Water Help
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 05 April 2026 at 6:33pm
Topic: Water Help
Posted By: IsoWayne
Subject: Water Help
Date Posted: 28 December 2009 at 3:14pm
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Hi, I haven't posted here in a while but I need some critiscm on my new piece I am working on.
It's called Midnight Bayou for right now until I think of something better. here is the image so far : 
As you can see the lineart is looking pretty good. (Except for maybe the runoff stream, I'm not too fond of that yet.) I'm having trouble applying a water like texture to the water in the front. I've looked at many references but it's kind of difficult replicate a style of water. I'm also trying to keep the piece under 8 colors. I have those 3 shades of blue currently being used. A dark blueish-purple. And a near-black blue In my palette currently. I like the 3 colors currently in the pictureso I'd rather not change them but I'll be willing to use other colors different than the other 2 dark shades and the 3 other non-defined palette spots. Any help os really appreciated. Thanks. |
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Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 29 December 2009 at 1:13am
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Water's really difficult >.<
Best you can do is look at references, both photo and pixel. Stock images are easy to find but here's a couple of pixel ones: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/29178.htm - fool's castle and http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/upload/ss09/lollige-elk.png - Elk's Secret Santa , both of which have a pretty low colour count :) |
Posted By: IsoWayne
Date Posted: 29 December 2009 at 4:15am
| Thanks for the good reference photos Jeremy, I think Elk's will help the most I really need some stale water though. |