Pixel Joint Forum: What do you think about those characters ?

Author

Message

Xenon02
Midshipman

Joined: 20 August 2023
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 30

Topic: What do you think about those characters ?
Posted: 18 November 2019 at 12:33pm

Hi guys !
I came back to drawing pixel art. My friend asked me about doing our first video game about our decisions (for now I'm trying to help my friend with coding, and drawing some things)

Can you guys check out how it looks like ?
I've tried to use some "shading" but I don't know if it's looks ok. My friend said that's ok but I know that maybe I should adjust some things.

IP Logged

Xenon02
Midshipman

Joined: 20 August 2023
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 30

Posted: 23 November 2019 at 5:59am

Here are my edits :) What do you think about them ?

IP Logged

Greycloak
Midshipman

Joined: 12 May 2025
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 59

Posted: 23 November 2019 at 9:29am

Looks pretty good, I can't come up with any particular criticisms at the moment. Though you might want to watch how many shades you're using in your palette, since if you use too many it will take a long time to animate the character (and it will be more difficult to keep the shading consistent across frames).

Right now it's probably a decent range of shades, but if you used that entire blonde gradient (in the second picture) that'd certainly be too many colors.

Oh, one small thing is that the kid's hair (the one with dark brown hair) in the edit looks more like a helmet than it does hair. If it's supposed to be an afro you might want to make it a bit rounder on top and cut out a bit of the hair near the neck.

IP Logged

Xenon02
Midshipman

Joined: 20 August 2023
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 30

Posted: 22 December 2019 at 11:54am

Well talking about this numerous amount of yellow collor. I was looking for perfect colors that won't blend up with already light yellow color. That's why there is a lot of it.

I was also working up with poses, I already made a pose but I have a lot of problem implementing collors.

And So I tried to implement the colors, and it looks terrible ...

More fitting colors would be this

It looks like there is a fog or something like that.
But it was hard to get those colors.

IP Logged

LiteraryPixels
Midshipman

Joined: 16 August 2020
Online Status: Offline
Posts: 26

Posted: 11 January 2020 at 3:30am

I really like the pose of the person who is sitting and gazing into the distance!

As for the colors, I'm no expert, but the first thing that popped out at me is that the colors look extremely saturated, which is making the whole piece look flat!

Perhaps it might help to choose a smaller selection of more muted colors?

Likewise, you might want to shade the grass and tree different, to imply leaves! This piece might inspire you - it has grass, leaves, and tree bark!

IP Logged

WIP (Work In Progress)
Pixel Joint Forum : Pixel Art : WIP (Work In Progress)

Author	Message
Xenon02 Midshipman Joined: 20 August 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Topic: What do you think about those characters ? Posted: 18 November 2019 at 12:33pm
	Hi guys ! I came back to drawing pixel art. My friend asked me about doing our first video game about our decisions (for now I'm trying to help my friend with coding, and drawing some things) Can you guys check out how it looks like ? I've tried to use some "shading" but I don't know if it's looks ok. My friend said that's ok but I know that maybe I should adjust some things.
	IP Logged

Xenon02 Midshipman Joined: 20 August 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 23 November 2019 at 5:59am
	Here are my edits :) What do you think about them ?
	IP Logged

Greycloak Midshipman Joined: 12 May 2025 Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Posted: 23 November 2019 at 9:29am
	Looks pretty good, I can't come up with any particular criticisms at the moment. Though you might want to watch how many shades you're using in your palette, since if you use too many it will take a long time to animate the character (and it will be more difficult to keep the shading consistent across frames). Right now it's probably a decent range of shades, but if you used that entire blonde gradient (in the second picture) that'd certainly be too many colors. Oh, one small thing is that the kid's hair (the one with dark brown hair) in the edit looks more like a helmet than it does hair. If it's supposed to be an afro you might want to make it a bit rounder on top and cut out a bit of the hair near the neck.
	IP Logged

Xenon02 Midshipman Joined: 20 August 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 22 December 2019 at 11:54am
	Well talking about this numerous amount of yellow collor. I was looking for perfect colors that won't blend up with already light yellow color. That's why there is a lot of it. I was also working up with poses, I already made a pose but I have a lot of problem implementing collors. And So I tried to implement the colors, and it looks terrible ... More fitting colors would be this It looks like there is a fog or something like that. But it was hard to get those colors.
	IP Logged

LiteraryPixels Midshipman Joined: 16 August 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 26	Posted: 11 January 2020 at 3:30am
	I really like the pose of the person who is sitting and gazing into the distance! As for the colors, I'm no expert, but the first thing that popped out at me is that the colors look extremely saturated, which is making the whole piece look flat! Perhaps it might help to choose a smaller selection of more muted colors? Likewise, you might want to shade the grass and tree different, to imply leaves! This piece might inspire you - it has grass, leaves, and tree bark!
	IP Logged