/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

learning to draw first ala good ol' loomis is the best way to improve at pixel art

>>3598731
Sketch big first in an aliased brush and then downscale it. Then do line art on another layer in the binary pen.

>>3598749
>aliased brush
>line art on another layer in the binary pen
Could you please explain these terms to me? I'm kind of a beginner. Are you talking about Sai?

>>3598813
Yeah. Here's a quick example.

>>3598827
you could stand to do >>3598746 as well

>>3598731
I like your bee soldier, I made a quick sketch of him

>>3598813
Aliasing = distortion/frequency (remember anti-aliasing in video games reduces distortion and screen tears).
Aliasing brush = brush that creates a jagged, pixel-like effect.

Binary = numeral system that is expressed in only two modes (i.e. 1's and 0's).
Binary brush = a brush that paints in thick solid colour lines (though you can use any brush for this desu).

>>3598830
I'd like to see you do better. 5 minutes for sketching, 2 minutes for resizing and lining, and 2 minutes for cropping, resizing, and publishing. Like I said, it was a quick demonstration, so I didn't spend much time on it since it's only purpose was to show the brushes and resizing process.

>>3598850
Thanks. Its from Hollow Knight.
>>3598827
Thanks! Now o get t.

>>3598731
These should help.
https://medium.com/pixel-grimoire
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart
https://lospec.com/
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=24744
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139392(I highly recommand this one)
http://petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/
https://opengameart.org/content/les-forges-pixel-art-course
http://finalbossblues.com/pixel-tutorials/
http://www.drububu.com/tutorial/index.html
https://www.retronator.com/post/126607611333/the-pixel-art-mega-post
https://2dwillneverdie.com/links/

Have fun.

I got started by doing spritesheet edits for fun in my early teens. Nothing beats a shitload of practice.
I didn't really get good at pixel art in general until recently, though, by copying (not tracing) other artists since I'm shit with a tablet.
I'm much more comfortable working at tiny resolutions, but I could definitely improve a lot if I started downscaling larger sketches.

>>3600299
I think I've gotten somewhat competent at just freehanding it though.

>>3600254
Thank you! These are really good?
Do you havr anything on making a
color palette?

>>3600304
Thats really good. What program do you use?

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>>3600304
if you want to improve study the guides anon posted.
manual AA,hue shifting,decent colors in general,fixing jaggies and banding that's what you need to improve/learn because right now your crab is awful

>>3598731
>listening to hive knight theme while browsing the catalog
>find this
Small world.

>>3603423
This looks cool

>Doing a presentation on pixel art tomorrow where I'm supposed to demonstrate how to do pixel art.
>Have never done pixel art in my life.
>Just banking on nobody in the room knowing how either.

>>3607366
also show a piece of yours anon lets see the damage

>>3607419
Here's what I'm working on now for the presentation.

>>3607490
Real size. Sorry if that one was fuckhuge.

>>3607490
so how much is at stake here? give details

>>3607511
Eh it's just the first real presentation at a general ed community college public speaking course I had to take because there were no other options by the time I was able to sign up. The grade will be completely on the speech aspect of it. I just can't stand disappointing and lying to people. We're supposed to do a "how-to" demonstration using traditional aids but I have no discernible skills outside of lifting, running (which I can't do until next year due to an injury), worldbuilding and writing. Basically nothing you can realistically demonstrate using teaching aids so I decided to do pixel art because "dude just put pixels down lmao it'll take 5 minutes."
The picture turned out better than I expected so far but I was expecting to look at it and the blank canvas and have no fucking clue. I think I just need to simplify the shading, add some dithering since I mention it in the speech notes and clean it up. The teacher axed the ability to use the projector so I'm literally going to have to hold up printed out paper so people aren't gonna see the details as much as I thought they would. Everythings going to turn out fine but I'm still kind of flipping the fuck out.

>>3607542
Here's the final picture I'm gonna use. I'm figuring that anything beyond this is just wasting time and overthinking it. Really I should have been doing stuff like drawing shaded spheres to demonstrate shading but I wanted to make it interesting.

>>3607598
i am happy this looks fine for your presentation anon but i see no dithering in that picture anon

>>3607618
Yeah I also noticed that after posting. I'm going to add in the background from the original >>3607490 and then dither the shit out of that. I also have to make the final draft because now that I actually did a pixel art the steps I put in my rough draft (outline, shade, color) flat out don't work. I'm thinking it's more (block in main shape, block in color, shade)

>>3607618
Just came back from the presentation and it went great. Thanks for the support lad.

