Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: EyeCraft on July 11, 2007, 07:38:01 pm

Title: c64 piece - Well
Post by: EyeCraft on July 11, 2007, 07:38:01 pm
This is my first play with anything ye olden style (c64, etc). It was definitely a challenge for me, took me a while to get my head around the palette, as much as I did. Picked a reasonably easy thing to pixel, a well. I'm pretty pleased with how its turned out, however I offer it up for crits :)

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z212/gastrop0d/well3.png)

Doesn't adhere to any restrictions, I violated them ridiculously because otherwise I would have given myself a headache  :hehe:
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: Stwelin on July 11, 2007, 08:20:41 pm
Reads really nicely at 1x. Any reference used?

Oh, and screw restrictions, if the piece benefits without them, it's all good.
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: EyeCraft on July 11, 2007, 08:45:39 pm
Cheers. Aye, this is the ref;
(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z212/gastrop0d/well2.jpg)

Except I had the image printed out and stuck on my wall...which seems to have made the lighting look quite different from this pic! Might have another go at the shading...
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: Conzeit on July 11, 2007, 09:13:09 pm
LOVE the way you played with those bleak colors, it has a toy-ness about it not present in the original =)
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: EyeCraft on July 11, 2007, 10:39:10 pm
Thanks  :). I tried playing with the lighting more, not decided yet on whether I made it better or worse...

(http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z212/gastrop0d/well4.png)
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: Arachne on July 11, 2007, 11:17:25 pm
That's beautiful. I love the colors you've used, but the AA is a bit inconsistent and makes some parts of it look blurry. Other than that, I think it's great for a first try. :) Will you be making more little pieces like this?
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: willfaulds on July 12, 2007, 01:24:19 pm
I think I prefer the first one - it feels more free. The second feels a little too thought or something. Like maybe you thought too hard about the structure in 3D space and put light and shadow in more generic positions...

I love them both though.
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: rabidbaboy on July 12, 2007, 02:27:22 pm
I love it.
I'm not a fan of the palette, so that's something, I guess.:P
Title: Re: c64 piece - Well
Post by: robotacon on July 12, 2007, 06:41:51 pm
Your Well looks great, you should pixel the rest of the parts from your reference too.
It's funny, I hate the c64 palette but I love the grittiness of the wide pixels. Either that or I'm just high on nostalgia.