well heres the rough power point sketch, its all i have right now, its based off one of my drawings, its gonna be animated in sections, seeing as its for a game

Edited by QuaziGNRLnose - 15 June 2008 at 11:04am

Don't double post, just update your first post next time.

I don't think she/he was claiming that this is pixel art.

care to explain what you meant by this?

Not much for me to say on the linework yet, you seem to know where you're taking it.

Well that's actually not quite true.  Drawings may be the first step to many pixels, but they aren't all necessarily traced.

I don't think anyone has a problem with it being done in power point, we just weren't sure if you were going to pixel it in the end.   And just to avoid confusion - unless you cover up the entire linework you've done so far, it won't be pixel art.

It looks pretty cool so far, can't wait to see where you take it.

Hotnikkelz, it is okay if she/he draws it and then pixels OVER it and doesn't use the outline with the machine made AA.

Edited by Aleiav - 10 May 2008 at 6:38pm

you do realise that the aut aa just gets in my way, im using vista but i wish i still had my 98 machine which didnt do that, now i have to manually clean all the AA out of that outline:

Edited by QuaziGNRLnose - 15 June 2008 at 11:04am

well, yea, i have another way though. i make the fill colour in power point RGB 0,0,1 and the lines 0,0,0 then use the eraser to clean it all up, theres not enough colours between them to create a AA line, but its still annoying

Edited by QuaziGNRLnose - 15 June 2008 at 11:05am

well i worked on it a bit but its absolutely horrible IMO

Edited by QuaziGNRLnose - 15 June 2008 at 11:05am

Don't think so. The only "tools" you can use really are the line tool and the paint bucket.

give me some C&C as always (saying that always reminds me of command and conquer 

im working on that, i need to add more colours and add more contrast in the shading, (its pretty big so i dont think 8 shades of brown would be enough to get a smooth flow and still have alot of contrast), im not making this a low colour model so why not try that, i definately need more contrast on the darker side, but tell me if this is any better

Increase the contrast of those shades, and clean your lines before any futher work.

and pixel the whole thing first, and then work on shadows.

He just means for you to do all the linework first before you attempt to shade it.

its my first piece, im gonna redo it anyways, colours arent right at all, dont critizise it like that, i think for some1s first real piece ever its pretty good, my problem was i started to dither it too early, without finishing the colouring. I'm amzing at drawing in vector using PP, or painting in PS, but this is my first PA and i screwed up when i messed the colours up

by the way, I find funny that you claim to be amazing at drawing vectors in PS, yet you said this was traced in PowerPoint. almost a nonsense.

well actually PP is what i use for vectors. and i never said i drew vectors in PS, i use brush in PS, i have art experience, and some basic pixeling experience, but im not amazing yet, all i ever did were small pieces, and i want something big now, and FYI your work isnt too great either, considering youve been here for ages, dont insult me like that, for a 13 year old kid i think im pretty good at alot of things, i even have my own game on the net, so instead of telling me useless mean things id suggest you help me or just leave. i can tell you dont have too much experience with organics anyways, id prefer larwicks help for this, seeing as you arent helping me anymore in the first place. and just insulting me for no reason because my first piece is a little messed up, which i can tell anyways, is kinda mean, im not claiming to be the best. all i want is some help and insults wont get me anywhere.

anyways i decided to restart and make new colour choices, because my first ones were crap, i used another pic for colour refrenceing (skull demon by Arachne b/c its in the style i wanted) and made some colour adjustments to make it suited to what i want my thing to look like and here it is, does any1 have any suggestions for any changes, b/c i think this gives the right feel,

huh?

just an update,smoothed all the blocky edges the eraser tool made not to sure where im taking the eyes yet but ill figure it out soon, im gonna dither everything when im done, because im sure i need that textured feel, right now it looks like a stone,

looks way better!

i cant thank you enough for helping me out. im happy that im finally getting some useful help :)

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Edited by QuaziGNRLnose - 24 May 2008 at 7:17am

Looks good now just make forms from those base shapes you found and your good to go.