Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Opacus on November 01, 2009, 07:20:59 pm
-
I'm sick, so started on some pixel piece to pass the time.
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7138/thehiddenpassage4.gif)
28 colours so far, not planning on passing 32.
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2788/thehiddenpassage5.gif)
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2185/thehiddenpassage6.gif)
Comments and critique apreciated.
-
Why not put the focus on one interesting aspect, using those 4 colors?
This seems to get a beautiful scene, why not make it beautiful and interesting? ;)
Get well!
-
I like this especially the second layer, but there's something about the water that's not right, try desaturating it slightly or add some red in the hues. The foreground seems too saturated compared to the rest, maybe try and add a layer or desaturating it or saturate the rest. Anyway, I'll be checking for updates!
-
Thanks for the comment.
Lollige: Yeah, I plan on making the fisherman the focusing point, but he doesn't stand out enough. Though a bright colour could work, would it fit on a traditional japanese fisherman?
And cheers, man :)
Chris2balls:
Thanks man. I think you're on to something there with the layers. I think it's the second layer that's too desatured compared to the first, rather than the first being to satured compared to the though.
And the water's still very W.I.P, I'll do something about that soon.
Here's an update:
(http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/2788/thehiddenpassage5.gif)
-
What fisherman?
-
What fisherman?
Between the 2 rocks.
Guess it's worse than I thought.
(By the way, might wanna steer clear of one liners. They don't take too kindly to one lines here)
-
Hey, just a small edit and color variations i tried
the first one is the original of you
the 6 below are the edits
(http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/792/fixfix.png)
oh and also:
i made the fisherman so, that he's driving the opposite direction now, as i made a second layer ( small waterfall as passage)
-
It is quite obvious which fisherman :p
How about moving the image a bit to the right, to get a more interesting composition? And instead of going brighter, you could also give him a red suit. That could work quite realistically, and it defenitely makes him stand out...
Play
Oh, and also, you might want to play with the angles of your waterfalls. It would be strange if they were all pointed to the camera, and it especially annoys me on the middle one of the set on the left.
Quick NPA composition edit:
(http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/7138/thehiddenpassage4.gif)(http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/7351/composition2.png)
(http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/3530/composition.png)
-
Lollige is right, a nice composition lies in those that avoid geometric shapes or everything else that is in order...
saying that all the waterfalls you have right now go like this
I_
I_
I
(btw i always thought you were female lollige)
-
NOOOOoO :'( :'( :'( :-[
Edit your post before Skamocore or Jalonso or Metaru gets to see it!
/offtopic
You can actually lower the horizon even more if you want to:
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8655/composition3.png)
-
Great stuff guys!
Elk: I'm really digging that small extra waterfall idea. I'm so using that.
I'm not sure about the colour edits though, I'm not so much for more purple and blue. It makes the valley look very chilly, while I really want to convey a warm feeling with this piece.
Oh, and I look more like a girl than Daniel does, trust me.
Lollige: I agree very much. Everything of importance is boring and centered. I tried shifting it a bit so the fisherman is now on 2/3 of the drawing, and also on the 1/3 bottom line. This should draw him more attention.
I'll fix the waterfalls later.
How's this?
(http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/2185/thehiddenpassage6.gif)
-
How about giving more shape to the outline of the cliff ledges on the third and fourth layers? They seem rather smooth to the wonderful work you did on the second and first layers. The water's looking good, could I suggest you give more flow/ripples to the stone on the left and the waterfall? I'd see the sky with a bit more blue (and purple) and less red in it, but that's up to you. Looking forward to more!
-
Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude. I didn't have enough time to write a proper criticism and the "fisherman" just looked like an unshaded rock to me in the earlier pictures. Obviously it looks much nicer now. The tinyness of it adds great scale to beautiful backdrop. The only thing I could criticize are the moss patches in the right foreground. I don't know if they are still wip but they look really flat. Kind of like someone spilled green paint on a beautiful painting. I think if u added another color fir shading and also made the moss patches follow the contour of the rock[shading] maybe it would fix?