Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: AdamAtomic on April 29, 2006, 01:22:20 am

Title: Copper & Fred!
Post by: AdamAtomic on April 29, 2006, 01:22:20 am

I'm working on something a little more substantial but I snuck these in today:

(http://adamatomic.com/copper/copper.png) (http://adamatomic.com/copper/fred.png)

Any tips on how to max the details out there would be appreciated!

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: The B.O.B. on April 29, 2006, 01:35:29 am

Sure thing...But first I need to see what exactly your talking about. I gotz da red X.(can't see the pics, in other words)

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: goat on April 29, 2006, 01:54:11 am

The trick to maxing out details in small sprites is to not explicitly draw them, but to imply them.. it takes a good sense of abstraction to figure out which details to preserve and how to place varying shades together to replicate them.  It comes with practice :p

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: Helm on April 29, 2006, 01:22:17 pm

I'm very happy with these sprites, I actually can't give you any technique critique really... I guess you win!

EDIT: okay, okay, very very nitpick crits

(http://www.locustleaves.com/fred.png)

let's call it a 5-1 your way then.

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: AdamAtomic on April 29, 2006, 06:58:20 pm

Hey Helm thx so much, that looks much more smooth and subtle to me!

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: AdamAtomic on April 29, 2006, 07:19:50 pm

Ok I updated Fred, I kept my selout on his brown area but I adapted your ear and neck shading pixel for pixel I think, its just dead on and helps those shapes pop so much, thanks again!

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: Helm on April 30, 2006, 12:18:10 am

No worries. Glad to be of help.

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: Razz on April 30, 2006, 02:54:31 am

Oh man, I love this comic. With a passion. *highfive*
But I think Copper certainly needs to be at least 1.5 times as tall as you've pixeled him. Unless you weren't going for the proportions.

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: AdamAtomic on April 30, 2006, 03:05:24 am

Yeah razz you're spot on actually, but I made copper first at 32 px high, and then I had fred shorter but had to size him up to get the face detail I wanted, so I settled for out of proportion for now :)  hopefully I will get to repaint copper sometime soon!

and yeah, i agree, copper makes my month!  "jump station" is my most recent favorite...

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: AdamAtomic on May 10, 2006, 02:54:36 pm

I can't say for sure this is bumpworthy, I'm kind of new to this forum, but this was a huge honor for me:

http://www.boltcity.com/

Now I really wish I had made these sprites better!!

Title: Re: Copper & Fred!
Post by: Helm on May 10, 2006, 02:57:09 pm

I love how he has no problem to say it. "Pixel art". Great. Awesome.