Looks great. Maybe trying a version without any blacks may look better? The grey of the sidewalk looks very flast. With the brick texture some on the sidewalk would balance things out better. Maybe re-visit that ovey saturated green wall too ;) Great structure, it should look nice in isocity.

I always find that using a very dark hue of the shade you're working with looks great. If you'd like, take a look at the iso stuff in my gallery where nothing is ever outlined in black...I think :/

Ok, thats a usefull message

Dont be lazy and experiment:
I actually do experiment, for 5 minutes, on a totally new piece, that never gets finished.. Ok you are right, I should experiment some more on work I am not creating just to be never finished... But im allways afraid that when I do something wrong, I loose alot of time.. Also I allmost never save wips, so if I do something wrong, I cant turn it back.. I should save more WIPs I think... Ok ill try to experiment

Try a brown wall.
Or replace the wall with bushes.
Or put a golf-hole + flag on the grass.

I dont like the idea of a brown wall, cos there red/brown bricks under it... I like colorfull things :)
The bushes idea is ok, I allready thought about it myself, but its a bit weird to put bushes on a roof
Ok pixel art is weird, thats what I like about it :), but im not that weird (me as a person is, but thats someting else)
A golf hole?? Ur crazy?
But what has that to do with the bushes?
Actually when I started I thought it was going to be a fence.. But that didnt turn out that good.. So I changed it.. ok ill make bushes..

Instead of golf put animals on the roof.
Go grazy!
Yeah animals on the roof.. I wished I could do some normal pixel art too, and draw animals.... :(
Going crazy is something I should practice...

Put people (shades) behind the windows.
Wow great idea!! (the shades)
I was planning to make shops from them, with display windows, but it was too small for it.. but shades of people should be easy! Ty!

Or do a classic version with laundry hanging
out for the dry on the roof.
hmm thats ok too, but maybe a bit too classic.. Ill think about it :)

Thanks for the usefull tips!!

@ jalonso..
Iv viewed your gallery... but there is a difference between me and you: you are the grand master, im just a noob that just started isometric pixel art..
urs is just another style than mine... Ok ill experiment with it :)

EDIT
I did just see I actually did experiment a bit, those windows where totally new for me.. (you can check some old windows on my devART: lollige.deviantart.com)


Edited by Lollige - 07 March 2007 at 10:44am

I think you should create your own plant instead of borrowing the default map one.

edited it a bit more, removed more dark lines...

I wasnt really able to use it as an example I think, because overall your work is much more detailed (I cant find any flat walls...) but I removed the lines and its alot bether now, THANK YOU 

more textures? I dunno, Jalonso's the master at the iso. I would trust his advice.

monkey, that's awesome, place copy in 'tutorial' page.

Even 'betterest' is to highlight horizontal edges with the highlight shade and use the color of tops to highlight the vertical edges.

I said I mistook it for a notch in the building; I forgot to look back at the whole picture when I was fixing up that bit. You could emphasize its sticking-out by giving it a shadow on the right side; my edit is a bit messed up there.

Good luck with the antialiasing and keep working on this piece. There's no better way to improve your pixel skills than to use them. :)

i think you may need to put in some shadows...

lol lollige i think you got a fan xDDDDDDDDDD

Last words on Dead thread.
I don't see why it was not allowed into the gallery other than the plant is KFejer's and not yours. Actually, I would have sent it back for that :/
I like it otherwise.

really?  where did i say that?