/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

What else would be my fav than my own!

>>2226497
from the perspective of pixel technique, it's incredibly noisy, there are lots of jaggy lines, and you could use fewer colors with more contrast to better describe form. the stance and anatomy are fairly awkward as well.

These threads always turn into dumps of other peoples artwork because pixel art takes way too long, even for this board.

>>2226540
Graphicsgale makes the process a little easier, I just wish there were more tutorials on the subject and the workflow.

Actually, if anyone has any decent tutorials on the subject and could post them, I'd appreciate it.

>>2226540
>pixel art takes way too long
not if you make a bunch of shitty 16x16 pokemon sprites!

>>2226556
is this even pixel art? Like, did someone actually place all those colors or did they just downsize an image?

>>2226592
it a meme here, its just low af res or whatever

>>2226540
Why is that a bad thing? There are lots of threads on /ic/ dedicated to posting work made by others that you admire.

I usually post pixel art by other artists because it feels conceited to dump just my stuff, but I'll post a few personal works ITT

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>>2226536
Incredible

>>2226866
that's kind of cool

>>2226760
>not pocuremon

>>2226866
>wip
So youre gonna finish it?

>>2226978
>doesn't know the cool /ic/ maymay

>>2226760
so when are you gonna do the other 567?

>>2226536

Wow this is great.

>>2226555
Bump for this

>>2227001
there are only 151 pokemon
there are only 3 star wars films

>>2227160

PIxeljoint tutorials for techniques.

The sticky for fundamentals.

It's basically a more strict version of panting, because your color and value clusters have to be spot on and you can't use fancy brushes or digital techniques to hide imperfections.

>>2227174
This one has a very creepy feel to it.

>>2227389
Awesome, my foundations aren't to bad, so I more interested in the techniques involved and tools to use. I appreciate it.

obligatory Fool

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>>2226866
Haha awesome! I'm the original merc_wip artist and I love this :)

>>2226532
>the stance and anatomy are fairly awkward as well
how so?

>>2227538
show a new piece or i call bullshit

A moment of silence for the fall of the pixel art gods

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbl1cD8818Y

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>>2227704

None of these are pixel art

>>2227672
(stage) right leg looks longer than stage left, feet are crazy far apart, pecs seem to reach around under arm pit rather than connecting with the deltoid, hands are a jumbled mess, neck is misshapen, baby arms, all rather flat because the volumes aren't well-described, separate your values and describe the planes of the figure.

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>>2227699
see
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>>2227694

Ouch. There goes my hopes for a pixel art CVS3.

>>2227752
It's sad how generic and boring it looks now. It was a huge mistake going to 3d with no sort of catch to it. They really should have taken a note from the new Guilty Gear if they were hellbent on going 3d.

I made this recently. It's not great but it's a first attempt. Using the DMG color palette because idk how to color/shade too well yet.

>>2226555
Lurk Pixelation. Facet posts (well, posted) great block-ins, pic related. Blocking in is that same as it is for digital painting really. After that, Helm is the go-to for pixel technique.

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>>2227174
Original

>>2227483
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>>2227486
These are intense.

>>2227699
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>>2227707
are these pixel art?

pixel 'art'

>>2229225
no
>>2229236
shit "posting"

>>2229243
I like it, who made this?

>>2229253
iLKke

>>2229303
Cool, thanks

Posting some recent work, rip me a new asshole guys it's the only way I'll learn

>>2229819
More.
"Referenced" (Traced) off hildegaard concept art, wanted to skip my ass straight to shading practice.

>>2229820
Concept art for a game I'm working on.

More weird vent art I did in the same vein as >>2229819

>>2229819
>rip me a new asshole guys
that's disgusting anon

also what the hell are you doing blowing this up to 10x?

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>>2229823
these two maaay not classify as pixel art, especially the second one because they're not really worked on "at the pixel level."

>>2229819
>>2229820
These two on the other hand are definitely more on the pixel level. As I said before I recommend not posting them at 10x. It's best to post at 1x.

For crits, I'm generally liking the atmosphere/style you're getting, pretty good stuff. I'd say try to contrast the colors more and make them clear, the first image is very dark and it's hard to see the detail around it, I know it's your intention to make it dark so I wouldn't lighten up the colors too much. The 2nd image could also use some more contrast, the highlights especially are too close to the mid-tone. The light source doesn't seem totally consistent, and there's a bit of pillow shading going on here and there, like her right hand and her belly.

For now I won't comment on the other two because they're not *really* pixel art to me, although the third one is definitely closer, but again I am liking the style/atmosphere you've got. Nice work.

>>2229896
I wasnt actually trying to pillow shade there, the bits on the left are supposed to be the shade cast by her sword arm.

The others are still pixel art by my own definition, having been constructed at a sup-256 px scale with a mouse, but I get where you are coming from.

>>2229880
I had a bad habit of blowing it up a bit too large, but for the most part it's so people dont have to squint to see what I drew.

>>2230030
>shade cast by her sword arm
ehhh, I can see it, but I still don't think it's obvious. I think in that case the shadow should probably extend to the skirt as well.

Having downsized the third image, it definitely looks more like you placed a lot of the pixels "by hand." The third one I imagine you used the fill tool to fill more space than the others?

Anyway, it's not so much about whether it is or isn't pixel art, I just say it doesn't "feel" like pixel art because it's not really controlled at the pixel level. That said, I would recommend at this point to work on getting smoother lines by getting rid of jaggies. To better control this, I recommend working with a smaller canvas size, definitely smaller than the 4th image anyway. Actually, I would love to see the 4th image at half the size with the same effects you got going on there.

As for blowing up images, if there are pixel artists around, I would say don't do it at all, even if you think it'll be hard to see. (If you post at pixeljoint or wayofthepixel.net, they have controls to increase/decrease the size of images). For the masses though, feel free to increase the size, although I personally recommend around 2x to 4x. 10x is just too large for me.

>>2230064
whoops, I meant the fourth one being the one about the fill tool comment.

>>2230064
Yeah, since I was going for kind of a binary look for it I didn't see much issue using the fill tool.

I'll try and hammer out a quick redraw of number four for you, really I just did a bunch of stuff with aseprite's contour tool for the oilslick effect, and the background is an upscaled spray can effect I usually use for drawing scales quicker.

>>2230064
also shit, you're right. I entirely forgot to continue that on to her skirt!
Thanks for pointing that out, I still have the file laying about for easy fixing.

And I did intend the contrast to be less intense on her shirt than the skirt, it's a different material than the skirt. Less silken, more clothlike.