Pixel Art Details

Title:	Rider
Pixel Artist:	verfum (Level 4 Deputy :: 1707 points)
Posted:	8/22/2006 13:45
Palette:	32 colors
Statistics:	100 comments 186 faves 0 avatars
Rider - my first pixel art since 1993! Uses the Amiga 12-bit colour palette. Based on 'Death Dealer' by Frank Frazetta. Was great fun revisiting Dpaint in over a decade. I've got the bug Oh yea - you can find the WIP anim gif here .... http://ski-tour.co.uk/pixelart/final_anim.gif REFERENCE: http://images.darkhorse.com/covers/300/d/ddstatue.jpg

Top Pixel Art - August 2006 (#2)

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syedahumna56 (Level 2 CGA) @ 6/3/2022 16:59

Amazing

Vasily_Kukushkin (Level 4 Deputy) @ 7/13/2019 06:29

Splendid!

Theoden (Level 11 Special Agent) @ 4/11/2017 14:13

I agree with DonDidDon, it also reminds me the Witch Haven for DOS.

Awesome work.

Whisper (Level 1 Depressed) @ 9/6/2016 03:58

Wow! It's so amazing that you transform Frazetta's Death Dealer into pixel art. :0

DonDidDon (Level 1 Gangster) @ 1/26/2015 05:20

This makes me think of the front ocover of "Witch haven" game.

Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 9/4/2014 10:08

Can you fix it again??

Temessis (Level 6 Made) @ 12/15/2013 13:45

Wow... I just... Wow...

kaze19th (Level 3 Hatchikyu) @ 12/24/2012 18:38

Awesome...

Riva (Level 6 Commander) @ 12/21/2011 12:08

Its big and impressive on 1st sight. The composition is snappy !
Lacks detail and looks sort of vague on closer look though.

reis (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 10/16/2011 15:54

Fantastic.

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 8/24/2011 16:11

WIP link fixed :P

xxmantisxx (Level 7 Mass Murderer) @ 8/7/2011 11:37

Amazing.

|||| (Level 9 Orchid) @ 6/22/2011 14:38

Dithering never looked so good to me before!

pixel_rob (Level 3 Enforcer) @ 6/6/2011 14:46

Perfect !

Gabylouro (Level 2 Petty Officer) @ 6/4/2011 14:22

Very nice! ;)

TheoVision (Level 8 Regional Boss) @ 1/19/2011 17:03

Damn, great piece! Love to see a fellow DPaint artist going crazy

James McCarter (Level 5 Lieutenant) @ 6/24/2010 02:26

Beautiful piece!

greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 6/11/2010 08:28

It's a shame Frank died recently.

bodjietron (Level 1 Rookie) @ 5/27/2010 18:39

i love frank frazetta's fantasy artworks man! he is one of my influences and bow to.nice job!

varuks (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/12/2010 02:59

waw!!!!!

Sandman (Level 1 Intern) @ 11/12/2009 13:30

congratulatins.. great ddealer!

blendaz (Level 1 Rookie) @ 9/22/2009 01:48

Awesomeness ... job well done!

Clickety (Level 1 Depressed) @ 6/13/2009 05:32

That looks awesome!

vampireslug (Level 5 Detective) @ 2/23/2009 04:09

Wow, "Prisoner of the Horned Helmet" by James Silke is one of my favorite books. You really captured the Death Dealer here, great job. I would LOVE to see the full thing with the horse, BTW.

Bwian (Level 2 Petty Officer) @ 1/28/2009 13:02

I like it!
you really did capture Frazetta's intensity
the back-light is well done too
thanks for sharing

[kirillko] (Level 1 Depressed) @ 10/22/2008 09:34

amazing!

fawful (Level 6 Yonkyu) @ 9/23/2008 03:04

Ooh!Snazzy!Those clouds in the background look very cool.

C-Rem (Level 1 Rookie) @ 8/6/2008 02:58

good balance of colors ... a top pixel art !

Dentralt (Level 1 Depressed) @ 2/1/2008 09:24

Oh, that's really nice.

Imo it's a bit too evil-ish, don't like that sort of stuff, but from a pixelling point of view this is phenomonal. (Did I spell that right?)

countach (Level 2 Petty Officer) @ 1/21/2008 08:00

The dithering is near perfection.

Krazykatz1995 (Level 1 Gangster) @ 1/6/2008 14:51

Cool, I love his axe, so ... lovely

EdensReject (Level 1 Rookie) @ 11/15/2007 21:35

5 from me but it looks a lot like Ishan's Shade (from M:tG). Not like it's hard with al those curly helmeted folklores. Good job!

YungYankee (Level 1 Gangster) @ 11/3/2007 19:44

Nice color scheme. overall 5* from me. great work.

Drako (Level 5 Soldier) @ 10/27/2007 15:43

very nice ;)

Koch (Level 6 Tsathoggua (The Horror in the Museum)) @ 10/24/2007 15:54

Totally awesome, I especially like the sword on the chain in the background.

Thumtac (Level 1 Private) @ 9/21/2007 12:38

cooooolness...

Gas 13 (Level 9 Boss) @ 7/28/2007 06:32

Enjoyed watching the WIP, thanks.

Stan20 (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 7/15/2007 14:47

0_o<fear>

Darknes!

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 4/5/2007 14:31

Thanks for your great comments . They are really appreciated.

grave: I'd like to do the full piece, with the horse - one day, perhaps.

At the moment I'm working on a new style (for me) - aimed at what I've seen on pixeljoint, and what I see as the modern way for pixel gfx - a cleaner feel rather than wasting pixels to AA. Ironically back in the Amiga days we dreamt of infinite colors & high resolution, we antialiased everything to compensate for low resolution, and would have given our right arm for Photoshop.

I love the fact that today, with all the available hi-tech gfx packages, people are still restricting themselves to 12-bit pallettes, 320x200, and discussing techniques in overcoming restrictions that haven't been a problem for 15 years.

Fantastic .

Long live pixel art.

Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 3/31/2007 03:44

Wow awesomeness!

khorin (Level 3 Enforcer) @ 3/4/2007 21:25

This is so awesome. I loved watching the WIP.

CircleOfTheDarkOnes (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 3/4/2007 16:31

freaking awesome.

grave (Level 9 Federal Agent) @ 3/3/2007 02:44

I really love frazetta. And this pixel version of his painting is great to.

Maybe you could do the full piece?

Law (Level 1 Intern) @ 12/21/2006 13:46

lol its a little too good if you ask me...

in fact its greatness is burning my eyes

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 12/5/2006 14:19

vanSchmidt : Thx for your support

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 12/5/2006 14:18

Added reference to 'Death Dealer' by Frank Frazetta to the desc.

grim666 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 12/3/2006 23:49

come on this is the "Death dealer" not rider

grim666 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 12/3/2006 23:46

You should put the Frank Frazetta's name in the comments this is his "Death Dealer" I hope you know that. Other then that good work and his eyes should be red for the demon mask that has trapped him comes from a bloody keep and everyone knows that demons have red eyes except Loke he has green:0

vanSchmidt (Level 1 Intern) @ 12/3/2006 12:23

This style rocks the most in my opinion. This is mind blowing, you're awesome and ur a good role model! lol. I want to draw just like you..it looks supurb and theres nothing you can do better on it. omg

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 9/1/2006 02:37

Ok Helm, I'll bear that in mind for the future. My next piece will be original.

SeanGraal - dpaint was a graphics tool for the Amiga.

http://amiga.emucamp.com/dpaint4.htm

http://cbmmuseum.kuto.de/images/screens/amiga_dpaint_III.gif

Helm (Level 5 Detective) @ 8/31/2006 23:41

Yeah, I mean in the description.

SeanGraal (Level 1 Rookie) @ 8/31/2006 20:08

thats pretty cool...i really like it actually ...whats dpaint? :[

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 8/30/2006 06:23

There's a link to the reference work at the beginning of the comments. Do you mean put it in the description?

Helm (Level 5 Detective) @ 8/29/2006 15:10

Please always credit the original artist if you copy. Most of us might know this is Death Rider by Frank Frazetta, but even if one person doesn't know this and thinks it's your own, you've passively decieved that person.

I personally have no interest in copies, unless there's extremely high technical skill involved in the repixelling. Looking forward to nocopy artwork.

rabidbaboy (Level 4 Shichikyu) @ 8/28/2006 19:38

Kickass.Five'd

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 8/28/2006 09:00

No - with the exception of flintstones characters, all my other stuff is original.

-DE- (Level 11 General) @ 8/27/2006 09:29

Do you guys do original work, or just limit yourselves to copying professional artists?

Da_Masta (Level 1 Rookie) @ 8/27/2006 07:39

Woah, that's realy awesome!

i am not worthy xD

xdjkittiex (Level 1 Quiet One) @ 8/24/2006 18:36

I like the dithering - it gives everything a nice smooth look - instead of the metal having an overly shiny look to it, the dull smooth shine gives it a very eerie feel to it which I think fits the overall piece. I really like this piece - definately faving.

Elk (Level 6 Saber-toothed Tiger) @ 8/24/2006 09:52

very very nice on the axe and coat

Huggkruka (Level 1 Rookie) @ 8/24/2006 00:31

Wow, very nice. Thanks for that WIP, see if I can catch something :D

foss (Level 1 Rookie) @ 8/23/2006 15:27

pure class! thanks for sharing.

Valcron (Level 2 Corporal) @ 8/23/2006 11:35

Personally I don't agree with everyone saying there's too much dithering. It uses just the right amount to retain a clean enough look.

And personally the staff of the weapon looks perfect.

These are probably only biased on my views though, as others have other views. I personally though think that the dithering is in perfect amount.

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 8/23/2006 10:15

I think my next pixel art will use less dithering. Try to give it a more clean look with more sharp detail. This piece is more of a painting replicated in pixels.

Schnauzer (Level 1 Quiet One) @ 8/23/2006 10:12

Animation where?

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 8/23/2006 09:47

I created the WIP anim the hard way by saving a new file numbered chronologically each time I changed something. The anim was stitched using Easy GIF Animator.

neota (Level 8 Shodan) @ 8/23/2006 07:54

It's good to see your WIP anim.. I'm amazed at the amount of times you corrected it. Personally for building WIP anims I have a custom plugin that lets me take a snapshot at anytime and orders them chronologically in an animation -- that seems enough like a chore to me, do you use an easier method?

There are a few places where style cannot really excuse the amount of dithering used -- most obviously on the browned area of the blade where I would expect relatively tight highlights.

I like the BG most, actually.

Evil-Ville (Level 2 Dealer) @ 8/23/2006 07:51

Looks good but some parts would do with some cleaning up. (Mainly the shield I think) Colours are a bit boring too, would look better with some variation.

Ps. You should make something more original next time

Dark Rogue (Level 5 Rokkyu) @ 8/23/2006 06:40

It looks wonderful, oilpainting-ish. 6/6 + fav.

verfum (Level 4 Deputy) @ 8/23/2006 05:20

Cheers guys! Not sure what to do next.

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