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Pixel Art / Rock Artists - Marc Bolan / Syd Barrett
« on: March 17, 2014, 11:38:14 pm »
Hey guys, long time no see
I made some pixel art and for once I didn't forget to save the different stages, so I thought I'd post it here for a change
Marc Bolan
Process:
Syd Barrett
Process:
I'm working on the hair right now, trying to emulate the style of my Marc Bolan picture. The trick will be to get better clusters going. Right now, the hair texture is noisy, which is not good. Also, if someone could help me figure out the likeness with Syd Barrett, I'd be much obliged. There don't seem to be any perfect photographs that I can study. It's mainly the eyes that I want to change to be closer to something like this: http://art.game-designer.org/pixelart/rocknroll/SydBarrett-ref1.jpg
Thread starts here, read below for the process on Syd:
I made some pixel art and for once I didn't forget to save the different stages, so I thought I'd post it here for a change
Marc Bolan
Process:
First off, here's my reference, Marc Bolan from T-Rex:
I started with a silhouette, keeping the hair line for later:
Then I defined the core facial features as clusters:
Next, I defined two more important clusters, overlapping the previous clusters:
Highlights were next on the list:
To finish off the facial part, I added in more tones. At this point, I also added some rather abrasive colors in the palette, to make the picture more interesting. It kinda works, but it makes certain parts hard to get right.
Next I did a color reduction of a filtered version of the original, which I then put into an indexed palette. The result is not pixel perfect of course, but I proceeded to put the face on. I also wrote Marc's signature by hand, and added AA (which is not stellar, I realize).
Next, I re-evaluated all the clusters created by the color reduction, tightened them up back to pixel perfect level, to make for a finished picture:
Being a big Marc Bolan fan, I know the likeness of the original reference and thus, my version, is not too great. I might rectify this. The issue is mainly that the eyes need to be a bit different and the lips need to be more pouting. Also, I'm debating whether I should give him a hat.
Edit:
Gave him a neck and improved the likeness (I'm now happy with the likeness):
For now though, critique time. Rip it apart gents. I could especially use some help on the AA of the lettering. I seem to have lost my touch with AA.
I started with a silhouette, keeping the hair line for later:
Then I defined the core facial features as clusters:
Next, I defined two more important clusters, overlapping the previous clusters:
Highlights were next on the list:
To finish off the facial part, I added in more tones. At this point, I also added some rather abrasive colors in the palette, to make the picture more interesting. It kinda works, but it makes certain parts hard to get right.
Next I did a color reduction of a filtered version of the original, which I then put into an indexed palette. The result is not pixel perfect of course, but I proceeded to put the face on. I also wrote Marc's signature by hand, and added AA (which is not stellar, I realize).
Next, I re-evaluated all the clusters created by the color reduction, tightened them up back to pixel perfect level, to make for a finished picture:
Being a big Marc Bolan fan, I know the likeness of the original reference and thus, my version, is not too great. I might rectify this. The issue is mainly that the eyes need to be a bit different and the lips need to be more pouting. Also, I'm debating whether I should give him a hat.
Edit:
Gave him a neck and improved the likeness (I'm now happy with the likeness):
For now though, critique time. Rip it apart gents. I could especially use some help on the AA of the lettering. I seem to have lost my touch with AA.
Syd Barrett
Process:
I'm working on the hair right now, trying to emulate the style of my Marc Bolan picture. The trick will be to get better clusters going. Right now, the hair texture is noisy, which is not good. Also, if someone could help me figure out the likeness with Syd Barrett, I'd be much obliged. There don't seem to be any perfect photographs that I can study. It's mainly the eyes that I want to change to be closer to something like this: http://art.game-designer.org/pixelart/rocknroll/SydBarrett-ref1.jpg
Thread starts here, read below for the process on Syd: