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   Hi all....just recently got into pixel art.  I have been drawing
and painting for many years and now am trying my hand at pixel art.

Would love some constructive criticism on this piece I made.  One of my first attempts.

Thanks

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NMEwithin Midshipman Joined: 29 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 43	Topic: New Here Posted: 29 December 2006 at 9:37am
	Hi all....just recently got into pixel art. I have been drawing and painting for many years and now am trying my hand at pixel art. Would love some constructive criticism on this piece I made. One of my first attempts. Thanks
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Monkey 'o Doom Commander Joined: 24 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2994	Posted: 29 December 2006 at 9:59am
	I'm getting a broken image. You can probably use one you have in the gallery, as long as you don't use that elsewhere. A good pixel art image host is Ensellitis image hosting. EDIT: Typo Edited by Monkey 'o Doom - 29 December 2006 at 9:59am
	RPG is numberwang.
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NMEwithin Midshipman Joined: 29 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 43	Posted: 29 December 2006 at 10:16am
	Interesting....here it is linked from the gallery:
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 29 December 2006 at 9:21pm
	Real nice. You do have a lot of extra colors that you could do without.
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NMEwithin Midshipman Joined: 29 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 43	Posted: 30 December 2006 at 7:35am
	Thanks....yeah I think the color count was like 45....I guess I should lower it a bit. One thing I am really struggling with is realistic lighting. I understand the concept of a light source and how it effects the subject but when it comes to applying it to a pixel piece I find it very difficult to make it look realistic. Any tips?
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Dra_chan Commander Joined: 20 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 628	Posted: 30 December 2006 at 11:51am
	*Originally posted by NMEwithin* Thanks....yeah I think the color count was like 45....I guess I should lower it a bit. One thing I am really struggling with is realistic lighting. I understand the concept of a light source and how it effects the subject but when it comes to applying it to a pixel piece I find it very difficult to make it look realistic. Any tips? Mmm, for that you will have to look at a lot of art, they can be normal drawings, pixelart, even photographs. Study were the lights and shadows are, I don't think there is a set rule , but you will want to use dark and light colors to give the sensation of depht. With a lot of practice and studying art you will eventually get it and do it naturaly
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 30 December 2006 at 2:54pm
	I don't think this piece requires realistic lighting. This cartoony style lighting works really well on this. Leave realism for realistic scenes/pixelart, imo.
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