Wow, so I've been without my own computer for the last few months which has meant no pixeling for me. But I'm back and working on this piece for the Eden monthly collab. The theme is lanterns and the base we are using is here: http://mc.buttertoast.org/deac/index2.php?section=bases/puuyabases




I'm terribly out of practise and had to give myself a good break before continuing so any suggestions are welcome. She'll be holding a lantern in her right hand once I get to that point. Are the palettes contrasty enough? I kind of feel like they could use some more, but I also don't want to push the palettes too far, cause this will be put into a piece with a bunch of other dolls, and the ones I have seen so far are much less dramatically lit.

yeah the blacks definately need more contrast. i'd allmost gone and said ''jalonso, the coat isnt shaded yet''

So I injured my back during the week which pretty much meant no going on the computer, but I had to have this finished for the 28th, so here's what I've got, keeping in mind that it's a total rush job and mostly crap.

I'm not finding the dress too objectionable (The shading on the sleeves needs some reworking,) and I think the hand is okay. You can just ignore the shading on the cloak, cause it's total junk and I'm going to re-do it entirely. I did push the contrast on the cloak up a bit, so if you have C&C on the palette that would be cool.

I'd really like suggestions on making the lantern look good - I haven't done a lot of pixeling of glass and even less of glass lit from within, so I'm a little short on ideas for the execution. Keep in mind that this is going to stay on a transparent background.

So C&C on everything but the cloak would be great - you can even C&C the cloak if you want, but I am already planning on scrapping it and starting over on the shading.