Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Pixel Art Feature Chest => Topic started by: alex pang on January 18, 2014, 02:42:12 pm
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I've been working on this lately:
Will post updates etc, critique is appreciated.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BeRF5EbCMAA_rty.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img833/4362/x8aa.png)
Better or worse?
Pixeljoint thread here (http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=18037)
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I think the new wall is more attractive now its not mainly black.
also - that extra outline on the characters with its own highlight makes them look flat like cardboard cutouts. dunno if thats what youre going for! i like it, but it does affect the overall tone/style to make it feel cartoony to me.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BX496IpCQAEZ5jJ.png)
the cartoony feel works I think...
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I think so too! you dont see that look often. I just didnt know whether you intended them to look paper mario-esque or if it was a side effect of trying to make the characters stand out.
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Nice use of a limited palette. What is that, like 4 colors at a glance?
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Nice use of a limited palette. What is that, like 4 colors at a glance?
gameboy yes. 4 colors.
will update when I'm sober.
(http://imageshack.com/a/img197/3723/axi1.png)
Tiles, I think they work better now, and the floor is not so boring.
Will make them less generic later and add lots of variation, but for now how do they look?
(http://imageshack.com/a/img534/7007/fpqd.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img32/7581/rys9.png)
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I think it's coming along quite well, I would play the crap out of this game ;D. It looks like there is a missing separation on the bottom two wall turrety things - they really blend in with the floor (all thought that could be intended). The shadows coming off the wall seem a bit deep as well.
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For the most part, the tiles have a nice and clean feel to them. Some of the wall tiles seem inconsistently lit, though, with the light source coming from various directions without any local light sources to explain the change.
I second the part about the outlines making the sprites look flat. The bright outline dominates the sprite, making the volumes of the shapes within less apparent. I think a better approach is to get rid of the outline and use the brightest shade to increase contrast. Whether you should brighten the darkest shade as well depends on the dominant background color. Most importantly, you'll have more room for details. One pixel is a lot at that size.
(http://www.retinaleclipse.com/edits/axi1-edit.png)
As shown here, bright and dark together stands out against both the dark tiles and the brighter ones. The brightest version looks a bit more flat, but stands out more against the darker tiles. I also found the feet hard to read, so I made them larger.
I also got rid of the lighter shading on the floor tiles in order to further emphasize the sprites. By keeping the floor as simple as possible, it's easier to spot the sprites. If you feel the floor looks boring, I think it would be better to add some more wall tiles or similar variation to break up the monotony that way. Otherwise, I would use the darkest shade for variation instead. I also tried to get rid of single-pixel noise, leaving just enough pixels to give the impression of rivets.
What do the smaller sprites represent? The leftmost one is a little dark in my edit, so I also added one which is brighter along the edges to show its full size better. I think a better alternative is the rightmost version using the two brightest shades.
For the wall tiles, I made the highlights along the edges thinner to match the style of the other tiles.
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Thank you :D, also I'm working on that!
About the boring floor, think this is a start!
(http://imageshack.com/a/img30/2153/5i59.png)
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I've been watching this thread and I'm liking it. Am I the only one that thinks the floor should be the lighter value and the walls and ceiling the darker one?
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I've been watching this thread and I'm liking it. Am I the only one that thinks the floor should be the lighter value and the walls and ceiling the darker one?
Ill do a test on that, but my gut feeling says no.
(Will update with two mockups)
(Also Arachne (reminds me of starship troopers.) the small symbols are land mines.)
They will activate when you are close, and explode after two? seconds, so you can use them as weapons against your enemies if you are quick. Or get yourself killed if you are stupid :P
(http://imageshack.com/a/img199/8708/akuk.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img10/9924/mq8g.png)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Belu8B-CAAAvEI4.png)
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(http://imageshack.com/a/img31/6528/x1uz.png)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img841/3764/3v7c.png)
Update! and bump
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I cant wait to play this! not a fan of those huge shadows myself though. obviously its intentionally not realistic lighting, but if the shadow is at the same angle where the light meets the corners of the blocks, wouldnt it cast a shadow the same length on the side as well as the top? that makes it look strange to me
ive circled that in green and changed the shadow circled in red
(http://i.imgur.com/XBsbzxB.png)
could maybe maybe even lessen the shadow at the top a pixel more because those blocks are shaped like /_\ i think
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Experimented some, better?
(http://imageshack.com/a/img842/5623/h6k3.png)
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yeah i think so!
its tough because of the retro perspective. make the shadows too realistic when the perspective is not could lead to pains in the arse area
(http://i.imgur.com/2HJKUhs.gif)
^ image number 1 is how id probably do it, keep it simple and have the shadows ignore the perceived upwards tapering of certain walls.
image number 2 was my attempt at getting the angles of the shadows more realistic on the sloped walls but im not a fan
in both images i made the shadow cast by the door narrower, moved the triangular shadow on the other side of the door in a bit so it was flush with the corner, and knocked a pixel off horizontal shadows for a little illusion of perspective