lemon icon

[lief]

its not actually for anything in particular.  (thanks pep)

[sonrisu]

It looks great, but I can't help but feeling that the left on the left side is just way too huge. From what I recall of seeing images of lemons the leaves on a lemon branch aren't usually the same size as the lemon itself.. or are they? Either the leaf looks much too large, or you could move the lemon over to the left a bit. In any case, the leaf competes for my attention against the lemon itself. I'm not sure what you're trying to have the focus of the icon be, though.

While it's not detrimental to the piece, is there a reason why you chose such pale colors? (I'm not sure if that's the correct terminology for what I'm trying to say). when I think of a lemon I think of vibrant yellow (and a more vibrant green, if leaves are involved).

Also, the shape is nice and lemon like, but what about making the nub on the end stick out just a little more? I think it would help make the overall shape look a bit more lemon like. If you look at it for long enough it starts to look like an egg.

[SplatPixel]

very nice... i have no crits for it. looks like what you say it is, heh. i like the detail you put in something so small, nice work.

[lief]

tried tweaking the nub, bloody pixel polka.  ummm the colors pale, they didnt work too well hypersaturated but i've tried to adjust slightly.  the layout is done now, maybe next time.  how is this new one?  i tried a new thing in the background and also made it transparent, which means i lost a bit of aa. oh well.

[lief]

thanks helm: seperated tones as suggested.

[Helm]

That's cool, but for future reference see how pixel art stops making much sense at 1x zoon at 1024 and so on:

Yours:     Mine:


As long as you don't zoom in, the difference between the two is minimal. Mine is a fraction of the number of colours you used though. I don't know. Is this important a skill to know? Probably not. We're not optimizing for 1x zoom are we? Just keep in mind that the smaller the pixels are, the more clarity is more worth the effort than detailwork is. That's why 16x16 sprites are still so difficult to do right in my opinion.

[Faceless]

Actually on my monitor (@ 1280x1024), the difference is quite huge, and lief's is by far the better looking. Colour reduction is all well and good, but sometimes you (not you in particular though i have thought it to be the case on a few of your edits; but not all) take it to far.

And as for crits... I don't really have any... just throwing my 2 cents in.

[Helm]

check your monitor brightness/contrast, Faceless.

[ironwallaby]

I'm on 1400x1050, and the two look the same at 1x. I agree with Helm, though: dithering and color minimization are both valuable skills. Why? If you learn to do more with less, you gain more power. It isn't that you may ever need to use it, but it's that you can if you wanted. It gives your brain more angles to perceive from. It makes you much more versatile of an artist and person even if you never need to draw something with less than 256 colors.

Same reason why all programmers should learn LISP.

[AlexHW]

Helm, the difference is quite noticable on the lemon part, which you have made to consist of only 2 values that dominate the space, produceing a flatened sense of the volume which was once there. Now it reminds me of those cell-shaded pictures that use only like 2 or 3 colors. This is a large step away from the feel and intention of the original in regards to the actual lemon part.