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gyakuzoku
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Topic: [WIP] first post/images
Posted: 29 August 2005 at 1:50am

Hello all,

I'm new to pixel art in general and this is my first post here.

I live in Tokyo, english is not my mother language and I work as a
crappy web designer.

(partly) following a guide I found the other day on the internet, I
made the images below.
Both in 16 colors -theoretically, hum.
I know it is not a good thing to start directly with characters instead
of making tiles etc, but I kind of felt more comfortable with a hand
drawn base so...

I suppose both images need a lot more work, so crits please!

URL of the aforementioned tutorial:
http://tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial

(old edits...)
(re-re-edit: ok apparently it works if it's 1 image per post)

Edited by gyakuzoku

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Rifts
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Posted: 29 August 2005 at 4:13am

they are nice charicters the anotomy seems beasicly perfect and for
being new to pixel art they are great, i guess the hand drawn base has
allot to do with it, which isnt a bad thing.

a couple of weird things on the guy though. his left ankle (on our right)
looks a bit skinny and his left arm (on our right) seems to extend too
far before it gets to the elbow.

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PixelSnader
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Posted: 29 August 2005 at 6:19am

they both dont look all to stable in their stances, secondly, you should clean up your lines some more, thirdly, i dont see much hue variaton, which makes it a bit boring (aside from their rather blad designs - look how iconical the fighters from e.g. tekken are)

you got superd anatomy & stuffs though, it just looks somewhat plain

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jegHegy
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Posted: 29 August 2005 at 2:36pm

Rifts, i think both characters are female, unless the guy had breast implants done :>

http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/

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Rifts
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Posted: 29 August 2005 at 3:44pm

no idea

lol js looked like a guy to me, i think the reason they look
unstable is because they are in motion... i might be wrong... and the
reason they look plain is cos thats how some anime is colourd

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sedgemonkey
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Posted: 29 August 2005 at 3:59pm

Your drawing skills are obviously very well developed... the positions and character style are great.

Some crits: The darks on the interior lines could be lightened up a bit. Adding one or two dark colors instead of black really goes a long way. The woman could use a highlight color on her shirt and skirt. The guys left forearm looks like the line should continue down into the bicep.

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gyakuzoku
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Posted: 29 August 2005 at 9:53pm

Thank you all for the great feedback!

Rifts> you are perfectly right about the arm and the ankle. I tried to
make them both look better.
snader>You are probably right about the lack of personality in those
characters... They definitely don't look particular enough for people
to remember -> they are too anecdotal. Thanks for pointing that out.
For now I tried to increase saturation a bit on some parts, and hue
variations too but it probably still is not enough.
jegHegy>You are right, the character is a female, not a male. She is
actually kind of an androgyneous boyish girl -that's a pretty poor
stereotype but heh, it's still more fun to draw girls, even if it is to
make them look like boys.
sedgemonkey>Thanks for the good crits. Not sure to understand
exactly what you mean when you say that the interior lines should be
a dark color but not black. I tried something in the new version
below... I'd be glad if you could tell me more about that.
About the highlight color on the skirt/shirt of the woman, I used one
at first, but ended up exceeding the 16 colors limit I fixed myself. I'll
be trying to fix that in the next few hours.

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Buddy
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Posted: 03 September 2005 at 3:02pm

Those look great! At the moment, the one on the left has a few little ticks. His left arm sort of look like a snake with a rat in its belly. It is sort of thin coming out of the shoulder, then there is a bulge at the elbow connecting to a tiny wrist. This one I think you need to work on the most with the shading and anatomy. The second one looks great as well, but her wristband looks a bit flat. I am excited to see them finished!

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randomblink
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Posted: 07 September 2005 at 7:32am

Welcome to Pixeljoint man... Good first posts...

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gyakuzoku Seaman Joined: 29 August 2005 Location: Japan Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: [WIP] first post/images Posted: 29 August 2005 at 1:50am
	Hello all, I'm new to pixel art in general and this is my first post here. I live in Tokyo, english is not my mother language and I work as a crappy web designer. (partly) following a guide I found the other day on the internet, I made the images below. Both in 16 colors -theoretically, hum. I know it is not a good thing to start directly with characters instead of making tiles etc, but I kind of felt more comfortable with a hand drawn base so... I suppose both images need a lot more work, so crits please! URL of the aforementioned tutorial: http://tsugumo.swoo.net/tutorial (old edits...) (re-re-edit: ok apparently it works if it's 1 image per post) Edited by gyakuzoku
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Rifts Commander Joined: 14 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 355	Posted: 29 August 2005 at 4:13am
	they are nice charicters the anotomy seems beasicly perfect and for being new to pixel art they are great, i guess the hand drawn base has allot to do with it, which isnt a bad thing. a couple of weird things on the guy though. his left ankle (on our right) looks a bit skinny and his left arm (on our right) seems to extend too far before it gets to the elbow.

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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 29 August 2005 at 6:19am
	they both dont look all to stable in their stances, secondly, you should clean up your lines some more, thirdly, i dont see much hue variaton, which makes it a bit boring (aside from their rather blad designs - look how iconical the fighters from e.g. tekken are) you got superd anatomy & stuffs though, it just looks somewhat plain
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jegHegy Seaman Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Hungary Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 29 August 2005 at 2:36pm
	Rifts, i think both characters are female, unless the guy had breast implants done :>
	http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/
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Rifts Commander Joined: 14 April 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 355	Posted: 29 August 2005 at 3:44pm
	no idea lol js looked like a guy to me, i think the reason they look unstable is because they are in motion... i might be wrong... and the reason they look plain is cos thats how some anime is colourd

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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 29 August 2005 at 3:59pm
	Your drawing skills are obviously very well developed... the positions and character style are great. Some crits: The darks on the interior lines could be lightened up a bit. Adding one or two dark colors instead of black really goes a long way. The woman could use a highlight color on her shirt and skirt. The guys left forearm looks like the line should continue down into the bicep.
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gyakuzoku Seaman Joined: 29 August 2005 Location: Japan Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 29 August 2005 at 9:53pm
	Thank you all for the great feedback! Rifts> you are perfectly right about the arm and the ankle. I tried to make them both look better. snader>You are probably right about the lack of personality in those characters... They definitely don't look particular enough for people to remember -> they are too anecdotal. Thanks for pointing that out. For now I tried to increase saturation a bit on some parts, and hue variations too but it probably still is not enough. jegHegy>You are right, the character is a female, not a male. She is actually kind of an androgyneous boyish girl -that's a pretty poor stereotype but heh, it's still more fun to draw girls, even if it is to make them look like boys. sedgemonkey>Thanks for the good crits. Not sure to understand exactly what you mean when you say that the interior lines should be a dark color but not black. I tried something in the new version below... I'd be glad if you could tell me more about that. About the highlight color on the skirt/shirt of the woman, I used one at first, but ended up exceeding the 16 colors limit I fixed myself. I'll be trying to fix that in the next few hours.
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Buddy Seaman Joined: 02 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 03 September 2005 at 3:02pm
	Those look great! At the moment, the one on the left has a few little ticks. His left arm sort of look like a snake with a rat in its belly. It is sort of thin coming out of the shoulder, then there is a bulge at the elbow connecting to a tiny wrist. This one I think you need to work on the most with the shading and anatomy. The second one looks great as well, but her wristband looks a bit flat. I am excited to see them finished!
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randomblink Commander Joined: 13 February 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 403	Posted: 07 September 2005 at 7:32am
	Welcome to Pixeljoint man... Good first posts...
	www.randomblink.com I am me... no! Really!
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