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Pixel Art / Re: [wip] Chickens (TitleScreen for a game)
« on: March 14, 2007, 07:50:59 am »I don't particularly like the foreground chickens, the design isn't too appealing, the poses seem inconstant and they're out of perspective on several places. I'd do an overhaul on them. The idea (headbutting angry chickens of different teams) is nice thoughI always thought that they looked a bit strange but I can't put my finger on it. I stared at them so long that I don't notice many unappealing things on them anymore though, except the feet maybe, which I will probably modify. It would be helpful if you could put a few red marks on those several places where you think that they are out of perspective. (The creature on the left is meant to be a duck btw, not a chicken. The ducks are the enemies of the chickens in the game.)
My only suggestion for motivation is don't do the stuff you hate all at once, or you'll end up hating the whole thing. If I were the one working on this, I'd have gotten really bored with line art. Color is a big motivator for me, so for each section of line art I got done, I'd let myself color it as a reward.That sounds like a good suggestion. So far, doing all the lineart has indeed been a bit tedious. I'm somewhat inflexible in that regard though, because I don't have any idea yet how I will color/texture/shade the whole thing but maybe it will work too, if my reward is to pixel some other small piece(32x32) in colors after each piece of lineart in this one.
its helps to get a ton of reference pictures, even for things which you think you know how they look, because then if you do have reference pictures, it makes it so much easier in your mind to know whether what you are doing looks right, and if it looks right, then you feel more at ease while working rather then wondering if there is a better way.Sounds like a good idea as well. I'll start googling for reference pictures for every item in the drawing, right after having breakfast. So far, I only used reference pictures for the feet of the duck and the chicken in the foreground (which still look odd) and for the barn.
also, if you find yourself just staring at it and not placing any pixels, force yourself to place pixels down, even if they aren't correct. The act of placing pixels down should help you get into the rhythm of placing more down and eventually you won't even be thinking about how to start it because you'll be doing it.
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