12+t nepalese girl

[jimqode]

And no matter how much i tried i couldn't get the shading right.
Please post your opinion, i'm hungry for them. Feel free to edit it.
the guys at `pixel joint` wont post any comments, i think i'm too newbie for them.



edit:
I figured out how akira couldnt see the image. You're using crappy m$ stuff akira. here is a gif image for m$ slaves.
Colors apper lighter than they really are in the gif image. it lacks contrast. (And i have to pay for graphicsgale to save gif images)

[Akira]

perhaps its because the image is a red x. Its a very nice red x but i don't think you made it.
try www.imageshack.us for hosting

[jimqode]

absolutely weird. I can see that @ home and @ office. It's photobucket, not a weird service.
Anyway here is the imageshack one

[Akira]

nope sorry. can't see anything. uhhh i'm outta ideas...

[Rawsushi]

I see it just fine. The problem is probably on your end, AKira.

The picture has no depth. I see that you've chosen your light-source, which is good, but there's so little shading. Even if the light-source were REALLY bright, there'd still be, at least, a shadow being cast on the wall behind her. I'd give you more critiques, but it's 4 am here. I'm sure someone else can take it from where I left off.

[jimqode]

here's an edit:



better shading. i changed the odd yellow tone to a more skinlike tone. there now is ashadow casting on the wall (but i'm not too happy with it)
Thanks for the advice monsoon2d. looking forward to more advice and critics.

[Rawsushi]

Okay. I went to bed, but woke up really early. >_<



I did an edit for you, and created a 2-frame animated gif showing the original image and the edit. That way you can zoom in and see what changes I made.

I tried to change as little of the original lineart as possible, but her mouth was way too far down. She almost didn't have a chin. I made a new palette, which ended up looking a lot like all of my standard pink and purple ones. Eh. Those colors just work really well. In the end, I dropped the 14 color original palette down to 12. In really small pieces like these, every pixel makes a huge impact on the picture. If one pixel is out of place, that can make difference between having a nostril, and not having one at all.

Oh. And remember, these forums have a built in image-zoom feature. (Click on the pictures to zoom in.) You don't need to post the images at 2x size.

There are still some spots that aren't right on mine. I hope that you can pin-point them ('cause then you'll be able to spot them in your later pieces.)

[jimqode]

Thank you for the shading monsoon. I'll check it pixel by pixel. I really admire your work (especially your avatar). I was not aware of the `click to zoom` feature. thank you for pointing it.

here's a quickie animation:

[jimqode]

here is the finished nepalese girl emoticon set: