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Quote Bloo Replybullet Topic: New Style?
    Posted: 21 May 2008 at 2:02am
Hi guys! I'm about to start a new style on Pixel Art. I'm wondering if it's good to use black outlines. Here's an example:



What's better? The left one, or right one?

thanks 4 da help.
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Quote Metaru Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 2:04am
for god's sake, remove the hyperlink and don't link it directly from your gallery!
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Quote purpletree Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 3:16am
hmm i was wondering.. how is it a new style???
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Quote Club Beuker Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 4:17am
I would say, black outlines are only good as the most external outline.
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Quote Garrett Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 5:45am
I think black outlines are quite always useless, I'd rather do just darker outline colours.
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Quote greenraven Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 8:25am
I dunno, black outlines could be good if you're making cutscenes for an anime game. Or for things that might need to stand out more.

It really depends on the situation in where the sprite is going to end up.
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Quote Skull Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 10:31am
I mainly use black outlines.. they can be quite handy is used right.
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Quote Peach Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 10:34am
I think it depends on how much you want to separate the figure from the background. infact a dark outline with a dark background is quite useless.
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Quote Metaru Replybullet Posted: 21 May 2008 at 6:04pm
in resume: dark outlines are used either to buff the contrast or to give a catoonish appearance. but these are just two applications for this.
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Quote QuaziGNRLnose Replybullet Posted: 23 May 2008 at 6:10pm
how is this a new style?
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Quote Metaru Replybullet Posted: 23 May 2008 at 7:35pm
we already discuss about that :/     
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