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Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

on: December 04, 2008, 04:43:28 pm
Hey, what's up? I'm kinda new here but I figure I might as well get to the point.
I've been working (if you can even call it working) on a RPG project with friends called Auslander for awhile now, and basically I'm the artist guy. I made about 6 new enemies, but I'm totally perplexed on how I should color them. I'm totally new to pixel arting or color theory.



I learn much more by example than by being told stuff...anyone wanna have a try at coloring these? Thanks, in advance.
Here's the "development" blog, if you're interested.



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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #1 on: December 04, 2008, 08:17:35 pm
This is one of them situations where you try it yourself, first, and then we can show you where you're goin' about stuff wrong. Generally asking people to do stuff for you makes you look like a gold-bricker.
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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #2 on: December 04, 2008, 10:26:35 pm
Besides, what's with the hugeness, and the lack of refinedness? Really, they kinda look like not even fully cleaned sketches.

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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #3 on: December 04, 2008, 11:37:47 pm
if you want to allow others to color your lineart, make use of the Lineart Thread

if you want critique on coloring - try your best, then ask for help.  Do not ask others to do this for you.  Thanks

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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #4 on: December 05, 2008, 05:17:28 am
Well, I already colored them but I erased them again a long time ago. It was really terrible so I said I'd rather have them uncolored.

They looked rushed I suppose because I'm a terrible artist.


Anyways I recolored it. I got rid of the main creature because it was oversized and ugly.
Please tell me what I'm doing wrong (especially with the creature on the top right), and how I can improve.

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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #5 on: December 05, 2008, 03:56:24 pm
The probably look rushed because you didn't spend enough time coloring these.

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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #6 on: December 05, 2008, 04:10:05 pm
 ???

I was talking about the line art. It took me three hours to color all that.

Look, I don't want to anger you guys or anything. This is seriously the way I color. Please, give me advice on how I can improve.
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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 07:15:42 pm
Cleaning the lines up will undoubtedly help. Try unifying your palette, sometimes that helps, sometimes it doesn't. Just keep trying stuff.

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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #8 on: December 05, 2008, 07:36:59 pm
I think they look good. I like the style of these.. :)

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Re: Anyone care to color these? Auslander Game.

Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 07:57:05 pm
 :lol: Good for starters ... you need greater study into colour and shading theory though ... but when I was starting to pixel, it was coloured exactly like that. :)
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