Do you consider Pixel-Art as Art?

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Anonymous Mon May 11 15:46:42 2015 No.2083325 [Reply] [Original]

Do you consider Pixel-Art as Art?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 15:48:10 2015 No.2083327 File: 3 KB, 135x122, Pixel #2.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I want to reach this sort of skill level but this is the limit of my ability right now ha.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 15:49:46 2015 No.2083328 >>2083325 On a good day yes, on a bad day no. But on a bad day I only consider impressionist master painting art, and absolutely nothing else.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 15:51:22 2015 No.2083329 >>2083325 I think pixels is just another medium, it's a result that matters.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 15:53:14 2015 No.2083333 >>2083328 >impressionist >master paintings pick one

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 15:58:32 2015 No.2083340 >>2083325 Why wouldn't it be? This thread sucks donkey balls

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:01:14 2015 No.2083343 >>2083325 Let's say I don't: what do I call it?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:12:16 2015 No.2083349 >>2083325 Literally has art in it's name. Checkmate.

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:28:12 2015 No.2083359 I've always found it's not healthy to obsess over what is and what isn't (like music).

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:29:50 2015 No.2083361 Isn't pixel art basically a mosaic in digital form?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:33:01 2015 No.2083362 >>2083325 >Pixel-Art >ixel-Art >el-Art >-Art >Art there you go

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:33:57 2015 No.2083364 >>2083325 That's damn beautiful op, sauce?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 16:35:17 2015 No.2083366 >>2083327 What do you use to make your pixel art anon? Do you just do it in photoshop?

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 17:07:00 2015 No.2083400 >>2083364 http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

>>	Anonymous Mon May 11 17:52:00 2015 No.2083433 >>2083400 Damn this is awesome! Thanks.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 20:13:37 2015 No.2084657 Pixel Art is pure art. As in it has no purpose other than being art. Its original purpose was to handle graphics on weak computers and systems, which isn't even necessary anymore.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 20:48:09 2015 No.2084697 File: 30 KB, 608x448, Metal_Slug.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083325 pixel art trying to be pixel art is usually shit, pixal art made with pixels because that's all they can work with is great

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 20:58:13 2015 No.2084710 >>2083325 How the hell is that even a question? Of course it's art.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 20:59:24 2015 No.2084712 >>2084697 Fucking love metal slug. The game and the pixel art is superb.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 21:02:03 2015 No.2084715 >>2083325 You should be asking how to make it art instead of worrying about what world thinks kiddo

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 21:04:19 2015 No.2084718 pixel art is gay. why limit yourself?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 21:15:53 2015 No.2084726 >>2084718 The hell? You're in an art board, there are a crapload of art styles built of similar limits.

Anonymous Tue May 12 22:18:39 2015 No.2084810

>>2084718
>why limit yourself?
wut

restrictions breed creativity, but there aren't any rules about how many colors you can use or what the canvas size is or anything like that. there isn't a better way to get crisp, detailed, readable images at a given scale than manipulating the individual pixels.

I don't know why I'm even responding to someone whose critical thinking skills are limited to calling art he doesn't like "gay."

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:21:03 2015 No.2084813 File: 199 KB, 640x480, download (1).png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083400 amazing this one is my fave

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:28:45 2015 No.2084821 >>2083325 Yes, I absolutely do and it impresses me everytime.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:36:23 2015 No.2084830 Well, any image on a computer uses pixels, so yes.

Anonymous Tue May 12 22:39:25 2015 No.2084834
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>>2084830
>any image on a computer uses pixels
that doesn't make it pixel art. pixel art is created by manipulating the image on the level of the individual pixel. if the pixel is just incidental, it isn't pixel art.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:40:09 2015 No.2084835 >>2084810 >hurrr i'm better than you because i use different words even though they mean the same thing.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:41:45 2015 No.2084838 File: 110 KB, 800x492, elkfinal.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2084835 could you use your words and explain what you disagree with instead of acting childish and creating greentext strawmen?

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:44:20 2015 No.2084841 >>2084835 His view clearly opposes yours.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:52:22 2015 No.2084845 >>2084834 So what? You're just doing the same thing on a much smaller scale.

>>	Anonymous Tue May 12 22:55:14 2015 No.2084848 >>2084845 The process is different. There is a bit of pointillism theory involved as well.

Anonymous Wed May 13 00:49:47 2015 No.2084917
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>>2084848
I agree that the process is definitely different (than regular digital painting, I assume). I disagree that it shares much with pointilism, I think this relationship is often overstated.

It has more in common with cross-stitching, certain types of beadwork (see: wampum belts),many paintings by Robert Delaunay, and one particular example of dyed wood inlays that is found on a music cabinet at the Detroit Institute of Art (pic related).

