Blood Orange (first pixel art attempt)

[lharoon]

Put this together on my phone (in Pixelable). Basically my first attempt at pixel art, so I could do with some criticism.

[MysteryMeat]

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

[lharoon]

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?

[MysteryMeat]

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!

[lharoon]

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 . (This was a loose reference).



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