[Novice Pixel Art]

[micintexp]

So far GraphicsGale is the best program to work with pixeling and stuffs right?

If so then will start practing on GraphicsGale

[Gil]

It's probably the most complete free package yes.

Please be careful with answering "that's because it's not done yet". It's just an excuse and the flaws will not go away by putting extra time in these pieces. Try to deconstruct first, then construct.

Try making a tree in 5 seconds. Really, just open a decent program and try to make 10 trees in one minute and make sure they're alll different trees. After a while, you'll be drawing more organic shapes. Make sure to note that trees have holes in them, you can see right through them usually. Never start a tree from a blob.

Example:



These look crappy, yes, but they provide a nice enough base to work off. Because I created each one in a timespan of 5 seconds, I didn't allow myself to think about it. If you look at different kinds of trees first for a while, study them, look how they grow, where the leaves start and end, then the result will be better.

Oh, btw, always use a tinted background, never pure white.

[micintexp]

Is not an excuse.
I was planning to continue editing that tree ....
Why peoples always tells me I comes with a excuse since I didn't..

[Gil]

I made a whole helpful post and you get defensive about one line in it

As I said, start over, because the fundamental shape of the tree is wrong. It doesn't look like a tree and you won't make it look like one by incrementing small edits on top.

[micintexp]

Made another tree,but still need to add the leafs.

I need to resize the leafs too because they are too big.



Will add the leafs later or tomorow.



 

[Elk]

Now you're heading in the right direction
Be careful with the coloramount

[micintexp]

If im right I used 4 diffrent brown colours for the trunk.

Im still reading tutorials on how to put the leafs here and there ehehee'.

[micintexp]

Okay,Here's the outcome of the tree.



What you guys think?

[bgill31]

Looks like the tree will fall soon.  I would make the bottom of the tree bigger like this



Also each Leaves should kind of 'droop' down from each branch like the castlevania tree

[Crow]

While pixeling leaves separately and then copy and pasting them onto the trunk can be an okay'ish technique sometime, I don't think it works here. Also, you have to keep in mind light and shadow. Currently, your tree is very flat. See the Seiken Densetsu 2 tree in the image bgill31 posted for reference.
I disagree with bgill31's statement that the tree looks like it's going to fall over though. I've seen quite a bunch of trees like that, and it makes sense, too, since their roots are quite deep in the ground.