here where I'm until now.

Have many unfinished parts and details, but ... Fence in right need one big portal also I'm afraid that roof of the cattle-shed going very large, bu he is empty. Main Idea of the trees come from Arachne.

Mainly idea is to try don't use only regular pixel lines.



The work is for Pixeldam.
Colours are 34 until now.



Edited by zi-double - 07 February 2009 at 6:42pm

I expect nothing but the best from you!!! This does not disappoint!

I will however question the saturation of the 2 blue shades of the shadow side of the buildings. I think the red of the tiles would throw the shade colors into the purples not the blues :\



EDIT: Maybe swap the purples from the carriage with the shadow colors?


Edited by jalonso - 07 February 2009 at 6:54pm

This is absolutely awesome. Really superb work. Your typical style ..
I love this. You have reserved place between my favorites. Sure.

Jal maybe now is better - yep blue was very cold ... also change 2 colours for green, because was also very cold. They come from shadows of the  building and was good for green in the shadows, but for green in the sunny places going badly. Think now is better and with better contrast.

Evilagram I plan don't have many places with grass. Here start in right corner and plan don't make like texture because will have clear view of the details and shadows.



Also here is some small idea for animation :)



Edited by zi-double - 09 February 2009 at 6:46am

Hey i think the different shading on the dirt looks weird but maybe its just me

I like the new building, but the focus is now gone on the carriage. I suggest you put it outside of the building ground (streets) next to the pace where now the man with the monkey is. You could move the monkey to the place where the carriage is now.

If you want it that realistic, its wrong again ;). Since there is now only one way in large enough for the carriage, he has to make a turn at the open spot in the middle. Which is hardly possible with a carriage like that ;)

Anyway, I really like the progress on this!

Zi, you have once again produced something beautiful!

I don't really have the technical wisdom to critique this, but I must say, it is a huge inspiration to me.  I'm really loving all the little details- they pretty much make the whole scene for me.

Lollige I hope to be better from previous else if haven't progress poor :)
Slemsvamp., Riboflavin thanks :)
hehehe Souly that for sniper was nice hahaha yep this is connection between right and left part, because all other scenes are in small regions.
I'm not forgot that shadow - here is :)
No I use only Photoshop, else try before year promotion and have some easy and good facilitation, with them easy can make one work to be nice PA and I see many such works in the inet, but maybe I'm too hard-core. Also majority of the peoples which works are inspiration for me don't use promotion. If the works was for commersial purpose..., but that is another question :) This is only my vision.

The main question is with or without animations. Be shure that I can't animate all, but can try some specifically places to make cyclic animation and to keep size of the file near to 100kb.

Once again, another amazing update.
Really nice work Zi. Nice colors, shading, everything.

I like the vibrant colors of this piece.

this piece is just WOW!

Thanks for comments :)

Some animations ... some new, some old, but plan to make more for funny view :) Don't plan to make walking characters, because want to keep size of the file, but will try to make some areas with animated scenes and to keep bunch between characters.

until now my favourite is the mouse :)


Oops until I post Jal was write :)
Yep for me maybe also scene have too much red and need a bit purple over the roofs, because shadows on the ground and over the roofs have very different view now. Trees again need some purple ... I will try maybe to do something, but not promise because must repair too much areas. Else thanks for suggestion Jal fully agreed !


Edited by zi-double - 30 December 2010 at 1:54pm

Yes! some purple really makes a big difference. Terrific.

Totally awesome art!!

Just play with horse a bit more ... I think now is finished ... change colours, add more details and move saddle maybe in correctly place. With this horse easy can understand why I dislike colours of the big scene, but now is very late to change them all :(


Also play a bit with one new character maybe for next work ... I think the puma is finished.


Thanks JaumeAlcazo.
aaa Jal thanks for suggestion about the bat :) Else yep agreed that 2 birds need to move because area is very static. If make animation on the fire than must animate and smoke. For smoke I haven't grey or some better colurs and think that will be poor choice. Also if make animation ot the fire and the smoke than must animate and man who is over the roof, but his motion can't have loop animation /or I haven't idea/. With that 3 animation the file will grow up too much and when somebody look his first look will be on the fire because motion will be without interruption.

Part with gooses now is finished and you will understand why man near to the fire haven't interest to extinguish fire :)




Edited by zi-double - 05 January 2011 at 9:24am

Today - new day - new small animations near to the fire in upper direction. A bit fantastic, but I can't see reason why the bat will fly.


Jal I explain to someone else if not understood why I don't want to animated fire :) You said what I thought and I realized that this is correct.

Best thing is that I see the end of work soon. Hesitate whether to do a few animations that I have an idea. Мust be completed and the trees with more purple.

This is the best animation work ive never saw :O
Congratulations dude.
i love how you make everything move  at same time o.o

@ H|F , I'm going to answer for zi because he is Bulgarian and sometimes has difficulty expressing himself in English.

In pixelart this style animation is a technique that arises from gif animation of early computer days. The main theory is to animate only the items that 'loop' seamlessly with minimal frames. In this case animating the fire would mean animating the smoke too and the 'loop' would stand out. Notice other things not animated for this reason.

I personally think in this example maybe too many things are animated and thus the viewer's mind wants more. I would have done less animated details to merely suggest the action in the piece without crossing the line. I can imagine this will keep coming up...poor zi

I Love this it's so inspiring, marvelous, and very atmospheric... Now iwanna try animating hehe :P ...