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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #10 on: November 09, 2011, 04:58:39 pm
I think this version is a lot better, but when you tile it it doesn't look really random. I think that's because of the light place in the middle of each tile:

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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #11 on: November 09, 2011, 05:07:03 pm
Well you do have to admit it does tile right the shading just sucks... XD though i need to fix that since really and truly the light should be coming from the top left...
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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #12 on: November 09, 2011, 05:22:55 pm
You're trying to hard to outline the grass.  Get a good reference image or two of grass and try to see if you can tell how the blades of grass are individualized without being outlined.  Then see what you can do to copy that feel.

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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #13 on: November 09, 2011, 05:30:16 pm
Well it probably should actually be strands but i can't figure out how to get the right pallete for it or how to do the strands right...

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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #14 on: November 09, 2011, 09:22:27 pm
Don't! work with single, hard defined grass strands. Work with a general structure instead.

The "Structurization" part of this tutorial shows quite well how you do that:
http://kiwinuptuo.deviantart.com/art/Pixel-Art-Tutorial-Shading-184136991

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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #15 on: November 09, 2011, 11:12:07 pm
^Yup, pretty good tutorial. This one, by the same author, is good too: http://kiwinuptuo.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3d4ufx
Covers different textures like water, stone, and grass. All of that artist's tutorials are worth checking out though, I think. They're pretty helpful.

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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #16 on: November 10, 2011, 01:52:23 am
Wow thanks for that  ;D though with the grass thing i gotta disagree i like the detailed stuff and a guy finally helped me understand it somewhat  :lol: but i will be checking those tuts out with great detail :D

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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #17 on: November 10, 2011, 03:47:29 am
Keep it simple.

Look.



Z:LTTP is detailed. But the tile artists responsible were so conscious of smart use of contrast and focal points everything ends up feeling incredibly balanced, as a whole. This game's art is brilliant, in my opinion.
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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #18 on: November 10, 2011, 11:09:59 am
Yea i'd thought of trying a style like lttp but i could never figure out how they made it so simple yet it looked so good XD

But I just seem to like grass like this:


(btw i made that myself)
Then i loaded it into tiled and it seems to tile right and look good:


Edit: note: the map i tested it with doesn't look like that normally ^ i zoomed in before i saved it
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Re: help with learning pixel art

Reply #19 on: November 10, 2011, 03:11:04 pm
Honestly, grass tiles probably aren't the best place to start for a beginner. Good looking complex grass needs very precise and deliberate pixel clusters and some techniques that involve illusion more than actual form. When I was just starting out, I could barely even understand all that. I'm not saying you should give up on this one, but you're basically trying to play Freebird before you learn chords.