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General Discussion / Re: Introductions
« on: December 24, 2007, 01:15:48 pm »
War goat?
here you go
scare off any foe!
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scare off any foe!
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Pixel Art / Re: Hamma' Time :// EDITS
« on: December 24, 2007, 12:02:09 pm »
thinking about a longer animation sequence starting with the title screen and moving past character selection
wip of title screen
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General idea
wip of title screen
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General idea
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Archived Activities / Re: The Official Secret Santa 2007
« on: December 24, 2007, 10:22:25 am »
tsk tsk tsk at those who never finished :/
so did anyone end up w/o a gift b/c of them?
anyways an awesome show of pixel talent! I totally should have joined haha
side note: the gift For Sabata, from Dusty is not working. the link is dead
so did anyone end up w/o a gift b/c of them?
anyways an awesome show of pixel talent! I totally should have joined haha
side note: the gift For Sabata, from Dusty is not working. the link is dead
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Pixel Art / Re: Polar Bear Game WIP
« on: December 24, 2007, 09:17:07 am »
haha i used to love that game 
I havnt played it in years.
I like the concept of your remake. Polar bears are definitely cuter than some dude on skis xD. Withthat said there are some points i feel could so with some improvement
I've made a really quick edit and squared the spots i changed
1.The palette! Although your palette isnt -bad-, it could use some livening up. Your colours are quite close together leaving some details to look sort of washed out. It also seems like a happy cutesy sort of game so why not go for brighter happier colours?
2.Depth. You're using darker outlines around the edges not giving thought to the depth of what it is you are outlining. For example, the polar bear. The head is closer to us in this view than it's bum, yet the bum has more emphases due to the darker outline. The head sort of fades/melds into whats behind it. Why not try adding a darker outline around the head to draw the eye there first? This same problem is occurring with the ski jump. The darker outline should be placed to define the object from that which is behind itself.
3.Redundant colours. Theres just one, but its there haha xD. The flag had two reds that are so close together that one of them is really not needed at all. Try replacing it with one of the darker greeny blues you've used to outline other things.
4.Jaggies. You've left some weird jaggies around the bushes and stump. The 1-3-4 pixel line on the bush is making it look a little weird. you can fix this by either changing it to 1-2-4, or just adding in some simple a/a. The stump you can fix by changing the top from 2-6-2, to 1-8-1 or again just using some simple a/a.
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The title screen i think is going to look really nice. I love pixelled snow scenes haha
a few suggestions and again an edit
1.The top of the igloo seems to be at a different angle than the door. We should technically be able to see more of the 'circle' at the top.
2. You've made the bg and trees look as if it is a low light setting..night or overcast perhaps but your snow is crisp and white like on a bright day. I suggest changing the colours of the trees+sky to match that.
I havnt played it in years. I like the concept of your remake. Polar bears are definitely cuter than some dude on skis xD. Withthat said there are some points i feel could so with some improvement
I've made a really quick edit and squared the spots i changed
1.The palette! Although your palette isnt -bad-, it could use some livening up. Your colours are quite close together leaving some details to look sort of washed out. It also seems like a happy cutesy sort of game so why not go for brighter happier colours?
2.Depth. You're using darker outlines around the edges not giving thought to the depth of what it is you are outlining. For example, the polar bear. The head is closer to us in this view than it's bum, yet the bum has more emphases due to the darker outline. The head sort of fades/melds into whats behind it. Why not try adding a darker outline around the head to draw the eye there first? This same problem is occurring with the ski jump. The darker outline should be placed to define the object from that which is behind itself.
3.Redundant colours. Theres just one, but its there haha xD. The flag had two reds that are so close together that one of them is really not needed at all. Try replacing it with one of the darker greeny blues you've used to outline other things.
4.Jaggies. You've left some weird jaggies around the bushes and stump. The 1-3-4 pixel line on the bush is making it look a little weird. you can fix this by either changing it to 1-2-4, or just adding in some simple a/a. The stump you can fix by changing the top from 2-6-2, to 1-8-1 or again just using some simple a/a.
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The title screen i think is going to look really nice
. I love pixelled snow scenes hahaa few suggestions and again an edit
1.The top of the igloo seems to be at a different angle than the door. We should technically be able to see more of the 'circle' at the top.
2. You've made the bg and trees look as if it is a low light setting..night or overcast perhaps but your snow is crisp and white like on a bright day. I suggest changing the colours of the trees+sky to match that.
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Pixel Art / Re: Hamma' Time :// EDITS
« on: December 23, 2007, 06:28:15 am »FWIW, I don't think a messy finish is necessarily a bad thing. Cartoony styles like what you're doing now can work quite well with it. Also, I love your outrageously neon color pallete. One thing that bothers me is that is seems like you are moving away from your own style with the flamingo. Its proportions aren't deformed like the frog's and the giraffe's, and it's making the style look inconsistent. Also the shade of pink you chose isn't burning my eyes enough, make it hotter.
Edit: One more thing: I think it would totally look cooler if the flamingo was holding his knife with its raised foot.
hmm on my screen the pink looks relatively the same in it's..uh...neonness.. xD haha. I'll try adjusting the saturation on my next update. As for the flamingo itself..well it's a bird..and most birds in general don't really get fat..let alone flamingos LOL .i wasnt going to give it a beer gut and belly button which is really what is making the other two seem so similar i guess. That's how i see it anyways. I'm not sure how i could change the flamingo to 'match' better as you suggest
. Although it would certainly be amusing to see a flamingo holding a knife by it's foot, i dont think it would be practical for game play..how would he attack+move at the same time? XD Poor Larry would be making himself a gimp! haha
anyways here's an update
I don't really like the character stats but i can't think of anything else -_-;
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General Discussion / Re: Introductions
« on: December 22, 2007, 01:22:20 pm »Late to say this, but Corel, do you have a tablet? Mucho useful for all digital art, but since I've got one my approach to pixel art has changed from one of methodical steps to a much looser and more enjoyable experience.
really? I own a tablet and i only ever use it to just sketch things out. Everything else is done with my mouse..i find the tablet doesnt have enough control.
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General Discussion / Re: Disorder in pixels!
« on: December 22, 2007, 01:20:19 pm »I'm even worse. My such folder is the My Documents one I had in fact, to put all the older random pieces of art in a subfolder called 'loose art' because I strained the hard disk whenever I entered My Documents because it tried to catalogue a huge amount of files.
my old computer was like that. I'd open my art folder and the poor thing would start making these horrible noises as it tried to generate the hundreds of thumbnails and images i hadnt bothered to sort x_o
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General Discussion / Re: Disorder in pixels!
« on: December 22, 2007, 07:32:31 am »
haha i have a folder -full- of random pixel and other art related stuff i've ever never finished, or just copies upon copies of psd save files and wips
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General Discussion / Re: Official Off-Topic Thread
« on: December 21, 2007, 08:54:46 pm »
oh ok thats not so bad then as i've been gone for awhile haha. i dont feel so bad now
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General Discussion / Re: Official Off-Topic Thread
« on: December 21, 2007, 03:29:45 pm »why the hell are some posts showing as sort of a ..brown colour? it's weird LOL
coffee stains from the hard working admins...(actually, it's just telling you it's the newest message, or unread...something like that)
is this new?..or am i just that unobservant
