Joint Balcony
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: The Joint
Forum Discription: Post your WIPs, ideas and anything else to do with the massive isometric apartment project.
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Printed Date: 09 September 2025 at 9:04am
Topic: Joint Balcony
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Subject: Joint Balcony
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 9:58am
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I've been working on this on and off for a half hour, and I'm working on the floor texture. I'm aiming for a thatched look, but it looks more like a plaid square. Any suggestions, C&C? ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 10:45am
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there is no contrast on the walls, one should be lighter than the
other. floor is nice why not add it? ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:12pm
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what's a thatched floor? ------------- |
Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 12:43pm
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i tihnk he means strands of diff colour weeved together. ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 2:49pm
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Choose and criticise! Edit: 35 colors?!?! I'll fix that in a few. 22 of 'em are pre-added on the doors and their frames! Edit2: Color reduction strikes! 11 Damage! 24 colors... and here it is! ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 21 March 2006 at 8:50pm
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I know it doesn't have to but I think the floor pattern would look
better if it ran the same way as the floor as opposed to 45 degrees
against it.
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Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 7:23am
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K, here's the iso floor to the best of my ability.
I'm still not very satisfied; I'm going to mess around with it a bit more later today. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 9:38am
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instead of focusing on redoing the actual balcony, why not add something to it to spice it up? As it stands now, that balcony is empty and boring. ------------- |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 12:42pm
That's my next step, but I learned the hard way how bad it is to add floors last.  I'm adding a monkey in a chair with a foor on it and probably a tropical drink.------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 3:21pm
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first doors look much better IMO. perhaps more than just a monkey,
what about other stuff. add umbrella fo sure. ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 3:59pm
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maybe make that texture an area rug for one area, it's a bit overwhelming for the entire floor. give it a cloth border and it can be a tropical beach mat! ------------- www.semesteratsea.com |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:02pm
Then what will I do for the rest?  ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 4:44pm
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I'm not sure if you minded, but I did a little bit of an edit. I think it looks "thatched" but if I were you I'd use more contrasting colors to make it interesting and anti-alias the lines.  ------------- |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 8:01pm
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^^ WE'VE GONE TO PLAID!
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 9:49pm
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whoops :P I guess it does look plaidish now but... When I added more lines it just looked more checkerboardish. *shrug* ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 10:42pm
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Originally posted by Monkey 'o Doom ...I learned the hard way how bad it is to add floors last...  I always do floors and walls last. How do you know that your pressumably brown monkey will work with this floor pattern/color.------------- |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 10:57pm
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^^ I rather think doing the floors and walls last is a rather bad idea.
Doing the minor aspects first and trying to work around them is like
designing a really cool bow and trying to make an entire ballgown
around it, wee bit backwards. It COULD work, but it'd be easier to do
the detail work last. I've been told by reputable artists the "proper" or recommended order is as follows... composition/layout/concept first, do a few thumbnails, get the general idea in your head then colour scheme, figure out a pallette then background, setup the perspective and all that (although with iso thats a little moot) then middleground then foreground and then detailling makes logical sense... ------------- www.semesteratsea.com |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:06pm
...well, I am an artist of ill-repute  . I
hope this thread does not go all off-topic, but to Saiklor I say this.
If you create art using logic then you'll only ever be a great
technician.------------- |
Posted By: Saiklor
Date Posted: 22 March 2006 at 11:33pm
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^^ ooooooh start a new thread jalonso........and we shall duel wits or some such thing
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 12:23am
How's this for thatched? ------------- |
Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 1:36am
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just looks checkered here.
off topic - i never thought about doing small bits first jalonso, maybe ill try it, and maybe thats why your works are so great. ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 4:51am
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Bah, everybody posts here while I'm asleep. Anywho, I thinlk I'll take Aleiav's approach and run with it; that one looks good. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 7:58am
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I photoshop-tweaked the colors too. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 10:54am
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that background seems fairly done, now how about some monkeys
XD ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 3:38pm
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Awesome work on the floor. :)
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 25 March 2006 at 5:44pm
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Looks great so far, nice and clean, i like it. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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