Id suggest starting off with a base that isnt outlined at all, and just a mono-color human shaped blob. Hope that helps. At low resolutions the outline confuses the figure more so than it defines it.

Im drawing landing gear now. Im partial to the upper right most, and lower left most. My biggest problem with the upper right most, is that it looks too flimsy to support the craft. My biggest problem with the lower left most, is that its hard to understand

I edited your last revision a bit. Your drawing is really... weird? Not in a good way, but still very interesting. I am curious as to how you made it, and your thought process.

Your drawing is strangely square. I rounded out the edges. One thing I found interesting about your drawing was how the shading apparently extended beyond the edge of the seed itself. It looks cool. It seems like you understand shading really well, but the very edge of your drawing could use some better/different anti-aliasing I think, which I guess is a different technique than shading. Then I redrew the stem, and put a little brown spec where the stem meets the seed. I think I improved the stem (maybe you agree) largely by softening the color gradient, and then removing darker colors from the top edges of the leafs.

Anyway, cool stuff, keep it up!

Hey guys,

I got kind of a weird offer.

Basically, two years ago I made some paint software that largely resembles MSPaint, but it runs inside your web browser. Its available to use at ctpaint.us, with no downloading or installing necessary. Im returning to the project with the intention of making a new business around in browser image editing and social media.

Ill pay about $45 to $90 (depending on your pixel art experience, please provide prior work), for you to draw whatever you would like in my software. Doesnt have to be complicated, but you do have to finish it. Here are three conditions:

0; You have to talk to me about software afterwards, so I can get a better idea of what you like and dislike about pixel drawing software. Not just my software but software generally. It doesnt have to be a long one, maybe 3 or 4 thorough email back and forths, or a 15 minute phone call.

1; I get to use whatever you draw. Im doing a kickstarter, so I will use your drawing to demonstrate what is possible in CtPaint. Ill of course, give you credit in what ever promotional video your image shows up in.

2; Since Ill likely throw it into a promotional video, the pixel art has to be general audience appropriate, no other content conditions however.

Whats available at ctpaint.us, I made with no intention of making it into a product, so its got some kinks and quirks. There isnt much available in terms of documentation or helper menus, so I would be happy to explain to you how its features work.

You can email me at chadtech0@gmail.com

Best,
-Chadtech

Yeah they are portraits of people. I didnt work off reference images. But here is what I look like, and my friend.

I guess what I am wondering isnt 'how much does this look like me and my friend?', but rather 'how do you make low resolution portraits look like anyone?'. It seems to me that there there just isnt enough room.