Guardians :: Pixel Art Detail

I think the reason it's so flat (excuse if anyone said this already i didn't read through every single comment) is cause there's barely any overlapping whatsoever.  The way the dithers are generally around the objects, makes it all seem like it's on one plane  -  if there were large chunks of the nebula that the planets and dragons overlapped - the illusion of there being several layers to the image that'd give it much more depth.

But overall still - that's a very impressive piece.  Don't know how I missed it, way to go!

Haha! Yes, I'm beginning to feel like that as well. Unfortunately, I have an unfinished pixel piece that's about as big and I'd like to think that I'll finish it...*Someday* :)

Unbelievably high resolution for a pixel piece! I have only undertook something like this once... never again: )

Seriously impressive!!

very very perfect!!! 5/5--

xy-mirror? Erm, I don't really understand what you mean but I guess the answer would be yes. They've been copy-pasted with some minor editing as I was trying to finish this in time. But no dither brushes, however (see my explanation below). And no, no excuse for the cookie-looking planets :S

the background looks quite impressive - well, zoomed out at least.. zoomed in most parts of the nebula look rushed, dunno, like doodled using dither brushes.. same with the wings somehow.. but thats the problem with such a big canvas: one has to fill and detail it

anyway, main crit is that the whole piece looks a bit too flat - 2 reasons: the planets, which look like cookies (dunno if xmas is your excuse =) and the dragon's wings, which would have given the whole piece more volume if they were spread

p.s. just wondering: did you xy-mirror the nebula?

TISFA :O I really love the BG.

TISFA ( this is so frikin' awesome )

Big and strange :P

It was my honour of giving you some little help
with this one marilii.
Snake is a lucky guy to be receiving such a nice
piece!

I just have to commend you for your patience in pixeling the background.  That must have been a nightmare.

Very impressive. It is obvious that you spent alot of time and effort on this. Great job with the dithering anf blending of colours.

Amazing colors and concept. I also think the dithering is a little overdone on the wings - makes them look a little flat and boring - maybe put a few small rips at the edges and make them more textured?

O_O..................

Wow this is great.

I think the creatures are great but the dithering is overdone. Try some different patterns maybe.

Nope, no dither brushes used. What I do, to make sure I dither the correct area, is that I colour that in with an obscure colour that I haven't used and then dither over it. And as I use layers, I simply get rid of the 'obscure colour' layer afterwards which then leaves the dithering and the main colour.

Looking at the way the layers of dithering, it looks like you used a dither brush(which technically aren't pixel art).

Sorry if I falsely accused.