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 00:52:26 2015 No.2084918 File: 230 KB, 683x867, cross-stitching.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2084917 cross stitching:

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 00:53:57 2015 No.2084921 File: 556 KB, 1568x880, wampum belt.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2084918 wampum belt: basically the key factor is the use of the grid.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 01:04:47 2015 No.2084925 >>2083325 Autism: the medium.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 01:27:15 2015 No.2084953 File: 25 KB, 240x240, crepuscular5c.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 01:27:34 2015 No.2084955 >>2084925 Did /v/ invade /ic/ today or something?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 09:47:22 2015 No.2085206 File: 71 KB, 639x819, unomoralez5.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] yes

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 09:49:27 2015 No.2085208 File: 164 KB, 550x3869, unomoralez6.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2085206

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 10:01:08 2015 No.2085213 >>2085208 Thats pretty cool.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 10:35:27 2015 No.2085221 >>2083325 The perfectionist in me could fap to pixel perfect artwork. Theres nothing more satisfying than spending 4 minutes moving one pixel back and forth and trying to decide which looks better hnng

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 11:27:01 2015 No.2085246 >>2085221 >>2084925

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 12:19:54 2015 No.2085290 >>2085246 so is every artist other than pollock "autistic?" attention to detail and refinement is just a big part of art in general.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 12:20:46 2015 No.2085291 File: 174 KB, 455x409, griskinpixel2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 12:21:28 2015 No.2085292 File: 57 KB, 868x477, scary.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083359 this.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 12:23:30 2015 No.2085296 >>2085208 saved. inspiring.

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>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 14:41:35 2015 No.2085395 >>2083325 Why not?

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 18:32:17 2015 No.2085624 >>2083400 thanks for sharing!

Anonymous Wed May 13 18:51:34 2015 No.2085641
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>>2083325
I wonder is it the same dude? there's a 'Do you consider Pixel-Art as Art?' every month.
just open a Pixel-Art thread and contribute, don't pretend like this is a deep question.

Anonymous Wed May 13 19:06:57 2015 No.2085653
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>>2085641
my guess is that it's the same guy. pixel threads here are pretty rare and it would be odd if so many people all decided to start one by asking the same stupid question that they already know the answer to.

>>	Anonymous Wed May 13 19:15:34 2015 No.2085660 File: 61 KB, 568x320, auropctitlescreenreductiontweaks.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

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>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 15:32:51 2015 No.2086626 File: 297 KB, 350x400, cocefifishing.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] this thread needs more pixel art

Anonymous Thu May 14 16:19:49 2015 No.2086652

It isn't art. In the same way video games aren't work. You can point to people and say this person makes a living off of video games and this person is displayed in galleries with their digital work but it doesn't mean it teaches you the same things that painting traditionally teaches you.

I'd say both video games and digital art are necessary components of art, and that they give people ideas that are pivotal to their traditional work, but it's not the same as applying those ideas to a painting.

The most influential painters to come in the next century are going to be influenced by video games and digital work. Leave it at that. They are important, they aren't the end goal.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:31:04 2015 No.2086664 File: 87 KB, 200x100, protecteur_l.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Posting not art.

Anonymous Thu May 14 16:43:25 2015 No.2086676
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>>2086652
>only traditional art is art
plz kill self. doesn't matter if it's on a canvas or a screen, same rules apply, same capability for expressing emotion or serving a social critical function.

painting is not the end-all-be-all, and this is coming from a painter.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:45:37 2015 No.2086678 File: 47 KB, 450x320, orcs.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2086652 and what does painting traditionally teach you that digital art cannot?

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Anonymous Thu May 14 16:52:22 2015 No.2086685

>>2086676
>>2086678
well then prove me wrong. learn to stop having sex and masturbating, and only having sex for a child, and only having one child ( learn to be an adult) by working digitally. I didn't learn it until I painted traditionally.

Thats the litmus test. Anything short of complete control over your sexuality and it isn't as important as traditional.

In the same vein I don't think music is art. Music never taught anyone anything about sexuality. It's just talking. You don't learn anything from talking, you just share ideas you already have.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:53:16 2015 No.2086686 File: 156 KB, 640x960, elk_dragon_final.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2086685 wut

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:53:22 2015 No.2086689 >>2086678 also what makes those black women orcs other than the filename?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:54:38 2015 No.2086692 File: 14 KB, 352x288, henker.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2086689 pointy ears and fantasy attire.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:55:35 2015 No.2086694 >>2086686 i haven't had an orgasm going on 2 years now thanks to painting. digital didn't teach me how to grow up, and i doubt it'll teach anyone else. But like I said, prove me wrong.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:57:42 2015 No.2086698 File: 121 KB, 640x1211, monks5.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2086694 this is the most confusing troll I've ever read.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 16:57:54 2015 No.2086699 >>2086694 So you found discipline? Why does that even matter? Discipline isn't what makes art, and your personal experiences don't equate to everyone's.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 17:00:17 2015 No.2086704 >>2086694 I cut off my dick, now am artist grownup. cutting off your dick is the only true art.

