Hey, Guys.

I'm kinda trying to get better at tree making.So far I'm a amateur to pixel art etc.
But after doing some  trees today about 4-5 tries I start to see improvements and it could be great to receive more advices etc.

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The first one is my latest one.
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Right now I'm studying this dude trees http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=8291.0 to come up with my own style.





Edited by micintexp - 27 August 2010 at 7:31pm

I think you are doing more scribbling than pixelling.
Check the gallery for other's way of making trees. Most have minimal colors and precise pixel placement.
Here's one that shows this clearly

and another two


Just showing you that trees like contrast and as little pixel work as possible.

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Edited by micintexp - 29 August 2010 at 6:27pm

Will remember that  , cure.

Since I'm merely new to pixel art , so far I was mostly concentrating on mastering on my trunk shading but it still not hat great in some way.

maybe something like that? this thread may help you http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?PHPSESSID=8706c5f1fe4c42de50eb2f3dc2000fed&topic=10520.msg112358#msg112358

missing: volume....

also try keeping focused on one tree at a time.... its like a flippin forrest here, i dont know where to give crits

Edited by onek - 01 September 2010 at 5:08am

I think your palettes need work. They are all wayyyy too saturated, some of the leaves hurt my eyes to look at! Try varying your saturation more and saving very high saturation colors for details.

Also I agree with onek, there's a lot here to look at where I think you would be better served with sticking to one piece at a time until you've got it looking great.

What style are you going here? It's a bit cartoony but even when you're stylizing something you have to carefully consider anesthetics and translate the real world into something recognizable.

The middle example in the first picture (the bush-y) type thing is quite good, though the colors are still a problem and the shading on the trunk is a bit off. i think you should try going back in that direction a bit with the detailing. A good exercise is to try to cram as much detail in as you can with 2 or 3 colors. Check out how few colors there are in Jolonso's example!

Keep up the work, I do think you're improving.

Instead of focusing on details of leaves you could try for suggestion using shapes and volume instead of detail, like this does



If you do want leaf detail then maybe the leaves can be just bigger that 'real' size like this piece is



Edited by jalonso - 01 September 2010 at 6:50pm

I tried once more.