Robot Girl
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!
URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12297
Printed Date: 15 June 2026 at 10:35am
Topic: Robot Girl
Posted By: Nim
Subject: Robot Girl
Date Posted: 07 June 2011 at 4:47pm
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Hi there !
I'm trying to make a little something for this week's challenge, and since I'm not a very original girl, I decided to make a robot :p So here it is (not finished at all), but I wanted to get some advices about it (if anatomy and lighting was correct in particular) : 
(oh and please forgive me for my bad english, I'm french ><) |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 07 June 2011 at 5:39pm
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Its looking well overall but the blue color palette has almost no contrast at all. The yellow palette looks better balanced.
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Posted By: Nim
Date Posted: 07 June 2011 at 6:02pm
I edited it but... doesn't it look quite strange now it's more contrasted ? >.<
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Posted By: ||||
Date Posted: 07 June 2011 at 6:40pm
| It's beautiful Nim. I think it looks better now actually. I like the low contrast but feel it was too light in the 1st post. |
Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 07 June 2011 at 6:50pm
it looks good, but I think you're still being too conservative about the contrast. When you compare the original with a quick adjustment I made, the original looks very washed out.
Contrast is basically having a larger range of variations and comes in multiple forms, such as light/dark or between different colors or textures. Since so far it's mostly just light/dark variations of the same color with the same texture, it needs that light/dark range to be expanded. Either that or the types of colors used (reds, yellows, etc.) could be expanded. |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 07 June 2011 at 9:28pm
| Looks very nice so far, except for the contrast thingy others have mentioned. What sort of animation are you going to do? :o |
Posted By: CELS
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 1:21am
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Looks awesome. Reminds me of Ghost in the Shell and Björgs music video "All is full of love". I'm not quite sure about the nose though. |
Posted By: Pickleninja
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:03am
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Originally posted by CELS
Looks awesome. Reminds me of Ghost in the Shell and Björgs music video "All is full of love". I'm not quite sure about the nose though. Think you mean Björks :)
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Posted By: Nim
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:08am
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Oh, it's really better with more contrast ! Even if I liked the matt texture...
I'm not fond of the nose also, and I didn't like her eyebrows... (maybe I'll try to put them back latter) 
I change the nose in a more "inhumain" way, what do you think about it ? |
Posted By: ChrisButton
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:11am
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Colour is the most important thing in art!
Asthetically anyways.
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Posted By: Nim
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 6:16am
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Originally posted by Jeremy
Looks very nice so far, except for the contrast thingy others have mentioned. What sort of animation are you going to do? :o I think I'll try to make wheels moving instead of her heart ^^(and maybe 3 or 4 wheels turning behind her as a background) |
Posted By: Nim
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 8:21am
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I forgot a little about the 16 colors restriction =u=°
So here it is, edited, with the heart shaped hole instead of a rectangle... 
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Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 10:39am
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Originally posted by ChrisButton
Colour is the most important thing in art! thats probably why so many people still stick to b/w photography..... |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 3:02pm
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The contrast is much better but I think you are still being timid about that. Also, if some green/brown bits were added in it would totally transform the 'plastic' look into a more metal based covering. Hate the heart, its size, its failure to conform to the breast form, the outline...if you will be adding gears inside that it will look even uglier. The open eyed version loses the mystery the closed eye version has. Its gone into the doll side of the line and left the cool bot realm. If you are thinking of animating the eyes then a side to side almost closed lid could keep its mystery. ------------- |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 08 June 2011 at 4:02pm
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the center of the chest seems the likely place to put it, as it would fit perfectly. The heart is more centrally-located anyway, and robot anatomy has some wiggle room even if the human heart is sliiiightly to the left in humans' chests. seconding the contrast crit, it's better, but could be pushed further. not commenting on the 'most important thing in art' bit ;) |
Posted By: Nim
Date Posted: 09 June 2011 at 5:51am
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Jalonso : I personnaly like the heart shaped hole, so I'll keep it, and YES I still intend to put gears in ^^ Yet you're right for the eyes, I'll try to animate them with a half-opened version.
Cure : Oh, I didn't think about placing the heart in the center, but it's a good idea ! I'll try [after some test, the heart in center is ugly -__-] |
Posted By: CELS
Date Posted: 10 June 2011 at 1:02pm
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Originally posted by Pickleninja Think you mean Björks :) A simple typo. The g and k are next to each other on my keyboard....  Originally posted by Nim
I'm not fond of the nose also, and I didn't like her eyebrows... (maybe I'll try to put them back latter)
I change the nose in a more "inhumain" way, what do you think about it ? I think it's better, but there's still something wrong with the bridge of the nose. Too broad, perhaps. Actually, it might have something to do with something cure pointed out in http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12225 - another thread . There should be a recession above the nose and between the eyes, which isn't really clear in this picture. I understand the discussion about whether to keep the eyes open or closed. She seems very human with the latest set of eyes, losing some of the doll quality she had with closed eyes. I guess one alternative would be to draw blank eyes, without an iris or pupil. A bit cliché perhaps. |
Posted By: Nim
Date Posted: 10 June 2011 at 1:27pm
I "mitigated" the nose on the last version, and also kept the eyes half-opened to preserve mystery (but I like the idea she's half human)
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