First Pixel Art (40 % completed)
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 10 June 2026 at 11:19pm
Topic: First Pixel Art (40 % completed)
Posted By: r4v3n
Subject: First Pixel Art (40 % completed)
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 11:44am
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updated tell me what you think (could improve etc) ... god what was i thinking, taking on such a large piece as a first timer http://members.lycos.nl/m1n3rv4/vampire.png -
a small version of my vamp JUST the give you the overall idea for my character
http://members.lycos.nl/m1n3rv4/vampire.png - |
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Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 12:00pm
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wow very original coloring tecnique there. Go with a light blue for the skin, ar maybe just shade with a light blue. This looks likie a watercolor t e. I hope you didn't photoshop and use those commands like simplify colors.;) ------------- http://www.shmup-dev.com/forum/"> 
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Posted By: ZmanZ
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 1:51pm
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You need to dither betewwn some of the colors ------------- Get http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/ - Paint.NET |
Posted By: Omegavolt
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 3:06pm
Some anti-aliasing would do it right as well. 
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 3:17pm
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yes loads of aa, this needs a lot of work seems a bit sketchy. ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Blick
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 4:24pm
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It's more of an oekaki piece than pixel art currently, clean it up and add some pixel level detail before anything.
------------- http://punaji.com/"> 
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Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 01 February 2006 at 6:16pm
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Looking pretty good so far, I do agree with it needing some aa or maybe lighten the black on the face -------------  got game?
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Posted By: r4v3n
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 3:21am
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Thanks for all the comments so far guys. I will definitely use the advice. and i didn,t use photoshop to make the picture look like a watercolor. just handmade in graphicsgale. I liked the effect |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 6:00am
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You might want to consider the sky being very dark (almost) black so
that the castle is merely indicated by the highlights highlights cuz if
you only look at the composition outlines it kinda appears that the
castle looks is her hand, making it look kinda funny. The moon is too
big, try smaller so that it does not compete with her. It agree with
more aa as all stated above. PS. Sorry if I gave you grief when you posted this on the PJ main site, it is obviously a WIP. Welcome to PJ and congrats on tackling such a difficult first pixelart. :D ------------- |
Posted By: r4v3n
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 11:28am
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I posted my updated picture here. Did not know how to remove the message so wrote this instead |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 11:30am
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I compliment you on attempting such a large image to be your first. ------------- 
I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Blick
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 4:27pm
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I just have to say this. Antialiasing and dithering don't mean a damn thing if the piece isn't past the sketching phase. You really should just ignore the comments to dither and aa currently and refine the shapes and the overall idea of the piece first. It's useless to dither something this big and then clean and refine after. Your lines are very rough and could be improved greatly if you just save the later steps for just that, later. ------------- http://punaji.com/">
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Posted By: aartuvahliks;
Date Posted: 02 February 2006 at 4:31pm
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and to all beginner pixel artists, dither is not always necessary. personally, i never use dither in most of my pieces. ------------- THE JESUS |
Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 03 February 2006 at 6:06pm
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I like it, very castlevania ish :) the background is awesome the way it
is, but for the vamp, he could use alot of smoothing out so he doesn't
look so rough at parts [mostly the black outlines; his breastplate
could use some smoothing out as well, it just likes like topography
right now =p. But I do like it very much =]
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Posted By: r4v3n
Date Posted: 04 February 2006 at 9:37am
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Yeah you are right |
As i love the game, and the artwork i was drawing my own character in a very castlevania like style. and decided to make a pixel art out of it. after a classmate showed me his pixelart, and explained that it was drawn pixel by pixel, DUH. I got interested, opent graphicsgale, and here it is......Posted By: Artisan
Date Posted: 05 February 2006 at 6:12am
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considering these are your first pieces of art they are verry good, but
on the small one his arms are a bit short or at least the one without the sword looks it you should also decide where your lightsource is, on the metal plateing on his chest it apears to be coming from our left, however on his waist it appears to be comeing from our right. |