Well thanks for the crit, lol.

Edited by lolosaur - 24 August 2011 at 3:28pm

I really like your thinking but less can be more. This project will be text and art which means theres plenty of cocks, swastikas and blood to soak into the other frames.

wtf?

I have edited your first post and labeled a warning.
Maybe you forgot our deal from several months ago about being sensitive to the yung-ones and the possibility of showing areas of the image where pixelart specific techniques are desired without having to show anything overly OTT.
A religious subject in a sexualized manner is actually just a notch over the previous rape images.

No discussions this time from me. Just keep the focus on technique, the technical and whenever possible censor yourself when posting, so that I don't have to, thx.


Edited by jalonso - 23 August 2011 at 6:02pm

you should animate the hanging thing in the first pic.

"you spin me right round baby right round"

I removed them from my own art as a personal decision and artistic choice. I must be tolerant here because I always claim that PJ judges on pixelart techniques, process and its procedures and technicalities and never on subject matter or content. These are personal creative expressions which no-one can judge but the artist him/herself.
PJ has a porn/sexuality clause so making a WIP thread does not mean its going in the gallery or condoned by PJ in any way. These pieces (Oekaki Oekrappi) are most likely not to be added to the gallery for its pixelling.
In being open-minded, tolerant and inclusive one must be ready for both ends of the spectrum so even if reluctantly we have to allow everyone to get c+c and feedback on their pixels. Its what we claim the forum to be. Here the subject matter might be easier to call offensive but we can't call it out as such or else anything Christian will need to be treated similarly as many PJers are Muslim. No more Tsunami pixelart because many PJers are Japanese. Everything and anything CAN be offensive to someone at any time.

In these pieces as with past threads, I'm far more offended by the pixel techniques (lack thereof) than the subject matter.

If offended, ignore the thread.

Ok to start off apologies for any offense caused, my purpose here is to improve, not troll or bait. I've never posted my adult stuff in the galleries and I link this site via the front page on my website because pj is the best pixel site online.

Ive seen your site.  Im just wondering why have you chosen MS paint as your medium in the first place?

yes, but the question is why you chose to use pixel art as your medium, and not another medium like digital painting, or traditional painting, etc.

The point being made is that the size and amount of pixel-level detail displayed in the pieces might be realized more easily and with better results in a different medium. Pixel art is useful in conveying a lot of information in a small amount of space, and when work is larger, a lot more time must be invested to reduce jaggies/smooth lines/anti-alias/remove banding/etcetcetc. This makes pixel art a tedious medium to use, especially if you aren't reaping the benefits specific to the medium, but you are experiencing the side effects (jaggies etc).

So the question is: why was pixel art chosen as the medium in which to execute your work?

I choose pixel/paint art as my medium because I get a greater satisfaction knowing I've mixed every colour of every pixel and placed it with my own hand rather than using custom brushes which always feels like cheating.

Edited by lolosaur - 25 August 2011 at 10:49am

Sure there was a comment above about pixelling being suited to small sprites and graffix which is a fair point. To fill a site with pixelling at that level would take 2 lifetimes and a lot of free time we don't have.

Thanks a lot for expressing yourself, the pic should self update as I make progress on it.

those fine, raised ridges don't read as a brick texture to me, but more like folds in fabric.