Pando-lantern C+C
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Category: Pixel Art
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Printed Date: 16 December 2025 at 5:56pm
Topic: Pando-lantern C+C
Posted By: SuperPanda
Subject: Pando-lantern C+C
Date Posted: 28 October 2009 at 7:26pm
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Hi everyone i haven't been on here in a while so hello to everyone again. I'm trying to make a pandalantern please Critique. Thanks in advance =) Also i'm a newb at anti aliasing so tips would be awesome as you can see i messed it up.  |
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Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 2:41am
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Looks good; the black spots / holes for eyes and ears are too similar I think. The belly outline is unnecessary. You'll have to choose either black outlines everywhere, or 'selout' (color outlines) everywhere. And, if it's a sprite for a game, don't AA the outline, it doesn't work with variable backgrounds. |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 7:22am
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Your light source is inconsistent--left on the white belly, above on the arms/head, right on the legs/torso. It's having the effect of making the white belly look concave, or even a bit like a hole through him...!
@Manu: selout is actually something a bit different, and rather discouraged these days. I think colored outlines we just call colored outlines ;) EDIT: http://pixel-zone.rpgdx.net/shtml/tut-selout.shtml - Relevant . No matter how it's explained, it boils down to antialiasing to a non-existent dark background. It never really looked good unless the sprite was ALWAYS gonna be on a dark background (never). EDIT THE SECOND: And yes, I know my avatar uses selout. I was inexperienced and didn't know any better at the time.  ------------- |
Posted By: SuperPanda
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 7:37am
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Thanks for taking the time to help manupix it's appreciated. I removed the inner black outline and changed the ears so they are sticking out of the top of the pumpkin. Fiddled with the staff a little not sure if it looks good yet. @Hatch: Thanks i added this last edit before i got to see yours. Here's an edit trying to fix the light source. It mainly is coming from the lantern the panda is holding which is on his left side to the up above his head. here's edit trying to make the lighting better  Here's another attempt at lighting.  |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 5:27pm
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Better! This light you're attempting is difficult, there are some traps... Mostly: the highlight tones are inverted: the lighter greenish yellow should be on the side of the light, then the slightly darker orange. Desaturate those highlights! A lot! And the hues look too widely different. Also, the highlight colors should be different on the body and head, even if both are warm (supposing the light itself to be warm). There could be a lighter highlight on the head closest to the candle. The right leg will receive far less light as it's further away: 3x farther = 9x less light. The left leg can't get any light at all. Maybe just the tip of the foot. Belly: wrong! If it's white, it can't be lighter than white! Darken the belly parts which are not lit, including white. Also, the lit area should be contiguous btw belly and right side. Lower and left sides of the head should be way darker. Head casts a shadow on left arm, neck, torso. Other issues: the arms are too straight and too symmetric. Curve them very gently, raise one a little (staff side?), or lower the other, or both. Maybe you might make the staff vertical. It would help with those jaggies you have no way to remove (when you make the bg transparent, that is). Or have a bg and AA! @Hatch: thanks for reminding me! I'm permanently banning |
Posted By: SuperPanda
Date Posted: 29 October 2009 at 10:00pm
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Hey manu thanks so much for the critiques always appreciate it. I tried darkening the lower left corner of the pumpkin. I desaturated the yellow highlights. I changed the shading of the belly to a non inverted style. I fixed the staff so its straight up and down. Changed position of the arms. Here's the update.  |