Overview:
I recently saw someone do a self portrait on here (will insert name tomorrow when I am not so tired) and, since I got bored of tiling different cracks in bricks, I decided to give it a try. This is my first attempt at a self portrait (I have tried to draw faces in general, although not pixel art), so my anatomy is not the best. I just did this in the last hour or so, at midnight, so the shape, shading, etc. is VERY rudimentary. I am going to continue working on this tomorrow morning, but feel free to edit it as you wish.

Although I am looking for comments and criticism on every aspect of the work, here are some things that I have noticed that seem not quite right to me.

-Face might me a tiny bit too wide, but maybe I just never noticed how blocky my face is...
-Ears might be too big
-My nose points up, and I haven't found a way to convey that in the art. (will make more sense when you see my reference)
-Since my dithering is absolute bull stool, I have resorted to just using (too?) many colors. Not sure if it's fine, or if I should try dithering.
-My right eye is drifting up and to the right, not that I can't fix this. The only reason I didn't was, being a human being, I must sleep once in a while.

Just for clarification, I am male, and I have long hair. In my reference, it is tied back; I will most likely experiment with this in the future.

Versions of Image (vedit number):

v0


v0.5


Reference(s):

Hello all,

I expect that many veterans of these forums have seen variations of the brick tile many hundred times. I am just starting out with tiling, and this brick tile is only one in many on the way. I am hoping to improve my skill with shading, losing "the grid" (of course, with bricks... you know ), etc. These tiles will all be 32x32. Currently I have two brick tiles.

A regular brick tile


A cracked brick tile


I am going to make a few more variations of the cracked tile, to be posted later. Not sure if I should keep the regular brick tile without any imperfections, I tried, but it ended up being very "griddy" and ideas on that front would be great.

Color Info: Mortar: 3 colors Brick: 2 colors

Here is a tiled version with 4x4 tiles.


C&C appreciated, don't worry about being too harsh!

Well, one thing I say is it needs AA, and I agree with jams0988 that you should get the "normal" version finished, then start recoloring.

Good Idea, any software suggestions for animating? Any that use layers, I mean.

Photoshop =p

First of all, you could make them a little bigger, it makes it easier to work with, but isn't needed. Also, they need more contrast, especially the Cardinal, as I can't see any thing but a basic shape of the bird, I can't see the wing shape or the eye. The Pigeon needs a head remake, as it is looking like you just cut it off you another bird and put it on, Pigeons barley have a neck, it is just a curve from the tail to the top of the head, your Pigeon looks more like a duck. For the Seagull (Ar these supposed to be capitalized?) You could use a little brigher gray, and minimize the shadow at the top of the head, as there is nothing to cast a big shadow there.