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my first pixel art!

on: May 13, 2008, 02:59:01 am
it's just myself, comments welcome.


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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #1 on: May 13, 2008, 06:54:19 am
Reminds me of gorillaz.
Perhaps some simple shading on the pants and shirt seems quite flat.
The hair could use some work.
« Last Edit: May 13, 2008, 09:54:19 am by Souly »

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #2 on: May 13, 2008, 06:59:07 pm
thanks, I'll see what I can do

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #3 on: May 13, 2008, 07:28:41 pm
take a look, I hope it's better

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #4 on: May 14, 2008, 01:54:22 am
Reminds me of gorillaz.
That's exactly what I thought when I saw this!  :P

Well then. This is much better than my first attempt (yesterday  :D)

The hair/pants do look -better- but not best. Uhhh, but I can't help much there sorry  :-[
His shirt hurts my feelings btw.

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #5 on: May 14, 2008, 02:34:48 am
lookin good, excellent for a first. i think the shading is too vague, but you could argue that thats part of the style. heres an edit:

i changed the colors a little, but my moniter is crap so it may look horrible.
worked on shading too. since there isn't much, i don't know if its pillow shaded or not, but i tried to add a light source. brought the pants up a shade.
im not really that good, so don't take my advice too seriously.  :P
oh, and i didn't touch the hair really. workin on the body mostly. its a little sloppy, sorry, but its late and im tired.
« Last Edit: May 14, 2008, 02:36:30 am by coran »

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #6 on: May 14, 2008, 03:56:02 am
sorry coran, but I don't think your edit was much of a change in the right direction.



a bit of a jump, but it'll help. right now your piece lacks saturation and more contrasting shadows. the hair shading in particular is a bit 'bevel filter' looking.
remove the unnecessary dithering, it doesn't really work on smaller pieces like this. I changed outlines too, so check em out.


edit: ah, it's an image of yourself? in that case keep the hair a little darker and keep your shoes, just suggestions though
« Last Edit: May 14, 2008, 03:58:50 am by alkaline »

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #7 on: May 19, 2008, 11:33:10 pm
sorry for not answer faster (and for my english, Im mexican), but Ive been busy with school.
Wow, you really help me with this, lets see what I can do with your advices.

edit: by the way, the t shirt is just a joke (a weird story between a friend and I)

2nd edit: well, what do you think?


« Last Edit: May 20, 2008, 12:43:27 am by erikklan »

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #8 on: May 20, 2008, 01:04:48 am
You just recolored and removed a few lines from alk's edit. That's not how you learn. Study what alk did, and apply it to your piece on your own. If you copy and paste, you'll learn nothing. :(

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Re: my first pixel art!

Reply #9 on: May 20, 2008, 01:07:39 am
hey, easy I know that, I just wanted to know if the stuff I edited (like color of hair and the shoes) are right