Pixel Joint Forum: Game WIP -- Pixel Art Newbie

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Hi all,

I've never really done pixel art before but I've started working on a game for Android phones and been forced to learn how to do pixel art to go along with it. This is a screen of what I have so far. I'd love some tips for things to look out for, places to go for pixel art lessons, etc.

The next thing I'm working on is the player character sprite. I've tried animating him but it looked terrible every time.

Edit: And here are the specific sets of sprites I'm working on for the game...

Edited by MoonGames - 28 May 2010 at 10:07pm

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MoonGames Seaman Joined: 28 May 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: Game WIP -- Pixel Art Newbie Posted: 28 May 2010 at 7:11pm
	Hi all, I've never really done pixel art before but I've started working on a game for Android phones and been forced to learn how to do pixel art to go along with it. This is a screen of what I have so far. I'd love some tips for things to look out for, places to go for pixel art lessons, etc. The next thing I'm working on is the player character sprite. I've tried animating him but it looked terrible every time. Edit: And here are the specific sets of sprites I'm working on for the game... Edited by MoonGames - 28 May 2010 at 10:07pm
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 28 May 2010 at 9:41pm
	What program did you use for making this. Does not appear to be pixelart.
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MoonGames Seaman Joined: 28 May 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 28 May 2010 at 10:08pm
	GraphicsGale and Paint.NET, except for the clouds I used Inkscape but I'm not looking for critique on them.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 30 May 2010 at 10:01am
	Well, I don't see why go pixel for the most part but NPA the clouds. The GUI is also not PA. Just seems a poor design choice to mix it up this much. Assuming you don't care and this is it, then, there is an overall lack of texture, contrast and detail that makes everything just seem very flat and somewhat uninteresting.
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MoonGames Seaman Joined: 28 May 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 30 May 2010 at 10:29am
	The GUI is pixel art unless you define it some odd way... I drew the heart and shield... Pixel by pixel, in paint.NET, and the backgrounds behind the system-drawn bars, as seen in the experience bar.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 30 May 2010 at 10:32am
	Something is being lost then. Your images look all full of artifacts to me and I just can't see pixels in pure form. Perhaps your png output is not set properly or something.
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