Just curious, do you guys tackle traditional art in the same way, no outlines just forms at first? I have just started doing this myself with my pixel art and it really helps but it would still be nice to actually see a solid example of how one of you guys tackle it. Any chance of a quick example Adam? I can see how this would work with painting but does the same hold true with other mediums such as pencil? I`ve always gone for the outlines first and feel that this is now not always the best way to start a piece.
Jason.
Depends on what kind of art you're doing. If its painting, digital or paper, you can get away with just smearing colors where you intend to put stuff later, to get the basic idea of what you want.
But for finer more detailed art ( like comic book art ) you always start with an outline.
In pixeling starting with an outline doesn't work as well, unless the picture is large, so blobs of color might be better.
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BTW, I am not sure how you would make a form with pencil without making outlines.