chris

[ptoing]

Did a 20 minute repaint of your reptile, and I don't consider myself as an expert in anatomy (still and always learning),
but it should give you a few clues what's wrong with yours.



How old are you btw?

[tomster 785]

@clr: I don't have an attitude, you just read my posts and you assume I do, I listen to C+C so shut up, I do post with grammar aswell, otherwise I would'nt have commars, would I?

@ptoing: I'm 13, thanks for the help, I took what I did from a referance pic on google, on what reptile was originally was going to look like and thats what he looked like (but yours is way better), could you just post the fram of your version so I can take notes and whatnot, because I can barely see what you've done it's like 1 second on each frame, but thanks, that is (from what people on pixel forum) the bestwork I've ever done

[Gil]

Please don't cuss at other members. And the sentence where you say you use grammar has a lot of mistakes, so get off your high horse.

Anyway, try getting GraphicsGale (free) or Cosmigo ProMotion. With those tools you can open ptoing's image, and compare the frames... Please note the huge difference in anatomy, shading and contrast. Also note that he uses a dark blue instead of gray. This causes the image to look a lot nicer. Why? Because blue and green are supplementary colours. In fact, orange is another supplementary colour of green, hence why the arms are a little orange. It's small details like these that make images work...

http://www.geocities.com/skulkraken2002/
Look at that tutorial for help and try doing the lessons. The last few lessons cover fighter sprites, something you'll find very interesting since you like to work large...

http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/
Here you can download GraphicsGale for free

PS: all members here mean well with you if you show intent to get better. There's TONS to be learned from the fine members here, so look around in the other topics too. Try looking at our challenges section for some fun assignments, and look at how others fullfill them.

[Alex]

Do NOT tell me to shutup, alright. You do not just step into a forum, and tell people to shutup. I have been around for a lot longer than you have so you have no right to talk down to me. Besides, what on earth is a "commar"?

Anyways, I do recommend that you try another pixel program. One that is designed for pixels. I use graphics gale, and it does me wonders. I stand by it, i also like pro-motion alot, i just havent purchased it.

[ptoing]

Be nice everyone or i have to get the keys.

[Gil]

clr: chill please, no flame wars or we'll have to strike you...

[Draco9898]

Hey, chill out.

That's a bit better Tom, keep it up!

[tomster 785]

I dont follow, do you mean my reptile is better than my chris bit (the one I posted in the first place)?

and I do have graphics gale, I even payed for it, but I can't use it because I can't find the palette (which sucks, I had to use paint)

thanks ptoing, I'll look at that

@clr: I was telling you to shut up about my attidtude problem that every says I have, it's getting anoying, I do listen to C+C, and a commar is this thing in frnt of all of my sentence parts,

[Helm]

I was telling you to shut up about my attidtude problem that every says I have, it's getting anoying,

We are not your dad. Either behave courteously, or leave this forum. Enough's enough already.

[CrumbBread]

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=commar&gwp=13

Tom, there's nothing blocking you from improvement except for the fact that you won't get over yourself.

Now please hear this: I am personally very interested to see you post a small picture, then make an edit incorporating the suggestions of the peanut gallery, and see how it turns out. It will be time well spent, instead of wasted Defending Your Honor. I think the problem with large pieces is that it's tempting to rush to get them done, and so unless you are willing to put it lots of time, you never get to practice anything but sketchy lineart and basic shading. A smaller piece encourages focus and emphasizes pixel-specific techniques.

Regarding the Chris, from the waist down he looks paper thin (due to that pillow shading) and, in my experience, branches tend to taper from thick to thin, instead of having a wave shape (thick-thin-thick-thin-thick-thin) all the way down their length (except for occasional bumps where sub-branches veer off). I applaud your initial efforts, but I think you can do better at making tree-bark than simply using grey lines. =)