Pixel Joint Forum: Earthbound Tree

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   Today I tried imitating a tree from Earthbound, an SNES game with a very cartoony style. I would like feedback on the shading, color palette, and/or anything else that stands out.

My technique is to look at references and try to reverse engineer them. There is no copy/pasting involved but I definitely imitate the reference closely and there are occasional times where the pixels pattern identically over small areas. Eventually I hope to grow out of this technique, I'm new to pixel art (and art in general). 

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dwym Seaman Joined: 08 June 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Topic: Earthbound Tree Posted: 08 June 2016 at 4:45pm
	Today I tried imitating a tree from Earthbound, an SNES game with a very cartoony style. I would like feedback on the shading, color palette, and/or anything else that stands out. My technique is to look at references and try to reverse engineer them. There is no copy/pasting involved but I definitely imitate the reference closely and there are occasional times where the pixels pattern identically over small areas. Eventually I hope to grow out of this technique, I'm new to pixel art (and art in general). Reference: My version:
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MIGUELbM Midshipman Joined: 07 June 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 09 June 2016 at 7:06am
	Since you are closely following the original, I suggest you watch the colors. There are plenty of tutorials on this forum about colors so I won't go in depth, but there's a reason why the shadows on the original are bluish.
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