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Offline nornagon

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GB-style, 2-color tiny pixels

on: January 20, 2012, 11:22:50 pm
Trying some 2-color work to focus on individual pixels.



New to pixelling, and to drawing & art in general. Would like some C+C on readability and pixel placement :)

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Re: GB-style, 2-color tiny pixels

Reply #1 on: January 21, 2012, 04:34:44 pm
If I remember correctly, Game Boy supported 4 colors.

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Re: GB-style, 2-color tiny pixels

Reply #2 on: January 21, 2012, 04:52:48 pm
If you're aiming for GB mockup I'd say use all the shades available to you.
If you're intentionally using 2 shades, I'd say it actually looks pretty good.

If I remember correctly, Game Boy supported 4 colors.
3 shades and transparency.

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Re: GB-style, 2-color tiny pixels

Reply #3 on: January 21, 2012, 05:26:48 pm
Oh, haha :) Yeah, my intention was to do 2-color, not necessarily to do something GB-specific.

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Re: GB-style, 2-color tiny pixels

Reply #4 on: January 21, 2012, 05:38:56 pm
The one thing I can bring myself to complain about is the tree trunk.
It feels as if it has a 2px thick outline as opposed to shading, which tends to draw the eye toward it when everything else on-screen has a 1px outline.
The detail in the leaves seems a tad bit off as well, though I admittedly can't pinpoint what's so jarring about it.