Pixel Joint Forum: zerling

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dhaimadoshi
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Topic: zerling
Posted: 19 September 2019 at 11:10pm

Work in progress of a zerling piece.

opinion / feedback is welcome of course.

hope you like it

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dhaimadoshi
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Posted: 20 September 2019 at 4:10am

worked on it a bit more :

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dhaimadoshi
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Posted: 20 September 2019 at 6:19pm

Ok here's the latest development.

Not quiet as good as I hoped for, but I cant pinpoint what's wrong.

I want to make it pop a bit more, make it more readable. I tried adding an outline but it make it looks so fat.

Any suggestion ?

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StoneStephenT
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Posted: 20 September 2019 at 10:01pm

Your issue appears to be one of contrast. Play around with the saturation and brightness/value levels of each color in your ramps. See if you can find a specific method of saturation shifting that works in favor of your image. Do saturated highlights and desaturated shadows work the best, or does the opposite method work better?

As I did for the chatterbox recently, I'll give you the example for saturation shifting from Pixel Logic:

https://i.imgur.com/KKLEqoW.png

Play with the colors as well. You may find that hue shifting a little more drastically could result in the contrasts you’re looking for.

The overall design of the sprite looks great, by the way. Good shapes, good shading.

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dhaimadoshi
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Posted: 21 September 2019 at 9:24pm

Thanks for the link !!

I actually bought that book a while ago but totally forgot about its existence !

Gonna give it a thorough read.

I think my color skills are pretty weak indeed, I dont really consciously pick the colors I want. I dont really know how to motivate my decision. Although I know the very basics, like shadows should be more blue because of sky ect ... it never really look good in my drawings.

Anyway, gonna take a look at that book.

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dhaimadoshi
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Posted: 22 September 2019 at 5:43am

Hello again!

So I checked out that book again, and restarted the sprite from scratched, thinking about color from the get go.

Heres the result, with and without secondary light source. What do you guys think ?

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StoneStephenT
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Posted: 22 September 2019 at 7:29am

Oh wow, that's one hell of an improvement! The contrast and colors are perfect, and the overall design looks even better than before. Damn good job there!

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dhaimadoshi
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Posted: 22 September 2019 at 8:56am

Thanks :D

appreciate the cheers ;)

Ill be posting more later

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dhaimadoshi
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Posted: 22 September 2019 at 10:44am

Okay, I felt powerful tonight so I made another little buddy for my zergling to play with ;)

Little hydralisk

Im pretty happy how it turned out, dont think I can improve on it much. If you think you can give helpful advise, it is always welcome ;D

cheers

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WIP (Work In Progress)
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Topic: zerling Posted: 19 September 2019 at 11:10pm
	Work in progress of a zerling piece. opinion / feedback is welcome of course. hope you like it
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 20 September 2019 at 4:10am
	worked on it a bit more :
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 20 September 2019 at 6:19pm
	Ok here's the latest development. Not quiet as good as I hoped for, but I cant pinpoint what's wrong. I want to make it pop a bit more, make it more readable. I tried adding an outline but it make it looks so fat. Any suggestion ?
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StoneStephenT Commander Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 252	Posted: 20 September 2019 at 10:01pm
	Your issue appears to be one of contrast. Play around with the saturation and brightness/value levels of each color in your ramps. See if you can find a specific method of saturation shifting that works in favor of your image. Do saturated highlights and desaturated shadows work the best, or does the opposite method work better? As I did for the chatterbox recently, I'll give you the example for saturation shifting from Pixel Logic: https://i.imgur.com/KKLEqoW.png Play with the colors as well. You may find that hue shifting a little more drastically could result in the contrasts you’re looking for. The overall design of the sprite looks great, by the way. Good shapes, good shading.
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 21 September 2019 at 9:24pm
	Thanks for the link !! I actually bought that book a while ago but totally forgot about its existence ! Gonna give it a thorough read. I think my color skills are pretty weak indeed, I dont really consciously pick the colors I want. I dont really know how to motivate my decision. Although I know the very basics, like shadows should be more blue because of sky ect ... it never really look good in my drawings. Anyway, gonna take a look at that book.
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 22 September 2019 at 5:43am
	Hello again! So I checked out that book again, and restarted the sprite from scratched, thinking about color from the get go. Heres the result, with and without secondary light source. What do you guys think ?
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StoneStephenT Commander Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 252	Posted: 22 September 2019 at 7:29am
	Oh wow, that's one hell of an improvement! The contrast and colors are perfect, and the overall design looks even better than before. Damn good job there!
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 22 September 2019 at 8:56am
	Thanks :D appreciate the cheers ;) Ill be posting more later
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dhaimadoshi Midshipman Joined: 08 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 22 September 2019 at 10:44am
	Okay, I felt powerful tonight so I made another little buddy for my zergling to play with ;) Little hydralisk Im pretty happy how it turned out, dont think I can improve on it much. If you think you can give helpful advise, it is always welcome ;D cheers
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Topic: zerling