Trioculi :: Pixel Art Detail

I saw this months ago on Pixelation... it's fantastic. And your line art monsters are so creative. Would love to have your flair for bringing nightmares to life, let alone pixel @_@

 wow...
this doesn't even look like pixel art!

incredible.

The monsters are really well rendered, as you got the overlapping of the hairy tentacles working nicely. You really get a feeling of scale and distance between the predator and the prey:)

Wow. Beautiful. <3

Awsum!
The water is so realistic, it just looks like I've paused a film or something.

Why do i keep thinking "Lovecraft" XD
Amazing job!

It kidof reminds me of war of the worlds, except 10x more scary and amazing. 

Breathtaking;

the bottom of the beast is simply amazing;

I wouldn't be surprised if this gained #1 top pixel art

Oh god that is scary. I love it.

wow.... this is so soft and beautiful.

I love the mist surrounding the figures. I also like these "wavy" creatures are like mirrors, showing the moon.

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sweet detail, awesome idea composition colours etc etc, that is simply amazing. and you did manage to get a really smooth uncontrasted image. as fawful already said, it does look like some incredible water colours or a similar effect.

*worships*
even more i mean, and
*adds to favorites*

That is pretty ruddy epic.

It doesnt even look like pixel art unless you zoom in several times,it looks more like a water colour or something.

Is it suposed to be the roots of trees or something,because it certanly looks it.

This is the spookiest thing ever pixelled.

Great atmosphere!

splintercell xD you finish it! :):)...

"arachne join at pixel joint... and... WO?!?! 300 messajes! :O" xD

Bye arachne! ;) good look :P

NIce work!  I think that reflections is boosting whole thing... and i like them...

amazing job

Wow, I really hadn't expected this kind of response. Really glad to hear you liked it!

Larwick - I figured that fishing nets left out might get caught on the creature, and I don't think it would have much difficulty in destroying a wooden ship if one got in its way. So, yes, it is supposed to be an anchor.

Skurwy87 - Yeah, there are a few of those. After I AA a part, I usually compare it to the previous step to see if it actually looks better. Then I keep the parts that look best and give what's left another try, but sometimes I might need as many as 3 or 4 attempts to get it right, and that got tedious fast this time. I'll see if I can find all the over-AA'ed parts and do some cleaning up.

neota - That's a good point. I'll see what I can do.

stickjohn - I see what you mean. I had a bit of trouble getting the darkest parts to look smooth enough with the sudden jump to the darkest color from the second darkest, so I'll give the AA on the men and the boat another go.

iLKke - There was a bit of discussion about the reflected light in the Pixelation thread. I looked at a bunch of photos of sunlight reflected in the sea and decided to keep it that way. I don't imagine open sea is ever still, so I think reflections will be distorted even without wind (or giant monsters wading around). I think the light is too far away for it to reflect off of the men. The boat might with a bit of water on it, but I don't see any surfaces angled in a way that would let us see it.

Very very nice a book's cover of Lovecraft...GREAT

You never cease to amaze me.  Great job

Amazing! Looks very Lovecraftish, in a very good way!

I love the smoothness.
Awesome pixelart!

Awesome job. Really strange and fantastic.
War of the worlds meets H. R. Giger

It reminds me this movie The Mist... great job man!

It reminds me this movie The Mist... great job man!

un-freaking-real. Most of the piece doesn't even look remotely like a pixel art. The only complaint i would have it that the people and boat look out of place. Not because they are done poorly though, just because the rest of the piece is done so fantastically well.

Oh my african boogers! Thats madness right here man. The contrast, the subtlety, the texture, the presence, all perfectly calibrated to the tee. I love it. It looks like it was a pain to make and for that i thank you. Fav times a thousand. I can't get enough of those highlights in the hairy texture of the monster. It's just so tasty to my eyes. :D

really amazing composition, colors and done. I really like these "big monsters", remind me a little bit to the game "shadows of colossus".  respect!...

Did I mention I love this?

Wonderful in every possible respect. Very Lovecraft-ish :D
My favorite bit is how the 'hair' gets abstracted in the lower parts.

Personally I think that the reflections in the water don't make much sense. Perhaps it would have been better to instead let the green light show a bit on the boat and fishermen.

I think I can see people and ships entangled in those things. Do they get slowly digested over time?

*jawdrop* I love them. Whatever they are. Everything is pretty much awesome in this pic.

Absolutely gorgeous! They creatures looks kind of friendly, though. Should they?

Just wonderful in every way.  Absolutely. 

Love the colors!

Excuse me, but I have to express myself in spanish this time: ¡Mi puto dios! ¡Sos una genia! ¡maravilloso! Bravo, bravo bravo!

I love it ;_:

Every once in a while a piece comes along and just takes your breathe away. Congratulations.

This really is awesome job o____O It's so smooth that one of my friends thought it to be just some painting that's been saved to really small canvas :D

That's it. This is the pixel that is going on my wall. Stunning.

thats just unbelievable, i dont see how thats humanly possible.

amazing

Really fucking awesome.

Huge ominous furry things on rocks? I approve of this.
Also, putting that amount of work into a picture without insisting it be ultra neat, I respect that ( I hope to acquire that skill myself.).
Water is really excellent,  The most near bits of grass have some odd non-smoothness (IMO with the focus on the furry things, the hills should be mostly even more defocused than the people)

Holy Crap thats good

AWESOME !!
5/5 + fav'd

OH, CRAP! ARACHNE, I LOVE YOU!! very atmospheric, I'm turning a blind eye at some over-blurred parts! ;) pz!

I'm not sure I really have any crits for this piece!  It's very well done, the tentacles are the best part for me.

UN... BE... LIEVABLE!

i love the was you pixeled those big things! and the birds. and ... and... and...

o_O Beatiful, really beatiful...quickly to favorites ....

Very nice! I love the birds!

this is so awesome!

holy shit that's nice

i Love it. i Love How you've Made it Look so Mysterious and Dark.
The Foggy Effect = <3

i saw this over at pixelation, its epic.

The most awesome piece I see in a while! [3]
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You never fail to impress, Arachne! Well done. I find your progress animations very interesting, too. Nicely done, keep 'em coming!

i thought  that this was a drawing the first time i saw it.

Is there a word for thecoolestthingever? This is so awesome I want to fav it twice. I f*cking love all your work arachne.

The most awesome piece I see in a while! [2]

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Very cool. The bottom of the creature kinda bugs me as well. Looks kinda blurry, but I dunno if this is the fog or not.

I love this so much. Really amazing mood, and very inspiring.
One thing i wonder about though, is that anchor-shape above the farthest persons head. There are other strange lines there, almost as if the creature has destroyed a ship or something, but it's very hard to tell - and the anchor-shape bugs me i must admit.

holy shit

Characters are great, best part is probably the random thing where the monster join the water, very well done.

ohoho! Great !!

GOD.

OH GOD.

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The most awesome piece I see in a while!!

You're my heroin. Enjoy your monthly top : )

guess what, i saw this on pixelation (tm)

loved it from the first time i've seen it over there.. awesome composition. great how you managed the transition from the detailed hairy head to the foggy part.

THE reference piece for future pixels in terms of hair. faved. so faved.

Sooo impressed with this, even in that early WIP stage - truely amazing.

This is more awesome than I can comprehend at the moment. Wonderful job!

I've been following this piece for a while, glad to see it finally finished (:

Awesome. The birds are a great touch. Gives you a good sense of scale.