Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: spunos on February 08, 2007, 07:46:07 pm
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Long time lurker, first time poster, reporting for duty. Hello all, nice to meet you!
I have to admit I feel a little nervous about posting here, I haven't been pixelling very long so I'm not very skilled yet :-[ But here goes...
(http://spunos.net/pixels/sixarms.gif)
It's a... topless hindu spider cow smurf god. Or something. Uh, anyway, I've put a lot of time and effort into this piece, but it still just doesn't look good to me. Maybe I've been staring at it too long, I'm not sure... I would be very grateful if any of you could tell me what you think. Thanks for your time :)
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nicely done. I think her skin is a little to shiney.. I love the hands, all in all a nice job :D
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Thank you! The hands were rather difficult, so I'm happy that you like them ;D
I tried removing some of the shine on the skin, but to be honest, I think I prefer the shiny version. This makes it look a little too dull...
(http://www.spunos.net/pixels/wip/sixarms1.gif)
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(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b139/InaneAndMatu/sixarms.gif)
Look and behold, brave warrior, at the destruction I have wrought.
Destruction being anti aliasing.
See how it's got less jaggies now?
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Wow, that looks a lot better :o Less jaggies, as you said, but also much nicer colours. *saves it for further examination*
I'm not so fond of her left knee though...
Thanks Sherman!
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In my opnion, you should move her breasts down, and make the blue brighter.
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the breasts really stand out as wonky. they seem to be pointing in the wrong direction, are to high in her chest, and are oddly lit.
really love the hand gestures. they are great.
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Well, this update certainly took more time than it should have. I'm a slow pixeller...
(http://spunos.net/pixels/sixarms.gif) --> (http://spunos.net/pixels/wip/sixarms2.gif)
Old on the left, new on the right. I changed and added some colours (totalling 16 now, including transparency), added some AA in various places, tried to fix the boobs (not sure if this looks better or worse...) and made some minor cosmetic changes.
I'm really not sure if I'm on the right track with piece. The AA looks kind of messy to me, and the outlines are still very jagged. Should I just keep adding colours until everything is AA'd or is there a more elegant solution?
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Nice job, spunos, the old breasts were a bit crap :P
You've done well on the lighting, too, it looks a lot more natural, but the left leg just doesn't look right to me.
Lol i'm not one to judge really, my best work (my avatar lmao) is owned by your goat-tiara smurf-vishnu.
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Interesting picture. I however don't like the shape of the cloth thing behind her... doesn't look right. It gives me more of a hard shell feeling.
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I think the torso area really needs some fixing. Her boobs are too high, and i think she's lacking a good ribcage. Everything else seems alright to me, i like the legs.. although the hands seem a bit jelly-like in places. The second highlight you're using on the stomach doesn't seem to have been thought about too much, it's just a few scribbles atm. I suggest refining that so it doesn't look unfinished. Personally i'd be adding a buffer shade between the highlight and midtone.. but meh.
Oh and the fingers on the upper left hand need some rounding off, it seems.
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Fixed (or at least attempted to fix): ribcage; highlights; jello hand; square fingers.
Not fixed: cloth thing, because I have absolutely no idea how (and believe me, I tried); left leg, because I don't really see what's wrong with it; high boobs, because to be honest, I like the way it is now, and I do think that it works.
(http://spunos.net/pixels/wip/sixarms3.gif)
I have to say I'm pretty satisfied with the way this piece looks now. I'm also pretty tired of working on it :P and I think it's time I move on to something else, so I hereby declare Miss Six-Arms finished. Thank you to everyone who replied and shared their crits with me, you guys really helped improve this piece muchly, and I've learned a lot in the process. You rock :y: