Dagger
Printed From: Pixel Joint
Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 30 September 2025 at 2:46pm
Topic: Dagger
Posted By: halfDemon
Subject: Dagger
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:21pm
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Yeah, having problems with the gold mostly. I'm avoiding dithering, and haven't anti-aliased it yet. I'm not too happy with the shines on the blade either.
Help would be quite appreciated. ------------- Every pixel counts, even the dead ones. |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:24pm
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http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/%7Es-iga/tips/tips&tricks.html - TRY THIS
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 7:27pm
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Tried, and failed. I think this is a lost cause. Maybe I just don't get it, to me, it wasn't explained all that well. ------------- Every pixel counts, even the dead ones. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 07 July 2006 at 9:30pm
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The other thing you could try is get a kitchen knife and light is as
you would like the lithsourse to be and go to twon. The handle you'll
need to play with.
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 9:47pm
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*sigh* I did the best I could:
38 colors ------------- Every pixel counts, even the dead ones. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 10:55pm
recycle! you only really need at most 5 colors to shade in a round object... just dither the hell out of it. for example: i only used 5 colors for the eyes and teeth. dither is your friend, if you dither enough, you can make 2 colors into 1 ------------- There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross. |
Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 10:59pm
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I was trying to avoid dithering on this one, guess that was a bad idea. I might go back and redo it, though. And thank you for providing such great image hosting. ------------- Every pixel counts, even the dead ones. |
Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 08 July 2006 at 11:03pm
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in that case, you can still do it, but you can do it with much less colors, especially on the gold parts.make the shades wider. try removing all the gold and use every 3rd shade of gold
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 09 July 2006 at 10:09pm
I have taken the liberty to edit your dagger to illustrate two points
that may be of help. (really wanted to recolor it too  )The first is your palette. The colors for the gold are green based yellows and not quite right for gold. I also think you have way too many colors in your palette. For metals I find minimal color use with greater contrast get the best results. The second is your areas to make metallic are rather big as you have them. I find that breaking the planes into as many bevels, carvings and decorations as possible, simplify the matter since the "metal" is added in tiny manageable areas. My example was done rather quickly and the blade itself should use much more contrast. I left less of it so that you can see breaking of the planes better.  ------------- |
Posted By: BlackFang
Date Posted: 10 July 2006 at 8:15am
| there are so many identicaly yellows, u can cut off in a half and nobody will notice, i had to zoom it a lot to see them |
Posted By: Buzz
Date Posted: 10 July 2006 at 8:24am
Jalonso... ------------- http://www.gmclans.com/forums/index.php?showuser=300"> 
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Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 10 July 2006 at 10:30am
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jalonso shows somethinng here. detail saves colours. because you dont need to have big huge flowing open spots. mind if i have a go too? ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: Sejaa
Date Posted: 10 July 2006 at 12:34pm
Jalonso That looks so god damn sexy  and its even help for me looking at it helps me.thanks EDIT - i saw snaders post mind if i have a go too? this smells like an collab :P
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 11 July 2006 at 12:29pm
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Thanks, jalanso. I'm gonna practice making some gold and other metallic objects, and I'll keep in mind what you said. Really, thanks. I was frustrated at coloring so much I didn't think of adding decorations. Go for it Snader. ------------- Every pixel counts, even the dead ones. |