Game WIP -- Pixel Art Newbie
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: 15 June 2026 at 4:27pm
Topic: Game WIP -- Pixel Art Newbie
Posted By: MoonGames
Subject: Game WIP -- Pixel Art Newbie
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 7:11pm
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Hi all, I've never really done pixel art before but I've started working on a game for Android phones and been forced to learn how to do pixel art to go along with it. This is a screen of what I have so far. I'd love some tips for things to look out for, places to go for pixel art lessons, etc.  The next thing I'm working on is the player character sprite. I've tried animating him but it looked terrible every time. Edit: And here are the specific sets of sprites I'm working on for the game...    ------------- Check out my Android tutorials and development diary: http://moongamesdev.blogspot.com/ - Moon Games |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 9:41pm
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What program did you use for making this. Does not appear to be pixelart.
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Posted By: MoonGames
Date Posted: 28 May 2010 at 10:08pm
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GraphicsGale and Paint.NET, except for the clouds I used Inkscape but I'm not looking for critique on them.
------------- Check out my Android tutorials and development diary: http://moongamesdev.blogspot.com/ - Moon Games |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 30 May 2010 at 10:01am
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Well, I don't see why go pixel for the most part but NPA the clouds. The GUI is also not PA. Just seems a poor design choice to mix it up this much. Assuming you don't care and this is it, then, there is an overall lack of texture, contrast and detail that makes everything just seem very flat and somewhat uninteresting. ------------- |
Posted By: MoonGames
Date Posted: 30 May 2010 at 10:29am
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The GUI is pixel art unless you define it some odd way... I drew the heart and shield... Pixel by pixel, in paint.NET, and the backgrounds behind the system-drawn bars, as seen in the experience bar. ------------- Check out my Android tutorials and development diary: http://moongamesdev.blogspot.com/ - Moon Games |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 30 May 2010 at 10:32am
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Something is being lost then. Your images look all full of artifacts to me and I just can't see pixels in pure form. Perhaps your png output is not set properly or something.
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