Pixel Joint Forum: Need Help

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   Hi guys, i'm beggining with Pixel Art, and tutorials doesn't really help me.
So i decided, to post some things here, and maybe recive some serious help, and become better. 

Here's first sample , i know it looks bad , so please dont post something like ,,it looks like a sh*t!,, or ,,Try tutorials!,, .

How can i improve it?.

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Mastermind* Seaman Joined: 26 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: Need Help Posted: 06 August 2011 at 11:48am
	Hi guys, i'm beggining with Pixel Art, and tutorials doesn't really help me. So i decided, to post some things here, and maybe recive some serious help, and become better. Here's first sample , i know it looks bad , so please dont post something like ,,it looks like a sh*t!,, or ,,Try tutorials!,, . How can i improve it?.
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 06 August 2011 at 12:01pm
	you're using lines to define volumes, so all you have is little scribbles on a tree. you need to think in 3D, about the forms that compose the tree. the tree has branches, and the foliage clumps to these branches. here's a reference. notice how the light areas on the foliage depict discrete clumps, and aren't abstractions purely to add texture: Likewise, in this tree there is volume: darker areas recede into the tree, lighter areas jut forth, being near the ends of the branches: you might also want to make the trees more irregular, right now they look meticulously manicured, and thus a bit unnatural. Edited by cure - 06 August 2011 at 12:02pm
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Mastermind* Seaman Joined: 26 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 06 August 2011 at 12:33pm
	Thanks very much cure. I've made another one, what u think?. Edited by Mastermind* - 06 August 2011 at 12:32pm
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Mastermind* Seaman Joined: 26 July 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 06 August 2011 at 2:07pm
	New version of tree added. Edited by Mastermind* - 06 August 2011 at 4:22pm
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r1k Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 336	Posted: 07 August 2011 at 11:53am
	try to think of the tree more as a cone than a triangle. Right now yours looks a little flat. The pine tree from Terranigma might be of some inspiration for you http://vgmaps.com/Atlas/SuperNES/Terranigma-NAmerica-GuminForest.png notice that at the base of the tree it is rounded, not flat, making it more 3d. You could also stand to use a bit more contrast, especially on the tree trunk. I noticed you used some shading on the trunk, but at 1x it just reads as a solid color. You might also try making the tree more natural by making it slightly asymmetrical. I would also stick with the more directional light source youre using, than using the mirrored method terranigma used though. Heres a rough edit I did: I basically rounded the bottom parts of the branched to make it more cone like like I explained, and made the colors a bit cooler for my own preference. As for your previous smaller tree, it feels a bit flattened. Or like its width was stretched afterwards.
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