably not going to go AA heavy or densely shade many images. I probably won't redo images from scratch either unless you catch the work in the design phase, i'de just rather churn out what I have and start a new piece. (though i'll take the crits on board for the next one).

Okay, i'll update as things happen, assuming people care :0

Hey Guys,

Working on a temple tile set for a project, i'm taking over from a considerably more talented artist as you can see below but i'm trying my best to keep up.

Mine (so far):
(The walls are rough but mostly work for me. The floor feels thematically confused but the ceiling isn't working at all. Happy with most of the well though)
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Previous Artists:


Would love some suggestions, though I don't have the luxury of time to fully remake anyone given thing except maybe the ceiling. Regardless, any crits would still be very welcome.