**first real tree**
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 11 September 2025 at 5:41am
Topic: **first real tree**
Posted By: bitswitcher
Subject: **first real tree**
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 12:25pm
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im gonna make my first real tree. dex said to me, done with leaves.
here i am so far 
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Replies:
Posted By: bitswitcher
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 2:32pm
so far |
Posted By: Pragz
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 2:34pm
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I really like the form of the leaves. Try adding more contrast, though. The trunk is much too short, IMO. I think it should be at least 10 pixels taller, maybe more. ------------- Hello - I'm new here. :) |
Posted By: bitswitcher
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 2:59pm
| at first, thanks.today i work into the night, so i think i post it soon |
Posted By: NaCl
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 3:45am
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Hey thats pretty damn good for a first try. I think the second one you posted though is inferior in terms of colors. Everything is too desaturated and uncontrasted. I'd go back to how you had a good saturation and luminance difference between the dark parts and the leaves with light directly on them.
Keep it up. |
Posted By: bitswitcher
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 3:48am
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so, i done it, i dont sleep this night. lol
so here it is. i post it not today, but i hope you like him 
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Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 4:07am
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The leaf canopy is really good :)
I think you need one more darker tone, probably a really desaturated purple to tie it all together. |
Posted By: bitswitcher
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 4:22am
so?
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Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 4:26am
| Yeah. Also under / around the branches :) |
Posted By: bitswitcher
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 4:32am
| okay, thanks :D |
Posted By: Petrichor
Date Posted: 31 December 2009 at 11:56am
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The canopy is looking really good! Now it'd be cool if you could give the trunk some more attention. The shape is solid and readable, but it could use two things. Firstly it could use a deep, lovely cast shadow at the top, where the canopy is cutting off the light hitting the trunk. You have some of that on the side branches but not much on the main trunk. And, like Jeremy said, using the darker shade on the trunk will help, too.
Secondly the trunk probably needs some more texture. There's some minimal texture going on, but the canopy is so vibrant and detailed and realistic that your simplistic trunk is suffering by comparison. Try getting rid of the dither-y texture and do some bark-y texture maybe? (God I sound like Lucky magazine with my adjective-y words) It doesn't necessarily have to be super rough, just enough to show us that the trunk isn't plastic.
And a little bit of work on the grass and you are golden. This looks great :D
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Posted By: bitswitcher
Date Posted: 02 January 2010 at 11:23am
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okay, thanks.
i load it up on PJ |