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Pixel Art / Re: Hi all, looking for some help.
« on: November 15, 2005, 11:32:14 am »
http://www.idleworm.com/how/anm/02w/walk1.shtml

As the author of this tutorial says, You would have to pay through the nose at an art school for this information. But for us it's free. >:D

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General Discussion / Re: Tangents ( The Critique Theory thread )
« on: November 15, 2005, 10:05:28 am »
I think it's good we're putting something like this up on the table, the last thing I want this place to become is where we all go through the motions of sharing work and no one is enriched by it. I like being exposed to different opinions and views, staying in your own box is stagnation. Some of the stuff you've guys have said about what you value in cc has given me new reasons to appreciate it and maybe how to be more helpful later on when I'm writing some up.

Seriously, back when i started out on this hobby on my own in the late 90s I was making jumbly stickmen. Like everyone else I only had 24 hours in a day so there's only so many ideas you can develop on your own. When we're all here we benefit from thousands of man hours worth of studying and experimenting. I improved more in the first 3 months at pixelation than I did in the previous 3 years.  So obviously something helpful is going on here, I don't think it's so much that information is being spoon fed to us but that it gives us ideas on what things to pursue rather than stumbling around lost.

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General Discussion / Re: Splatter Sleeves
« on: November 14, 2005, 08:28:08 am »
Great stuff Splat, smooth work as usual. My favorite part is the squiggly details on the hood. :]

Sorry about continuing on this tangent but I agree with you, Camus. I don't think C&C on a piece by piece basis is all that helpful unless you're familiar the poster and what his intent is. Any attempt by a replyer to drive people to become "more realistic or like style X" seems to run on an unconscious motive to make everyone draw like himself. I feel that I've improved a little because of feedback and exposure to different ideas but I do get upset by this tendancy. 

I'm not a mind reader so I try to encourage people to focus on solid fundamentals. No need to worry about style because I think your style chooses you and not the other way around. Examples; If it's a character work I point them to Loomis or other good books and tell them that no matter how cartoony their work is a knowledge of ideal anatomy can bring their stuff up to another level.  If it's a matter of coloring I'll point them to something on color theory. If it's animation it's time to go back to the big 4 (volume, spacing, keyframes, squish/stretch) and to work on a walk cycle tutorial.

I figure that's the best I can do  and I consider the ass patting to be encouragement which is something I'm sure we all can use from time to time. Nothing wrong with sharing enthusiasm for what we enjoy doing.  :)

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Pixel Art / Re: A newbs WIP
« on: November 14, 2005, 07:21:18 am »
Nice effort so far. I like your approach to showing the roundness of everything. I think you could improve the look of both by giving the limbs a more swooshy appearance. The pumpkin guy's elbows seem pointy and makes the arms sharp and segmented.  The superman guy's left arm could benefit from similar changes too. I'd make the upper part of the arm shorter and the fore arm a little longer.  Have a look at your arm in a mirror in that pose to see what I'm talking about.



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Pixel Art / Re: Mini Stormtrooper
« on: November 14, 2005, 06:47:33 am »
Good job capturing the character in such a small space. Sometimes I think work at this scale is more difficult than a using larger workspace. Seems like you have to shed off everything but the most important details.

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Archived Activities / Re: WayForward pixel animation contest
« on: November 14, 2005, 06:26:37 am »
     



I was thinking of Tetris music while I made the dance. Good luck everyone. Hope you all get your entries in before the deadline.

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Pixel Art / Re: True to my word...
« on: November 10, 2005, 10:41:51 am »
You should make one for abraham lincoln, the most underated emoticon ever. =):^]*

Nice job on the hands. My favorite face is the :O one. Very expressive.

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Pixel Art / Re: BigBrother + Chilly collab?!
« on: November 10, 2005, 10:40:36 am »
 Really neat coloring on the skin tone. I've heard that you can go wild with hues when shading as long as the values and saturation are tweaked right. This makes me believe that more.

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Pixel Art / Re: Some Art with small intro .
« on: November 10, 2005, 10:33:49 am »
Yeah, if steve makes another one of those flash things I'm definitely going to make one too. :]
I like your prince of persia mockup. That game was so violent for its time. I remember cracking up watching little pixel men get chopped in half and crushed. ;p

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hahaha, hyper parsnip bitches!  Neat to see someone with that much enthusiasm for animation get his hands on pixels. Thanks for sharing, first time i've seen anything of his.

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