hey all, i'm new here.
but i'd like to share my indeed crappy talent of pixel-art.

ok this is my idea.. a basic "super mario bro's" view on the side (based on my mate marko)


i got a strange angle but it kind of works.

feel free to give me some helpful comments. i'm currently making more small additional "items" for to be placed around the picture

please post yuour comments.
thankss


Edited by fatal1ty

thanks for that.

yeh it's poor quality because photobucket lowered the quality becausei t was too big. it looks normal with the bmp pic.

Shade, shade, shade.
Also, try to go more dynamic in the minor details.

Also, save your images as PNGs.
That way when you upload them to photobucket nothing happens.

Just pick a place to have a sun, or a lightsource of some kind.
Then try shading behind each object to where the lightsource is.

Then figure out if any peices stick out in the picture, then begin sading behind it, since it would slightly block the lightsource.

The perspective seems really off or wonky, not sure which.

Then ALL pixel artists are anal? That's a new one. Besides, you save your work in png.

JPG is not good for pixel art because it causes MAYOR color loss, and the point of pixel art is to have each pixel exactly placed. Save it as gif or png. You won't have the photobucket trouble either.




Edited by Dra_chan

photobucket changes file formats. use imageshack.us !

its only when the files are to big.

which makes it big.

The money looks as if it's just floating there...
Umm.. I'm pretty sure you could have done it smaller.
Why would it have to look EXACTLY like a 9160WF case?
Also, the colors are very saturated.

Try getting some better colors.

cheers for that. the thing about me is when i draw .. i outline everything in black .. and i leave it there.. i'm not really used to using lighter colours as an outline..  i dont really mind if the proportions right or not. afterall a door is twice the height of a person XD..
 

and you said never save as JPEG... believe it or not .. the update pic is a jpeg ^^.


it has to look exactly like one because peopel can see it's a p160.. it's a pretty popular case because it looks stylish and so on.. the money is floating because i havent done any shading/shadowing on it yet. explain more on what you meant by "try getting some better colours"


Edited by fatal1ty

''and you said never save as JPEG... believe it or not .. the update pic is a jpeg ^^.''

i noticed that when i cleared the background from the char and case and it didnt work with bucket tool.

i too have never heard of that case. and i don't think its stylish either. it's pretty ugly really, no covering of the drives and such.
but this isnt a case discussion, it's an art critique.

- outlining everypart of things in black is bad, it separates all the individual things and makes the whole feel busy and crowded. only putting lines on the outmost edges of the sprite is better.
- ''i dont really mind if the proportions right or not. afterall a door is twice the height of a person XD..''    i DONT like ducks
- the money doesnt float because the lack of shading, it floats because of the warped perspectives you are using (side on the sprites, iso on th rest) i think
-the colours are icky because they are very oversaturated. try making them all a lot grayer (setting it on about 140/240 would do the trick i think)

and why are you allready designing a small section of one level to high detail, instead of working on the layout, tiles, sprites etc and then combining them?

I have 2 things to say.

• 1.Add shading.
• 2.save as png(it's to blurry).

cheers for the comments.  i have my holidays now.. so i'l lsee if ican work on it..
yes.. it's my basic outlining atm.. just with colours dumped around it.. it's not finsihed .. thats why i put WIP on the thread name.

ok and please.. no one say "SAVE AS PNG" again.. i'm getting pretty sick of every member giving me that for each of my threads.... i think it's through my mind already..

and dont expect a lot from me.. i'm not a pro with pixel art...

thats what i meant. i kind of got the idea that i should save things as png..........
so i'll save as png on my next update...

I say you start over and try again.
This time using everyones imput.

You spent many hours on that drawing?

It's not a waste. Everytime you draw something it's practice. So what if it's not an instant masterpeice? That's the only way you can get better is through practice. I'd agree with starting over. Practice isn't a waste of time.

So you spent 10 minutes drawing that? I'd suggest you spend more time on pixel art.