Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Ensellitis on September 29, 2006, 07:23:19 pm
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doing a portrait of my wife... doing it in hires mode
(http://www.ensellitis.com/pixel_arts/nin.png)
any crits/suggestions? still wip
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I think you somewhat messed up with the triangles and squares edging her face, it makes it sort of bumpy. Don't use full square at the edges, just triangles, I think that that may fix it. That is if your not willing just to get rid of the triangles (they don't blend well).
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I completely disagree, the triangles are beautiful. The whole thing is beautiful. Gnargh, let me think of crits later, this just looks good man. ;D
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I totally agree with Godslayer. You've really outdone yourself here dude. I especially like the choice of colours. Not sure what to suggest really, perhaps use the random stylistic dithering somewhere else on the picture other than the cheek?
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beautiful work, but lacking in unification imo. The banding, triangle-cuts, and styled dither are all very well done, but I personally want them to be more mixed in together.
btw, did i mention that this was beautiful work? :P
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*updated* mostly on the left side
thanks for the comments guys :D
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Ummm as a newbie it was very confusing to me ntil I read the comments x.x I think making it more unified in style somehow (as was suggested) would help out those like me appriciate it more =)
Oh, and I now know what stylistic dithering is!
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That picture is amazing.... I can't even believe you can create such a thing. I think it would look bad with eyes though, unless they were closed. Has you're wife seen it yet?
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Wow man, I think this is probably going to be my favourite piece of yours yet. Are you going to continue on that stylish dithering on the cheek? Because at the mo it seems like just one band of dither value, albeit with stylish bits. Can't wait to see more of this.
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@lawrence: this is going to be a mix of 2 styles... the triangles, and the styled dithering. the scan lines will be comepletely removed by the time this is finished. so it will be more uniform in that way. i am also trying to expand the dither more, while keeping to hires restrictions. thanks for the comments :D
@ari: thanks for the comments. her eyes are closed in this, and no she hasnt seen it. it will be a gift, and i think she will appreciate it more since she has finally learned what pixel art is. :lol:
@androk: there is actually meaning behind the mix of styles. my wife is a painter, photographer, and does many many other mediums. so to kind of show her differences, i am applying different styles to this. by the time it is finished, or nearing completion, they should "come together" and look much better.
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ok, almost done with it now... all scan lines are gone and replaced with stlyistic dither or blocks
EDIT: sorry for the double post, i wasnt paying attention :-[
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Pretty nice Enseltis! Probably my fav of yours.
I just don't like the background, it looks a bit to random.
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I enjoy this piece, although I have to say I strongly disagree with mixing triangle slices with something else. But that's what I'd do, and you're free to do what you want to do. The triangles for me are useful mostly for unifying the basic pixel artifact with the 8x8 character limitation. If the difference between one and the other is too clear and segmented, I start to feel they just don't work as well as they could.
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I enjoy this piece, although I have to say I strongly disagree with mixing triangle slices with something else. But that's what I'd do, and you're free to do what you want to do. The triangles for me are useful mostly for unifying the basic pixel artifact with the 8x8 character limitation. If the difference between one and the other is too clear and segmented, I start to feel they just don't work as well as they could.
thanks helm. i do agree, this didnt turn out as well as i had hoped it would. although i still like it, what you pointed out holds very true. i think the styles were a bit to differnt to do what i had wanted. i plan on doing something similiar to this in the future, and learn from my mistakes :D