[WIP] Tree (So many trees topics!)

[imbrainy]

I'm new to these forums, and I pixelled this tree trying to learn how to shade and do pixel art in general. I havn't finished the background yet, nor do I know what to add to it.
C+C will be appreciated!  

Now here is my current tree:

The grass is terrible, I really don't know how to do it.

Thanks very much for your time.

EDIT: I tried making a background - it looked good in my head but it didn't come across well. It was meant to be water with a city behind it (I don't know how to do the water). I think it's a backwards step


edit ptoing: i fixed the links for you, you have to use the direct link not the link to the imageshack page. Cheers.

[Clovvach]

It's looking good so far, and I think the grass is fine in my opinion.

However I think that the colors need a little fixing.

Remember: contrast! You have good contrast here, but there are two colors that look almost alike! If you replace them with one color, that will lower the color count, and that's a good thing.

Another thing, more hue shifting! Don't be afraid to try out completely different colors, because remember, you can always change them!

Here's a little edit of mine (I put some AA on the tree to see how it looks):

[imbrainy]

Thanks for the reply, Clovvach!
I tried to add some contrast and I changed the grass color:


I didn't want to drastically change the hues like on yours, and I didn't want to use another color to AA since the greens make the shadow look strange.

I'm pretty sure it's 8 colours at the moment, but there may have been a pixel or 2 that I missed when I recolored because I just use the eraser tool on MS paint. Is there a way to do a color count?

[Clovvach]

Your pictures are broken. XD

and I'm not experienced with MS paint, but with fireworks there is!

Fireworks says 10 colors on the first picture including black and white. I reduced it to 9 colors in my edit.

also, I didn't use an extra color for the AA, I just reused one.

[imbrainy]

Wow I didn't realise the images went broken - when did that happen

Anyway, i'll reupload them with another image host.

EDIT: I reuploaded and they still wont work! i'm using

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[img] [/img] but apparently they don't like me