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JJ_Maxx
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 January 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 182 |
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I've made a few items and wanted some C&C.
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Monkey 'o Doom
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The crown is a bit unshaded and needs some more contrast to get a real nice shiny look. The gems could use some shading too. Also, the darker colors look green; try hue shifting to a more orange color as the shades get darker.
The apple is okay but the highlight is pretty square; round it.
The parrot is awesome, no crits there. <3
The grapes are good as well but the shading is invisible at 100% zoom. Extend the darker colors farther.
The chicken leg is pretty good. No blaring mistakes but it just doesn't seem as well-done as the parrot.
The diamond could use some more contrast and a different color--they're really a lot more greyscale than that with only a hint of color.
The last thing reads really poorly and doesn't look like much. Is it a shield? Work on the design or perspective to make it clearer what it is.
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JJ_Maxx
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 January 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 182 |
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Well, the problem was that in order to make the gems in the crown more 'gem-like' I needed to add a strong highlight, but with it only being two pixels high, any highlight would disappear into the gold behind it. I fiddled with adding recesses on the crown itself to give an 'inset' feeling to the gems, but again, with such a small canvas, small details get lost in the realm of 100%.
I saw a pixel tutorial once that was about chrome-like objects such as toasters that are really shiny and have strong conrasts in shade. I'll have to try and dig that up. |
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Monkey 'o Doom
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It's mozco and only the web archive has it anymore.
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JJ_Maxx
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 January 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 182 |
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Ah, thats what it was, thanks MoD.
I think the problem is that I started drawing the finished product instead of starting from the basic elements. So strip away all the fluff and start with just the gold band. ![]() Are the colors alright or should I go more yellow? ~ JJ |
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Monkey 'o Doom
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I think it's pretty good, but what I was saying about the hue shifting is that the darker colors should have a slightly more reddish hue. Don't forget to give it some thickness as well.
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jalonso
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wow, so nice to see new pixels JJ. These all look great. Maybe the bone on the chicken bone is a bit too white. Didn't mind the gold, but once mentioned...
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flobdoobly
Seaman ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 June 2007 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 20 |
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could use some anti-aliasing on the border instead of black, to make it seem smoother and more realistic. LOVE the parrot |
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...why me?
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JJ_Maxx
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 01 January 2006 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 182 |
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UPDATE:
![]() I added more contrast to the crown. And I made some cheese: ![]() ~ JJ |
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ceddo
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That's a great improvement to the crown! It looks really nice now.
The cheese is a fine addition, too. I think you should work on improving that shield/rag/brown whatever it is now :P. If it's a shield, add more color to it: add some metal borders, something to make it more interesting. These little icons are really cool :) |
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