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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Tori on August 05, 2016, 02:00:30 am

Title: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 05, 2016, 02:00:30 am: Hello everyone! I'm new here and I've been studying pixel art for a few weeks.

I'm thinking about begin a project of a survival game, and I'm starting by drawing the resources of the game.

Here is my first three resources:
dirt, stone, wood

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

(I'm not sure if its called "dirt" in english, because I'm not that fluent, but it's gonna be a resource to mix with water and make clay)

Do you guys have critiques to do that can help me improve these icons, or are them good?
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 05, 2016, 04:01:28 am: I forgot to texture one of the pieces of stone:

Edit: Add resource: iron ore

(http://i.imgur.com/3akg0h4.png)
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: MysteryMeat on August 05, 2016, 07:43:25 am: Too much noise! Try to reduce color count and smooth things out some!
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 05, 2016, 02:02:27 pm: Quote from: MysteryMeat on August 05, 2016, 07:43:25 am
Too much noise! Try to reduce color count and smooth things out some!

I'm following some image as reference and the dirt has a lot of noise.
It was not the image I use but it's very similar:
(http://midia.cmais.com.br/assets/image/image-6/2eae1a6df0ded86a08e7ee050cbe9fce422d1c60.jpg)

I wasn't thinking to make something flat, but I'm gonna try to reduce the color count and noise, and see what I get. Thank you.
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 05, 2016, 03:35:54 pm: So here is what I got:

(http://i.imgur.com/ATWQX1C.png)

For me it's really better without that noise.. Any other advice?

P.S.: I made a little change on the old log wood, just smoothed a line.
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: danmanr98 on August 05, 2016, 04:42:17 pm: Quote from: Tori on August 05, 2016, 03:35:54 pm
So here is what I got:

(http://i.imgur.com/ATWQX1C.png)

For me it's really better without that noise.. Any other advice?

P.S.: I made a little change on the old log wood, just smoothed a line.

Already a vast improvement in my opinion.
Here's my take on the dirt:
(http://i.imgur.com/g36z5T5.png)
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 06, 2016, 12:04:39 am: Oh.. I like this dirt =D

It's from far more realistic.

Now I'm gonna make water, and some tools like shovel and hoe.

Thank you very much.
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: MysteryMeat on August 06, 2016, 01:15:14 am: IMO both woods are good in different ways. The noisier original version makes it look like dried-out/rotted driftwood, while the new one looks more like a cut wooden dowel! Keep both in mind depending on your needs, and try to strike for a middleground so you have a good "freshly cut" wood look. Wood's not uniform unless it's MADE to be!
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 06, 2016, 08:50:27 pm: I created tools now.

axe / hoe / shovel / a basket
(http://i.imgur.com/25VdYVW.png)

What do you think?

P.S. I had another idea for a hoe right now, so rate all tools but the hoe.
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: MysteryMeat on August 06, 2016, 10:10:29 pm: The basket looks more like a wooden bucket than a basket, I'd add a metal ring to it. The hoe's handle looks a bit off center, same as the shovel. Bit further in for the hoe, and a bit to the right and down for the shovel. Try to match it with the indent!
Axe is perfectly fine to my eyes, at the 1:1 scale.

And here's a wood bucket that looks like what you've made, so you can see what I mean!
(http://cornucopia3d.e-oncontent.com/storeItems/Objects/Miscellaneous/Tools/4_Wood_Bucket_Obj_116_0_img.jpg)
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: Tori on August 10, 2016, 05:11:36 pm: Thank for the suggestions.

1 - I made the iron rings and a handle to the bucket and now I think it's finished:

old/new
(http://i.imgur.com/ZFZ5GnO.png)(http://i.imgur.com/Og07NIn.png)

2 - I made another style of hoe and I think it's good, but let me know if there's something wrong or something that can be improved to it:

old/new
(http://i.imgur.com/q7BEjSn.png)(http://i.imgur.com/aobUnm7.png)

3 - I also made some other little changes on the axe and shovel:
Just a better AA on the axe's edge, and shovel's scoop, also a little change to shovel's handle to make it look more centered.

P.S.: I'll polish the contour of the axe and shovel, these black lines are not good now that I've made the hoe with no black pixels.

New grade of tools:

(http://i.imgur.com/6opD5EN.png)
Title: Re: [WIP] Resources Icons - Critiques are welcome
Post by: MysteryMeat on August 10, 2016, 05:34:24 pm: Looking good! You're super right about the black lines, getting rid of those on the hoe helped immensely!