Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Pandameisje on October 29, 2010, 07:24:17 pm

Title: Famous buildings
Post by: Pandameisje on October 29, 2010, 07:24:17 pm

Well I just joined this forum and I want to show how I got started in pixel art. Critique is welcome, but I'm not planning on changing these anymore. Some of these are from a year or two ago, and I like to see how I improve. :) It's my hobby to draw famous buildings in pixel. I do other things as well, but I might post about that later.

All of my pixel art is done in MS Paint. I do have Photoshop, but I prefer Paint's simplicity and the challenge. Oh and all of these are posted on my DA account as well, hence the signature on the last one.

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k316/pandaprotector/Commission%20Examples/TajMahal_color.jpg)
This was my very first building. Unfortunately I saved in JPEG because I was ignorant to better formats at that time. The background is horrible, but I guess it shows that I only just started at that point.

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k316/pandaprotector/Commission%20Examples/BigBen_colorcopy.gif)

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k316/pandaprotector/Commission%20Examples/Pantheon_color.png)

(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k316/pandaprotector/Commission%20Examples/empirestate_color2copy.gif)

So that's it for now. =D I'd love to hear what you think. I still have a lot to learn, but I really enjoy working with pixels so I'm open to any new techniques or suggestions for the next building.

Title: Re: Famous buildings
Post by: Platypotter on November 02, 2010, 08:33:48 pm

The empire state building reminds me of habbo... haha oh well. These are actually very well done.

Title: Re: Famous buildings
Post by: Sintua on November 02, 2010, 09:03:17 pm

The empire state building is fantastic!
Lets see.. .I guess two possible issues would be:
1. The white outline of the windows looks a bit too contrasting n the shadowed side. It might be because of how narrow they are, but maybe a slightly dimmer white would pop out less?
2. The street is the same value, both in shadow and in sun (on the left).

Title: Re: Famous buildings
Post by: Pandameisje on November 03, 2010, 03:43:57 pm

Thanks! :D

Oh my gosh, I completely forgot to shade the street. o_o I can't believe I never noticed that. Thanks for pointing it out to me! And I'm going to try dimming the white outline of the windows to see if it helps.