Anonymous Thu May 14 17:01:05 2015 No.2086705

>>2086699
discipline's the point of art. i wasn't disciplined before and i am now. everyone starts from nothing. and my personal experiences equate to everyone's. I'm a man, there are other men, and they go through the same shit i did, and with art will go through what I'm going through right now.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 17:03:20 2015 No.2086709 File: 8 KB, 320x200, partyonfishbone.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] 1. ignore the troll 2. post pixel art 3. ??? 4. profit

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 17:08:52 2015 No.2086715 >>2086709 sauce also where do you guys find all this fantastic stuff?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 18:30:30 2015 No.2086801 File: 9 KB, 340x270, santasmagoria.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2086715 artist's name is iLKke, you can find his work on pixeljoint: http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/9270.htm

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 23:03:15 2015 No.2087100 >>2084845 >>2084830 just when you think this thread can't get any more retarded THIS guy

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 23:07:05 2015 No.2087103 >>2086705 >discipline's the point of art Anon No. 2086705: the life of all parties.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 23:07:15 2015 No.2087104 File: 9 KB, 288x352, demon_final__r162721911.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Thu May 14 23:27:42 2015 No.2087124 File: 320 KB, 600x600, 1534322 - Shinra_Bansho animated sb tagme.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Something i found that's more relevant to everyone's taste

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 00:23:44 2015 No.2087168 >>2087124 I'm not into anime and I tend to snub my nose at sleezy porn art, but damn, that's actually some good pixelling and animation.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 00:30:12 2015 No.2087175 >>2087124 The lacking expression kinda ruins it.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 00:44:32 2015 No.2087196 File: 13 KB, 384x272, psyboarfunk64.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] c64 specs

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 00:51:54 2015 No.2087205 File: 17 KB, 320x200, pjpa68371.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2087196 also c64:

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 01:25:47 2015 No.2087259 >>2087124 >to everyone's taste I don't know, most women wouldn't like that. Nor gay men.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 05:57:07 2015 No.2087418 >>2087259 >most women wouldn't like that [citation needed]

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 06:09:28 2015 No.2087423 >>2087259 Right, only men are mindless beasts who enjoy something as barbaric as s-sex.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 06:21:58 2015 No.2087427 >>2087124 Stubby fingers

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 10:11:04 2015 No.2087524 >>2087423 the implication is that most women don't want to fuck other women, being heterosexual. how did you not get that?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 10:12:01 2015 No.2087526 File: 13 KB, 249x249, lyonfinal.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 10:40:34 2015 No.2087548 Sure but it's like comic book art or other entertainment art. 99.99 percent of it is complete and utter garbage.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 10:42:35 2015 No.2087552 Lazy shit indie atari pixel art=shit good pixel art=art

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 10:42:50 2015 No.2087554 File: 82 KB, 476x439, colossal_katamari.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2087548 99.99% of all art is utter garbage. Go take a stroll through dA sometime, or visit your local sidewalk art festival.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 11:13:47 2015 No.2087589 >>2086715 Try PixelJoint. You can even get crits from the cream of the crop fairly easily!

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 11:19:21 2015 No.2087593 File: 70 KB, 256x500, rainbow_skull10.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2087589 wayofthepixel.net is better for critique imo, pixeljoint is more focused on galleries.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 11:26:51 2015 No.2087603 File: 2 KB, 100x100, vlad11.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2087593 I think I'll do both. I really enjoy pixeljoint so far and have gotten good feedback. Thanks for the suggestion though, I'll be checking wayofthepixel out.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 11:32:06 2015 No.2087607 >>2087548 Pixel Art is hardly entertainment art anymore. The only people that use it for the sake of entertainment are hipsters and lazy bastards. And even then, animation has been for a very long time high quality entertainment and art.

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>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 12:38:43 2015 No.2087644 File: 27 KB, 256x256, coverdone.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 14:50:26 2015 No.2087761 What kind of dickhead would hate pixel art?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 15:09:51 2015 No.2087783 File: 32 KB, 416x232, Market_by_fool.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2087761 >d/ic/khead ftfy

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 18:33:51 2015 No.2087921 >>2083325 worth a read, anyone http://www.dinofarmgames.com/a-pixel-artist-renounces-pixel-art/

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 18:41:10 2015 No.2087927 File: 271 KB, 727x511, _yo.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] i personally love to draw in pixels, i dont usually do heavy gradient pixels or full pixels, but i love to make my lines pixels/ect. pic related

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 18:44:01 2015 No.2087931 >>2087927 Silky?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 18:47:34 2015 No.2087934 >>2087931 ? silky are you talking about the style? or asking what my name is?

