So .. I guess I actually made quite some progress.
anyone here has more pointers?

Oh, I couldn't seem to get the elephants under the "disc" without losing a hell of a lot readability, so I put them on it

Edited by Pandora'sSecret - 30 September 2010 at 6:41am

Now, this is much better. While you're at perfecting the tile, I'm gonna tell 4 things.
-For the shell to look more iso, thicken it to the back a bit more (see below)
-Drop some shadow on the shell. (see below)
-The elephants are smaller than Jalonso's horses (added a horse for you to compare) You should make them a bit bigger.
-Pouring water could be an even lighter color, with some whites in it (see all waterfalls on the main pic)


Edit: didn't see Jalonso's post, listen to him, not me :P

Edit2: Thanks for your compliments Jal :)


Edited by Gecimen - 30 September 2010 at 7:30am

Another tile going very beautiful. But is is it finished or are you going to work a bit to blend the edge to tile #87. When you're done I'm going to edit mine to blend with yours.

That's looking great!  It'd be nice if it's fight flipper would show just a smidge either above or below the turtle.  Love what you did with the elephant.  Great idea!

Yikes,
Didn't know I was using the wrong colors!
guess i'll have to clean it up, haha.

Wow, it's amazing how switch the ramps to 1:1 threw everything around.  Anyway, I am not quite happy with the structure yet but I will play around with the template pieces and post another WIP.



Also, Snider, I think the floating islands could be more ISO.

Edit: Just snap these together and make it fit



Edited by shampoop - 30 September 2010 at 2:34pm

@snader, you can go outside your tile's top and bottom but please don't go outside the right edge.

Iso slime of doom!

Not sure why, it still says im using too many colors, including 3 different kind of transparenty!

Thanks!~
Yeah, got a good look at 87,I should have looked better at the tiles numbers... i mistook what you said with #88.. i will try to match better with your tile, however, i am not sure what it is you have on the side, it looks like some kind of grass area with fire pillars.

Edited by Pandora'sSecret - 01 October 2010 at 4:15am

My post was just a reminder of pending issues, not a warning.

That should be easy, you can do whatever you like then. A game sub-theme has developed so maybe a game reference could be used there?

Can't imagine what influence 84 can have on your tile :/ ...I love your tile!

What program do you use to pixel? Mouse or tablet?

@jalonso - Thank you(: I don't think it will have any influence but at least I'll get an idea what to do with the bottom right border to blend with his tile.

@DB - thx, I must have overlooked that brown:D

We'll do that then (#58). I hope you work it all out soon :)

What if we had we chosen one of the other winning palettes?
Of course it would have taken a different direction and palette usage would have changed...just showing for fun
1st-2nd-3rd + HM



Edited by jalonso - 01 October 2010 at 5:48am

@Jal; I mostly use my tablet for pixelart, i did however put the settings of photoshop to make sure it doesn't AA, or use pressure, and sometimes my mouse.

And i really like the warm vibe Manupix's palette has.
Though DawnBringer's looks "hawt" as well.

@gecimen; I will try to make it more iso..

Edited by Pandora'sSecret - 01 October 2010 at 8:31am

It wasn't easy, but yes handpicked. When testing palettes, yours and Manupix easily rose to the top for the given theme. Manupix's orange was the problem shade for me.


Edited by jalonso - 01 October 2010 at 8:24am

Holy shizlle!

That looks amazing...
here's what i got so far, kinda pales in comparison
however, I'm really determined to improve it even more.

i went from this..................... to this....


Edited by Pandora'sSecret - 01 October 2010 at 9:19am

@Pandora's secret
 I would suggest looking at some photos of turtles.

@Gecimen
 Nothing happened. It's on hold ) Very busy right now with work stuff. I'll finish it eventually )

@Jalonso
Oh, and I was planing to go hijack peoples tiles

Edited by LuckyF - 01 October 2010 at 10:31am

I dont like these columns, but you are sure improving a lot.

@Gecimen; There is no more room to go down much more.. all there is left is 1 pixel.

I think i'm done for now, on this tile.
Thanks for all the help!



Edited by Pandora'sSecret - 01 October 2010 at 3:27pm

76 done.

@ Pandora's Secret - I'll have to agree with Jinn here.  I don't like the columns either.  Maybe make them like stalactites witch don't touch the ground or the turtle.  That flipper should be free.  The columns takes some life away from the turtle.  Great job though.  Love the way this tile has evolved.

@ LuckyF - that's one sick edit of the turtle in the first image.  You're becoming one of my favorite artists.  I don't know.. maybe it's just the style you have, but it's really coming through in this collab.

And yeah,  I've learned so much in this collaboration.   Just seeing how different styles deal with this pallet.   And after jals post of the  pallete winners...sure  it would have gone in different directions with another pallet, but I can easily see why DB's pallete won.  I'm starting to see what unified pallete means.
 

There, I moved it so it doesn't walk on the tile next to it.
I also change the colors on the altar to match those on the bottom of the anubis temple, I liked the cold metal/stone.




I will add more rumble, but then I don't what to do next ? I 'm sure you have ideas ;)

Edited by JC Denton - 02 October 2010 at 2:27am

Main picture updated :)

@JC Denton, Update is looking great! Will you please move the tile up so the top of the column meets the corner. The way you have it now its forcing your neighbor to have a transparent area in a tile that can't use transparency.

The bottom snow is not looking too good :( try using a3um's snow edge as a reference to finish the bottom off. This will make your tile ace :)

Also note that the alligator hits your tile a little. You need to deal with that by making a piece of it (with shadows) OR a good solution is to place columns over the leg area and not break the columns but leave them for your neighbor to complete, break off, or create a roofed area in case they don't just want to finish the alligator.

If you want some 'life' in your tile, remember it doesn't have to be a human. You could make some animal, like a Wolly Mammoth? or even an animal skeleton?

 

EDIT: You can also use the alligator to have your tile tell a story. It could explain the destruction of the altar if you bring the tail into your tile...just an idea.




Imo, the barrier that divides beginners from the rest. Welcome to the other side


Edited by jalonso - 02 October 2010 at 8:39am