Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: KorbohneD on September 16, 2017, 01:29:42 pm
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(https://i.imgur.com/5Tw152S.png)
I reworked these tiles a couple of times, because at the beginning I just noised everything.
But now everytime I look at it, it kinda hurts my eyes?
Is this only me? And what can I do better with the palette?
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1. Your textures are too noisy. Simplify them a bit to take advantage of pixel-art's minimalist qualities. You shouldn't be drawing individual blades of grass.
2. Your colors are a bit under saturated. Muted tones work great for pixel-art meant to create a moody, realistic tone. I'm not sure if that's what you're going for.
3. Converting your image to grayscale shows a lack of meaningful tints and shades. Your image is muted by too many gray tones. Try altering the contrast or playing with the values of your palette a bit.
That's all. Any questions?
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1. Your textures are too noisy. Simplify them a bit to take advantage of pixel-art's minimalist qualities. You shouldn't be drawing individual blades of grass.
2. Your colors are a bit under saturated. Muted tones work great for pixel-art meant to create a moody, realistic tone. I'm not sure if that's what you're going for.
3. Converting your image to grayscale shows a lack of meaningful tints and shades. Your image is muted by too many gray tones. Try altering the contrast or playing with the values of your palette a bit.
That's all. Any questions?
Well thanks for that. I will try to simplify everything.
And I lowered the saturation purposely, as it looked even more like an eyesore with before and lowering the saturation helped a bit. Same with the contrast.
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One more thing, choose your overall palette beforehand. I tend to work with a B&W palette then add color later, but it would probably be more beneficial to simply choose a palette of about 8 colors with a meaningful range of shadows, highlights, and tones.
I'm guessing you're a fan of Fire Emblem? Don't be afraid to attempt to emulate the style of your favorite games. You'll discover deeper aesthetics by going through the motions. Keep at it.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1QpWoCUlJJ0/UyzxMbA6axI/AAAAAAAAc8A/Pbgtnvw7YLc/s1600/fire-emblem-gba-1.jpg)
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(https://i.imgur.com/U3N4SrA.png)
I made some plaette, even though I am not that sure it works good.
But it looks way better now, because I simplified things. Thanks for the advise!
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careful with the FE colors, the colors were chosen with hardware in mind
https://cyangmou.deviantart.com/art/Pixel-Gameart-101-04-687587548
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Absolute 8 pointed out the right issues
(http://abload.de/img/2017_09_175bspn.png)