Pixel Joint Forum: Self Portrait

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This was done pixel by pixel, despite what some think. 

It
started with the orangeish color, outlining my face, and adding shadows
tweaking it slowly using the brush tool in PS. Then I made a new layer,
and went over it pixel by pixel...

Then just erased the brush layer, and added shadows and dither etc using the pencil tool.

It was originally 5 colors but changed it to 3 using the PS, which is the only thing that wasnt done by hand.

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Glow Seaman Joined: 12 September 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Topic: Self Portrait Posted: 02 July 2006 at 1:16pm
	This was done pixel by pixel, despite what some think. It started with the orangeish color, outlining my face, and adding shadows tweaking it slowly using the brush tool in PS. Then I made a new layer, and went over it pixel by pixel... Then just erased the brush layer, and added shadows and dither etc using the pencil tool. It was originally 5 colors but changed it to 3 using the PS, which is the only thing that wasnt done by hand.
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Bifur Commander Joined: 15 April 2006 Location: Brazil Online Status: Offline Posts: 194	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 1:34pm
	i would clean those loose pixels , clean the dither , and holly mole thats too dirty , use some solid colors and add dither later... hmm
	I know! Leafs shouldn't make shadow...
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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 1:52pm
	Red X
	I am the jesus of PJ.
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Skull Commander PJ Pioneer Joined: 03 August 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1521	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 2:11pm
	It looks kind of messy. Like the spray paint on MSPaint. You should try to neaten it up a little.. though, it does look rather good

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Aleiav Commander Joined: 08 April 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2380	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 3:21pm
	People probably think it's a photo color decrease because your dithering and shading is really messy and random. Usually pixel art is shaded with some amount of uniformity which makes it look much different than a photo decrease which uses random algorithims to decrease and bunch up colors. I'd clean up the shading and try to make a background for it. Maybe clean shading isn't the style you're going for but... it might look more like a pixel art piece if you did clean it up.
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:03pm
	reference?
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:10pm
	*Originally posted by snader* reference?

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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:10pm
	*Originally posted by Larwick* *Originally posted by snader* reference? Dammit, Larwick beat me to it. Edited by Souly
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:10pm
	*Originally posted by Souly* *Originally posted by Larwick* *Originally posted by snader* reference?
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:12pm
	Okay enough of that. Can i ask why there's a random highlight colour in the bottom right hand corner?

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halfDemon Commander Joined: 04 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:24pm
	Excuse my rudeness but: that hasn't been done by hand. Looking at your only other piece, the style doesn't match at all. You have random dithering, and even a random highlight like Larwick pointed out. I say this is a reduction, and if you want to change my mind, please show me a reference or other work.
	Every pixel counts, even the dead ones.
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Souly Commander Joined: 13 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2451	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:28pm
	Why is there an un-natural line where the cheekbone meets the neck? It's too thick and the dither is just randomly placed...
	I am the jesus of PJ.
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:28pm
	*Originally posted by halfDemon* I say this is a fairly tinkered reduction

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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:48pm
	the dithering for this is far to random to be done by hand. jalanso and helm are masters of the random dither, and it still is more uniform than this "pixel" art. I find it very hard to believe you did this after seeing your gallery: i would like to know how you could go from 0 dithering, to being able to pixel better than the best. The only way i would ever believe you did this is with: a) a reference photo, b) step by step pix. Until i see those, i am calling bullsh*t on this...
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 02 July 2006 at 6:50pm
	To be honest the overall turnout on this is hardly better than the best. There's a serious lack of effort in overall tidyness.

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Shark Commander a.k.a. Feron Joined: 02 July 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2136	Posted: 03 July 2006 at 3:48am
	to be done with 3 colors, you can make out what everyting is.... but cmon lets face it - its f**king ugly. It most definitley is a color reduction, using diffusion dither. And if it isnt i will eat my hat!
	Snark, we love yuu.
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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 03 July 2006 at 7:57am
	the problem isnt just the messyness of the dithers, its the difference in messyness per place (the cheeck and neck are really neatly dithered in orange) aswell as not getting the tones you could with all sorts of dithering. plus the lowerright part is about a 50-50 blend, why not use a simple 50-50 dither either? and its jaggy. i could make it look better with 2 colours i think (though it would be just one hue ramp, yes)
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