Small WIP- Avy
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Category: Pixel Art
Forum Name: WIP (Work In Progress)
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Printed Date: 23 February 2026 at 7:45pm
Topic: Small WIP- Avy
Posted By: volcom
Subject: Small WIP- Avy
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 12:23pm
i just want my own avy, i know its not good enough to be approved...i have no clue what i should do next though.
- Please help lol
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Posted By: skeddles
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 1:05pm
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I'm not sure if it is supposed to be flat, but it looks like paper. Maybe some anti-aliasing could be applied aroung the edges, and add more contrast between each color. This site has a very nice http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/tutorials.asp - tutorials section. ------------- |
Posted By: volcom
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 1:47pm
now i just gotta wait an aproval, it still is missing something though
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Posted By: skeddles
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 1:50pm
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Originally posted by volcom
now i just gotta wait an aproval, it still is missing something though First off, i don't suggest AAing around the outside on a transparent pic. Then it will look bad on different backgrounds. Next, you pretty much AAed backwards. Take a little more time on tutorials. Again, more contrasted colors. ------------- |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 4:02pm
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do not even speak of AA yet. Rather than spent 10mins in something as cheap as this, why don't you try to make something more elaborated that a shape and a dithered gradient?, even if its your avatar. ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: skeddles
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 4:04pm
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Originally posted by Metaru do not even speak of AA yet. Rather than spent 10mins in something as cheap as this, why don't you try to make something more elaborated that a shape and a dithered gradient?, even if its your avatar. Dude, your avatar is four squares. ------------- |
Posted By: Monkey 'o Doom
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 4:15pm
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There is a difference between minimalism and poor quality. ------------- http://pixelmonkey.ensellitis.com"> 
RPG is numberwang. |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 5:29pm
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besides, it's a preview image kid ;D -- what is the point of c+c on this if he already submitted it to the gallery? ------------- I ate leel's babies |
Posted By: skeddles
Date Posted: 15 September 2007 at 5:31pm
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Originally posted by Metaru besides, it's a preview image kid ;D -- what is the point of c+c on this if he already submitted it to the gallery? Good question. Newbs are funny that way. ------------- |
Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 12:23am
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Originally posted by skeddles Originally posted by volcom
now i just gotta wait an aproval, it still is missing something though First off, i don't suggest AAing around the outside on a transparent pic. Then it will look bad on different backgrounds. Next, you pretty much AAed backwards. Take a little more time on tutorials. Again, more contrasted colors. its not transparant.. its just a blue background... I view it with 'Total Joy' so I can see that :p Why is the light coming from the bottom? and is a bird really totally blue? give it some colors, and shade it like the sun is coming from top.. you allready submitted it, but since it probebly will be rejected, you have to resubmit it, and thats the moment where our comments will be usefull again :p ------------- |
Posted By: volcom
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 4:31am
| sorry about being a noob, i don't care if i stink a pixel art...im just trying to get better. I know i should wait for more comments. Thanks to all of you, i'll keep trying |
Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 7:36am
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Originally posted by volcom sorry about being a noob, i don't care if i stink a pixel art...im just trying to get better. I know i should wait for more comments. Thanks to all of you, i'll keep trying and thats the right motivation!  ------------- |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 8:08am
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Lower saturation, higher contrast! Get some shape and form in there, learn about AAing, since you did it in a very odd way. Reference! If it's a logoish avatar, rather than an actual bird, you could shade it like a badge or something. Good luck.
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 10:12am
 very quick rough edit done, keep in mind I don't know much about birds. First step is your outline, silhouette, what have you, you had that done fine. Second, make a highlight shade, throw it where your light source is going to hit. Third, throw in shadows, they're going to be on the underside of where your light source hits. Fourth, I made a shadow buffer tone; so everything doesn't look so rough, and you can show more depth Fifth, I did the same, but with a highlight tone. Last, I re-added outlines where I broke them, I tried changing things around to see if they would look better (ie. the tail feathers), I made things look better and put finishing touches on it. I think this is as simple as you can start, so you might want to try with some other objects (maybe a cat, a TV, your mother, whatever you want, but be sure to practice lots because it really helps) The main thing you seem to be missing is to remember what you're drawing is an actual 3D object represented in a 2D plane; just studying how light works will make that all the more believable to anyone who takes a look at your work. ------------- http://sj-gfx.com"> 
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Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 16 September 2007 at 11:33pm
| Hey setz your edit is actually a very good mini tutorial for pixel beginers, you should start a series or something! |