Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Dyble on August 08, 2009, 05:24:52 am
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Hi ;D,I was hoping someone could give me some help on this picture, Its susposed to be a water line of a major city But im not happy with how to water turned out, The syle is I checkerd the whole picture with variouse colors I guess Its called"dithering" but im new so im not sure So if anyone has any tips please help me :hehe: thanks ;D
(http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/6488/waterlinelights.png)
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hey :)
your "city" looks fine!
i'm sorry, but that's not the way, Dithering is used by most of the Pixel Artists :( .
Please, have a look at this:
http://kitted.deviantart.com/art/DITHERING-TUTORIAL-Basics-69747353 (http://kitted.deviantart.com/art/DITHERING-TUTORIAL-Basics-69747353)
It can help you, to understand, what dithering is and how to use it ;D .
Greetings,
Ingo
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thanks for the tutorial I think I will try the dithering next picture I make.
Any idea how to make the water more watery ???
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Hey :)
Soo, it's not a skyline or "city-line" on the evening or morning?
Sorry, if i get you wrong, but english is my second language :-[ .
To add a more watery feel, you can add ripples and waves to the "city-line".
Greetings,
Ingo
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I tryed to make Some waves in the "water" Im not sure if tit turned out good or not so what do you guys think?
(http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5087/waterwavek.png)
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You should probably get rid of the dithering altogether as it's not doing anything for your piece. If you're going to apply dithering, you need to use it to fill an aesthetic or technical goal.
Your water is way too dark. My monitor is probably badly adjusted, as I often have trouble making out darker colors, but I personally feel it's too dark regardless. I looked at this before and thought the entire bottom-half of the picture was black. I actually assumed the light part was the water, and I just thought to myself "Okay... Weird." Now I see the 'water' down there.
I don't really think adding waves made it any better, to be honest. If you still want to add them, I might suggest adding a highlight, as waves are very reflective, and can portray a wide range of values, I don't think you can get that effect with just 1 or 2 colors, not 2 dark shades, anyway.
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Here is a version with no "dithering"
(http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/620/skylinenodith.png)
Now it looks too blank imo
(http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/620/skylinenodith.png)
NEw version added shadow and some dithering back
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there is a small problem in your city, that is: all lights are off...
remeber that some reference is always usefull...
(http://blog.syracuse.com/yourphotos/large_caught_070427_night-lake.jpg)
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I tryed lights in a earlier version It just didn't Look right at all maybe an edit would help?
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i hope it helps
(http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/2109/politoposkyline.png)
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I think your problem is just the utter blackness.
Lighten it up a little, like politopo's edit.
You also need to make some reflections in the water