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Pixel Art / Re: Tiny tree
« on: December 30, 2008, 01:02:06 pm »Quote
In fact, the shape and form in your tree is much better than that edit. A tree is no shaded sphere, it's a bunch of... well stuff actually >< You can't interpret it any clearer than that. Although your tree looked like a bunch of shaded objects that did not define a global shape, it's better than just having that global shape with no further definition.
I would imagine a lot would depend on what you'd be using the tree for. Some trees are a global shape but most others are not. I imagined the light coming slightly from the right and mostly over head. I think my trunk is out of scale. The edit looks more in proportion.
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The art of the pixel is to use as little colours as possible, and get the same or better result than what could be done with more colours. This is not true always,but was a must back in the days of colour selection(old consoles, like gameboy colour and so on had these restrictions), but this is also a good starting point for beginners as it teaches that person "how" to pick his pallet to get the most of it.
As for selecting colours, I usually put random colours in as a place holder and then change as I go. However this is me, and a few people choose to developer or us a pallet they made or already exists.
This is great information. Looks like I should choose a pallet first and work with that. That makes sense. Thanks.