Pixel Joint Forum: Looking for advice/suggestions

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   (Hopefully this sort of post is allowed, I'm really sorry if it isn't!)

Hi all, I've been interested in pixel art for years now but have never worked up the courage to try and make any of my own. I've read through a plethora of tutorials, both on PJ and elsewhere, and I finally feel "ready" (kind of) to try and make something.. the thing is, I'm not especially good at traditional drawing and in general I never know where to start when beginning any sort of project. 

With that being said, I was wondering if anybody might be able to suggest a simple subject to try pixeling. (I know "simple" is rather subjective.) Any advice in general for a beginner would be appreciated too. :x

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brekki Seaman Joined: 21 December 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Topic: Looking for advice/suggestions Posted: 07 January 2015 at 12:46pm
	(Hopefully this sort of post is allowed, I'm really sorry if it isn't!) Hi all, I've been interested in pixel art for years now but have never worked up the courage to try and make any of my own. I've read through a plethora of tutorials, both on PJ and elsewhere, and I finally feel "ready" (kind of) to try and make something.. the thing is, I'm not especially good at traditional drawing and in general I never know where to start when beginning any sort of project. With that being said, I was wondering if anybody might be able to suggest a simple subject to try pixeling. (I know "simple" is rather subjective.) Any advice in general for a beginner would be appreciated too. :x
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 07 January 2015 at 12:52pm
	Might be more appropriate for the WIP forum. Since you're not experienced with traditional art (and apparently have no interest in it), but you still need to know art theory stuff to be able to pixel well, I recommend doing colour and form exercises in pixel art. Still lives are the way it's often done in traditional art, and you could do something similar in pixel art, focusing more on the forms and largely ignoring the details and textures (at least for now).
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brekki Seaman Joined: 21 December 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 07 January 2015 at 12:56pm
	Yeah I wasn't sure which forum to put this in. And I mean, I draw a lot, I love traditional art! I didn't mean to sound as if I had no interest in it. I don't want to sound pompous but I went to art school for a few years so I know a fair amount of art theory, I just don't feel like I'm very good at it. Edited by brekki - 07 January 2015 at 12:58pm
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 07 January 2015 at 12:58pm
	Focus on the theory if you're not comfortable with it. Pixel art is just another medium that uses it
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yrizoud Commander Joined: 03 May 2021 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 343	Posted: 07 January 2015 at 2:49pm
	Some things that can be interesting to pixel, and don't involve solid freehand or anatomy skills : - Fonts (try single-color at first) - Emoticons - Image designed for use as avatar, fitting a square like 50x50 (it's also an exercise of composition) - Logos (ex: Can you do a Batman logo in 32x16 pixels canvas ? Try with only 2 colors. And then second try with as many colors as you think are necessary) - Game tiles for fantasy characters and monsters, like these ones : http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/88609.htm The flat view avoids need for perspective, it's an exercise of readability and symbolism.
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