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Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: coffee on November 27, 2009, 09:46:31 am

Title: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: coffee on November 27, 2009, 09:46:31 am
Hey

been away a while again, thought I might post something again (or pixel for that matter)!

Just a small piece I made last night when I grew tired of Fable 2.

(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/johanaronson/SkogljusstudieFinalPNG2.png)

Made a Christmas edition too, just for you!

(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/johanaronson/SkogljusstudieFinalPGNJUL2.png)

Im also working on this bigger piece, donno what I feel about it yet tho.. seems like it goes out of the style in the right part of
the picture. But here it is anyway, in progress...

(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/johanaronson/Skogljusstudielargeinprogress22.png)

Enjoy this dark season!
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: CrazyMLC on November 27, 2009, 01:45:33 pm
Wow, thats really neat!
but one thing I noticed is the light seems to be coming from the center of the picture, not the lamp the girl is holding.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: 0xDB on November 27, 2009, 05:17:09 pm
Great start.

Made a sloppy edit to show what I think could be improved (backlit strands and figure and some shadows).
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/8271/skogljusstudiefinalpng2.png)
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: coffee on November 27, 2009, 09:13:30 pm
Made a few changes and added some new things...

Red Circle is where additions has been made:
(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/johanaronson/Skogljusstudielargeinprogressredcir.png)

Update:
(http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj114/johanaronson/SkogljusstudielargeinprogressPNGnew.png)
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: 006 on November 27, 2009, 10:33:47 pm
This is really good, but the light that has been dithered spoils the piece.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: happymonster on November 27, 2009, 10:49:50 pm
I think some of the aspects of the larger picture pull the eye away from the main image. When I first look at the picture I look at the moon, then the person with the lamp and then the isolated light you've just added. Whereas I think the focus needs to be on the person..
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: coffee on November 28, 2009, 11:37:08 am
The thing about the larger picture is I want you to look at several mystic things, not only the girl in the woods. However I get your points and I was not sure about the dithered part neither, Ive taken away the dithering on the isolated lamp and im not sure what to do about the sun yet. Will keep in touch!

Thank you for the comments :)
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: Manupix on December 02, 2009, 10:32:41 am
Wow, an amazing small light! Definitely needed!

Actually 2 amazing small lights, these are really 2 great separate pieces (girl in woods + nightscape), but they just don't work together (yet?), I think.

Girl: the light spot on the ground might be centered on the lamp; mirroring the trees kills it a little. Bats hang upside down! (wait, are there any bats actually?)

Landscape: I'm not too sure about the sun, didn't even understand what it was until reading your post. From the nerdy side of things, sun and full moon mean opposite sides of the sky. Then, since the fog is white, you can't have some brighter light coming from behind, and I sure love that white fog.
How about just having the trees and hill at far right moonlit?
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: Sherman Gill on December 02, 2009, 05:30:38 pm
@manupix: I think they're owls

I'm really digging the sky, and I like the separate elements but as Manupix said, they don't work together. I think you need some way of directly connecting the two so the viewer's eye is drawn through the image :hehe: I'm having trouble describing here, I'll make an edit when I get home later.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: CrazyMLC on December 03, 2009, 05:38:32 am
'A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!'
A light in the dark.

Yet, it turns out the girl is not the only light in the world, just a lonely girl in a forest.
I liked the motion effect, feel, and message of it before. There was much more impact.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: Rydin on December 03, 2009, 05:41:07 am
My biggest concern is that the light is just originating from the center of the clearing rather than the lamp in hand.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: khorin on December 03, 2009, 06:55:58 am
With the dark forest, the perspective is just awesome. I'm kind of confused about the relationship between the clouds and the forest. A dead forest wouldn't be completely black so how 'bout letting some of the light purple go through the forest just a little bit? That way, there's more connection between the forest and everything else.

If you honestly like the forest with the landscape, find some way to connect the different elements.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: Dr D on December 03, 2009, 09:26:48 pm
Wait, I'm confused, if the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon, how would the light from the sun hit the moon? :O

Also, I also think there are too many unrelated pieces in this picture, which creates multiple focal points. I'm sorry to say, but I definitely preferred it the way it was originally. Perhaps, at least removing the Sun and lamps, and then significantly darkening the rest of the picture would be a better idea.
Title: Re: A small light for you guys in the darkest time of the year!
Post by: Tobe on December 04, 2009, 08:41:30 am
I love the color scheme, but the composition didn't seems right to me. Or maybe it's because the light and dark can be blended in better. I don't know :)