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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Matriax on July 09, 2006, 07:39:13 pm

Title: 13x13 icon faces smileys (update)
Post by: Matriax on July 09, 2006, 07:39:13 pm

This is for challenge. You need create a faces/smileys in 13x13 in this variants and well for the moment this is my entry. I Not think imake more, but well, is possible make a farm smileys, etc..

(http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/166/apcaras72gw.png)

And the last 2faces, anybody said seems "tom cruise"... ¿what you think?

Edit: Added cyclops/alien-frog/tipycal smiles

c+c is welcome

Title: Re: 13x13 icon faces smileys
Post by: Andy Tran on July 09, 2006, 09:53:18 pm

 Wow, I can't believe my eyes are bursting with amazement. Those are pretty good Matriax. Got nothing to crit, just love for those 13x13 icons. The 2 last faces look like Tom Cruise, yes. But not really Tom Cruise to what I think. Looks like some white guy with black hair.

Title: Re: 13x13 icon faces smileys
Post by: Matriax on July 10, 2006, 12:03:23 am

Thanks for the comments.

About tom cruise, yes is a white guy etc... but have a little things of tom cruise, in 13x13 i think is a good aprox of tom cruise XD.

Well, update, added a green cyclop, and the cyclop of x-men :) .

And yes i need change the color of the "water".

Title: Re: 13x13 icon faces smileys
Post by: robalan on July 10, 2006, 04:38:02 pm

These look awesome; you got a lot of detail into these small faces.

The only problem I see is that they don't read very fast at 1x zoom.  It may be that they're a bit dark or are supposed to be viewed at 2x, but the expressions don't jump out at me very quickly.  At 2x they read a bit better, but some are dark enough that I really have to look at them to decipher what emoticon they represent.  The lighter ones read much more quickly; there are just a couple of sets that have the problem.  The embarrased expression doesn't read very well on any of the sets; a darker or more saturant blush might help that.  Emoticons need to be exaggerated so that they can be very clearly viewed.

Also, the cyclopses seem to be having trouble winking, and the green cyclops must get a lot of water in his mouth when he cries ;-)

Title: Re: 13x13 icon faces smileys
Post by: Matriax on July 11, 2006, 10:31:16 am

Robalan,

Yes but in 13x13 if you try exagerated more the expresion i think you will lose quality or the face will be more dificult of read.

I added 4 faces now.

(http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/7288/apcaras69nt.png)

I trying make the face of another perspectives ¿what you think?

EDIT: ADDED THE ALIEN/FROG, THIS IS MORE EXPRESIVE FACE I THINK THAN OTHER.

C+C plz

Title: Re: 13x13 icon faces smileys
Post by: Matriax on July 12, 2006, 12:15:54 pm

(Sorry for the double post)

This is an update with the typical smiles in 13x13 with variants:

(http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1179/apcaras7n5cy.png)

I think are more expresives than others ¿what you think?

C+C are welcome

Title: Re: 13x13 icon faces smileys (update)
Post by: robalan on July 12, 2006, 04:23:57 pm

Yes, I agree that these are much more expressive.  The reason for this is that the expressions are greatly exaggerated rather than being normal size.  For example, the "shocked" smiley reads so much better in this new version because the eyes are huge.  In the other faces, the eyes changed by a pixel or two, which isn't quite enough of a difference to jump at 1x.  Good work; I like the simileys.