Pixel Joint Forum: Eggs WIP

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   Wanted to make like eggs in the middle of nowhere but I don't really like the eggs and the platform. The only thing I like is the nest. How kan I improve this? 

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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Topic: Eggs WIP Posted: 23 September 2011 at 2:32pm
	Wanted to make like eggs in the middle of nowhere but I don't really like the eggs and the platform. The only thing I like is the nest. How kan I improve this?
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Friend Commander Joined: 01 April 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Posted: 24 September 2011 at 8:48am
	you can't tell where one egg ends and another begins-basically you can't make out each individual egg unless you look really close. This can be fixed with either outlining or with much more intense shading. I can hardly tell the eggs are shaded using a reference always helps Edited by Frost Butt - 24 September 2011 at 8:48am
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Qemist Commander Joined: 31 August 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 239	Posted: 24 September 2011 at 10:29am
	wow that pic looks sweeeet!! I'd so pixel reference that :D Look at the shadows everything damnnn!wait let me try this :D
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 24 September 2011 at 11:58am
	the gradient-shadow on the eggs isn't working out. notice how, in the reference posted by frost-butt, there is higher contrast (more distinct areas of light and dark) @Quemist: comments in the WIP forum should include critique of some sort, and not just "I like it" or "it looks good" Edited by cure - 24 September 2011 at 12:05pm
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 25 September 2011 at 6:47am
	Thanks I'll try to use that as a reference !
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 25 September 2011 at 7:01am
	Just an quick sketch of the eggs. I'm busy with the definite outlines. PS the eggs are kinda big for the nest Edited by peanutcookie - 25 September 2011 at 7:01am
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Loonybin Seaman Joined: 05 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 31	Posted: 25 September 2011 at 8:39am
	I think they're fine!
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 26 September 2011 at 12:06pm
	Update for colors :) Does anyone have some tips for the AA of the eggs? The lines are kind of jaggy
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reis Commander Joined: 13 March 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 118	Posted: 30 September 2011 at 4:03pm
	Round over the trunk, place in an AA full pixel art, with a color that you mix the color and background color used inside.
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 01 October 2011 at 3:18am
	Thanks :) Sorry for my lateness :p I'm really busy with school :(
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 03 October 2011 at 11:10am
	Update :)
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Friend Commander Joined: 01 April 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Posted: 03 October 2011 at 2:16pm
	you've run into the same issue as when you started. Each egg needs individual shading, including shadows and shine according to a light source. Each egg is being exposed to the light source in a different distance in the nest, and each is rotated differently. Otherwise, your eggs remain hardly distinguishable from each other. Again, see the picture I posted earlier, noting the differences in shading for each egg Edited by Frost Butt - 03 October 2011 at 2:18pm
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 03 October 2011 at 5:47pm
	suggestion
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Friend Commander Joined: 01 April 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Posted: 04 October 2011 at 4:26pm
	onek
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 07 October 2011 at 3:14pm
	Thanks !
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 08 October 2011 at 4:47am
	Update
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Marken4 Seaman Joined: 03 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 24	Posted: 08 October 2011 at 4:50am
	darker shadows! ^_^
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 08 October 2011 at 5:37am

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Friend Commander Joined: 01 April 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 710	Posted: 08 October 2011 at 6:48am
	The shadows STILL could be darker. The shadow On the egg in front could be hue shifted as Onek did, then the egg behind it would have less saturation but the shadow would be even darker because the first egg is in front of it, blocking it from the light
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 08 October 2011 at 11:15am

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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 09 October 2011 at 5:37am
	Don't know what to add...
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 09 October 2011 at 11:36am
	put some life into it... maybe some egg thief's claw crawling up from the bottom with the mother bird approaching from the distance... i dont know... something to tell a story rather than just a still life image
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 10 October 2011 at 1:07am
	quick and snappy: -hueshift! shadows tend to be blue/purple, highlights yellow/orange tinted -background is simple and rough, add some extra colors and make nicely detailed clouds -add 1 or 2 more colors to make the eggs softer shaded -rock looks quite good, just tweak colors a bit -nest looks messy, lacks structure and form. lots of work here: ~make nice bowl shape ~add recognizable twigs ~large branches on the outside, soft fluffy twigs (and possibly moss) on the inside. Eggs need protection! ~make smooth looks, AA the twigs. reference:
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peanutcookie Seaman Joined: 07 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 11 October 2011 at 11:53am
	Thanks for all the tips :D I'll try to use the most of them but I'm really busy with school and it's almost vacation and I'll be away so I don't know how long this will take
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