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Pixel Art / Re: Eye Chicken
« on: July 29, 2009, 11:34:48 am »
Hi SWOT,

I think it's usefull to focus on shading the eyeball in it's most simplest form first. Like this:

Just edit it in a seperate layer and work on the shading (like has been posted above) until you get that right. It will help when you don't need to focus on the iris and bloodvessels. After you're done with the shading of the sphere-shape, you can add details in a new layer and work your way from there.

Hope this helps; good luck!  :)

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Pixel Art / Re: Ripped? (Martian flora thingy) [WIP]
« on: July 28, 2009, 11:09:38 am »
oooohh red weed! Yeah, maybe that could be it.
I also strolled through the creatures from the original Star Trek series and found this:


It's a sorta silicon based lifeform and those shiny spheres are its eggs.


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Pixel Art / Re: Ripped? (Martian flora thingy) [WIP]
« on: July 28, 2009, 02:12:44 am »
LOL, it's not them either!  :-[

anyway, here's a small update. Martian Spaghetti Heap gets a brothah & sistah:



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Pixel Art / Re: [WIP] Shiny robots
« on: July 27, 2009, 10:49:23 pm »
hi Dr D,

yeah, you're right about that highlighted ridge: there isn't anything there. It's just smooth, so I guess I'll need to fix that.


And I'm also going to adjust the second highlights on the small robots. That should take care of the banding as well :) Thanx!

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Pixel Art / Re: Ripped? (Martian flora thingy) [WIP]
« on: July 27, 2009, 09:21:37 pm »
LOL

nice chandelier!   :P

But I'm pretty sure my images looks like something from a TV series or movie or something.

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Pixel Art / Re: Ripped? (Martian flora thingy) [WIP]
« on: July 27, 2009, 05:17:48 pm »
I KNOW! I'm like the only one out here that hasn't played it. I was in cryostasis at the time.
Anyway, that alien looks like a walking jellyfish/squid. Not like a heap of spaghetti.

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Pixel Art / Re: Ripped? (Martian flora thingy) [WIP]
« on: July 27, 2009, 05:11:47 pm »
You better hope you're not allergic to spaghetti Salmeron, cos this basterd's gonna get you!  LOL

But seriously, erhm, I don't mean to blaspheme or anything, but I never played Metal Slug...  :(

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Pixel Art / Ripped? (Martian flora thingy) [WIP]
« on: July 27, 2009, 05:00:50 pm »
hey guys,

I was just working on this martian vegetable thingy (I don't even know if I'm gonna use it) and it just hit me: It looks awefully familiar, but from where/what? Did my subconscious rip this? Any sci-fi geeks outthere?




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Pixel Art / Re: [WIP] Shiny robots
« on: July 27, 2009, 01:42:31 pm »
Ok guys,

here's a little update on the shiny metal: First of, I decided to keep most of the outlines in 1 color, except with the antennas and spiny legs.
I found that a colored outline on the main bodies of the robots made their form less solid. With the antennas and legs it's OK, because it really conveys the feeling that they are much thinner and more fragile than the rest. But I didn't want this same feel of the metal material for the rest. Hence the outline.
The extra higlight (= rimlight?) on the right helps the metal stand out more as being metal, I think.

Then again, I might change my mind tomorrow and go with the highlight version Lendrick proposed. I've been staring at this a bit too long now. It does accentuate the dark outline, so Atnas is probably gonna spank me for that one  :-[

Note: the background by st0ven is just a placeholder environment, so don't worry about that one. I love the colors though!
Note 2: you can also see I'm working on some spaceships in a similar style. Thing is: with the shapes being so very basic and smooth, making a convincing shiny metal surface just with a few colors is a bit tedious for me. The ships have huge dark reflections. I figured: Even though they are in the same screen, actually they're in low orbit, so they should have some dark bands, reflecting space and all. I'm curious what you guys think of that.

So far... C&C is more than welcome!


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General Discussion / Re: Making a living?
« on: July 27, 2009, 12:46:43 pm »
hi TomF,

thanx for that worddoc! It's quite clarifying  :)
I think I'll just continue hanging round here, posting my stuff. And if after 2 more weeks, I still like pixeling, I can take it to the next step (I get bored with something new easily)  ;)

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