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 18:49:01 2015 No.2087939 >>2087934 I was asking if you were Silky but if you were her you'd have just recognized the name, I'm sure.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 18:59:58 2015 No.2087950 >>2087939 haha gotcha- well yeah, name's Henka-chan btw

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 19:01:40 2015 No.2087953 >>2087927 Kill it with fire

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 20:05:52 2015 No.2088016 >>2087953 Someone needs to take a chill pill.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 20:41:04 2015 No.2088039 >>2088016 And someone should have never posted their shitty sparkledog on /ic/.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 20:51:47 2015 No.2088053 >>2088039 not my sparkle dog-

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 21:06:15 2015 No.2088065 >>2088053 Doesn't make it not shit. Go white knight somewhere else, m'lord.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 21:29:37 2015 No.2088082 >>2088065 Quit being so offended over sparkledogs, buddy. Not the person you're speaking to, but no body but you cares this much over a fucking sparkledog.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 21:31:29 2015 No.2088086 >>2087418 Heterosexuality, a concept >>2087423 doesn't know either.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 21:42:21 2015 No.2088104 >>2088082 I'll stop being "offended" when you get some standards. It doesn't belong in this thread.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 21:56:37 2015 No.2088134 File: 669 KB, 768x256, Kof99park3bglite.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2083325 In particular, SNK backgrounds are really really beautiful. More here, though it's far from complete: http://imgur.com/a/GPlx4?gallery

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:26:42 2015 No.2088173 File: 410 KB, 640x384, garou.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088134 this. I also like the backgrounds in Garou: Mark of Wolves

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:27:32 2015 No.2088175 File: 341 KB, 500x300, garou2.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088173

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:36:59 2015 No.2088182 >>2083361 Yes. Or pointillism.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:38:11 2015 No.2088183 >>2088173 this will never cease being great

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:39:33 2015 No.2088186 >>2084845 You could argue that all art is just pixel art with a larger resolution and palette, but since the point of pixel art is restricted resolution and palette, this would be retarded.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:41:00 2015 No.2088191 >>2088182 refer to: >>2084917

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:41:01 2015 No.2088192 File: 199 KB, 438x584, Perler_Beads_Link_CSW_by_kiskekokanut.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2084921 Perler beads.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:42:55 2015 No.2088193 >>2088192 basically the craft version of pixel art for people who can't design their own sprites.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:43:37 2015 No.2088194 File: 158 KB, 800x336, lastblade.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 22:47:01 2015 No.2088197 >>2088193 Well, that's a bit unfair. You can pretty much do everything in pixel art the same with beads. Some stuff might be a little slower. It's true that most image results are copied from popular old games.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 15 23:21:43 2015 No.2088227 >>2088191 They're definitely related. I suppose there are definitely some fairly important differences as well. Pixel art is probably closer to mosaic and almost identical to cross-stitching and beadwork.

Anonymous Fri May 15 23:32:31 2015 No.2088237
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>>2088197
>You can pretty much do everything in pixel art the same with beads
I agree, but as you say:
>most image results are copied from popular old games
it's not about the capabilities of the medium as much as who it attracts. though needless to say it's much easier to design and edit sprites on the computer, and at that point you might as well print it out if you want a physical version of your pixel art.

Anonymous Fri May 15 23:33:06 2015 No.2088238
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>>2088104
someone doesn't like sparkle dogs lol
you don't need to act like its so offensive to post a sparkle dog on the thread, this is a pixel art thread. all pixel art styles are welcome.
(this saying, i may not like sparkle dogs that much, but i don't need to bitch about it?)

>at least it isn't that bad of quality like this

Anonymous Fri May 15 23:33:56 2015 No.2088239

>>2088227
>Pixel art is probably closer to mosaic and almost identical to cross-stitching and beadwork.
Agreed. And you're right that there are similarities with pointilism (in relation to the technique of dithering), I'm just saying that the relationship is frequently overstated.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 04:54:36 2015 No.2088386 >>2088238 Except that that wasn't pixel art, nor a pixel art "style".

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 05:54:19 2015 No.2088412 >>2088238 It's definitively deviant art in the worst way possible. Fuck off. Also, what >>2088386 said.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 08:19:45 2015 No.2088471 >>2087927 >>2088238 unacceptable

Anonymous Sat May 16 10:19:13 2015 No.2088535
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I should start spicing up my subjects. Work with some backgrounds.

