Pixelation

Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Evelyn Elnith on February 08, 2010, 06:33:21 pm

Title: My first work
Post by: Evelyn Elnith on February 08, 2010, 06:33:21 pm

Hey guys that the first I do something of my own in pixelart and I'd like some opinions

(http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy131/Evelyn_Elnith/Feme2.png)

(http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy131/Evelyn_Elnith/femehousewife.png)

(http://i785.photobucket.com/albums/yy131/Evelyn_Elnith/christina.png)

Title: Re: My first work
Post by: Chis on February 12, 2010, 01:53:57 am

Hey ;D

First of all, pillow shading (http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/shading.html) is a no-no, and I'm seeing it a bit in the first and last girls. You want to have a defined source of light that makes for interesting, variable shapes of shadow.

Working with such small characters, it might be better if you removed the outlines. They take up unnecessary space and make everything appear flat. Instead, use shadow to distinguish different areas from each other.

First girl has pretty broad upper arms, making her look buff (and her gloves uncomfortably tight).

Nice job so far! I like the princess-ish theme they've got going on.

Title: Re: My first work
Post by: Evelyn Elnith on February 12, 2010, 10:34:18 pm

Thanks for the tips and well I strugle a lot to understand how to shade but any sugestions about that is welcome ^^

Title: Re: My first work
Post by: Tourist on February 13, 2010, 02:14:05 am

Quote from: Evelyn Elnith on February 12, 2010, 10:34:18 pm

Thanks for the tips and well I strugle a lot to understand how to shade but any sugestions about that is welcome ^^

Shading on an egg.  The placement of the shadows and highlights helps define form; the egg is a simple oval but looks 3d.

(http://learn-to-draw.com/images/01-egg-dia.jpg)

Here's the full tutorial.  It's not specific to pixel art:
http://learn-to-draw.com/members/drawing-basics/0119.htm (http://learn-to-draw.com/members/drawing-basics/0119.htm)

Hope this helps,
Tourist