Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: freepushblock on April 16, 2020, 11:27:15 am

Title: Line Art Practice
Post by: freepushblock on April 16, 2020, 11:27:15 am

[Full disclosure: I've also posted this over at Pixel Joint]

Hi there!

I'm learning pixel art and I'm currently practicing line art.
One of the mini exercise projects I'm working on is drawing a horse, so I found this cartoon as a reference:
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/_qqFGRWWy_0s/SghHs2QzkbI/AAAAAAAAARQ/RODSjTaVj0U/s400/ico+blog.jpg)

So, here's 4 passes inspired on the big horsey on the right (not trying to make an exact translation to pixels), before I got kind of blocked and didn't know how to improve on it (without adding color):
(http://gonzalodelgado.com/pixels/ico-lineart-process.png)
So, any feedback is welcome! I'm also wondering about:

• Is the process right? Do you guys work in passes at all, or differently?
• Is the face readable at all?
• Should I not do line art in such a small canvas?
• I had a hard time working with the hair, any tips on that?

Any comments are much appreciated, thanks!  ;D