The shit I posted now is mine. But does anyone want a dumb of good art? I have quite a big folder of stuff that isn't Fool or Elk.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 10:22:24 2015 No.2088536 >>2088535 Oh wow, now that I look at it again it's even more shit than I remembered it being.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:13:41 2015 No.2088568 File: 9 KB, 200x200, bridge_manupix_2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088535 >big folder of stuff that isn't Fool or Elk. go on and post it then

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:39:25 2015 No.2088584 File: 132 KB, 117x125, gas8.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088574 syosa is the shit

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Anonymous Sat May 16 11:40:47 2015 No.2088587
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>>2088535
>I have quite a big folder of stuff that isn't Fool or Elk.
but its still stuff from the PJ community it seems. which is fine, I just expected something from a different corner of the internet I guess.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:40:59 2015 No.2088588 File: 10 KB, 154x152, rawr_by_logiedant_t-d4i26gl.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088584 Yep, I love his stuff too. Have you seen that step by step chick riding that unicorn? It looks fluid as fuck. Anyway, continuing. >>2088586

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:43:41 2015 No.2088596 File: 15 KB, 293x200, 1gnYdbP.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088587 I'm going through everything I got, some of it will most likely not be from PJ, although I can't guarantee it. I've been collecting content for ages.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:43:52 2015 No.2088598 File: 17 KB, 220x397, arachneangel.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088588 eh, that's an artist (logiedan) who has just colored lineart by a more experienced artist (arachne), and it shows

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:44:29 2015 No.2088599 File: 120 KB, 500x500, 1354472329932.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:44:59 2015 No.2088601 File: 26 KB, 335x306, Dragon_rider_by_fool.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088594 dunno that I'd call this pixel art, doesn't show much concern for individual pixels. close enough for the purposes of this thread I guess.

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Anonymous Sat May 16 11:45:17 2015 No.2088603
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>>2088598
I was not aware of it. Thanks for the info.

>>2088596
I usually don't like these "pixel portraits" as they rarely keep count of colours, but I saved this one.

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 11:54:14 2015 No.2088630 >>2088628 Woha, compared to you I've been posting shit. Thanks, saved quite a few things.

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:09:20 2015 No.2088668 take a breath the thread isn't going anywhere

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:10:56 2015 No.2088673 >>2088587 i really hope you find something new you like in the thread i know what it's like to see the same pieces over and over again

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:11:57 2015 No.2088675 >>2088668 Hah, I'm pretty sure there's two or three of us posting.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 12:13:41 2015 No.2088678 anyone has that electronic shop pixel art that came from some old hentai game that was posted in another pixel thread long ago?

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>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 16:55:17 2015 No.2088922 >>2083325 Just wanted to say thanks for posting some dank pixel art.

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Riot Sat May 16 21:10:30 2015 No.2089067
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Posting some of my own work here, pixelart is all I'm able to do so I've put my energy into getting good at it.
I need to learn how to use a tablet so I can escape my fate, so to speak, but I don't want to abandon something I'm almost good at either.

If anyone's got feedback, toss it at me. I'll just be dropping random junk here.

>>	Riot Sat May 16 21:12:19 2015 No.2089068 File: 3 KB, 480x640, archivebig.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Some guy I'm putting in a game maybe

Anonymous Sat May 16 21:14:11 2015 No.2089070
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>>2089067
>pixelart is all I'm able to do so
if you can't draw well, you won't be able to make good pixel art. my advice is to first learn the fundamentals of 2d art via drawing (tablet or paper), then take on the additional challenges that are associated with pixel art.

>>	Riot Sat May 16 21:15:04 2015 No.2089072 File: 5 KB, 640x640, jack2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] An unintentional starfox expy for the same game.

Riot Sat May 16 21:17:41 2015 No.2089074
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>>2089070
Yeah, I've been doing that m8.
I have working knowledge of anatomy and have been striving to improve wherever I can.

The problem is that I've gotten to used to working with a mouse, and I'm having to relearn drawing over again to adapt to the tablet.

>>	Riot Sat May 16 21:20:00 2015 No.2089078 File: 54 KB, 576x288, padre v nan.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2089074 That one's animated, as is the first. Also this one. Nanquest is p dope shit.

>>	Riot Sat May 16 22:53:42 2015 No.2089138 File: 14 KB, 800x1320, rip2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2089078 If it werent for the fact most of my better work has been nsfw commissions from weird furries when I needed cash I'd probably have some better stuff to post here, though.

>>	Riot Sat May 16 22:55:19 2015 No.2089139 File: 4 KB, 400x960, sword dog.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2089138 Currently experimenting with poster-sized stuff and solid colors, then I'm moving on to the difficult shading and texture stuff.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 23:07:28 2015 No.2089148 >>2089067 have any tips for doing pixel art?

Riot Sat May 16 23:07:56 2015 No.2089149
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>>2089139
really though, if you see somewhere I can improve other than "Learn to draw normal" please let me know. I'm still trying to get a firm grasp on anatomy, texture, and shading in order of assigned importance.

