Ok, your 1st drawing, but if the light comes from the left upper corner, shading of the head is ok, but what about that baggage? And if the light comes from the left side, than is shading on his head bad. D'you understand? (sorry, if you don't understand, my english's very bad)
Hm as seeing that it is rejected i will make it transparent. No other option, i just started with pixel art and did not yet got into backgrounds.
Toch bedankt ;)
Blueberry_pie (Level 7 General Manager) @ 7/24/2008 22:10
The whole point of pixel art is that you pay attention to every pixel; that every pixel is there for a reason. It's a very precise art form. A lot of that is lost when you save it as a JPEG. And yeah, you probably should remove the background. Maybe you can make the background transparent instead.
Hm, thought that it didnt matter for the background. And i needed to fill it, so if its REALLY a problem i'll just remove it.
Yes the briefcase is a jpeg. Made it along time ago when i was bored and thought i could use it. Yes i was lazy to make another one even though its just a small thing to add.
Is it really true that if its a JPEG its instantly not pixelart? :S Really? I mean, there still pixels lol.
Still, i asked for critique.
So thanks! :D
Blueberry_pie (Level 7 General Manager) @ 7/24/2008 10:06
The background is from Maple Story, isn't it? The submission rules state that you should only submit your own work. Also, the briefcase seems to be suffering from some JPEG artifacts, which doesn't make it pixel art. The character is quite nice, though.
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im not like that! lol
i'm mr.blue btw!