Eggs WIP
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 28 October 2025 at 12:16am
Topic: Eggs WIP
Posted By: peanutcookie
Subject: Eggs WIP
Date Posted: 23 September 2011 at 2:32pm
Wanted to make like eggs in the middle of nowhere but I don't really like the eggs and the platform. The only thing I like is the nest. How kan I improve this?
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Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 24 September 2011 at 8:48am
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you can't tell where one egg ends and another begins-basically you can't make out each individual egg unless you look really close. This can be fixed with either outlining or with much more intense shading. I can hardly tell the eggs are shaded using a reference always helps  |
Posted By: Qemist
Date Posted: 24 September 2011 at 10:29am
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wow that pic looks sweeeet!! I'd so pixel reference that :D Look at the shadows everything damnnn!wait let me try this :D |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 24 September 2011 at 11:58am
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the gradient-shadow on the eggs isn't working out. notice how, in the reference posted by frost-butt, there is higher contrast (more distinct areas of light and dark) @Quemist: comments in the WIP forum should include critique of some sort, and not just "I like it" or "it looks good" |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 25 September 2011 at 6:47am
| Thanks I'll try to use that as a reference ! |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 25 September 2011 at 7:01am
 Just an quick sketch of the eggs. I'm busy with the definite outlines. PS the eggs are kinda big for the nest
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Posted By: Loonybin
Date Posted: 25 September 2011 at 8:39am
| I think they're fine! |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 26 September 2011 at 12:06pm
Update for colors :)
Does anyone have some tips for the AA of the eggs? The lines are kind of jaggy |
Posted By: reis
Date Posted: 30 September 2011 at 4:03pm
| Round over the trunk, place in an AA full pixel art, with a color that you mix the color and background color used inside. |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 01 October 2011 at 3:18am
| Thanks :) Sorry for my lateness :p I'm really busy with school :( |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 11:10am
Update :) |
Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 2:16pm
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you've run into the same issue as when you started. Each egg needs individual shading, including shadows and shine according to a light source. Each egg is being exposed to the light source in a different distance in the nest, and each is rotated differently. Otherwise, your eggs remain hardly distinguishable from each other. Again, see the picture I posted earlier, noting the differences in shading for each egg |
Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 03 October 2011 at 5:47pm
suggestion
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Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 04 October 2011 at 4:26pm
 onek |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 07 October 2011 at 3:14pm
| Thanks ! |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 08 October 2011 at 4:47am
Update
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Posted By: Marken4
Date Posted: 08 October 2011 at 4:50am
| darker shadows! ^_^ |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 08 October 2011 at 5:37am
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Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 08 October 2011 at 6:48am
| The shadows STILL could be darker. The shadow On the egg in front could be hue shifted as Onek did, then the egg behind it would have less saturation but the shadow would be even darker because the first egg is in front of it, blocking it from the light |
Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 08 October 2011 at 11:15am
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Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 5:37am
| Don't know what to add... |
Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 09 October 2011 at 11:36am
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put some life into it...
maybe some egg thief's claw crawling up from the bottom with the mother bird approaching from the distance... i dont know... something to tell a story rather than just a still life image |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 10 October 2011 at 1:07am
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quick and snappy:
-hueshift! shadows tend to be blue/purple, highlights yellow/orange tinted -background is simple and rough, add some extra colors and make nicely detailed clouds -add 1 or 2 more colors to make the eggs softer shaded -rock looks quite good, just tweak colors a bit -nest looks messy, lacks structure and form. lots of work here: ~make nice bowl shape ~add recognizable twigs ~large branches on the outside, soft fluffy twigs (and possibly moss) on the inside. Eggs need protection! ~make smooth looks, AA the twigs. reference: 
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Posted By: peanutcookie
Date Posted: 11 October 2011 at 11:53am
| Thanks for all the tips :D I'll try to use the most of them but I'm really busy with school and it's almost vacation and I'll be away so I don't know how long this will take |