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I was playing my beloved guitar when I decided to make a pixel art of it.

Been working for about one and a half hour:

But then I came to think of something... Is this what you call pillow shading?

Edited by Game & Watch - 10 June 2009 at 1:30pm

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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Topic: Guitar WIP Posted: 10 June 2009 at 1:29pm
	I was playing my beloved guitar when I decided to make a pixel art of it. Been working for about one and a half hour: But then I came to think of something... Is this what you call pillow shading? Edited by Game & Watch - 10 June 2009 at 1:30pm
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 10 June 2009 at 1:32pm
	When your shading is just lines around the lineart instead of showing the actual shape, or something.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 10 June 2009 at 2:16pm
	Yes, that's pretty close to pillow shading. Any time you light something head-on its pillow shading. Pillow shading carries a bad/amateur connotation in pixel art and is never used unless its something like a tiny light/lamp/candle, usually seen in platform video games. The lighting on the metal indicates you shouldn't use staright head on lighting on this anyways.
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 10 June 2009 at 3:38pm
	Darn.. I more or less finished the image: I'm happy with the result, even though I use pillow shading. I will try again later, with a more experimental lighting, but I'm submitting it in its current state for now. Edited by Game & Watch - 10 June 2009 at 4:45pm
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 10 June 2009 at 6:14pm
	k, but don't be surprised if you get comments about this. Pillow shading is a reason for rejecting art so it will sit in the queue for public voting longer than normal. Pixelart is way more about technique than artistic expression.
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 12:25am
	Well, ok. Another question: This is not pillow shading?
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smk Commander Joined: 22 February 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 150	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 12:29am
	Nope, 's not. A much better start, now smoothen it out and you'll be near done (:
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 1:27am

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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 2:37am
	The guitar looks round. Have a look at internet pix of guitars (Or a real life one) under light and copy. Here's something I (Very quickly) whipped up: (It's exaggerated) Mind the fugly shape :D
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 2:43am
	My guitar is round. That's what I'm trying to achieve. Dithered the image: Edited by Game & Watch - 11 June 2009 at 2:56am
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 3:00am
	Round as in spherical? 'cos that's how it looks.
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 3:57am
	Well, not really spherical. Here it is: http://www.iaza.com/work/090611C/my_guitar67950.PNG Yes, it's a little dirty at the moment.. I'll mess around with it some more, try to make it look less like a ball.
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smk Commander Joined: 22 February 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 150	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 4:38am
	I think Jeremy is right, the shading at the moment makes it look a bit spherical. Also the lowest point (lowest pixels, bad at guitar anatomy) looks a tad flat. Edited by smk - 11 June 2009 at 4:37am
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 7:33am
	Went to prsguitars.com to get some inspiration, and found a picture of my guitar with a very interesting lighting: http://prsguitars.com/standardsatin/index.html I don't really like copying others, but I copied the lighting: Yes, they're very similar, but I assure you, The only thing I've copied from the image is the lighting. Them being almost the same size is just a coincidence.
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asukicco Midshipman Joined: 02 January 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 92	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 8:00am
	Relax, no one will accuse you of stealing/ripping I think, but remember to link the reference you used for the piece. Now, what you need to do is to smooth it up, and work more on the body horns. Also, I think there are some unnecessary colours... for now it's a waste of resources.
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 11 June 2009 at 9:39pm
	That's looking much better :) as asukicco said, work on smoothing it out. There's also some banding on the highlights, work on that a bit too.
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hyperbear Seaman Joined: 11 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 21	Posted: 14 June 2009 at 6:54pm
	Lookin' pretty sick, though the shading in the indents around the knobs and switch could be fixed up
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Game & Watch Seaman Joined: 13 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 30	Posted: 14 June 2009 at 11:44pm
	Thanks! I've removed many unnecessary colors now, thanks for reminding me Asukicco. Colorcount was 46, now it's 33. I have also improved the knobs a little. Update: Edited by Game & Watch - 14 June 2009 at 11:50pm
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