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Title: Rainbow Dash and the Art of Being Awesome
Pixel Artist: Nikonani  (Level 3 Chief :: 898 points)
Posted: 5/22/2012 18:40
Statistics:  17 comments    2 faves    0 avatars

Rainbow dash is the master of being awesome.  All she has to do is exist in order to generate a wave of gnarliness.  Don't agree?  Don't care.

On a side note, took me a *long* time to revise this to where it ended up so far, learned a lot along the way.  So, FUS RO yay.

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Nikonani (Level 3 Chief) @ 5/28/2012 05:10

 thanks for all the C+C guys, there's 100% chance I'm going back to fix it with the advice you all gave :)


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Scarodactyl (Level 8 Ruby) @ 5/27/2012 20:39

There's definitely some banding going on here, really in a lot of places throughout the piece.  The shading is also a bit pillowey; there doesn't seem to be one clearly-defined lightsource, and everything is almost equally lit.  You've definitely put some good work into this, but if you go back and take another look at those two things I have the feeling that you could pull a lot more out of the piece.


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xeroxz2k7 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 5/27/2012 17:04

Agreed about the 4x zoom. As for the subject matter, I don't really care for these ponies myself, but if people want to draw them then they should do so. It's pretty sweet looking. I dig the tail and wings.


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Dr D (Level 4 Shichikyu) @ 5/27/2012 15:34

Just agreeing with the last 2 comments.. Please make 1x as PJ has a built-in zoom feature. (Unless for some reason you REALLY need it to be 4x.)

 


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Elk (Level 6 Saber-toothed Tiger) @ 5/27/2012 14:18

 On one side, the inner areas seem to be well AA'd... on the other, it is VERY VERY poorly sel-outed...aswell as the entire piece being pillow shaded. The colors have potential and it looks niceish overall I think


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Partack (Level 3 Private Eye) @ 5/27/2012 10:46

Oh Jalonso, you're so  mature, I couldn't have said it better my self..

Just thought i should throw the term, 'CONSTRUCTIVE critisizm' out there..

Back on topic, I like this pic =D the AA works in ltos of places but not so much in others like the back of the neck or the rainbow tail but that's just a matter of style and preference i guess because it seems you wanted a solid outline.

I also feel that this piece would look much better at it's 1x instead of its zoomed in 4x because of the AA and colour trickery used. the 'trickery' becomes a lot more blatant on the eye so they lose their effect.

The chosen blue for the shading might be a TAD darker than the original characters but that doesn't matter too much.

Overall, quite accurate and adorable piece. =) gj


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jalonso (Level 11 Godfather) @ 5/26/2012 07:25

Please try to be tolerant of subject matter and focus on the pixelart techniques whenever possible ;)


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Nikonani (Level 3 Chief) @ 5/26/2012 07:06

 No matter what you want, it's going to happen.  It can be subtle (as it was before before your rude comments), or it can be full force if you're going to yell at us for simply putting up a few sprites of ponies that we make.  I'm fine with either.  And, tl;dr?  You didn't have the attention span to read a few sentences?  That's a bit depressing.

Now, stop with your uncontructive comments, if you don't mind.  I'd hate to bring it to mod authority if nessicary to get you to leave me alone for what I choose to pixel.


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PoisonousJoy (Level 4 Mercenary) @ 5/25/2012 20:07

tl;dr (:


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PoisonousJoy (Level 4 Mercenary) @ 5/25/2012 20:06

 I just can't stand pony fanart anymore. It's annoying. This is one of the few places it isn't already filled with bronies. I want it to stay that way.


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Mr.Fahrenheit (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 5/25/2012 12:12

 I definately think this peice is good. Especially the transition between shades


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Nikonani (Level 3 Chief) @ 5/25/2012 10:18

You think I'm butthurt, over a single hater's mild hate comment towards my piece?

I really hope that if you're going to troll, you can at least do it better than that.  Your argument needs to be cooler... about 20% cooler.

That aside, I spend hours of work on a piece of pixel art, I think I have the right to upload it here.  It's entirely original, and I wouldn't call it "shit".  Maybe it's not nearly good enough for hall of fame, but I think I did at least a decent job on it.  If you disagree, feel free to give me some criticism that's actually useful.  Cheers, dude!

 


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Mr.Fahrenheit (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 5/25/2012 05:44

 Not that i am a brony sympathyzer or anything but, I strongly disagree with your opinion PoisonousJoy seeing as there are no rules that are against making a picture of a pony. As long as he made this himself it shouldnt matter what the subject of the picture is. I find it wrong that he should have to upload his work onto a different site because of the subject matter.


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fil (Level 1 Rookie) @ 5/25/2012 03:37

i am brony too ;p

 


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PoisonousJoy (Level 4 Mercenary) @ 5/24/2012 23:36

 I really do think you care, and you're proving me you care by being all butthurt and telling me how you will upload a lot more just because of my comment. Now seriously, go be brony somewhere else.

The whole internet is filled with ponies, go upload this shit on deviantart or wherever else is already flooded with this kinda crap.


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Nikonani (Level 3 Chief) @ 5/24/2012 15:52

 ... and just for that, I plan on uploading a lot more pony pics here.  You don't like my work because it's of ponies?  I really do not care.


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PoisonousJoy (Level 4 Mercenary) @ 5/24/2012 15:17

 go be brony somewhere else


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