Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Hibernated on May 02, 2008, 03:31:30 pm

Title: [WIP] Purple Spaceship
Post by: Hibernated on May 02, 2008, 03:31:30 pm

My art teacher yesterday was demonstrating some tools in photo shop and I spotted a shape I liked, so quickly jotted it down in paint (that's the black squiggles on the right).
When I got home I had a shot at pixeling it, and I'm reasonably pleased with it.
This is my resulting pixel:

(http://eb2bkw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pN2PXEwTq1_1q7q-hxQ5azCTS-0fZcfgOyBLRw0qTn8OsVE9BfcSUQtPJcC3eQ0owqQVeEu86cwVqPjxvmE61rw/ship.bmp)

The main problem I am annoyed with is the edges - they look... well... pixely...
So any suggestions on that would be great, but looking for any criticism in general as anything I do is just to improve my skills for the moment.

Thanks  ;D

...love these emoticons.  :P

edit: http://cid-c3e99c114e89213d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/ship.bmp (http://cid-c3e99c114e89213d.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/ship.bmp) until I figure out how to get the image tag working for it  :'(
edit 2: YAY!  ;D
edit 3: Most recent pixel:
(http://eb2bkw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2itSPVbDJuullpuoXCG4ap32yWGZI-Zn6ePpOYoW-BQD-0jrMRNzxXwx2YzBl-7Ots_20Ak4O19mFiIUHqj3FIi-MyobofGn/ship3.bmp)

Title: Re: [WIP] Purple Spaceship
Post by: Souly on May 02, 2008, 11:26:31 pm

(http://i29.tinypic.com/107t8nq.jpg)
Not really getting where your light source is coming from.
Really the only edit on this worth taking a look at is the cockpit.
If that is a cockpit that is.  :crazy:

Title: Re: [WIP] Purple Spaceship
Post by: Hibernated on May 03, 2008, 01:27:09 pm

Thanks Souly

(http://eb2bkw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1pN2PXEwTq1_1p-KLFJ3Xj1ZJeiN7xPJssB-wwjXL_CIwg8GLfdjTeqUH87laucuAvSb5BvnA4R-xwkPC1YIX_WQ/ship2.bmp)

Any better?

The orange square represents what I'm TRYING to do with my light-source. LOL!
The cockpit is meant to be two separate window bobbles over the cone/cylinder nose...
the extra shades of highlight might help bring that out a bit clearer I hope?

edit: Still need advice on the nasty outline... and also how to make it seem more battle-scarred without extra colours - I tried to do this with little kinks in the shapes of the shadows... but not sure if it just looks scruffy  :-\

Title: Re: [WIP] Purple Spaceship
Post by: philipptr on May 03, 2008, 03:05:38 pm

Small edit to show what you can do with a little cleaning..
(http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2917/asdgp5.gif)
I've simplified the cockpit design for readability-reasons. I think you should either simplify it or add a few more shades to make it readable

Title: Re: [WIP] Purple Spaceship
Post by: Hibernated on May 03, 2008, 04:04:37 pm

wow nice edit philipptr - thanks.

(http://eb2bkw.bay.livefilestore.com/y1p2itSPVbDJuullpuoXCG4ap32yWGZI-Zn6ePpOYoW-BQD-0jrMRNzxXwx2YzBl-7Ots_20Ak4O19mFiIUHqj3FIi-MyobofGn/ship3.bmp)

I tried to follow your example and neaten things up a bit, but at the same time I am trying to make it look slightly more beaten-up so not sure how well that's working  :-\
I have neatened up the cockpit a bit though and I think that looks a bit better now.
Still worried with the edges of the ship though, where they meet the background.

Any comments?