Here's today's. I focused on getting everything down in black first, then a solid color, then thinking about where the light is coming from and shading from there. Used my own colors unlike last time.



All feedback appreciated : D

Also technical question about graphics gale: how can I copy a color from one pallet point to another without swapping them?

3. Many do, many people do for more professional or paid projects.
4. If you look at any spaceship it won't be square. What you need to do is look at some examples. With a spaceship I have found that many are wider than they are high so for a spaceship I would suggest for this size perhaps a 48x32 canvas. The no square thing isn't really a rule but it shoud depend on what you are drawing.
6. Try to, it helps a lot
7. Could I see what this pallette can be used for. If you use someone elses pallette and if it is good see how the have used highlights and etc.
10. If it an alien object I would make it much more obvious by using brighter, nearly neon green.
11. What I mean is that be original in what you create not necessarily in the style. Nearly all (well not really) pixel artists have their own style whether it be cartoony, really realistic, dark colours or any more. Some pixel artists are easily able to adapt between these and the best can.

(4) I sound so dumb... yknow what I'm gonna drop that one. I totally understand
(7) Yes the pallet was from here. The pixel art was very nice so I thought I'd just grab it.

(10) I was thinking of it like a sewer planet or something, but yeah.
(11) Okay. But I shouldn't think of this so early on... should I?

oh god aha thank you the format i used is standard on a forum i usually go on and i didnt think to check :/

Hey!

So at the moment I'm working on my new site protochip.net. It's a site deticated for helping indie devs create microsites, and hosting them. I also make microsites at request (though this is subject to my availability). All tutorials are WIP. But this is geared towards microsites.

There is placeholder art on the site at the moment.

The art I need:

• header art (where at the moment it's got a guy at a spaceship control panel).
      dimensions: 520x260px
      ideally itd be kinda spacey like the current one, it doesnt need to be personalised to protochip, just be some nice art that i have permission to use.
      also i'd love it were a gif like the current one, with some blinky lights etc.
• some breaking art. at the moment i have the fez things which i made myself. it might be nice to have multiple, one for every big indie game character? or something cool like that. maybe something totally different, like a cat. also the lines on the side are up for changing if you have a good idea.
      dimensions: 500x80 (or smaller in height, but 500 width is a requirement)
• list item art. at the moment you can see (if youre on firefox) that i have a little lightning bolt. again i dont mind what goes here, maybe even some kind of gif, but it needs to be small.
      a favicon (not sure what i want for it... sorry) - maybe the same thing that's used as the list item art? idk..

I can't offer you money, but I can offer credit on the site, and hosting if you have something you want hosted. (currently im on a free host but once it gets up and going and i have more requests ill upgrade), or make you a microsite / site (within reason).

Email me here
or post underneath VVV
or twitter @louisdeb