First PixelArt

[chigsam]

Well i did graphics but not in pixel art style. So I decided to find some tutorials and stuff. Then I came across this website so here I am. I'm new to this site so hello! Also I'd like to show you my first pixel art i just made now. it's my first so don't critisize me to bad. but comments on improvement are well accepted.

[ndchristie]

This really is just half-way through a hold-hands style tut, so my only suggestion on this piece is to look around and study pixel styles and spriting techniques, and then finish the tutorial.

[chigsam]

ya well i guess ill look around thanks for the suggestion

[Feron]

one tip is to save as .gif or even better, .PNG.  Jpegs will add unnecesary colors and generally distort things,

[chigsam]

i save as a jpeg only after i got my handy dandy photoshop CS2. When saving as a jpeg in photoshop you can change the quality of the image. so i maxed it out (i probably didnt have to though) and saved it. i just opened my paint and copy the image in my post into paint and its exactly the same not one color is different. but yes i get what you are saying for people who don't have photoshop. ill keep that in mind when i make them when i dont have photoshop with me. Thanks for the heads up!

[Zolthorg]

No form of jpeg is lossless.
your image is no exception.

[chigsam]

ok you made me do this *sigh*

 gif jpeg

[zeid]

...ok you made me do this *sigh*
I've used colour replace to show you
Jpeg


Gif


you effectively made the piece have 226 by turning it into jpeg as oppose to 15.

[chigsam]

wow thats crazy.  i guess what i was trying to say is that the apperance of the image doesn't change but if you do what zeid did it does actually change. Ok well im sorry i was kinda wrong i guess you guys are the experts

[Dusty]

Well in pixel-art, every pixel counts, and can have a huge impact on the piece. JPEG does whatever it wants with your pixels, whether you up the quality or not, and that = bad. You should have control over each and every pixel in your work.