Pixel art: revision please its been 2 days lol
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Topic: Pixel art: revision please its been 2 days lol
Posted By: brainteaser
Subject: Pixel art: revision please its been 2 days lol
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 2:31pm
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my pixel art of nelson mandela was refused for distorted jpeg
the post told me to post here to discuss it i am ready to provide proof that its not a distorted jpeg altho i do take that as a compliment given its my second pixel art ever lol  </a>
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Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 3:20pm
| well i suppose the first move would be to provide the said material, yes? |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 4:30pm
| i did? its right there? lol |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 4:53pm
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I don't really understand what's being proven. we don't send pieces back for being "distorted jpegs" (not that we don't, just that it isn't a category for revision, and I don't recall a mod mentioning it being sent back for said reason). The problem seems to lie in the methods used to achieve the rather unnatural pixel placement, not the image type. if I had to guess. |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:12pm
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i dont know there was a comment saying it was a distorted pixel image.
the picel placement is jsut a technique i was thought combined with teh fact that i use a trackpad to do pixel art lol i can post the original picture i used as model if that intrests you? to prove that it isnt just a rescaled picture |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:19pm
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im sorry im jsut new on the site and i dont understand why my pixel art was refused
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Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:25pm
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It's always a very good idea to post or link to the reference image when you use one, especially when the pixelling technique or style could be confused with the result of automated tools. Your image definitely shows some suspiciously random pixels. |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 5:28pm
here is the picture
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Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 6:20pm
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Thanks! And here is a resized and color-reduced version of it:  There are disturbing similarities in the random pixel textures in some places, there are also obvious differences in lines and shading which indicate that you did draw it by hand, at least mostly. It would be a good exercise for you to try to make it better, by cleaning all those random looking parts, and bettering the lines. I'd suggest to train by copying that ref on paper first, a number of times, so as to get more familiar with Mandela's distinctive features (Sorry, but your piece doesn't really look like him, and this is quite possibly a reason for its rejection, too). Btw, that beautiful drawing is indeed from a http://4umi.com/mandela/ - photograph . |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 7:33pm
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you would'nt believe me if i told you i did it al by hand lol
ill take it as some sort of compliment i guess lol |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 7:52pm
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there are also obvious differences in lines and shading which indicate that you did draw it by hand, at least mostly. Could I have been clearer? I was sure from the start that it was in the worst case largely hand redrawn, maybe over a resize, maybe not. I've never thought it was entirely automatic. And I consider anyone innocent until proved guilty, so I'm willing to believe you did it 100 % by hand. Please understand though that some of that random texture does look like a color reduction, and that it does happen that some people try to pass color reductions for handmade stuff. At this point I think it would be more relevant to reorient the discussion towards the artistic merits of the piece, and ways to improve them. (Also in case you wonder, I'm not a mod, neither is onek who first commented on your piece) |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 7:55pm
| sorry im new lol i have no idea who the mods are |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 8:03pm
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http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=7375&PID=104198#104198 - Check here (not up to date though, Hatch is one too, Larwick is not really around anymore). On the forum, they are 'Rear admirals'. You don't have to be sorry about that. I'm sorry that your 1st experience of PJ might not have been the most pleasant. If you're seriously into pixelz, you should see the better side of it soon. |
Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 6:20pm
| just wondering is someone actually going to accept my pixel art or not? |
Posted By: MadMage
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 6:52pm
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Well, after what Manupix just showed, I hope they accept your work. It doesnt look bad at all! =)
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Posted By: brainteaser
Date Posted: 25 February 2010 at 8:17pm
| thank you im new on this site i never realised how hard it was to post an art piece lol |