/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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>>3356966
I thought I would find more people learning pixel art here. Is this a drawing only board?

>>3357083
There’s a pixel art general every now and then and there are maybe a couple dozen pixel artists on here that contribute. Go ahead and start one if there’s none in the catalog. They go really slow though and I guess they don’t happen as often since the slower nature of pixel art means there’s fewer original content.

>>3357083

No. But this is a slow board and your question is rather generic and pointless.


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>>3356828
This artist definitely played Metal Slug...

The only people who post their pixel art in these things are fuckers who can't fucking draw and are using the myth of "you don't have to learn how to draw to do pixel art because they aren't subject to the same fundamental aspects of art that make any other sort of graphic medium appealing" like goddamn fucking morons. So the threads have those people and a couple shitposters and the occasional dumb fuck who says "don't use black outlines" and that's pretty much it until the thread dies.

>>3356828
Fucking love it. After two years I've finally founded something that I can call *my* artstyle. Pic related, wip mockup for a sonic game.

>>3357083
Go to Pixeljoint or Pixelation for pixel art critique, too many people here have no idea how to do pixel art here.

>>3358016
Care to elaborate more on the game? I really dig the art so far.

>>3356828
Yes. Metal Slug will be shown 100 years later in museums.

>>3356828

>>3359035
>all those crabs swarming over the shaft of that tree
this is supposed to make me relax?

>>3359038
it looks a bit weird because its made with some special amiga technique something

>>3358374
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>>3358380
these look amazing. what are they from?

>>3357091
I had no idea the state of pixel art in this board was that poor. Maybe next time I'll come up with a better general in the style of the begginer's thread.

>>3358108
It's not really leading up to an actual game, just some what if pieces for a sonic 1 remake in my artstyle with the sega mastersystem versions levels. Thanks for liking the style though.
>>3359065
Looks like the metriod ones are from AMR2
>>3359626
Yeah. It kind of sucks but I guess it's to be expected with this somewhat niche artform. I do have some links you can include in the next general though.

Fundamentals:
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299

Post art here:
http://pixeljoint.com/
https://pixelation.org/index.php
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=167.0

Shitload of other tutorials:
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart
https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=62164.0
http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/
http://finalbossblues.com/pixel-tutorials/
https://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/

>>3360168
Shit also forgot:
https://lospec.com
Some resources like art programs and palettes, along with some other links I didnt mention

>>3360168

Thank you for taking the time to post these. I've been struggling with some of my art and these resources are already helping me to see improvements.

>>3356828
Pixel art is one of those art styles that I admire a lot but would never actually work on myself. Seems so tedious.

I love pixel art. All you have to do is kinda draw a picture, then put a filter on. Pro artist as fuck

>>3360245
Wut

>>3360245

Do you mean filters that arbitrarily pixelate shit and makes it look like blurry garbage?

https://youtu.be/Fg5oF2R9wQw

>>3360245
You talking about this? https://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/a-basic-sprite-tutorial/
It's a very niche technique, I don't know what you're on about.

Made this recently. It's for a game I'm working on.

>>3362738
lovely flow of the hair

Think I got some proportions wrong on this one. Maybe I'm pointing the perspective a little too close to the ground...

>>3356828
yes

Damn, this thread needs a serious bump. I don't have any other animations completely finished yet, so here's an old one.
>>3362750
Thanks, anon. That's real nice of you.

dump question, how do you scale pixel art? everything is so tiny, doesn't pixel art games need to be 1920x1080 or something bigger?

>Playing this right meow..

>>3362904
Absolutely wonderful. Got twitter?

Think I'm done with bridge zone. Don't know why I started with bridge zone first but I'll go in the correct order for the rest. Might edit the ui though.
>>3360236
It' isn't very tedious, even in the beginning. It gets harder obviously with bigger pieces but if you're starting out make sprites in the 32x32 range at the very max.
>>3360245
???
>>3365781
It doesn't have to be that big. Some games scale comfortably inside a window that doesn't take up the whole screen. As long as everything is readable without having to get too close to the screen you should be OK. I usually scale my art by 300%. I think this one is at 200% though.

>>3366613
Fucked up and posted the smaller version. I'll leave it up but here's the larger one for your viewing pleasure :^)

Anyone wanna work on a game with me? I only need pixel art

The thought of a general in the style of the beginner thread sounds pretty good so I made this template for the OP image.

>>3370242
Also more practical 1000x1000 version.

something i did for a loading screen contest
i picked colors from a zedotagger piece for the background, for some reason picking colors is a huge mystery to me still and i've read just about every tutorial out there

>>3359050
The artist is Mark Ferrari, highly recommend his GDC presentation. He explains how it's done and offers some nice insight into the history of art in video games.

Made some sprites

>>3372861
i love this style

>>3375360
Thanks! Heres a witch

>>3356828
yes

>>3376193
After some experimenting, it seems like having eyebrows or an outline of the eye is more important than having pupils or a sclera.

>>3375360
i hate this style