Does The Mirror Is Lying?
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 07 September 2025 at 7:25pm
Topic: Does The Mirror Is Lying?
Posted By: shahar
Subject: Does The Mirror Is Lying?
Date Posted: 28 December 2010 at 7:13am
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Sorry about my english! Well, I have sended this pixel art somthing like i dunno 5 times and its says I have to WIP it so I came here :D can you pls tell me what to do for making this pixel art looks Better? Pixel Art Explanation: There is a guy in that room and you can see his back is very muscaler... but in the mirror is no muscales at all, does the mirror is lying? or not? The Pixel Art:
V2:  sry, the pic upload, making the pic looks more dark
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Posted By: Delicious
Date Posted: 28 December 2010 at 1:01pm
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Funny idea. Cute picture. :)
What I'd suggest you do is look at a reference for the characters back and arms and the skinny version. The structure looks really random on both.
The monster in the cabnet is quite distracting, as well as the spider. Is there a reason there's a monster there? It seems to have been placed there for the sake of being there...
The text that reads "Chapo", "SC"...ect should be flipped horizontally in the mirror image. Also, what do they stand for/mean?
You need to shift hues to get a more interesting colour combination.
Overall, the piece seems quite random to me. Keep working on it, it'll improve if you take the criticism!
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Posted By: lolosaur
Date Posted: 28 December 2010 at 1:37pm
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It really depends what kind of look you're after. If you want a cartoon character then there isn't really a strict reference. The reflection isn't quite right tho.
If you want to cheat you could copy the real man and paste him in the mirror and then redraw the details of his front back in. Using this this>
 The reflection is in the wrong spot if it is a mirror anyway because the reflection is too far off to the side..
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Posted By: shahar
Date Posted: 29 December 2010 at 5:45am
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delicious: ty, hmm the monsters is thre only for i dunno its looked like it should to be there -]
The texts is "chapo" (my nick name), faces, my full name in my langugh
I don't rly sure what to do in the backround of the mirror there and the words on the window isn't flipped because is writen from outside from the house and than in the mirror it looks normal =]
lolosaur: I know what you have ment but I said I did them not rly the same, thats why i called the pixel art "Does The Mirror Is Lying"?
guys, got some ideas for what do do in the mirror for it won't be so empty? :D
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Posted By: Zeratanus
Date Posted: 29 December 2010 at 9:23am
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Originally posted by lolosaur It really depends what kind of look you're after. If you want a cartoon character then there isn't really a strict reference Man that is so totally and utterly wrong :\ Cartoons are a simplification of the human body. By understanding how it "really" looks you can understand how to better simplify and abstract it into a cartoon. Anyway, first off, the back is pillow shaded :( The light bulb ( http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fUuA3_OvHrk/TFG29RggUqI/AAAAAAAABiA/8VCqTvM2C5o/s1600/lightbulb1.jpg - Which could also use a reference ) is above him, and either in front of him or behind him. The light on the muscles seems to be coming from directly behind him. Make the light come from the Lightbulb - from above him. Also the lightbulb isn't in the mirror! D: The arms are also pretty small, but hey, i found a reference :)  Good luck :) |
Posted By: shahar
Date Posted: 29 December 2010 at 10:36am
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TY zeratunus
ok, I have been fixed somethings
I fixed the hands and a little the shadings... I putted the light bulb in the mirror and fixed her too but the only problem is the shades on the man head is still dark, I dunno i likes it more its look good. hmm I think I have only to change now the bathroom you see in the mirror, some ideas for how the bathroom can to look? :D
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Posted By: PixelEtsu
Date Posted: 29 December 2010 at 1:52pm
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and what about its not a mirror ? the spider isnt in the same place as it is in the mirror...so it may be 2 different guys |
Posted By: shahar
Date Posted: 30 December 2010 at 6:18am
| he is in the dame place, or not? XD ohh i understood i thought its in the same place... fixed, i will upload the fix of the spider after I will fix somthing else |
Posted By: cele1989
Date Posted: 30 December 2010 at 7:06am
| I guess you needs a lot more contrast in your piece. It looks a bit flat to me... |
Posted By: shahar
Date Posted: 01 January 2011 at 4:35am
| I just ned help in the backround into the mirror |
Posted By: ChrisButton
Date Posted: 02 January 2011 at 6:16am
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Originally posted by cele1989
More contrast AND shift the hues. I kind of get the impression it was almost as if you chose a brown and adjusted the luminosity! This piece has potential.
I guess you needs a lot more contrast in your piece. It looks a bit flat to me... |