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jegHegy
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Topic: first pixel work - my room
Posted: 04 August 2005 at 10:19pm

hello! i'm new to (making) pixel art, and also this forum. spent the whole night browsing around, very nice stuff people have here. :)

been working on this pic since like a week ago, messing around with it half an hour a day or so. comments much appreciated.

http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/

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Posted: 04 August 2005 at 10:44pm

It all looks very blurry.

But welcome to PixelJoint! -throws confetti-

More contrast between the shades might help out with the blurryness, I'm not sure.

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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 6:39am

You dont have to post it enlarged in any way, we can zoom in on it here at the forum. I must say you have a very nice start here, really trying to pack in the detail. Youve got a lot of subtle colour changes in there which I think you could get away with not having, I dont know. Depends on your style. I cant really give much advice, sorry

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Garage Inc.
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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 1:11pm

Actually, i'm not sure if you saved it as a .gif or what, but there are 1012 colors used, so technically, this isn't pixel art. You might have saved it as a .gif which will greatly increase the amount of colors in a piece, or you didn't truely make it pixel by pixel. Either way, right now, this isn't true pixel art.

For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it.

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Xion Night
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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 1:44pm

Yeah, actually it is.
Just because someone saves in the wrong format doesn't mean that each pixel wasn't individually placed.

Anyway, yeah, I do see alot of colors in there, like the result of .gif or .jpg-ing. You can fix this easily, and as for the actual art, it's pretty good. Detail crammin', eh?
I do agree about the contrast being a bit low at the moment, though.

Anyway, good work, and welcome!

Kizzah!

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jegHegy
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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:11pm

it's a 24bit PNG. i don't really know why that disqualifies it from being "pixel art", just because it uses a lot of colors. i made it in GraphicsGale using only the pen, line, and fill tool, and the noise effect to add the fuzzy texture to the bed.

http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/

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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:21pm

Well noise is a filter - therefore not pixel art. I suggest doing that "fuzzy texture" youself on the bed. Because using noise is almost the same as being lazy

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jegHegy
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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:28pm

i AM lazy :P i'll probably never do another pixel piece after this, i'm just messing around.

the thing i don't get in the fuss about the high color count is that it doesn't NEED to have a low color count, because i'm not trying to optimize it for filesize or anything, like if i'd do for a game. it's about having fun, and i am.

http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/

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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:55pm

I wasn't the one talking about color count. The color count increased because of the noise but that doesn't matter. The fact that you used a filter matters. Please believe, that we weren't trying to discourage you from anything. I would really love to see this piece pixel artized

But if you really don't wanna, that's fine

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jegHegy
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Posted: 05 August 2005 at 3:01pm

:) depending on the spare time and patience i'll have, maybe i'll reduce color count one day (thus eliminating the noise effect).

http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/

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Garage Inc.
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Posted: 06 August 2005 at 7:28am

Again, like Zoomrix said, you can have the fuzzy effect, but in order for it to be pixel art, you have to do it by hand. You can't use any filters.

For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it.

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Aleiav
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Posted: 06 August 2005 at 10:10pm

Aww, don't get discouraged. This is actually really good. :D I mean, good lineart and detail going on.

I think, if this is isometric, you should have a 1 pixel highlight on the edges of everything. :)

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jegHegy Seaman Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Hungary Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Topic: first pixel work - my room Posted: 04 August 2005 at 10:19pm
	hello! i'm new to (making) pixel art, and also this forum. spent the whole night browsing around, very nice stuff people have here. :) been working on this pic since like a week ago, messing around with it half an hour a day or so. comments much appreciated.
	http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/
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Saboteur Commander Joined: 29 January 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 888	Posted: 04 August 2005 at 10:44pm
	It all looks very blurry. But welcome to PixelJoint! -throws confetti- More contrast between the shades might help out with the blurryness, I'm not sure.
	"I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business."
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EyeCraft Commander Joined: 07 July 2005 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 425	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 6:39am
	You dont have to post it enlarged in any way, we can zoom in on it here at the forum. I must say you have a very nice start here, really trying to pack in the detail. Youve got a lot of subtle colour changes in there which I think you could get away with not having, I dont know. Depends on your style. I cant really give much advice, sorry
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Garage Inc. Commander Joined: 20 October 2021 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 1:11pm
	Actually, i'm not sure if you saved it as a .gif or what, but there are 1012 colors used, so technically, this isn't pixel art. You might have saved it as a .gif which will greatly increase the amount of colors in a piece, or you didn't truely make it pixel by pixel. Either way, right now, this isn't true pixel art.
	For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it.
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Xion Night Midshipman Joined: 10 July 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 67	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 1:44pm
	Yeah, actually it is. Just because someone saves in the wrong format doesn't mean that each pixel wasn't individually placed. Anyway, yeah, I do see alot of colors in there, like the result of .gif or .jpg-ing. You can fix this easily, and as for the actual art, it's pretty good. Detail crammin', eh? I do agree about the contrast being a bit low at the moment, though. Anyway, good work, and welcome!
	Kizzah!
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jegHegy Seaman Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Hungary Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:11pm
	it's a 24bit PNG. i don't really know why that disqualifies it from being "pixel art", just because it uses a lot of colors. i made it in GraphicsGale using only the pen, line, and fill tool, and the noise effect to add the fuzzy texture to the bed.
	http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/
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Zoomrix Commander Joined: 27 April 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 342	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:21pm
	Well noise is a filter - therefore not pixel art. I suggest doing that "fuzzy texture" youself on the bed. Because using noise is almost the same as being lazy .
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jegHegy Seaman Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Hungary Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:28pm
	i AM lazy :P i'll probably never do another pixel piece after this, i'm just messing around. the thing i don't get in the fuss about the high color count is that it doesn't NEED to have a low color count, because i'm not trying to optimize it for filesize or anything, like if i'd do for a game. it's about having fun, and i am.
	http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/
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Zoomrix Commander Joined: 27 April 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 342	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 2:55pm
	I wasn't the one talking about color count. The color count increased because of the noise but that doesn't matter. The fact that you used a filter matters. Please believe, that we weren't trying to discourage you from anything. I would really love to see this piece pixel artized But if you really don't wanna, that's fine
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jegHegy Seaman Joined: 04 August 2005 Location: Hungary Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 05 August 2005 at 3:01pm
	:) depending on the spare time and patience i'll have, maybe i'll reduce color count one day (thus eliminating the noise effect).
	http://jeghegy.deviantart.com/
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Garage Inc. Commander Joined: 20 October 2021 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 06 August 2005 at 7:28am
	Again, like Zoomrix said, you can have the fuzzy effect, but in order for it to be pixel art, you have to do it by hand. You can't use any filters.
	For every second spent wondering if you can do something, you could spend 2 seconds doing it.
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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 06 August 2005 at 10:10pm
	Aww, don't get discouraged. This is actually really good. :D I mean, good lineart and detail going on. I think, if this is isometric, you should have a 1 pixel highlight on the edges of everything. :)
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