"The Limb"
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 10 September 2025 at 10:35am
Topic: "The Limb"
Posted By: Lonesome_Drifte
Subject: "The Limb"
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 1:35pm
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Hello! This is my first piece that I have tried. I understand that it's rough around the edges and can use improvement. Does the overall scene have promise? Thanks  |
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Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 3:23pm
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Beautiful! Great composition, nice colors. But yes, it's jaggy, and mostly because it is far, far too big! Esp for a first piece. It would take you days just to clean up, more days to shade properly, and even more to refine. I'd suggest to redo (or resize) it at max 100x200 px. That's quite confortable to work with, even on the large side already. Then you'll have to think of a light source and shade accordingly. The trunk has a good start, with light from the top. Birds and leaves should follow that. Colors look a bit separate: I'd suggest to introduce some dark blues to link the greens and purples, and some reddish purples to link, well, reds and purples. And/or reddish browns. Or greys. You've got 27 colors so far, 5 more can't hurt, but try not to go beyond that. |
Posted By: Pragz
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 7:56pm
Yes yes, something much smaller would be better. Something like this size, maybe: (Oh, and you might want to drop the saturation/contrast in the background. It'll make the limb and all its' details *pop* more.) ------------- Hello - I'm new here. :) |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 30 December 2009 at 10:25pm
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Wow, massive :D
Something half the size is still impressive, otherwise you might end up giving up :P To handle the background, desaturated silhouettes like in http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/34404.htm - this piece might work, since you can work in cool jungle leafiness :B |