Haven't done any pixel art (not counting some characters and tiles for a game) in quite some time. Trying to shake off the rustiness with a little self portrait.
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Nice looking. I took a stab at it myself, and although I don't know what you look like exactly, there are some things I would change just to make the face "pop out" a bit more.
What I changed:
- I noticed you have a second color that is very close to the black, so I just removed it, as I don't think it makes much of a difference in the piece. (I think this piece would be fine without black at all, just the darker colors of the palette; for example, the top rim of the glasses could just be the color hair and your eyes wouldn't know the difference.)
- The grey color I changed to a slightly more purplish tone, to compliment the warmer brown colors, and I added in a lighter shade to help define the color and shape of the shirt.
- I lightnened up some of the edges to get rid of the hard black line and used some simple anti-aliasing tricks to replace the pillow shading on the edges of the face and the neck. Keep in mind AAing is not much of an option when stark against transparency, but when ramping or curving against an opaque background, it is usually best to lighten or darken the line when it steps down a pixel depending on the value of the background (I used this a bit on the edges of the face but tried to keep the theme of the dark outline).
- I added some shadow on the left side of the face to make it more round, and the lighter purple on the right side of the shirt for the same effect.
- I lightened up the area around the eyes which I think defines them a little better, but since eyes are one of--if not THE--most identifying physical characteristics, take my changes with a grain of salt.
Anyway, that's my two cents, and I hope this helps a little! Now I guess I really have no choice but to get back to homework... :/
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Nice looking. I took a stab at it myself, and although I don't know what you look like exactly, there are some things I would change just to make the face "pop out" a bit more.
What I changed:
- I noticed you have a second color that is very close to the black, so I just removed it, as I don't think it makes much of a difference in the piece. (I think this piece would be fine without black at all, just the darker colors of the palette; for example, the top rim of the glasses could just be the color hair and your eyes wouldn't know the difference.)
- The grey color I changed to a slightly more purplish tone, to compliment the warmer brown colors, and I added in a lighter shade to help define the color and shape of the shirt.
- I lightnened up some of the edges to get rid of the hard black line and used some simple anti-aliasing tricks to replace the pillow shading on the edges of the face and the neck. Keep in mind AAing is not much of an option when stark against transparency, but when ramping or curving against an opaque background, it is usually best to lighten or darken the line when it steps down a pixel depending on the value of the background (I used this a bit on the edges of the face but tried to keep the theme of the dark outline).
- I added some shadow on the left side of the face to make it more round, and the lighter purple on the right side of the shirt for the same effect.
- I lightened up the area around the eyes which I think defines them a little better, but since eyes are one of--if not THE--most identifying physical characteristics, take my changes with a grain of salt.
Anyway, that's my two cents, and I hope this helps a little! Now I guess I really have no choice but to get back to homework... :/