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Pixel Art / Re: Help on head
« on: February 19, 2010, 04:56:28 am »
Hello,

ndchristie: Thanks a lot for your comments. Now that you put your finger on it, i cannot help but see that flatness you mention. Also the hint for studying b/w stuff is good, i also found that elsewhere, so i will do that for sure.

As to your less-technical notes:

I hear you say: Now you learnt some - but what will you do with it ?  :lol: Fair enough i guess, i will try and add the depth needed.

A little background there was, the guy is supposed to be about 40 years old and an experienced fighter. As to the scar, i think its quite possible to make a cut like this one and still have the eye unharmed and the during combat strange wounds might just happen. Yet i am open to anyone giving me the reason why it can't be that way as i do not claim to be a expert in battle wounds.  ;)
His expression was aimed being calm, yet ready for action. All in all more a neutral state. But this could be a bit too boring - i shall try some variety. So once again back to work on it.
 

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Pixel Art / Re: Help on head
« on: February 16, 2010, 04:55:03 pm »
Hello,

Sherman Gill: Well agreed, i neglected the form of the mouth which is corrected with some small issues i had here and there in this version.


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Pixel Art / Re: Help on head
« on: February 16, 2010, 09:43:08 am »
Hello,

here is the next version of the head. I tried to include as many hints as possible and i think there is again much improvement in it. Thanks to all for that.  :-* ;)

Color count increased dramatically to 24.

Once again everybody is invited to c&C.


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Pixel Art / Re: Help on head
« on: January 19, 2010, 05:27:45 am »
Hello,

wow, thanks for all the nice comments and of course above all the input folks, seems some additional work is waiting for me  ;)

@helm: nice edit on the lips, i like the texture you added to them.

@Pawige: I should have increased the res of the thing for sure. I guess i was a bit focused on the content and forgot to look beyond. In the first place i did not want to do a 100% standard head. But now i think i should use this opportunity to refresh and expand my anatomy knowlegde.

@EyeCraft: I will give him some clothes and turn the pic into a bust-like thing (is that the right term ?). I still have the habit to be very penurious with colours due since my Atari times, need to get rid of it and think more about the single piece and what its aimed at. Great hint with the different hues, haven't considered that yet.


Next version might take a bit, got a busy week, but whenever i got some energy left i will continue on it.


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Pixel Art / Re: Help on head
« on: January 17, 2010, 05:58:57 pm »
Hello,

so now i looked at some beards, checked my anatomy book and and watched some images for skin reflections.

After that i reworked the fella - waiting for C&C.


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Pixel Art / Re: Help on head
« on: January 16, 2010, 04:45:50 am »
Hello,

NaCl: thanks for the lots of input. I will study all parts you mentioned. Hopefully i can do an update this weekend. 

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Pixel Art / Re: Boring character needs to be spiffed up
« on: January 16, 2010, 04:40:43 am »
Hello,

no this old pal was reworked to look like a sailor. The shins also got some attention. Next i try some animation on this one.


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Pixel Art / Re: how about this creepy tree
« on: January 14, 2010, 10:16:34 am »
Hello,

now there is improvement in your recent version. Now your tree got a visible structure.  :y:

What is missing now is shadows and light that define more on the piece. Also the colours should be adjusted to have more contrast. Does your programm have a choice to sort the palette by brightness ? Its a fast way to see if colours are too close in colour or brightness and can be left out or must be reworked.

I did a quick edit, i hope it makes things clear.


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Pixel Art / Re: Pain revisited
« on: January 13, 2010, 09:19:21 am »
Quote from: Mathias on January 11, 2010, 04:11:51 am
Oh, no not really. The idea of a cartoon flower crying out in pain is rather funny actually. It's just an observation for your own info. It changes the piece's expression I thought

Furthermore:

-I find the purple solid bg an odd choice. You could use the bg to emphasize "PAIN" with red instead, maybe even a reddish gradient, maybe some sharp violent explosive orange/yellow shapes in the red, etc. But, solid purple?
-The daisy flower is tiny compared to the crow/raven. Seems too small/outa proportion.
-The crow and flower contrast each other uncomfortably - crow is more realistically shaded. Perhaps if you muted the flower's palette like you did the crow.
-"PAIN" lettering looks like you drew it too quickly. Since it's so important, how about refining it. Start with, or at least reference, a good sharp/spiky font.
-I just NOW realized the beak has a green drip on it. Before, I was confused thinking it was a stem sticking out. Could be a readability problem.

- the background colour is planned to belong to the raven, not the daisy so i wanted it to be a cold color to represent the cold bloodness going on. Maybe i should emphasise this a bit more.

- you are right - the proportions are wrong, but as the daisy got a face i thought reality was not that important  ;)

- right, i am not 100% satisfied with the palette either - i will toy around with it a bit.

- the lettering needs more attention, agreed. Will work on it.

- also agreed on the drip - have (hopefully) a solution on mind. Will be in the next update.


Quote from: crab2selout.png on January 11, 2010, 06:47:08 am
Is it necessary to even include the word pain? I just wonder if this theme has to be so explicitly stated. I find it even takes away from the impact of the image because I keep looking at the text rather than the bird and flower.

I agree it gets more attention than it should. But i want it being included and quite like the comic-like feel the piece gets with it.
Will keep looking for different solutions though.

Thanks to all for the input so far.

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Pixel Art / Re: Pain revisited
« on: January 11, 2010, 03:56:29 am »
Hello,

Quote from: Mathias on January 11, 2010, 01:19:29 am
Before, the "PAIN" appeared to label the scene's contents, now it's more as if the flower is screaming the word pain, or at least making some kind of painful outburst.

Thats true. BUt is this something you find disturbing ?

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