your feedback is incredibly valuable to me
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 11 February 2026 at 8:58pm
Topic: your feedback is incredibly valuable to me
Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Subject: your feedback is incredibly valuable to me
Date Posted: 09 August 2025 at 2:38pm
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I recently created an illustration for the horror art book Slashers, contributing my own take on The Fly. You can check out that piece here: https://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/160685.htm - https://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/LA MOSCA
Now I’m working on a new illustration inspired by the film AKIRA (1988). This one will also feature an augmented reality layer, so I’ll be delivering it in multiple layers (just like I did with The Fly). After several sketches, I’ve locked in the concept: the scene will have three distinct layers,,, a foreground filled with rubble to add depth, a midground featuring Tetsuo with his infected arm in an epic pose, his cape long and tattered, and a background of a post-apocalyptic Neo-Japanese city at sunset. I want to keep cinematic lighting, with subtle yellow bounces on one side and reddish tones on the other. I haven’t finalized the palette yet. I’ll be posting progress updates and step-by-step shots here ..your feedback is incredibly valuable to me. In particular, I’d love suggestions on palettes or anything you think could elevate the piece. I’m aiming to have the illustration finished by October. Thanks in advance! I’m looking forward to your critiques and advice. https://imgur.com/a/7ISE8Hu 
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 18 August 2025 at 6:40pm
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 06 October 2025 at 12:34pm
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Posted By: Garrret
Date Posted: 17 November 2025 at 12:07am
| Cool, I like the first approach where you went for blocking rather then the lineart one. Working in colors early I think can help with stuff like foreground and background. Kinda like oil painting. Hope you finish this. |
Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 17 December 2025 at 9:07pm
Thank you so much for your comments, I've already defined the color palette, although I'll probably add or saturate some colors as we go.
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 18 December 2025 at 8:07pm
I'll keep working on the background
 
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 20 December 2025 at 8:12am
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 22 December 2025 at 1:05pm
  
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 22 December 2025 at 5:29pm
  
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 29 December 2025 at 4:25pm
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 09 January 2026 at 3:50pm
  
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Posted By: Umbohr
Date Posted: 11 January 2026 at 3:18am
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Hi there, good progress on this! One feedback i could have is that i feel the arm is lacking a bit of volume? You could maybe fit in your beautifull dark blue in there, to deepen it a bit? Also i don't think i really like how clashing the brown is with the red on the cape, but i'm not sure what to suggest you in this area. Here is a very rough and quick edit for a more visual explanation  anyway, good work and thanks for sharing your progess |
Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 11 January 2026 at 8:36am
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https://pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=161696&FID=8 - Umbohr
Your help is very valuable, thank you so much. I really like how you gave more depth to the cape, and how the arm looks more putrid ,,, I love it! It definitely improves the readability and the sense of volume. Thanks a lot for taking the time to do the edit and share your feedback. |
Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 14 January 2026 at 7:41pm
So far, this is how it’s going.
    
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 15 January 2026 at 8:48pm
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Posted By: MIERDINSKY
Date Posted: 19 January 2026 at 11:46am
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I’ve reached the final version of the illustration.
I first completed a version using a restricted color palette, and from that base I did a second pass where I added lighting, brightened specific areas, and adjusted contrast to improve overall readability. The final piece has now been prepared and exported as a PDF. The augmented reality video is not produced by me directly, but I’m hoping to have the final footage soon so I can share the complete result here with the animation integrated. Thanks to everyone who followed the process and shared feedback along the way,,, it was incredibly helpful 🙏  
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