Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Player1 on October 31, 2006, 06:54:06 am
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So, there are my first experiments. C&C please :)
Several buildings for J2ME Townsmen-like game
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/wigwam.png)(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/adobe.png)(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/guardhouse.png)
Child face. Any idea how to make her eyes better?
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/girl1.png)
Older version of the child, just for laughs
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/girl0.png)
Mercilessly Dithered Hoplite With Medieval Halberd
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/hoplite.png)
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Maybe it's just me, but your work seems really flat... ???
especially on the "Child face"
/shrug
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Maybe it's just me, but your work seems really flat... ???
especially on the "Child face"
/shrug
You are right. I'll try to play with colors and shades to fix that. Thanks.
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OK, I'll probably get an award for the worst edit ever, but I hope it helps in some way
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f196/PUD-syn/girl1ed.gif)
Mainly I did some colour changes, I also added some colours to it, and made the eyes darker, but I don't have a clue how to do something about the flatness, I'm not good in depth either :(
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Based on KilledBysuicide's edit. Basically made bits that are darker and bits that are lighter. Thats how to get depth, think
about where the shadows would be and the highlights. Its really bad if you work with a white background. Your pic of the
boy is good, looks like a Roman citizen.
(http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e199/sharprm/Image1.gif)
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2KilledBySuicide
Thanks, that helps, she (or he?) looks much more alive. :)
2sharprm
Impressive, though shading seems a little too agressive in some places:) Thanks a lot. I'll try to learn on this.
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I edited sharprm's edit, trying to make it more close to what I aimed at. Sorry if I returned some errors you fixed :)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/Image2.png)
Yes, I like ears - they make face more childish :)
And here is another portrait, based on sharprm's colors. He's probably Child's older brother :)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/baldie.png)
Shoulders are horrible, I know. That reminds me, are there any good sites about anatomy for the artists in the Web?
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Shoulders are horrible, I know. That reminds me, are there any good sites about anatomy for the artists in the Web?
Yup.
fineart.sk (http://fineart.sk/)
Andrew Loomis PDFs (http://acid.noobgrinder.com/Loomis/)
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Thanks a lot.
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in all honesty, i think the original child's face was the best, it was the most effective of all of them. the style is clear and easy to read, something all of the others, though perhaps more artistically realized, lack entirely.
as for the hoplite, i think if you didnt dither it it would present much better, the dither only serves to obscure and rough up the forms rather than smooth them. the post is fine though. i do have one question about the subject though; why on earth give a hoplite a halberd? it's about 2000 years out of place (halberds belonging not to the medieval period, but to the northern renaissance period and later wars, primarily in the german states).
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in all honesty, i think the original child's face was the best, it was the most effective of all of them. the style is clear and easy to read, something all of the others, though perhaps more artistically realized, lack entirely.
Thanks, though original is just wrong shade-wise, I think:) Her lower left cheek has to be shaded.
i do have one question about the subject though; why on earth give a hoplite a halberd? it's about 2000 years out of place (halberds belonging not to the medieval period, but to the northern renaissance period and later wars, primarily in the german states).
In fact he is also hiding lit cigarette behind his back:) I think he is not real hoplite, but modern model, and is holding halberd just because there were no spear around at the moment.
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I don't have enough time to explain my edit, but I'll post it anyways.
I think your colours were way too saturated, and the shading was a bit off. I'm not expert on anatomy or shading, but I think this should help a bit:
(http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6213/halberteditjc8.png)
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I think your colours were way too saturated, and the shading was a bit off. I'm not expert on anatomy or shading, but I think this should help a bit:
He was just healthy and light was too strong and nearly exactly from his right side. That made shades on his chest less detailed, but added depth to overall figure. But your version is more detailed and anatomically correct, especially in the center:)
Edit for the Baldie - stronger, smarter and europeaner :)
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q190/captain_tylor/baldie-1.png)
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So, C&C for Baldie, anyone?
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Here you go...
It's very good, looks macho ;), but the outline looks too dark, also he should have more angry face. Other than that, good work! :y:
Thats not CC, thats an ass pat and a vague comment.