I saw a very neat looking tree on the drive home from town today and though I would pixel it. Well, something close to it. How's it look?

Ok, so over the years I have become pretty proficient in GML (woo...) and I want to start learning a more solid/flexible creation language. I know BASIC and Visual BASIC, anything past that I am clueless on. I know a lot about how code works and all of that jazz, I just need something to work with. C++ is a very big language to learn, and I hear that Java is the best to work with nowadays. Anyone know of what I should pick up or begin learning? This is more for hobby than commercial use, I like to mess around with code for fun.

Any suggestions?

After looking at a lot of threads involving anatomy and design, along with many of the threads made by Baccaman and Helm (thanks, your posts really help) I tried my hand at anatomy, palette choosing, and shading for the first time.

C+C welcome, although saying that is pretty redundant.


CURRENT:


Here is my shading practice:



Just wanna know if I'm heading in the right direction or not. I havn't really tried anything big yet, just simple techniques. Are there any books I can pick up on anatomy?

Well, I have always dabbled in a bit of pixel art ever since I was a small child, I'm excited to find a community on the subject. Well, the thing is I have always wanted to dive deeper into it, maybe a profession, I don't know, but I do also enjoy dabbling in some game creating. So, the thing is, I have the ideas in my head, but I have no idea how to put it on "canvas" per se . What I am really lacking in is the human Anatomy and color theory, including palette choosing and such techniques. I also have to work on shading. Are there any guides about this on the net? Any good books to pick up? A lot of this is basic art concepts that I have trouble picking up on. I like to observe a lot and try to mimic what I see, and pick up some skills and techniques.

Anyway, hello all, my name is am_pm. Nice to meet you!