An update after not having much time to work on pixels this week.  I realised the answer to my question was to think more about how the hair falls before jumping in and trying to do strands.  I'm still in two minds about whether the dithering helps or whether to just throw in more colors.

Bulldog jaw sounds bad :O  Too angular?

I don't actually have a ref because I managed to delete it from my phone, so I was doing what I could from what I pixelled before.  The ref was hugely blurry so I probably got the form wrong.

I think I'll try hair with a clearer reference.  I found a few pencil tutorials that look promising.


Edited by beef_x - 21 April 2012 at 4:27pm

Thanks for the advice and tips guys, I started afresh with a new reference, I'll post my progress when I make some, it's super early days.  Here's what I have so far:



And the reference: http://tinyurl.com/ckbdjfw

Edited by beef_x - 24 April 2012 at 2:11am

 

Thanks Jeremy, I started again.  Not sure that the proportions/features are *right* but they're definitely better.  I've been tinkering away on this in spare time but not getting anywhere fast.