Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Magides on December 02, 2011, 06:20:52 am

Title: [WIP] Knife Icon
Post by: Magides on December 02, 2011, 06:20:52 am

It's been a while since I've been on the forums, and even longer since I've practiced pixels.

I'm making a knife icon for a video game. Here was my first attempt.
(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd454/magides/sword2.png)

Then I tried to eliminate the black border in order to get more realism in the look.
Added a bit of shading and AA ?   I'm not sure if I did the anti-aliasing correctly, though.

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd454/magides/knife3-1.png)


I would like some help on how to make the knife look more real and professional? for lack of a better word.
Thanks :)

**EDIT** by the way, what happened to the forum? It looks generic..

Title: Re: [WIP] Knife Icon
Post by: Magides on December 04, 2011, 07:25:07 am

Made an edit to the handle to make it look more like wood grain. Also a version of the knife that isn't damaged.

(http://i1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd454/magides/pair.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] Knife Icon
Post by: Juninho on December 04, 2011, 01:53:20 pm

the knife has many colors, and the point of illumination is very strange. I made an edit improving some parts

(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/300/18159793.png)

improved the knife handle also

Title: Re: [WIP] Knife Icon
Post by: TheSouL on December 07, 2011, 05:45:32 pm

Quote from: Juninho on December 04, 2011, 01:53:20 pm

the knife has many colors, and the point of illumination is very strange. I made an edit improving some parts

(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/300/18159793.png)

improved the knife handle also

Well, I think it looks better like this:

(http://i.imgur.com/E6wWY.png)

Look this real Knife:

(http://i.imgur.com/cWCqV.png)