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Offline LuckyF

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[WIP] LuckyF's pixel Dump

on: May 14, 2007, 06:19:51 pm
Well, it's my first try in pixelart. It's not good so I hope your c&c will help me to emprove it.
« Last Edit: May 23, 2007, 06:41:37 pm by LuckyF »

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #1 on: May 14, 2007, 06:47:38 pm
 :'( Dude, that is wonderful for your first try in pixel art, welcome to the boards!

Have you ever gotten experience in any other mediums of art, as it seems quite like you have from the details and way you shaded it. But that's beside the point. This was quite a good piece of your first try ( better than anything I came up with at least ) there's just two things that really need to be addressed.

1. Light Source:

  • You don't really have any direct or general light source, but rather seemingly to have 3 maybe 4. If the light were shining directly from the front, there would be shadows around the arms where you put the most highlight.

2. Pillowy Appearance:
  • Well, the shading takes on a somewhat pillowy shading appearance or so. Could be just me but I'm not really an expert on shading, just wanted to point that out.

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #2 on: May 14, 2007, 08:28:36 pm
Change the lightsource like madartistan said, then maybe try some dithering, and try to remove the black lines maybe  :)
Dithering:
http://spriteart.com/tutorials/01_dither.html

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #3 on: May 14, 2007, 09:36:20 pm
Thanks for coments. Well, I guess lightsource problem comes from the reference picture, it's my own drawing that I did recently.... You can see it here

I'll try to fix that problem.

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #4 on: May 15, 2007, 03:45:38 am
although in your larger drawing the light is very "epic"-ish and so-forth, it doesn't really look like that in the pixel, I'd suggest maybe a more balanced color ramp, dithering (as said earlier), and some clarity on the lines in some parts, If I get the time tomorrow I"ll try to make an edit, but in general, it feels like it fades to black too quickly

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #5 on: May 15, 2007, 04:23:15 am
First off, this is really not a bad start for a first attempt at pixel art but it appears you already have some CG experience which helps.

A big thing with this piece is that in pixel art, color choices are a little more important. The colors you use for your drawing may not work out very well value for value in pixel art. You want your colors to pop as you have less screen real estate to work with.

Another thing to look into is some hard edges and less blocking out between colors with in between colors. You also used glowing edges which added a bit of a nice effect in the drawing but did not translate that into pixel art. Anyhow I made an edit to point out a few things. So far it just addresses the top left corner of the picture (shoulder-elbow and head).

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #6 on: May 15, 2007, 12:34:57 pm
hey

Well here is my attempt at an edit, mainly edited the left side (the characters right side).
, and <- mirror

I did find the anatomy a bit odd, but I tried to correct a bit. I redone alot of the lighting/shading and such, but I didn't really follow your original concept :\. Anyhows I hope this helps in some way.

cyas
« Last Edit: May 15, 2007, 12:55:40 pm by yosh64 »

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #7 on: May 16, 2007, 09:33:29 am
Thanks for crits ... It helped alot.

So here is my edit.
« Last Edit: May 16, 2007, 10:45:47 am by LuckyF »

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #8 on: May 16, 2007, 02:48:42 pm
NIce process!
But reflex line is not so constant, more play on this line, in some piece she is must be a lost. Now his stomach look as soap bubble )).
Good work.

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Re: [WIP] First try.

Reply #9 on: May 16, 2007, 04:08:48 pm
You right ....Well, I think I fixed it :)
« Last Edit: May 16, 2007, 04:11:55 pm by LuckyF »