Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Yokai90 on July 04, 2019, 04:50:10 am

Title: Pixelating Fire
Post by: Yokai90 on July 04, 2019, 04:50:10 am

Hey again, made another post.

Decided since I was doing some pixel art I would try again to pixelate fire. This is only my second time so I have some ways to go.

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b04bc4fc-43f2-40b5-93a4-55f5c17505bf/ddav6a5-16f12421-306d-40cd-b08d-dcce0dbb1d32.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2IwNGJjNGZjLTQzZjItNDBiNS05M2E0LTU1ZjVjMTc1MDViZlwvZGRhdjZhNS0xNmYxMjQyMS0zMDZkLTQwY2QtYjA4ZC1kY2NlMGRiYjFkMzIucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.hevJ3keaMWg7-cFRoUAlGyxzHa_hiSWgKignj2wtgUA)

As always, feedback and tips are super appreciated.

Title: Re: Pixelating Fire
Post by: Yokai90 on July 07, 2019, 11:39:28 pm

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b04bc4fc-43f2-40b5-93a4-55f5c17505bf/ddb598c-2ffc8301-a49f-40e4-ad2c-ba1f58c2f4d7.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2IwNGJjNGZjLTQzZjItNDBiNS05M2E0LTU1ZjVjMTc1MDViZlwvZGRiNTk4Yy0yZmZjODMwMS1hNDlmLTQwZTQtYWQyYy1iYTFmNThjMmY0ZDcucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.rGmQNkmVFh2iIlFgM6Xk0Z_Pm_ilOtsuQmKwmmsyJl8)

A friend pointed out to me that the overall color of the fire looked more of a brown tone than red, so I quickly fixed that!

Title: Re: Pixelating Fire
Post by: eishiya on July 08, 2019, 12:21:20 am

The new reds are an improvement, but the yellows and oranges feel duller and less glowing/fire-like now.

I feel your AA and general thinness of some of the intermediate colours make the fire look blurry, I think perhaps eliminating 1-2 colours and having sharper boundaries between colours would help. The blurring around the yellow part in particular makes it look like there's a rounded hard shape inside the flames, rather than like the hottest part of the flame.

Title: Re: Pixelating Fire
Post by: Yokai90 on July 09, 2019, 02:40:15 am

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/b04bc4fc-43f2-40b5-93a4-55f5c17505bf/ddb8ewe-442e4043-88d9-410a-adeb-317e657c7b84.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2IwNGJjNGZjLTQzZjItNDBiNS05M2E0LTU1ZjVjMTc1MDViZlwvZGRiOGV3ZS00NDJlNDA0My04OGQ5LTQxMGEtYWRlYi0zMTdlNjU3YzdiODQucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.FCtatpDdARIDJmH0n8gnIXI_rfKTkH9HhvJ36sNlYvs)
@eishiya
I totally see what you mean as the previous fire being blurry! removed some color and reworked a little as well as up the saturation for the yellows and oranges.

Hopefully overall its an improvement from the first

Title: Re: Pixelating Fire
Post by: daramon on July 10, 2019, 02:52:21 pm

Just a random comment. While the most recent fire looks more well-defined and pixel-art-y, I preferred the overall shape of the original.

It told a story. I knew from looking at it that there was wind or a gust of air, which direction it was going in and how strong it was. It was dynamic.

The most recent one doesn't seem to have a narrative.

Title: Re: Pixelating Fire
Post by: pistachio on July 14, 2019, 11:19:45 am

From here your fire is looking blobby. Is it a flame or more like an explosion, how is it moving, what is the scale, the context? Stuff like that is what you ask thru the art process.

Here (https://pixelation.org/index.php?topic=17641.0) is some very good ref from the forums. Animated but watch the shapes. Actually, animating this kind of stuff is a great challenge.