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Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

on: May 06, 2012, 11:25:50 am
Just something I threw together recently :)  I tried a few new techniques with the shading and outlining this pony pixel around, and I think it actually turned out pretty well.



On DeviantArt: http://theashbad.deviantart.com/art/Pixel-Twilight-Sparkle-Wrong-Side-of-the-Hay-300192548

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #1 on: May 07, 2012, 07:28:13 am
Nice work!
Had some fun experimenting on your twilight.. (lol that sounds kinda sinister)



First thing I changed was the eyes, they should be more slanted, in opposite directions, to follow the head. \ /
Also, nostrils (or what it's called on a horse) same shape there \ /
Is the head supposed to be looking upwards? If so the mouth and nose should probably be moved further up.

Changed the colors a bit to be less saturated and more pastel-y.
And I played around a bit with some AA and shading.

I also removed the noise in the hair, personally I prefer it clean, especially if it's ponies.
I didn't dare to mess around with the hair too much though, it seemed rather intricate and complex.

edit:

I tried matching the color from the show more accurately.
Seems like the difference was way more radical than I had thought.



« Last Edit: May 07, 2012, 07:41:29 am by Seiseki »

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #2 on: May 07, 2012, 10:08:17 am
Nice edit!  :D I think your edit looks great, but it doesn't quite fit my personal style (I like noisy pony hair, for some reason).  I think your new choice of colors and outlining was rather interesting, though, it gave a cool personality to Twilight's body!  I'm going to experiment with it some more myself today, after seeing what you did.

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #3 on: May 07, 2012, 10:30:36 am
Thanks, had to make an edit because.. ponies!
Hm, looking at the reference I noticed something just now, it would probably look more like the show if you removed the outline below the eye.

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #4 on: May 07, 2012, 10:55:05 am
I think you're probably right.  Here's what it looks like without:



When I zoom in on your edit more, the more I like it ;) just noticed the light shadow below Twi, the addition of more glare on her legs and right face, and some small anti-aliasing fixes.  I actually like the style!

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #5 on: May 07, 2012, 12:33:48 pm
Thanks, I couldn't help but try some stuff myself.

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #6 on: May 07, 2012, 01:16:38 pm
While I notice the edits in this version are more minor, they make a nice difference!  I noticed you added a shadow between the eyes, and cast some light onto the nose area more.  I like it, it gives it nice dimension :) You also edited a few pixels around the ears to add some extra shadow effects, which is minor but I love it!  And finally, I notice you retracted the shadow and skewed it to be an a tilted-oval shape, so it fit the size and shape of Twilight better.

I think I'm learning a lot from your edits!  I have some less up-to-par ponies I did as well I haven't posted, and I think I'm going to go back over them and make them better!  I'll post the originals and my fixes (hopefully) later today. :D

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #7 on: May 09, 2012, 07:59:31 pm
Well, I've decided to go do my own edits from what I learned from yours (editing not from yours, but rather from my original), and it's to a point where I'm proud of it ^_^



The eyes are different than those in your edit, I felt there was more of a "d'aww" effect with the eyes closer together.  Also, I anti-aliased the eyes like crazy, which made them a bit blurry but gives them what I feel is a nice 3D effect.  And, I of course made the colors closer to the show's colors like you did,  since the ones I had before where really dark in comparison.

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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #8 on: May 09, 2012, 09:43:52 pm
Huuuuuuge improvement since start - the next thing you have to tackle is getting rid of jaggies and improving your AA  :y:



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Re: Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

Reply #9 on: May 09, 2012, 09:57:37 pm
Thanks! :D and indeed, I do need to do that to an extent still; I'll study your edit and see what I can do about them on my own from what you pointed out.