Hi!

I'm trying to get back pixeling again, so i've started toying with some ideas for pixel ilustrations, and here is one called "strange [videogames] love"



Do you recognize all characters? (i think it's easy)

I must finish lineart for the hunter and make some props in the scene (coffe table at right), then i'll start coloring the piece... were i'm not so good :P

I want to give the scene a dark mood, perharps adding light and shadows as they comes from a fireplace in the room...

Any tip or advice on how to start appling color would be great (other comments are wellcome to :D )



Edited by htdreams - 20 August 2010 at 8:28pm

Hi!

It's 512x384, my plan is convert it to a crude 2x zoomed 1024x768 to have a pixel wallpaper

I know this is big, but i'm commited to finish it (and look nice :)

What's up with Sonic?

My tip - blockout the room, before doing lineart for the characters.

There's a few issues with your reasoning:
-sonic on one leg isn't that fast anymore
-when you run, the legs (and arms) move the fastest and the most irregular/hardest to predict
-legs are a lot smaller to shoot
-animals that have their leg shot off don't generally live long

About the room, yeah to get perspective and illumination in place.
Instead of:

Do this:

Images are from this thread.

This will give you a fast idea of how the final image will look. It'd be a huge waste of time if you did a lot of work on the lineart for the heads and later found out that the lighting doesn't work well.

In this case, I'd probably use spheres for the head, and some simple boxes for the furniture.