Riot Sat May 16 23:16:06 2015 No.2089153
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>>2089148
Straight lines are your friend.
Avoid jagged lines.
Diagram attached.

What this means is to avoid chunky bits in the line, and to try and keep a solid ratio going with the pixels.

for example,in the second one I stuck with a base of 3 px, 2 px, then 1 px to complete a curve. You can add or remove pixel numbers from the equation in order to smoothen or sharpen the curve, but in general you want to keep it in a solid pattern.

>>	Anonymous Sat May 16 23:20:59 2015 No.2089159 File: 41 KB, 320x240, bof7mockup1x1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2089148 http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299

Anonymous Sat May 16 23:26:08 2015 No.2089164

>>2089138
Be careful using black outlines too heavily, especially if you don't have dark colors in your ramps to bridge the gap to black. also try to avoid too much black outlining on the interior of sprites, it should typically be reserved for defining contours. and if you're using outlines, use them consistently. personally I would have outlined the wings here and not used outlines on the burst around the feet. make sure you're getting the most out of your palette and the colors in your ramps have enough value contrast, the two reds in the text are nearly indistinguishable and the blues in the mane and wings could use much more contrast as well (as could the oranges on the clothing). also it looks like you tried to use some manual anti-aliasing (AA) in the text and circle but it's applied incorrectly. be careful about having outlines that vary between one and two pixels thick (see bottom of hip on our left, bottom of jaw). the drop shadow isn't working and just flattens the image.

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Riot Sat May 16 23:33:36 2015 No.2089168
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>>2089164
The text reds werent supposed to be easily distinguishable, it was to give the text a bit of a scribbly ink texture.
That said I get what you are saying, and have noted it.

You're also right about the aliasing and everything else, and will try to remember this all for the future. Havre more things.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 02:47:10 2015 No.2089320 File: 16 KB, 308x221, letemin5pj.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2088575 oceanscented is pretty great, definitely doing her own thing as far as style goes

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>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 12:17:48 2015 No.2089657 >>2086664 the movement on the cape is beautiful, holy shit

>>	Anonymous Sun May 17 15:33:59 2015 No.2089909 File: 181 KB, 766x443, the_hovel.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] long live pixels

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>>	Anonymous Thu May 21 19:50:30 2015 No.2094820 >>2087927 that's not pixel art, that's digital art that happens to use 1-px wide contour lines trash

>>	Anonymous Thu May 21 19:58:35 2015 No.2094828 File: 20 KB, 300x192, 16__r1229380341.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] tfw I stopped making pixel art once I turned 17 I wish I never fell for that brony crap

Anonymous Thu May 21 20:32:17 2015 No.2094879
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>>2094828
Ponies got millions of people interested in drawing and animating, it wasn't all bad. You can't hide what's inside bruh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NSwuIn33JI&index=5&list=PL10F8504CB6F99C8E

>>	Anonymous Thu May 21 21:26:43 2015 No.2094955 File: 20 KB, 160x240, riva.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2094828 >I wish I never fell for that brony crap I've never understood the appeal, but glad you're recovering

Anonymous Thu May 21 21:37:23 2015 No.2094971

>>2094879
>Ponies got millions of little kids and autistic people interested in drawing and animating, and they constantly add to the pool of shitty art on sites like deviantart and furry communities every single day
FTFY

Have you seen these people try to draw anything that isn't a pony? Be ready for a laugh.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 21 21:52:19 2015 No.2094986 File: 101 KB, 500x492, tumblr_inline_nh6hwlyWOJ1rfc1e3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2094879 he's right, because of ponies ive started drawing, but becouse of /ic ive started gitting gewd

>>	Anonymous Thu May 21 21:59:02 2015 No.2094994 >>2086685 wuud?

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Anonymous Thu May 21 23:16:48 2015 No.2095039

>>2094955

well I snapped out of it when I was still 16, which led to a year of alienation (I switched schools involuntarily, redoubled my efforts with maths/computer science/chemistry, stopped drawing by end of junior year)

feels bad I dropped drawing, but I still lurk /ic/ every few weeks to try and convince myself that I want to draw again. I just don't. I'm made for literature and music. But I get a kick out of seeing you guys have fun and make careers of it, because I wish I had the desire to. Oh well, I'm smarter in the /lit/ neighborhood anyways.

Anonymous Fri May 22 00:54:28 2015 No.2095091

>>2094986
This, it wasn't until I discovered 4chans cringe threads that I realized how autistic the fandom can be. Then /ic/ showed me the way of Vilpu. I still enjoy some of the fanarts though.
>>2094971
Touche, still there is some fan art that is quite decent or clever.
>>2095039
Read the sticky m8, it's all about mileage.

