Water WIP
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
Forum Discription: Get crits and comments on your pixel WIPs and other art too!
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Printed Date: 02 August 2026 at 6:42am
Topic: Water WIP
Posted By: shazang
Subject: Water WIP
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 11:34am
So, I've never done anything pixel art related before, but I tried. I think I finally understand antialiasing now, and I was wondering if there is anything else that could be done. I'm sticking with black and white for now (color is hard), but I think this is an okay start. I used paint for drawing it, and I used GIMP to give it transparency (stupid school computers).
 I'd like to make it good enough to submit. Any suggestions?
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Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 12:23pm
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first off, AA is good (in concept), but don't do it on the outside of a piece (against a transparent background) because if somebody has a dark theme, it looks bad.
as for suggestions, try this (don't worry if it looks bad at first, i'll help you fix it, trust me) don't use letters to distinguish the atoms, draw them. protons nutrons and electrons... hydrogen is easy, 1 proton, 1 electron. oxygen has 8 protons 8 neutrons, and 8 electrons. try to draw each up individually, then we can work on the bonds between them. you can use circles for P N & E, we'll color them different later, (trust me, it'll be fun) I hope this helps, and feel free to ask for more help. |
Posted By: shazang
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:22pm
Top is a quick sketch. No time. NO TRANSPARENCY! Bottom is without AA on the outside. It's like the outer line got ALIASED! I guess. |
Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:51pm
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ok, good.
but keep in mind that protons and neutrons are in the center of an atom, electrons are on the outside. try combining the protons and neutrons in pairs, then over lappting them to make a sphere, (its ok if some aren't visible) you can also increase the size a little bit, we're going to compress them, then give it more depth. as for the aliasing on the original, good fix, its correct now. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 9:17pm
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Not a bad effort. Its a smart thing to do to start easy and improve as you go along. Outer AA shouldn't be used unless you know what the BG color will be. I use a dark theme and it stands out too much. You have 6 semi-transparent pixels by the H. If you use Photoshop or a program to pixel that has opacity pressures values make sure you are always at 100% to prevent that from happening. Click the 'image specs' in my signature and insert the image to see them. You have a total of 10 colors tho you are only using 3. ------------- |