>>3609154
no problem anon.you put effort into it thats the most important thing

i was bored so i reworked it a little

>>3609612
Do you have more? I like it.

>>3609863
if you guys keep the thread alive i am going to in few hours

>>3609612
I love this, her eyebrows just seem a little too dark, especially in the "actual size".

>>3598731
There are a bunch of these tutorial things from Pedro Medeiros on the studio miniboss blog site and I think his twitter. I've found them to be helpful.

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gold; really good advice, and some of it is applicable to more than just pixel art

>>3598731
How important is anti-aliasing?

Is this the pixel thread now?

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Did I do alright? This is the first pixel art painting I've ever done. I'm pretty new to regular painting too but I've been trying to learn to make game assets.

>>3611656
It looks good, but you can do better! Add a bit more contrast for things in the foreground.

>>3609863
i have more anime around but is very bad so have some monsters instead
>>3610487
thanks! and yea i noticed too late

>>3613075
those things are difficult to read

>>3613417
probably because they don't know how to draw at all and so the attempts at "shadows" are just random patches of different color instead of actually being, you know, shadows

>>3611656
I really like this anon, the mood you've captured inspires me to make some music

>>3609612
Hey, you're the guy who say you were inspired by my tree thing. Good work. I need to know did I improve from the last time?

>>3611656
Pretty good.

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>>3607490
Your homework is done

http://makegames.tumblr.com/post/42648699708/pixel-art-tutorial

>>3615623
dope only 7 days and 9 hours late lmao

bumparoni

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>>3614318
you are going forward anon,keep going

>>3617231
Thanks.

>>3617231
I would like some advice though.

>>3617792
>avoid full black especially as background
>jaggies(face)
>banding (hair and near the edge of the right eye)
>mouth is misplaced and strangely shaped even if you are trying to emulate anime
>use AA(whichever you like)
>use shadows to show forms and depth(study forms and perspective in case you have no idea how to) because right now looks flat
>avoid very bright colors unless you want to eyes to focus on that part/point
>colors:if you arent planning to spend ages understanding colors steal someone else palette and learn how to use it
>when hue shifting you are supposed to shift saturation and brightness not only one(shirt and eyes)
>i like the hat

Mort Mort channel on youtube was a great start for me

>>3617913
Thank you.

>mouth is misplaced and strangely shaped even if you are trying to emulate anime

It was actually smaller and I think more correct but I decided to be a idiot and do that.

>when hue shifting you are supposed to shift saturation and brightness not only one(shirt and eyes)

Sorry if I'm asking too much but can explain this in more detail? I don't really understand hue shifting.

>>3618029
his tutorials are decent especially the ones covering how to use AA

>>3618037
well in those guides anon posted way above there is a lot written about hue shifting and they explain it with visual examples so isn't hard to get it and is way better than what i could say ever.actually in those pages there is everything you need to know about pixel art techniques.all the stuff that isn't there is surely covered by normal art fundamentals

>>3618080
Ok. Thanks.

Bump.

>>3618080
Pixel art guy, I think I failed again.

>>3620845
this stuff takes time to assimilate dont worry too much about failing anon

first attempts at this stuff, how shit are they? Transparency is weird.

>>3620911
If it's not too much to ask but can you tell me where I went wrong again please? (I choosed this palette to work with)

Did some dumb bowsette stuff for fun. The bowser and mario sprites aren't mine, obviously.

>not even the pixel art thread is safe from this shitty meme
well i am out see ya next thread

>>3621428
Come on, it's not that bad. Just ignore it.

>>3622139
No, it's terrible.
There's 3 threads here and 5 threads average on /v/ and since those are the only boards I browse, who knows how many more there are per board.

>>3622143
Like I said. Just ignore it.

Mock-up sprite to show this catgirl character in different palettes. Which color scheme do you like the most?

Spriting on trackpad is kind of annoying lol

Also: this thread is freaking great, like everything posted in here is really nice. Those tutorials are great especially.

>>3622277
I like the Blue one with the dark skin.

>>3614318
>>3620845
Learn how to draw first, those things are bad in a fundamental level.

Have some OC

>>3622277
The colors, intentionally or not, also portray character. The darker-skinned one looks kind of more athletic to me for example.
That aside, based on colors alone I personally like the first (top left) and last (bottom right) best.

>>3622849
>last (bottom right) best

No, that burns my eyes.

>>3622569
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>>3622277
Black > gray/silver > both brown ones

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>>3624435
the classic that started them all

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