Wip

[HelloPeople]

You know what this is...
I use paint, I know there isnt a difference but I would like to try a different tool...Anyone got a suggestion?


The grass is spray painted on B/C I SUCK at grass...and other stuff.

But I hope I can learn new techniques and tricks.

And I have this running loop... I have no animating tool...

[devinode]

The grass look like shag carpet

[HelloPeople]

Lol... I'm just really shitty when it comes to grass...

[Mush]

As a rule of thumb, never use the spray tool (or techniques the produce the same effect) - it looks crappy and not really pixel art. For grass, I always try to avoid as much noise as possible.

Here are some references:

http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/44065.htm
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/23709.htm
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/15774.htm

If you want a noisier look, make sure you draw the blades as blades, not dots.

[HelloPeople]

Thank, I'll make sure i'll update.

[krasimir]

At least the composition is good, but pixel art is all about the tiny details.

[what]

Link would be proud.

The house on the left's roof is unnaturally rounded.

This is pretty boss! 

[Mush]

Woah, why'd you change the grass?

Posted by HelloPeople on PJ:


This is much better than the spray-on grass. 

For colors, I would suggest more hue shifting towards cooler colors (especially green), to give it that "enclosed forest" feeling I miss.

Also, less dithering/general noisy pixels would benefit this piece; try to avoid single pixels all together, and focus more on "clusterage" as Mathias calls it.
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=8110.0