The lonely island

[Cazador]

Hi, me again, guess i have pixel fever. This site is the best! Here's a picture i made today, i woke up wanting to be a castaway though.


                                                   

[VictorR]

This was beautiful so I made some tiny edits. You still kindof left out some light areas.. usually coconut trees have coconuts so I added some
Also I messed around with the water which I think i screwed up. Other then that I love it!!

[Cazador]

Thanks again for your time Victor, nice touch with the coconuts, i forgot those  but i think that the tree has too much light in your edit, and i was trying to do an evening scene... anyway looks fine.

See ya

[D39]

That looks great Caz, it has a very calming feeling to it.

The only suggestion I can make is that unless it was left contrasty for stylistic reasons, you might want to AA between the different tones in the sky a bit to smooth out the transitions.

[Cazador]

D39, i can say that the high contrast in the sky is a decision that i think looks good, but anyway i tried the antialiasing thing but didn't result so good... i guess i need some help...

[robalan]

You can't really aa a horizontal line; it has no aliasing to anti   What you could do is use more dithering patterns than simple checkerboard, thus resulting in seemingly more colors and a smoother transition.  That or you could just add a bunch more colors, but it's your call.

Also, you may want to consider cleaning up your art a bit.  I know the focus is supposed to be the tree, but when my eyes drift into the sky, they get stuck on the moon and I start wondering why there's a strange, rough, irregular halo around it.  If it's supposed to be a halo around the moon, make it circular at least.  If it's not supposed to be a halo, then...remove it?

Another thing: if it's supposed to be evening, then the sky should probably be a bit darker.  The night sky is pretty black where I'm from.  If it's supposed to be nearer sunset than dusk, then the sky should be considerably more colorful; sunsets are rather vibrant.

Good luck with the piece; you've started quite nicely.

[VictorR]

lol..this is prob the best ive seen form you..you could go somewhere with this style.