Pixel Joint Forum: Dagger

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   Yeah, having problems with the gold mostly. I'm avoiding dithering, and haven't anti-aliased it yet. I'm not too happy with the shines on the blade either.

Help would be quite appreciated.

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halfDemon Commander Joined: 04 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Topic: Dagger Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:21pm
	Yeah, having problems with the gold mostly. I'm avoiding dithering, and haven't anti-aliased it yet. I'm not too happy with the shines on the blade either. Help would be quite appreciated. Edited by halfDemon
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:24pm
	TRY THIS
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halfDemon Commander Joined: 04 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:27pm
	Tried, and failed. I think this is a lost cause. Maybe I just don't get it, to me, it wasn't explained all that well.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 07 July 2006 at 9:30pm
	The other thing you could try is get a kitchen knife and light is as you would like the lithsourse to be and go to twon. The handle you'll need to play with.
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halfDemon Commander Joined: 04 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 08 July 2006 at 9:47pm
	sigh I did the best I could: 38 colors Edited by halfDemon
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 08 July 2006 at 10:55pm
	recycle! you only really need at most 5 colors to shade in a round object... just dither the hell out of it. for example: i only used 5 colors for the eyes and teeth. dither is your friend, if you dither enough, you can make 2 colors into 1
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halfDemon Commander Joined: 04 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 08 July 2006 at 10:59pm
	I was trying to avoid dithering on this one, guess that was a bad idea. I might go back and redo it, though. And thank you for providing such great image hosting. Edited by halfDemon
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 08 July 2006 at 11:03pm
	in that case, you can still do it, but you can do it with much less colors, especially on the gold parts.make the shades wider. try removing all the gold and use every 3rd shade of gold
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 09 July 2006 at 10:09pm
	I have taken the liberty to edit your dagger to illustrate two points that may be of help. (really wanted to recolor it too ) The first is your palette. The colors for the gold are green based yellows and not quite right for gold. I also think you have way too many colors in your palette. For metals I find minimal color use with greater contrast get the best results. The second is your areas to make metallic are rather big as you have them. I find that breaking the planes into as many bevels, carvings and decorations as possible, simplify the matter since the "metal" is added in tiny manageable areas. My example was done rather quickly and the blade itself should use much more contrast. I left less of it so that you can see breaking of the planes better.
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BlackFang Midshipman Joined: 31 March 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 50	Posted: 10 July 2006 at 8:15am
	there are so many identicaly yellows, u can cut off in a half and nobody will notice, i had to zoom it a lot to see them
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Buzz Midshipman Joined: 13 June 2006 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Posted: 10 July 2006 at 8:24am
	Jalonso...

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PixelSnader Commander Not a troll! Joined: 05 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3194	Posted: 10 July 2006 at 10:30am
	jalonso shows somethinng here. detail saves colours. because you dont need to have big huge flowing open spots. mind if i have a go too?
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Sejaa Seaman Joined: 30 April 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 10 July 2006 at 12:34pm
	Jalonso That looks so god damn sexy and its even help for me looking at it helps me. thanks EDIT - i saw snaders post mind if i have a go too? this smells like an collab :P Edited by Sejaa
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halfDemon Commander Joined: 04 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 318	Posted: 11 July 2006 at 12:29pm
	Thanks, jalanso. I'm gonna practice making some gold and other metallic objects, and I'll keep in mind what you said. Really, thanks. I was frustrated at coloring so much I didn't think of adding decorations. Go for it Snader.
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