Bike WIP
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
Forum Discription: Get crits and comments on your pixel WIPs and other art too!
URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12619
Printed Date: 22 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Topic: Bike WIP
Posted By: Justinnn
Subject: Bike WIP
Date Posted: 31 July 2011 at 9:19pm
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Hey everyone, been working on this bike recently for a friend of mine. Give me some opinions please, thanks!
P.s I know I definitely got the tire size wrong. Also - I am not completely done as you can see. 
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Posted By: ChrisButton
Date Posted: 01 August 2011 at 1:13am
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This is a nice piece, but it looks like it would have taken forever to make!
I hate to do this to you, but I think I think it would be wise to reduce the
size of this piece.
When I take a look at your pallete, probably the first thing that comes to mind is the colour count. There are tons of colours there! In pixel art, people tend to conform the unspoken rule of video game restriction. Which one of those 'rules' is a low colour count. People won't force you, but will always suggest tweaking and reducing colours where possible. My second thought on your palette would be the the hues of those colours. What you've made there is called a 'straight ramp'. Simply put, they're colour ramps that literally just increase or decrease in the brightness of the colour.
A good technique used by the majority of pixel artists on this website is something called 'hue shifting'. All you have to do is slide the brighter hues
in the direction that will get to yellow the fastest, and slide the darker ones
towards purple in the direction that will also get there the fastest. Not only
does hue shifting increase interest in your piece, it makes for more realistic shading (not always).
Before you go any further on this piece, I highly recommend you check out Cure's pixel art tutorial http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 - here . |
Posted By: xxmantisxx
Date Posted: 02 August 2011 at 6:14pm
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I agree with ChrisButton, also there are a lot of jaggy lines (Mainly in the tires) that ruin the piece, follow the link by Chris and you'll learn about jaggy lines. |
Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 02 August 2011 at 10:29pm
| This couldn't have been fun doing. You must be a great friend |
Posted By: ChrisButton
Date Posted: 02 August 2011 at 11:33pm
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That's what I was thinking Frost lol.
The AA would take a lifetime to complete.
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