(3rd) Pixel Portrait - Finished
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Topic: (3rd) Pixel Portrait - Finished
Posted By: Varock Shade
Subject: (3rd) Pixel Portrait - Finished
Date Posted: 23 February 2008 at 3:22am
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I finished the pixel, you can find it http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/30858.htm - here After having done two other pixel portraits, and wanting to make another one, I asked someone if she would like to see her pixel self...  And so I started... I have spent a couple of hours on it now, And I think things are going well so far (Better and faster than my first portrait  ).I started by putting lines in the photo, so I could see the proportions more clearly. Then I tried to rougly replicate these lines from scratch. After that, I detailed the face, and it started looking more like the photo. After that, I checked with Photoshop if my proportions were right (Enlarging my canvas by 190% with free transform, and aligning the canvas to the photo). I was quite close, so I made only small edits in paint before I posted it  (I kept the haircut a bit larger than on the photo, makes the canvas more filled up)...So, what do you think of it so far? Edit 1  Made the photo sharper in Photoshop, And I started filling in the face. It is far from perfect, it's undetailed, missing a few colour ramps at the moment (the darker ones) And It needs to be a bit lighter I think? Edit 2  I've edited the lips, And I did some other detail work, added another darker colour, and added one darker colour ramp on the skin: Edit 3  I made a second palette, for the hair. It needs to be tweaked a little though. And I know, it looks odd now... grey skin, coloured hair... The possibility is that I'll keep it in grayscale, but if I use different colours now, I can decide later if I fuse them together for one grayscale palette or that I give the skin colour. And I hope the lips are a bit better now... (I didn't make them fuller in height, but in width (especially at what is the right side for us) to get a fuller look. Edit 4  I did the first colouring of the hair. The whole image will probably become sepia or greyscale later on, but this works easier for now. I started doing the dithering on the skin. I hope it doesn't look too grainy on a TFT screen (I have got an old one), but if it is please inform me... And I hope the dithering techniques are ok? (I haven't pixeled for a at least a few weeks, and dithering is just not my strongest point)...
Edit 5  For your comfort I made the hair and skin on the sample on grayscale... I think I should do some small stuff to the eyes and mouth/lips, but it's looking ok I think... The hair is up next... Edit 6  Started on the hair. As you see the darker parts are still a bit undetailed. I will add more detail to it later, first I am going to finish the part I am working on and I'll put highlight(-ish)s in it... The hair doesn't have any hard highlights, so I won't do that either, although I will accentuate the highlights a bit more than on the photo, not sure yet... Edit 7  I added more detail this time. Some parts still need a bit of filling up, it somehow looks a bit empty and too clean... More small hairs with highlights will do the trick I think... I am quite pleased with the progress I made so far the last 2 days... If I keep on working with like this It will be finished within another few days... ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 23 February 2008 at 5:28am
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That's a good start, there's a HUGE improvement since that first portrait you did. Now here's a challenge for ya - color it. You clearly have shown that you can reproduce what you see, now take it a step further ;) ------------- |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 23 February 2008 at 6:04am
Thanks  And yes, that will be a huge challenge But it will be easier than on my first portrait (At least, I hope so... )... I coloured hair and fur a couple of times now, and making a pallete has become easier for me too... In my last piece (for the challenge of Gas13) I used more complicated dithering for the first time... (I hope you know what I mean)? And I can always look at other portraits for inspiration/examples etc ^^------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: Pixel_Outlaw
Date Posted: 23 February 2008 at 8:18am
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Well since you have Photoshop, you can hit posterize to see the light countours a bit better. This can really help when viewing the light on organic pictures.
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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 23 February 2008 at 10:21am
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Boo P_O, you're making it too easy on him
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Posted By: Delfos
Date Posted: 23 February 2008 at 10:21am
| One technique that might help you is using a grid. But you are doing great so far. |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:20am
Hehe, Well it does make it easier P_O  - And leel, If he wouldn't have made one, I would have probably did it myself... And I have a first edit here: I made the photo sharper in Photoshop, And I started filling in the face. It is far from perfect, it's undetailed, missing a few colour ramps at the moment (the darker ones) And It needs to be a bit lighter I think? (And maybe less contrast, especially in the lighter colours)? ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 4:50pm
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Her lips should be fuller, especially the lower lip
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Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 8:45am
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That bothered me too, so I've edited that first when I loaded the file again... And I did some other detail work, added another darker colour, and added one darker colour ramp on the skin: ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 9:19am
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I think the biggest problem in the mouth area is that you're using lines, rather than shapes to define the forms. Lips need to be fuller still. ------------- |
Posted By: littlesapphire
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 5:29pm
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I'm not sure that the lips need to be fuller so much as brought forward a little more with extra highlighting on the skin below and above the lips. As it stands, it looks like she's pulling her lips in toward her teeth. Nice work. It's coming along well. |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 10:01am
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I didn't have really much time past few days because of homework, so I'll post what I did the past few days... which is close to nothing... I made a second palette, for the hair. It needs to be tweaked a little though. And I know, it looks odd now... grey skin, coloured hair... The possibility is that I'll keep it in grayscale, but if I use different colours now, I can decide later if I fuse them together for one grayscale palette or that I give the skin colour. And I hope the lips are a bit better now... (I didn't make them fuller in height, but in width (especially at what is the right side for us) to get a fuller look. ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: Pandora
Date Posted: 11 March 2008 at 9:51pm
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That looks pretty nice.
I would keep the hair greyscale. If you were to add a bright, colorful, unnatural twist to her hair, such a blue, green, or purple, you could pull it off. Since this is a portrait, though, it wouldn't look very good. So yeah, greyscale.. Lineart is awesome, though, haha. Only thing I notice wrong with it is that her right shoulder seems abnormally large. |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 2:43am
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Edit 4 I did the first colouring of the hair. The whole image will probably become sepia or greyscale later on, but this works easier for now. I started doing the dithering on the skin. I hope it doesn't look too grainy on a TFT screen (I have got an old one), but if it is please inform me... And I hope the dithering techniques are ok? (I haven't pixeled for a at least a few weeks, and dithering is just not my strongest point)... And Pandora, I also changed the shoulders a bit (the shoulders on the upper image are also already the changed ones, so compare it with the older samples)... ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: Talos
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 7:14am
| I think thee dithering makes it look more organic and less metallic. You should stick with it in my opinion. |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 19 March 2008 at 2:06pm
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I was planning to stick with the dithering, the question just was if I should make it less grainy (using more colours or less contrast, or a combination of both). Here's some more progress I made (the skin is very far done so I'll start with the hair up next): For your comfort I made the hair and skin on the sample on grayscale... I think I should do some small stuff to the eyes and mouth/lips, but it's looking ok I think... The hair is up next... ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 20 March 2008 at 10:05am
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Edit 6 Started on the hair. As you see the darker parts are still a bit undetailed. I will add more detail to it later, first I am going to finish the part I am working on and I'll put highlight(-ish)s in it... The hair doesn't have any hard highlights, so I won't do that either, although I will accentuate the highlights a bit more than on the photo, not sure yet... Edit 7 I added more detail this time. Some parts still need a bit of filling up, it somehow looks a bit empty and too clean... More small hairs with highlights will do the trick I think... I am quite pleased with the progress I made so far the last 2 days... If I keep on working with like this It will be finished within another few days... ------------- http://www.mega.freeforums.org/ < PJ Member Dran's Multimedia and RP Forum |
Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 23 March 2008 at 2:17pm
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I finished the pixel, you can find it ../pixelart/30858.htm - here
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