Hey, thanks for the feedback. I'm currently checking out the changes you made and comparing it to my take, to see what I did wrong.
I'm currently following Decroded's advice and working from references. Pictures, mostly. I don't feel I'm doing that good of a job, but I'm trying to.
Tried to do something with a picture my gf posted on instagram.
(silly, but i'm doing that as a little learning project, making pixel art from her pictures)
It's off, but yeah, I think I kind of made the "fog" work? Not sure. I don't know how to keep the "foggy" effect *and* add some contrast like there is in the picture. I tried some stuff, but it didn't work so this is what I could come up with.
Here's a portrait I tried to do, and that I'm still working on (some lines don't make sense and stuff, also can't post reference, she doesn't want me to)
I guess this is more relevant to the "work from references" idea than pixel art, as it doesn't respect many of its rules.
Also did this one
from this one
But I couldn,t really get the curtains and reflections right so I just took the cat's shape and went with it.
If I may self critic myself, the cat one has "bad colours" (they're too much alike and you can't really read the image well). I know that now, but it's hard to notice those things when I'm working on it.
Also, I think one of my main problem is that I just don't know how to draw. I used to draw as a kid and people told me I was good, but really, I wasn't. I would always draw the same thing and that's making it hard for me to get forms and shapes down correctly. I'm doodling here and there, when I can, but yeah, it's going to take a while.
Honestly, the more I try to draw from reference, the more I feel I'm not good at this. I'm going backwards, lol.