Pixel Joint Forum: [WIP] Elemental Set

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   I tried to make an elemental weapon set here. My idea was to avoid commonplace stuff, such as big fiery swords and such. 

Thus, at first I thought of a fire sword with a burning edge only, a "water" blade with the aspect of a crystal shard (my favourite), the "Earth" sword, green with a vine around it, and I thought of something "void" for the Sword of Air. Tried to do something a little Final Fantasy VII looking but did not like the outcome...

...So, I went for the more conventional sword, with some energy around its edge.

Any advice about them will be welcome. 
Thanks! 

PS: BG: Transparent, white or black? 

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MadMage Commander Joined: 02 September 2021 Location: Brazil Online Status: Offline Posts: 112	Topic: [WIP] Elemental Set Posted: 31 March 2010 at 6:26pm
	I tried to make an elemental weapon set here. My idea was to avoid commonplace stuff, such as big fiery swords and such. Thus, at first I thought of a fire sword with a burning edge only, a "water" blade with the aspect of a crystal shard (my favourite), the "Earth" sword, green with a vine around it, and I thought of something "void" for the Sword of Air. Tried to do something a little Final Fantasy VII looking but did not like the outcome... ...So, I went for the more conventional sword, with some energy around its edge. Any advice about them will be welcome. Thanks! PS: BG: Transparent, white or black?
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 01 April 2010 at 5:27am
	right now ur stuff is very noisy....for example the blue sword.... there are pixels smashed all over it, without any purpose... that just makes it look old and rusty.... in pixel art u have to place every pixel rly careful, wether its one pixel to the right or left, for instance can make a huge difference especially on small scales. ur color ramps are very linear and kinda boring... also u have to much colors, a lot of them are very similar and can easily be rermoved Edited by onek - 01 April 2010 at 12:12pm
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MadMage Commander Joined: 02 September 2021 Location: Brazil Online Status: Offline Posts: 112	Posted: 22 April 2010 at 7:54am
	I´ll try to reduce the noisy feel on the first two swords. The picture will be posted here soon because I cannot open Photobucket at work.
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MadMage Commander Joined: 02 September 2021 Location: Brazil Online Status: Offline Posts: 112	Posted: 22 April 2010 at 7:31pm
	There there.... Thats what i had: (Dropped the big black sword thing) Thats what I have NOW: ...With a different BG self - crit Though I like the new Ice Sword better (it looks cleaner) the old version still looks closer to what I wanted - Make it look like a crystal fragment rather than a sword. The changes on the Fire Blade are very subtle and difficult to notice. The two last swords remained unchanged.
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Buddy90 Commander Joined: 27 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 141	Posted: 22 April 2010 at 10:00pm
	I think the main problem is that in every example, you have way too much stuff on it, and very few pixels to work with. It looks like the swords are only about 5 pixels thick, and diagonal. I'd suggest getting a picture of a real sword, and use it as a reference. Swords aren't easy to do.

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