Sherman Tank
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 12 September 2025 at 11:52pm
Topic: Sherman Tank
Posted By: Brian the Great
Subject: Sherman Tank
Date Posted: 07 August 2005 at 11:59am
Decided to try out some different colouring techniques, here's where it brought me so far: I take no credit for the http://www.annavanrijn.nl/%7E23/Images/Sherman%20scene.jpg - lineart . Where I mainly need help is the tracks. Especially the bottom of the right track. I'll also be thankful for some other pointers though! ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com"> 
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Posted By: PandaPlanet
Date Posted: 07 August 2005 at 12:27pm
What? No penquin?  ------------- |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 07 August 2005 at 12:29pm
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The penguin is inside.
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Posted By: EyeCraft
Date Posted: 07 August 2005 at 11:22pm
Cool! The way youve dithered in chunks like that reminds me of Quake 1  .
First off, where's your lightsource, it looks like its from above and
infront of the tank, but the left of the front face is darkened. The
lines on your tracks aren't in perspective with the rest of the
vehicle, they are in effect on the same plane as the line above the
front star on the tank, see?I think the problem is the track has no side edges on it. Tank tracks arent flat, well, what is? There are like rectangular prisms a little bit, if you have side faces on your tracks I think you will be able to more easily follow the curve. Only other thing I would say is some of the lines are a little harsh, use either a closer tone to the fill colours, or AA it a bit. Oh and also, looking at the reference pic, the bottom of your tank doesnt match the actual bottom, the one in there reference is lifted off the ground more, like a car. |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 5:10am
-->  Originally posted by EyeCraft First off, where's your lightsource, it looks like its from above and infront of the tank, but the left of the front face is darkened. Fixed. Originally posted by EyeCraft The lines on your tracks aren't in perspective with the rest of the vehicle. Fixed too. Originally posted by EyeCraft Only other thing I would say is some of the lines are a little harsh, use either a closer tone to the fill colours, or AA it a bit. I'm not worrying about that one too much, the rest of the scene will be in the final piece too, so the lines won't appear as harsh as they do now. Originally posted by EyeCraft Oh and also, looking at the reference pic, the bottom of your tank doesnt match the actual bottom, the one in there reference is lifted off the ground more, like a car. You mean the dark grey area next to the tracks? ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 8:14am
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This gives me tons of inspiration Brian. This is such a great piece and it definately have "STYLE" written all over it even. The only crit I would have is the on the left (our left) track it seems to kind of stick out. I think that is because you just traced it along with the wheel (not sure what the wheels are called on a tank ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 8:20am
*Fix* ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 9:20am
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Since a picture says 1000 words, I think two pictures will describe it better. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 11:15am
 2000 words or not, I don't think I nailed it this this time. 3½ hours of sleep per day just won't do for me. Thanks for your help anyhow. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 11:19am
Yeah lol. But what I meant was really just to keep the left (our left) track consistent. It looks like it gets fatter to that point that I showed on the edit, and the right (our right) track doesn't seem to do that so it's not a view issue, just in the matter of following the scale.  ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Garage Inc.
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 11:21am
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The top of the right tread, (our left), needs to be more rounded. Right now, it is to pointy. If you want, I can post a small edit I made that shows how to make that looks better. ------------- For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it. |
Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 11:30am
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Lol, that's exactly what I've critiqued on. I think it's because when he did the lineart, in the picture it's not as clear, but if you look closely - you can see that it's that wheel pointing out, but it blurs too much with the actual track so it looks as one whole but actually it's two separate things. ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 11:33am
 You mean that pointy wheel? Now that you mention it, it does look like it's pointing outwards. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 11:50am
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Yeah, since it's blurry on that other refrence you showed it looks as if it is part of the track. I think now you understood those 2000 words ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 10:02pm
 Hopefully I got it this time... I'm not fully awake yet though. ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Zoomrix
Date Posted: 08 August 2005 at 10:18pm
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Yup looks very good, Brian. Good job! ------------- http://zoomrix.com - My Portfolio |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 3:19am
 Completing this will probably take a while, but I'm sure it'll be worth it! ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 3:25am
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Very nice work so far :) The tank on the back looks a kinda weird though... the shape of it looks too smooth. ------------- |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 3:55am
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The tip of the gun needs to be turned about maybe 2 or 3 degrees to the left for the correct perspective. I think you've got a good thing going here. Big pixel peices are tough to me.  Kudos for attempting it. *thumbs up*------------- |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 8:13am
Thank you both for your kind comments.   ------------- http://www.twoschizos.com">
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Posted By: Rifts
Date Posted: 09 August 2005 at 11:54am
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some nice work here, the shadeing stlye is nice, not much tocrit on as i
guess u r still working on the tank tracks ect ect, one thing that bugs me is the end of the main tanks gun seems tilted, if you look at the source pic the square is strait |
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 15 August 2005 at 10:15am
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THis is coming along nicely Brian. Your initial tank looks great. Do you plan on having little penguin soldiers milling around?
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Posted By: randomblink
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 8:00am
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Wow... This is a very nicely done tank... ------------- www.randomblink.com I am me... no! Really! |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 9:23am
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Posted By: randomblink
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 9:31am
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chuckle... Unless I get bonus points for posting alot, I just thought it would be nice to go through the archives and see some old work... Then I started seeing stuff that had an interesting aspect or design or lineart and thought it wouldn't hurt to post a quick note on them...
Sorry, I wasn't thinking that it would revive old threads... My bad... ------------- www.randomblink.com I am me... no! Really! |
Posted By: inkspot
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 10:59am
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The tank in the back is not the same thatnk that is on front. is it ment so?
Tank on the front has 3 different body blocks, tank on the back has 2. |
Posted By: Brian the Great
Date Posted: 07 September 2005 at 11:02am
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Erm, I'm not making any changes on this one anymore. It's been in the
'old, neglected and forgotten WIPs' directory for a while now.
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