Pixel Joint Forum: Carpet/Rug textures

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   Hey all, new member and aspiring pixel art newbie here. I have been teaching myself for the past week using tutorials found on here and elsewhere online. I worked through a good tutorial on creating textures, but one of the textures that was not covered was a flat carpet/rug texture. 

Would anyone happen to have any tips/advice on making carpet textures? I am currently working on a pixel carpet that I just jumped into. It's looking alright so far, but I don't know how it will look when I will eventually try to loop it. 

Thanks in advance 

super-d

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superdiazepam Seaman Joined: 10 October 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Topic: Carpet/Rug textures Posted: 10 October 2013 at 4:47pm
	Hey all, new member and aspiring pixel art newbie here. I have been teaching myself for the past week using tutorials found on here and elsewhere online. I worked through a good tutorial on creating textures, but one of the textures that was not covered was a flat carpet/rug texture. Would anyone happen to have any tips/advice on making carpet textures? I am currently working on a pixel carpet that I just jumped into. It's looking alright so far, but I don't know how it will look when I will eventually try to loop it. Thanks in advance super-d
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 11 October 2013 at 7:55am
	post what you have.
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superdiazepam Seaman Joined: 10 October 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 11 October 2013 at 1:39pm
	This is what I have so far, 16x16 looped four times: Not sure how well this works as a ground texture in a video game (that's what I was going for), but I don't know how to make it as such.
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AlexHW Commander Joined: 19 June 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 285	Posted: 11 October 2013 at 10:51pm
	Think about the contrast, and concentration of detail. A floor texture generally has a consistent tone because overall it is flat, like any surface. If you use too much contrast in your details, they begin to distort the apparent flatness of the surface. There's a phrase that artists use, "draw what you see, not what you think you see." You may think to draw certain details, like fibers, etc in the carpet, but from a distance you may not even see fibers. Edited by AlexHW - 11 October 2013 at 10:51pm
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 12 October 2013 at 9:57am
	Indeed. For carpet you don't have to pixel a whole lot. You can for example make a 2 color, tone on tone, subtle pixelling and then offset with shiny glossy floor to be read as carpet. Its not what your pixel is what the viewer reads.
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superdiazepam Seaman Joined: 10 October 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 15 October 2013 at 12:01pm
	Okay, that does make sense. I had a wrong visual approach in my mind. Thanks, I will try to post more as I go.
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