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Pixel Art / [WIP] Rock Head
« on: June 13, 2010, 06:16:30 pm »
Hi. so this is my rock head haha...
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i kind of got the idea from helms ruins video (got inspiration from it) from his recorded pixel art project. its supposed to look just kinda like a big rock head guy, kinda like a moai statue. the light blue blob at the top is the lighting. and im not sure what to do with it. im thinking maybe the colors could be better or more lively and the contrast is kind of dead haha.. i should fix that. but colors im having a problem with sorta, like highlights. should i add another? and is the shape ok? and all the shading? hes supposed to look like he has a jawline and cheekbone and such.
c+c please :D

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Pixel Art / Re: [WIP] UFO
« on: November 21, 2009, 03:31:06 am »
aha! no i know exactly what you are saying, and the white racing stripe effect was supposed to be lighting. :( lol
i was thinking about the little rocket flame thing under it or some spacey doohickey (haha used your word) thing under it to make it look all spacey and ufo-ey. good idea dude... haha i will take on to that. thanks for the edit.

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General Discussion / Re: Pixelation Blog [Opinions needed!]
« on: November 20, 2009, 05:48:26 am »
i like it; i think it is a fun idea. i really like the idea of adding noteworthy threads; would def increase activity because i know i would always secretly hope/try to get my thread up there (like in the news box with those featured threads... who WOULDNT want to be up there??? hehe) also great idea on the '_____ found this post helpful' thing.
now how about this: a site redesign? pardon me for being radical haha... i love the design now but maybe a new redesign (ooh, or banner contests) could spark some interest. i mean i dunno about a redesign it wouldnt help TOO much, but banner contests... hahaha i like that idea. and more festive things. secret santa is a great one, but... maybe things like a pixel wreath on the banner? or christmas lights pixel style? sorry these are stupid ideas but they could definitely just make things a bit more interesting once in a while, like 'ooh they changed the banner' or 'hey a banner contest... i could make something really cool!' haha i dunno just some thoughts.
im serious about the banner contests though; you could have them every few months (maybe like two or three) and the winner obviously would have their banner put up... could open the window for some (more) great pixel art here.

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Pixel Art / Re: [Novice Pixel Art]
« on: November 20, 2009, 05:20:13 am »
word. you are gil dont worry. now im no mod but i think maybe its time for us to let this one go... this is a tense thread

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Pixel Art / Re: [WIP] UFO
« on: November 20, 2009, 04:21:18 am »

animooted
what do you guys think? i tried something weird with the lighting on the dome; though im not really sure if thats how the light would really behave. i figured that the light wouldnt move when the object moved so... i dunno. critique please...

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Pixel Art / Re: [WIP] UFO
« on: November 20, 2009, 12:56:12 am »

changed a bit of the light on the dome and pushed around a bit of the pixels on the ship itself, and added another color. (but mostly just a bump- shh!!!)

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Pixel Art / Re: [Novice Pixel Art]
« on: November 20, 2009, 12:08:36 am »
Quote from: Helm on November 19, 2009, 10:22:51 pm
Is motivation a thing you can just pressure yourself to summon? If you do anything enough you're bound to get better at it, I think most would agree, but a school provides a context in which one can focus what in real life is a limited amount of energy into a single doctorine, for a while. I bailed through my art school because I was displeased with the program, but the two years I spent there certainly let me focus my life in learning to draw, even if I did it on my own in the end.

So 'GET WILLPOWER, DUDE' isn't perhaps the most helpful of advice. And visiting a website that teaches drawing with a method is. Who knows.

I'm touched by fortunato's posts, but I feel in the end Pixelation isn't here to help anyone not sink to the bottom, it's here to help people who are proficient at swimming, learn to do breaststroke or some other technique, if you catch my drift.

