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Pixel Art / Re: Commodore Icons
« on: November 25, 2007, 08:48:00 pm »
They are decent pixel works... and there is nothing wrong with Photoshop for pixeling. The one thing that really ruins several of the icons is the computer created gradient. The C64 logo looks like an uncomfortable mix of hand selected blocks and computer shaded colours. A few of the systems suffer the same problem, most notably the Ramlink and CSX. I'd suggest pulling out the photoshop gradient and either going with a solid colour or shading it yourself with fewer colours.
Like I said, they're decent... but they feel lost. I adore the crisp look of Vista and Apple icons, with their smooth colours... but the combination of pixeling and those same blending techniques doesn't work here. Your icons have potential, but make them TRULY old fashioned and pixeled with no modern tools.
Like I said, they're decent... but they feel lost. I adore the crisp look of Vista and Apple icons, with their smooth colours... but the combination of pixeling and those same blending techniques doesn't work here. Your icons have potential, but make them TRULY old fashioned and pixeled with no modern tools.