Revision?
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Category: The Lounge
Forum Name: Resources and Support
Forum Discription: Help your fellow pixel artists out with links to good tutorials, other forums, software, fonts, etc. Bugs and support issues should go here as well.
URL: https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3016
Printed Date: 13 September 2025 at 6:25pm
Topic: Revision?
Posted By: meg2101
Subject: Revision?
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 1:53pm
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I've been off this site for a month or two, and I got back on today to find that my two pixel submissions, http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/7123.htm - Gerry and http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/7122.htm - Feeling Good had been taken down for this reason: REASON: Give Credit where credit is due. If you use someone else's lineart or are inspired by someone elses work, remember to link back to them. I'm confused about this because although I do photo trace, (which I belive is alright?) I pixeled both images entirely by hand, and I put a lot of work into them. Several people commented and said that they had too many colors, looked like the photo too much, were blurry, looked like I had used photoreduction (which is what?), all of which I knew and accepted as criticism. But these didn't seem like a reason to remove the pictures. Both of these pieces are entirely my own, including lineart, and they were inspired by the pictures I used, not someone else's work. Is photo tracing not allowed? I'm a beginner at pixeling so if that's not permitted, the fault is mine for not looking into it. I was also under the impression that pixel artists of all skill levels were allowed to join and post their art. But from the sound of other's comments it seems that only highly talented and experienced artists are welcome. I don't wish to believe that, but if it's true I'd like to know. Sorry, I was just confused by the whole thing and an explanation of any kind would be much appreciated. - Maggie |
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Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 2:07pm
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A photo reduction is a photo taken into photoshop, and it's colors are reduced. Making it appear like pixel art. ------------- 
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Posted By: meg2101
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 2:19pm
| Thank you. Well I know what it is now, and I can certainly testify that I did not do that. |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 2:20pm
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Hmm.. Perhaps it is because you didn't put up the reference picture which you traced from? Tracing is kind of frowned upon anyway. Obviously the pieces show you have skill, so i think it would be nice to see something non-traced. Obviously we don't just accept 'only highly talented and experienced artists' because there are thousands of pieces in the gallery by people looking for crits on how to improve, because they're new to the media.
Things like this are always touchy subjects because of the risk that they could be photo reductions - which takes no skill atall. I think i believe you when you say you only traced them though.
So yeah, show the images you referenced from to give people a good idea of how much work you put into it. Not showing the reference, or even stating you used one, in the description area is quite bad because it can decieve some members.
And of course, welcome back! I hope this gets sorted out. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: meg2101
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 2:46pm
| Thank you very much. :) I was just a little surprised by it, and the criticism provided by some was far from helpful and rather mean. But in the future I will definitely follow what you said and post reference pictures. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 13 September 2006 at 9:41pm
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You definetely appear to have skill, don't take it personally. ------------- |