If someone's going to give up drawing because of harsh critique, they probably are better off without it, just a thought.
def, but people ARE people, you know. and they are/can be sensitive. im just sayin, i think a big part of the best critiques is the support element too, what an artist (and any human in any field) REALLY needs. would half of us be here today if we didnt get some encouragement along the line? and who DOESNT smile when they hear a 'i really like this, keep going' or a 'youre definitely on the right track'? yes maybe we only want to hear the positives sometimes but im just saying, a balance of both is, i'd say, required in a good critique. the good is just as important as the bad, especially in a seemingly cold world like ours.
now that is, not to say, that some of us do need a reall good kick in the pants once in a while hehehe
sorry if that came off as arguing with you helm; did not mean anything of the sort. just statin my thoughts

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Pixel Art / Re: [Novice Pixel Art]
« on: November 19, 2009, 09:50:46 pm »
i know. im sorry i wish i could really understand and connect with you better; sadly ive got some real stuff on my mind and that gets in the way of really helping you out.
my best advice i could give you now is to go to this site: http://www.learn-to-draw.com/drawing-basics/ do the exercises and you WILL improve. im sorry. i dont want you to feel alone in this drawing world of yours, i really dont! but sadly sometimes things are like this. just go to that site, do the exercises and come back. they will help, they really will. i promise. try to stay away from pixel art for just a little while, it is a bit too advanced i would say. limiting yourself to one medium (especially one like pixel art that can be all ABOUT limitations) can and will limit your growth as an artist and leave you struggling. i know youre having trouble understanding this so i understand if this is confusing. what im saying is this: stop pixel art. for a little bit. focus on DRAWING. and dont do it for me, or us; do it for YOURSELF. do what YOU want to do in drawing. go out and get some paper and a pencil and just draw. and remember, do those exercises on the webpage i showed you. and dont half ass it either! REALLY TRY, really just do them! they are important and until you realize the importance of learning the basics and drawing realistically, only then will you really be able to draw what you want and seemingly 'bend reality' with your drawings and your art. now go to that website and do what it says. then you can come back to pixel art and you'll be amazed at the improvements. until then, good luck my friend! only you have the power to really take this shit into your own hands. peace.

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Pixel Art / [WIP] UFO
« on: November 19, 2009, 07:16:13 pm »

hi. i think im getting better at drawing (and in turn more able to draw what i imagine) but i dunno. im just horrible at lightsources and lighting and shading and all that. obviously its supposed to be a ufo... and i wanted it to have a sort of red metal, almost racecar-ish (nascar lolol) look to the hull or ship or whatever you call it... like i dunno, one of those 80s-90s galaga like clones? im finding this hard to explain. i dont want it to LOOK like a ship, just i want the metal part of it (not the glass dome thing) to have that kind of air. you know what i mean? probably not. but thanks anyway! c + c pleeeease :D

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Pixel Art / Re: [Novice Pixel Art]
« on: November 19, 2009, 06:58:37 pm »
i think the problem is that you guys may be giving him a kind of a hard time. the value of honest criticism is like no other, yes, but you must consider patience. now im no mod here but it just seems like are being a BIT impatient with this guy; continued impatience could make him quit or give up. maybe if something you explain to him doesnt ring a bell the first time, you could try it in a different way? everybodys different. i dont want to come off as trying to sound like mother theresa or something but come on! give the guy some slack. id say hes made some great progress.
now that doesnt undermine the fact that you guys are right. micintexp... drawing is tough. and you know, maybe you are going about it the wrong way. not that theres a right way, but there are certainly not so good paths. i think what people are trying to say is stop copying other peoples artwork. this is what i used to do... i would copy other peoples comics or drawings (with outlines of course) and i would say look i can draw! this is good i guess cause a big component of drawing is to be able to copy/draw what you see onto paper (think about it... copying someone elses drawing takes a similar mechanism of mimicking than it does to copy anything else). though what you get is just a copy of someone elses work, someone elses interpretation of a real life thing. now what if i told you to go draw a real tree? like, to go outside and see a tree, and just draw it? seriously. no pixel art here, just take a paper and pen. do this. take a paper and pencil, go outside, find a tree, then draw it. do this over and over. allow it to change the way you see things... you'll see results if you do it right.
but i dunno, most of that post is bullshit lol. go here:
http://www.learn-to-draw.com/drawing-basics/
read it. do all of what it says. and really immerse yourself in this! dive in, bathe in this shit (that probably came off as really weird to you considering you must be foreign... lol). take an art class or something. be around artsy people. you will learn much faster that way. i hope this helps. just hold off on the tree for a while. im just concerned that youre not going to get the level of success you wanted (or any at all, even :( ) and you'll give up. and thats not what i want to happen. so go to that website and learn; just do it.

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