First Ditch Attempt

[Masna]

Hey everyone,

I'm new around here.  I'm from TIGsource and saw a lot of people there have accounts here, so I though I'd join in.

This is pretty much a first attempt at pixel art.   An crits are greatly appreciated.



Thanks,
Masna

[Memo]

pretty nice, reminds me a bit of the game Fez.

[Masna]

Yeah.  That's somewhat of an inspiration.   Also, Owl Boy.

[Jakten]

This looks great especially considering this is basically your first attempt at pixel stuff. I think the rocks and dirt hanging down could be a little more defined. The shapes are kind of random but with a little cleaning up you should be able to make it look pretty good.

[Souly]

Off to a good start.

The NPA background is a no no.
And by chance could you give us the 1x zoom, the forum has a 2x zoom feature.
That would help us in giving you any edits for some general ideas as to where to go with this.

Good for a first try though.

[Gil]

What's wrong with the background Souly? It's just a plain gradient and it looks cool, nothing wrong with that

Unlike what Tsugumo taught us years ago, there are places where a simple gradient works wonders. This piece would not be the same with a plain color.

[ter-o]

I need to agree with Gil about that the gradient fits this piece really nicely and makes a difference. Although it could be made with 8 colors and still be virtually as smooth looking as this so then it would qualify as pixel art too

[Gil]

Is it "better pixel art" because it's a gradient of only 8 colors versus 200? It's a controlled straight down gradient and it provides a backdrop. It doesn't affect the pixel art qualities of the piece at all.

My point being that it qualifies as pixel art right now and it looks way more pleasing than chopping the gradient up or spending hours trying to dither it.

[Souly]

No I just think that with it being 2x zoom we're already un-able to make an edit it.
And with a 200 color gradient behind it hard to edit anything to give him ideas such as clouds, or even a horizon line.

[TrevoriuS]

I guess if you lack the tools to do a quick hue-selective-fill that indeed gets hard; so if it pleases you~