>>	Anonymous Fri May 22 01:03:03 2015 No.2095099 >>2086685 >I came here to be obscure

>>	Anonymous Fri May 22 01:06:01 2015 No.2095101 >>2087548 >>2087554 >>2087607 >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon%27s_law

Anonymous Fri May 22 01:07:24 2015 No.2095103

>>2095091
>Read the sticky m8, it's all about mileage.

yeah I understand that, but I don't have the time to put into mileage for both reading/writing and drawing. Deliberate reading and writing style studies are a lot more time consuming than drawing, too.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 02:06:58 2015 No.2097556 Threads beautiful, but what do people useless to make their pixel art?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 02:10:41 2015 No.2097560 File: 10 KB, 200x124, angkor.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2097556 I use grafx2. It's freeware and built for pixel art specifically. ProMotion is what the professionals use.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 07:06:25 2015 No.2097692 >>2086685 post of the year on /ic/

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 12:30:17 2015 No.2098024 >>2088605 Info on artist?

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 15:02:15 2015 No.2098247 >>2083366 the original mspaint is actually the best program for making pixel art. if you wanted to add effects afterward in photoshop or gimp thats fine, but as for making the actual "pixel art" MSPaint is the best choice.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 15:16:30 2015 No.2098259 >>2098024 nothing, sorry

Anonymous Sun May 24 15:26:48 2015 No.2098267

>>2098247
mspaint is terrible for pixelart, EVEN if you do the very clean, simple, orthogonal/isometric kind of pixel-art (which is what mspaint s>>2098247
cks the least for.)

- no color management
- can't import & export palettes
- no easy color-grading, other filters that can be useful are also missing
- no easy way to restrict your color-space
- no good "dirty" tools, transforms, brushes etc
- no layers
- no easy way to put a high-res layer on top of a low-res one (e.g. to sketch in high-res first and then convert to pixel-art, or to draw over a high-res reference)
- no overview dockers, no canvas flip
- no good tablet workflow -- you can pixel with a mouse, but you're not nearly as agile as with a tablet + tablet-aware software that lets you zoom, rotate the canvas in a very agile manner as well as not destroy your wrists after working 8 hours a day on your pixelart for a month
- no animation support of any kind
- no support for HD index painting
- no templates

Even gimp is better than mspaint. If you want an actual good way to do pixel-art, search youtube for "hd index painting in krita" (free) or "hd index painting photoshop" (costs, obviously), both of which have all of these features, or, if you want to be more "minimalist" at least use asesprite (older versions are free) or graphicsgale. I wouldn't recommend mspaint even to a casual.

Note that I haven't fired up mspaint since WinXP, if any of these issues are fixed in later versions, disregard them.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 15:28:27 2015 No.2098268 >>2098267 oh, also, if you're freestyling your colors rather than using a palette, mspaint does not have a high-quality color selector (so you'll probably make worse colorchoices using it), and no automatic dithering.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 15:29:26 2015 No.2098270 >>2086685 Why are there so many obnoxious turds on /ic/ that constantly have to remind people on how they should live their lives?

Anonymous Sun May 24 16:03:47 2015 No.2098310
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>>2098247
>the original mspaint is actually the best program for making pixel art.
are you high? mspaint isn't built for pixel art. it has only the most basic tools, terrible palette control options, inability to save as gif, no animation support, lacks robust keyboard shortcuts, etc.

please don't give advice if you don't know the medium.

Anonymous Sun May 24 20:19:02 2015 No.2098592

>>2098310
LOL?

so you're suggesting that people use vector based photo editors instead? Are you high?

GIMP and Photoshop are not acceptable for pixel editing, period you dumb clown.

the original MSpaint is one of the only PIXEL based photo editors, theres nothing fancy sure, its just good old fashioned, pixel by pixel manipulation.

animation supports irrelevant, you make it frame by frame, or you make the things that need to be animated seperately and superimpose it onto the background image.

all you need for pixel art is a line tool, a pencil tool, and a good fill tool, go take your photobashing somewhere else.

Anonymous Sun May 24 20:23:20 2015 No.2098597

>>2098310
>the posting other peoples work meme

Nice, that sure adds validity to your argument. if theres a better pixel based, alternative to MSpaint be my guest and post it...

but you're just a fucking poser, so obviously i dont expect you to actually come up with any.

give one good fucking reason why you should be doing PIXEL art on a VECTOR based PHOTO EDITING SOFTWARE like gimp/photoshop (you shouldnt.)

that really leaves no other option BESIDES MSPAINT... it literally is the best choice for pixel art, theres nothing else like it.

Sure, it could use layers and transparency support, but besides that its almost perfect for what it is.

