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Pixel Art / Re: Started learning 3 days ago, my first pixel art
« on: April 27, 2017, 11:54:05 pm »
I'm fairly new to pixel art myself (so someone else may need to verify) - my advice seeing as you're literally a couple of days in would be to not do full scenes, focus on single objects and characters. Doing everything means you're not using your time as effectively as you could be. You need to get a semi-decent grasp of the foundational stuff first and therefore you would be better served doing a lot of iterations of precise smaller pieces again and again rather than big stuff with less focus.
And don't be to daunted by the above btw, if you really had your heart set on doing the full whack straight out the gate, you would literally just need 3-4 of the very basic techniques. Stuff like:
Colors -working with a limited palette and making sure you have enough contrast between shades.
Pixel Positioning - some of the simple but key rules to getting your pixels to "read well".
Basic Shading - some very basic light source ideas and not falling in the usual beginner mistakes.
Check this guide out for more:
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299
And don't be to daunted by the above btw, if you really had your heart set on doing the full whack straight out the gate, you would literally just need 3-4 of the very basic techniques. Stuff like:
Colors -working with a limited palette and making sure you have enough contrast between shades.
Pixel Positioning - some of the simple but key rules to getting your pixels to "read well".
Basic Shading - some very basic light source ideas and not falling in the usual beginner mistakes.
Check this guide out for more:
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299