Pixel Joint Forum: Awful Sky

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   I've tried to create a sky, with a dark stormy look, and I FAILED. It's awful, need help.

 I tried to make this in pixel...

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Fuzzyleaves Commander Joined: 23 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 147	Topic: Awful Sky Posted: 03 April 2010 at 6:51am
	I've tried to create a sky, with a dark stormy look, and I FAILED. It's awful, need help. I tried to make this in pixel...
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 7:45am
	Its not as awful as you think. Work on smoothing with a combo of AA and dithering. Don't ever call your work awful
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eliotfellow Midshipman Joined: 23 March 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Posted: 03 April 2010 at 5:47pm
	To create that high-contrast spot, just sticking light against dark flattens out the image, in effect. It pops out as a flat shape rather than a form, if that makes sense. Like jalonso said, just smooth and dither a little bit. It's coming along: the top bit is really nice! Cool picture, too.
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 06 April 2010 at 2:08pm
	I think what's really pronounced in the reference picture is the rays of light on the bottom half. If you hold your hand over the bottom of the reference picture and just look at the top, it really doesn't look like much. You could probably make the pixel art look even more striking keeping that in mind.
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