Anonymous Sun May 24 20:29:30 2015 No.2098607

>>2098592
Uh, you clearly have no grasp on the difference between pixel and raster-software.

krita, mypaint, gimp, graphicsgale, photoshop, asesprite, mspaint are raster-editors. All of these can be used for pixel-art.

krita and photoshop have optional vector-tools, but most people don't use them.

illustrator, xara, inkscape et al are vector-based tools. These are not suited for pixel-art.

no-where has he mentioned any vector-software (or any software at all) in his post.

It is completely untrue that mspaint is one of the only pixel based photo editors. There are literally thousands out there.

You clearly have never animated anything, otherwise you would not think animation support is irrelevant. Onion skinning, timeline scrubbing, dope-sheets et cetera are all important tools when doing animation, when painting each frame by hand. Without these tools (especially onion skinning) your animations will be shit.

It's also good to, you know, be able to actually play and preview your animation, something mspaint cant do.

It's very clear that you've never animated anything and that you don't know the difference between vector and raster, so before you embarrass yourself further, I suggest you educate yourself.

Anonymous Sun May 24 20:34:44 2015 No.2098612

>>2098597

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIMP

"GIMP (/ɡJmp/;[5] an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free and open-source raster graphics editor[6]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Photoshop

"Adobe Photoshop is a raster graphics editor developed and published by Adobe Systems for Windows and OS X."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krita

"Krita is a raster graphics editor based on the KDE Platform."

Learn to read

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 20:45:26 2015 No.2098618 Photoshop is good for making pixel art but there are other programs that are specially geared towards pixel art and pixel art animation. Like Graphicsgale.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 21:12:15 2015 No.2098635 >>2089657 ikr feels smooth as fuck. could watch it for hours. also im high as fuck.

Anonymous Sun May 24 21:25:17 2015 No.2098649
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>>2098597
>the posting other peoples work meme
wut
>if theres a better pixel based, alternative to MSpaint be my guest and post it...
promotion, grafx2, photoshop, graphicsgale, gimp, pixen...
all you have to do is adjust your photoshop setting for pixelart and it's good to go, much quicker to use and more versatile than mspaint
>but you're just a fucking poser
been pixelling for a decade. you? I pixelled for years in MSpaint, when I switched to grafx2 I was kicking myself for how much time I'd wasted in a completely inefficient program. There's literally no reason to choose MSpaint over any of the other available options.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 21:50:23 2015 No.2098663 >>2087927 in the chicken smoothie it goes

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 22:36:38 2015 No.2098694 File: 45 KB, 350x400, 02.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2094986 Don't worry, anon. Some artists are usually inspired by some of the most "interesting" things out there.

>>	Anonymous Sun May 24 22:59:35 2015 No.2098710 >>2098592 >photoshop is vector based is this bait

>>	Anonymous Mon May 25 00:47:55 2015 No.2098789 File: 121 KB, 640x322, realboutfatalfury.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2098710 I think it's just a kid who read a pixelart tutorial on deviantart and now thinks he's an expert

>>	Anonymous Wed May 27 20:13:32 2015 No.2102046 File: 19 KB, 291x200, curious55.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] bump

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 09:07:38 2015 No.2102536 >>2083325 Yes/no I'm an ambiguous person.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 17:05:07 2015 No.2102922 File: 15 KB, 264x143, lilypad2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2102536 >I'm a raging homosexual ftfy

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 17:27:32 2015 No.2102940 >>2089072 N4M3 OF TH3 G4M3??

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 17:50:17 2015 No.2102968 The term 'art' is thrown around loosely these days, art should be used as a tool of expression, something you use to express your feelings... Most of the stuff here is just general illustration and design. Discuss

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 17:55:22 2015 No.2102973 >>2102968 >Discuss. 0/10 ruined it. I would have replied otherwise

Anonymous Thu May 28 18:02:06 2015 No.2102980
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>>2102968
illustration is capable of expressing feelings, and I think there's plenty of work ITT that qualifies as a form of expression.

art is difficult to define, its meaning has changed over time and today it has multiple meanings. what you're describing seems to be "fine art", or "art for arts sake." most of the work in this thread (hell, most of the work on this board), is not what most would call "fine art", but I think a lot of it (excluding the work ITT that's clearly made for videogames) is "art for art's sake", even if the subject matter isn't "2deep4u."

even some of the videogame backgrounds ITT express a certain mood though.

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 18:47:48 2015 No.2103023 >>2102980 >art for arts sake I-is that a bad thing?

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 20:31:59 2015 No.2103101 >>2083325 >pixel art >art when will they learn

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 21:04:18 2015 No.2103123 File: 53 KB, 989x218, cem.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2103023 no

>>	Anonymous Thu May 28 22:53:06 2015 No.2103187 I don't know how to draw, I just like to look at pics but pixel art to me is best art. They are so evocative and wonderful. I guess I grew up on old video games and that's why I like them so much.

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