The lightning bolts seem odd. Each individual one is technically correct, but as a whole they're each seen from a random angle. For example, the far left one is seen from below, which conflicts with the words that are definitely seen from above. Its placement in relation to the words would suggest that it should be seen from a side angle, but it's shaped as if it were directly in front of us.

There's a lot of NPA (non pixel art) elements here so it's difficult to really critique it. The photoshop filters, glowing effects, and addition of noise all disqualify this as being pixel art. The far right lightning bolt seems to have been rotated partially. This is something you should avoid in pixel art because the program you use will automatically add anti aliasing the the object you rotate, but in pixel art we are pretty hardline about anti aliasing only being done by hand and never by the computer.

Like I said, it's difficult to critique, because all of the random colors from the noise and other NPA techniques/tools make it pretty much impossible for us to see what you actually did in terms of pixel placement.



Edited by tanuki - 10 May 2011 at 10:24am

The P is for Peechiz.

Edited by Peechiz - 10 May 2011 at 4:09pm

Cool. That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the advice!

Edited by Peechiz - 10 May 2011 at 5:34pm

I did an edit of your head. My final version is the head on the right. Not completely done, but I'm pretty satisfied with it.

Your colors needed a little bit more red in them for the skin tones. I removed a lot of colors -- often in pixel art, expecially pixel art that's this small, more is less when making a palette.

Don't be afraid to get in there and shade. Remember your light source, and shade accordingly.

and now for something even smaller.



I really enjoy this guy's style, so I took a crack at some fanart. Guess who's reading Transmetropolitan?

(hint: thisguy)