Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Franrek on February 05, 2017, 02:22:34 pm

Title: [WIP] self-portrait
Post by: Franrek on February 05, 2017, 02:22:34 pm

I wanted to create portrait of myself in pixel art and I made this:
(http://i.imgur.com/Y1GJbP7.png)
Looking foward to critique, tips and any other feedback.

Title: Re: [WIP] self-portrait
Post by: dotodrymo on February 05, 2017, 07:06:54 pm

My knee-jerk reaction would be to go for a more interesting pose. As it is, you have several unnecessary colors that don't read well at 1:1, and your palette is washed out, which makes this piece look gloomy.

Palette edit: (http://i.imgur.com/SEfIFEA.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] self-portrait
Post by: Franrek on February 05, 2017, 11:33:20 pm

Quote from: dotodrymo on February 05, 2017, 07:06:54 pm

Palette edit

Thx great edit. I always have problem with creating good palletes. This one tho is just a little bit too colour full for me. I want it to be kinda realistic so i changed the colours a bit, made jeans diffrent from shirt. Added some small fixes and changed boots too, coz they were looking to bally and were merging with jeans too much for me.
(http://i.imgur.com/sx5zt1H.png)

Title: Re: [WIP] self-portrait
Post by: dotodrymo on February 06, 2017, 06:34:14 am

Nice! That looks a lot better, especially the shoes.

I understand omitting small details on a sprite this size, but I think you could imply a face, if you felt like it.

I also think that you could definitely cut the four (?) grayish colors down to two. But admittedly, I'm obsessed with palette reduction.  ::)

Title: Re: [WIP] self-portrait
Post by: Runensucher on February 06, 2017, 08:04:26 am

You have to work on the shading. There is no actual lightsource and thereby a lot of pillow shading is represented.
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139322#139322 (http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139322#139322)

Title: Re: [WIP] self-portrait
Post by: Franrek on February 06, 2017, 08:59:50 am

Quote from: Runensucher on February 06, 2017, 08:04:26 am

You have to work on the shading. There is no actual lightsource and thereby a lot of pillow shading is represented.
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139322#139322 (http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139322#139322)

Thx for sharing usefull guide. What version are you talking about? Edited on or orginal?
(http://i.imgur.com/vGbc2Wm.png)
Added lighting from left side. On the right one just small changes without using diffrent colours or dithering. I tried adding dithering on the left one for more visible shades but I think it's too messy. Thoughs?