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    Posted: 12 January 2008 at 3:56pm
Hi
I am new to the community and kinda new to pixel art. So if my question sounds a little dumb then i do appologise lol.
 
What it is I am making a city scape in isometric. I am ok at making buildings and doing a convicing grass effect (using photoshops noise filter) but i am stuck making trees.
 
I want to make a good convincing tree but i don't want to make it extremely detailed as the rest of my city is not going to be overly detailed. I would say i use some inspiration from eboy if i was to pin down the kinda style i was aiming at.
 
so if anyone has any good tutorials or examples i could look at to work out my own style from I would be much appreciated... also constuction vehicles would be helpfull too. :)
 
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Quote BlackDragon Replybullet Posted: 12 January 2008 at 5:01pm
Well this should really be in the WIP section.
We need an example of the city/tree so we can see what you are doing, and then we can crit.
I have this from a previous edit if its any help:
For examples look at the PJ gallery: http://pixeljoint.com/pixels/new_icons.asp
 


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Quote jalonso Replybullet Posted: 12 January 2008 at 5:41pm
Originally posted by critty

...I am ok at making buildings and doing a convicing grass effect (using photoshops noise filter)...


FYI, this is not allowed in Pixeljoint. We do not consider any filter pixelart.

Welcome to PJ. Just look around in the gallery. Use the search.
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Quote critty Replybullet Posted: 12 January 2008 at 8:38pm
oh ok :) well like i said i am just starting so i am still just experimenting and didn't know about not using filters :) i have had a good look around and have seen things that will help me out :) but still i dunno about these trees lol.
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Quote BlackDragon Replybullet Posted: 12 January 2008 at 8:54pm
Show them to us so we can help you D:D:D:
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Quote critty Replybullet Posted: 12 January 2008 at 9:43pm
unfortunatly I am at work so I am unable to post any previews. I am thinking of going 2d now anyway and draopping the whole iso look. But i am now wondering if photoshop is indeed the best app for making pixel art in. Is there anything that you would recomend or is cos i am still new to the pixel game that i just need practice.
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Quote BlackDragon Replybullet Posted: 13 January 2008 at 8:17am
There is no best program to make Pixel Art, but most people use MSpaint or graphicsgale.
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Quote critty Replybullet Posted: 13 January 2008 at 2:48pm
ah i have seent his graphics gale before. is it as good as what people say. I did have a mac at one point and used something called pixen which i found really easy to use cos of the guide system it had in.
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Quote leel Replybullet Posted: 13 January 2008 at 2:56pm
Photoshop is perfectly fine, as long as you don't use the automatic tools... ask jal for specific instructions - but if you turn off the auto-aa and don't use filters or opacity then you should be fine.

basically - any program with a pencil tool would be alright.

I prefer to use MSPaint instead of photoshop, but that's just cause I like how simple it is, and I'm used to it.  Others use whatever program they're most comfortable with.

So yes, in conclusion, as long as you do it by hand, you can use any program you like.
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