Lion (WIP)
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 25 October 2025 at 11:46pm
Topic: Lion (WIP)
Posted By: Fugitive
Subject: Lion (WIP)
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 5:40pm
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Need C&C ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
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Posted By: Shark
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 5:45pm
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its the guy from madagaskar! ------------- Snark, we love yuu. |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 5:55pm
Pillowshade omg!!  ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 6:05pm
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Originally posted by Shark
its the guy from madagaskar! Yeah! my niece was playing the game... It was just for fun, my niece likes it..
------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 6:08pm
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Add the ears too, and fix the shading, and it'll be a cool piece. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 3:49am
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you have a very good likeness, but yeah. the shading isnt on the same level ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 4:59pm
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Originally posted by snader
you have a very good likeness, but yeah. the shading isnt on the same level Great I need to work on my shading... ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 5:21pm
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Originally posted by Fugitive
I need to work on my shading...  Fix'd |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 7:13pm
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Shouldent he have wiskers? -------------  got game?
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Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 5:24pm
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Originally posted by Psychotic_Carp
Shouldent he have wiskers? Yeah! I'll try and update it today... Small update... Is the shading any better ? ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Bifur
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 5:37pm
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why do u keep darking the area between the eyes ! xD why dont u take some ref
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I know! Leafs shouldn't make shadow... |
Posted By: MurrMan
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 5:52pm
| How many colors are you using?!?! is that 22 coors? a lot of those are similar colors.. why would you need all those? |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 1:34pm
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Originally posted by MurrMan
How many colors are you using?!?! is that 22 coors? a lot of those are similar colors.. why would you need all those? I'll try cutting down on the colors... How would I do the mane... ? ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 20 April 2006 at 1:43pm
Use a more saturated brown, darker too, and make it kinda wild. Focus on groups of hair, not individual ones. I'm kinda hair phobic myself, so take my advice on that with a grain of salt.  ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 6:30am
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Oh and is the shading any better? ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 12:07pm
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22 colors... O.O;
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I am the jesus of PJ. |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 12:17am
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Originally posted by Souly
22 colors... O.O; I've tried to cut down on the number of colors, but it just make it look bad...
How could I make the mane look thicker ? ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 10:22am
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Originally posted by Fugitive
Originally posted by Souly
22 colors... O.O; I've tried to cut down on the number of colors, but it just make it look bad... Did you try dithering instead of adding new colors? ------------- |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 4:04pm
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Originally posted by Souly
22 colors... O.O; I've tried to cut down on the number of colors, but it just make it look bad... [/QUOTE] I'll give that ago... How could I make the mane look thicker ? ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 4:12pm
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Focus on tufts of fur puffing out, and give each its own outline. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 4:42pm
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Originally posted by Monkey 'o Doom
Focus on tufts of fur puffing out, and give each its own outline. Could you give me a small example of what you mean... ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 24 April 2006 at 4:43pm
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Sure! I'll edit with one!
This is rough, but it does show what i mean. Use triangles of hair to show tufts etc. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com">
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 28 April 2006 at 12:38am
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Originally posted by Monkey 'o Doom
Sure! I'll edit with one!
This is rough, but it does show what i mean. Use triangles of hair to show tufts etc. I tried that and it just looks like a normal lion and not Alex from madagascar...
------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 28 April 2006 at 7:31am
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http://www.freewebs.com/stallionspirit/alex/madagascar-dreamworks-alex6g.jpg - http://www.freewebs.com/stallionspirit/alex/madagascar-dream works-alex6g.jpg You'll have to create the shape, then chop it up a little, but still keeping the solidility. You'll have to make the light shoot out with strands of hair, to make it look like hair. Just try to replicate the reference. Personally if there was not meant to be a resemblance to Alex from Madagascar i'd have the hair shooting out in thick spikes, but hey. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 28 April 2006 at 7:40am
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he needs eyebrows + ears =O and whiskahz~ and his eyes could be abit bigger. this is all going off of that pic larwick posted. other than that I have nothing good or bad to say :(
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Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 3:59am
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Originally posted by Larwick
http://www.freewebs.com/stallionspirit/alex/madagascar-dreamworks-alex6g.jpg - http://www.freewebs.com/stallionspirit/alex/madagascar-dream works-alex6g.jpg You'll have to create the shape, then chop it up a little, but still keeping the solidility. You'll have to make the light shoot out with strands of hair, to make it look like hair. Just try to replicate the reference. Personally if there was not meant to be a resemblance to Alex from Madagascar i'd have the hair shooting out in thick spikes, but hey. I think thats beyond my ability, but I ll try anyway... Thanks Larwick Edit: I don't think this is very good...
------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 4:08am
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Hmm, it's too uniform. Notice on the reference pic how its lighter on the outside than on the inside? I'd do that, and use more than 2 colours. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 4:21am
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Originally posted by Larwick
Hmm, it's too uniform. Notice on the reference pic how its lighter on the outside than on the inside? I'd do that, and use more than 2 colours. I'll give it another go... ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: MurrMan
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 8:54am
| if you notice the mane get darker near the face on the reference |
Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 9:12am
 I would give the mane a more 'wild' look to it. ------------- |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 12:03pm
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I think your problem is using "Mirror". Don't mirror the outline so it looks the same on both sides, because no one's face is shaded/looks the same completely on both sides. I'd try giving the mae a bit more variation.
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Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 11:27am
Small update!! no mane yet >_<
------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 9:17pm
Hi. I edited this (mostly just the palette):
The biggest problems with it at the moment have to do with the palette: very low contrast and a lack of saturation. These are essential for making something charming and cartoon-y. The other major problem is banding. You should read up on it and avoid it at all costs. In short, it's where you have single-pixel lines of hugged buffer shades. It creates 'bands' of jagged color. The contrast is pretty low here, so they don't really stick out, but it's especially prevalent on the forehead and nose. If this doesn't make sense please let me know and I'll try to explain better. I'm personally not a big fan of all the dithering. I'm not generally a hardcore anti-ditherist, I just don't think it suits this piece (I don't think it suits many cartoon-y pieces). You of course may disagree and that's cool. Regardless, though, I would make an attempt to reduce your palette. The color count isn't unreasonable, I just think tighter shading with fewer colors would enhance the piece. EDIT: I just noticed I accidentally gave him dog ears :P ------------- |
Posted By: Fugitive
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 1:33am
Thanks for the help Hatch 
It looks a lot better now!! ------------- Fugitve is playing on his XBox 360 |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 10:38am
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its all about contrast. notice that the point of having a darker mane around the face is to make it pop-out more and avoid it from blending with the mane itself(due them being made of the same color) and avoid overdithering at all cost. ------------- I ate leel's babies |