/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

[Anonymous No.2100813]

Do any of you guys do pixel art?

Pixel art thread

[Anonymous No.2100821]

I swear there is a pixel art thread around here somewhere.

[Anonymous No.2100835]

>>2100821
There's an "Is pixel art really art?????" thread up, not a pixel artist thread.

[Anonymous No.2102010]

No pixel anons on /ic/? :c

[Anonymous No.2102015]

Which looks better to define a shape from a background?

Black outlines, or slightly-darker-colour outlines?

[Anonymous No.2102028]

>>2102015
the latter

[Anonymous No.2102031]

>>2102015
Slightly darker, unless you're going for a specific style with those true-black outlines

[Anonymous No.2102038]

>>2100813
Well, I did all the pixel-art for a game called 'Uncanny Valley'. Took a year of half-assed work and then another year with full on work. Did it beside school and I have to pay the price now as my grades are plummeting. Who cares, did game.

[Anonymous No.2102045]

>>2102010
I know 1 or 2

[Anonymous No.2102049]

>>2102038
Oh no anon

I'm sorry

>>2102045
Do they have websites?

[Anonymous No.2102052]

there's an older thread with lots of stuff in it already
>>2083325

[Anonymous No.2102076]

I made this rough characetr design using pixels. Let me know what ya think. please exscuse my pillow shading. this was made early on in my learning process.

[Anonymous No.2102101]

>>2102076
Looks cool, but if you're planning on animating him, it'll be a pain.

[Anonymous No.2102112]

>>2102101
you're gundam right. Ill probably make a more simplified version. Thanks though

[Anonymous No.2103136]

Made this horse a couple days ago. Legs are still wonky though.

I'm also working on sprites for a zelda II remake.

[Anonymous No.2103231]

>>2102076
I like it, reminds me of risk of rain

[Anonymous No.2103242]

>>2102038
Oh shit, you did the art?
The game looks really well made. The demo was really well received, and quite a few famous lp'ers loved it.
Hope the game does well.

[Anonymous No.2103322]

>>2103242
Thank you! The game is doing alright. Were hoping some larger let's players will cover it soon, especially markiplier, as he loved the demo. We're also looking forward to the summer sale.

[Anonymous No.2103332]

>>2103136
Are two men inside the horse? Like IN a horse costume?

[Anonymous No.2103425]

working on a tileset

[Anonymous No.2103460]

>>2103332
hahahah. That was fully unintentional, but it sure looks that way now that you mention it... Yeah I gotta work on drawing horses more. That was my first attempt really.

[サイアス No.2103525]

[Anonymous No.2103531]

>>2103322
While I guess selling your soul to the devil will help your sales, you should look at smaller LPers. The ones who have between 50k-500k subscribers, and focus on non-AAA games. They tend to have a slightly older audience than the 12-year olds who watch markiplier and PDP, so you'll likely get more sales per view.

[Anonymous No.2103548]

I wish we'd see more devs doing 2d in general again.

[Anonymous No.2103555]

>>2103548
>tfw just started a project in game dev, 2D
>get coders up, contact several artists
>most of them busy, or unavailable for a few months
>can't find pixel artists to even try to talk to

Where do you find them, /ic/?

Are there any here.

[Anonymous No.2103566]

>>2103555
I suppose you could check tumblr.

[Anonymous No.2103569]

>>2103566
You know any good places, anon?

[Anonymous No.2103577]

[Anonymous No.2103586]

>>2103577
That is some horrific design. It's basically a large man with a tiny woman's head.

[Anonymous No.2103592]

>>2103586
The oversized hands and feet are deliberate. This is a sprite from a fighting game, so the character's design might need to be distorted for the sake of intuitiveness. That's the case with Makoto, anyway.

[Anonymous No.2103603]

>>2103555
hit up the job forums at wayofthepixel.net and pixeljoint.com, might also have some luck at tigsource.

[Anonymous No.2103607]

>>2103555

This is Dr.Kombachs lawyer. I'm gonna have to ask you to share your personal information so I know who to sue.

Yours truly,
Mr. Longschlong Bigshotlawyr

[Anonymous No.2103610]

>>2103586
except the large legs and tiny torso which are features prominent to women. fucking retard.

[Anonymous No.2103612]

>>2102101
Animating anything is a pain.

[Anonymous No.2103626]

[Anonymous No.2103628]

>>2103592
I'm not talking about the technical skill involved in making that, I'm just talking about the horrific aethestics. I know they tend to exaggerate certain features, particular the hands in games like Street Fighter and Tera, but it still looks like ass. Makoto is just at the extreme end of this. For fuck's sake, her hands and feet are bigger than her head.

>>2103610
This is the dumbest shit I've ever read. Large legs is not a feminine feature, and she doesn't actually have a particularly narrow waist. Furthermore, ripped guys have comparable narrow waist, due to their massive shoulders, though this depends on style. Arnold is a prime, real life example.

[Anonymous No.2103634]

>>2102112

Anyone else here digged the gundam battle series' pixel art? Also, sunrise inc. gundam wing was the shit; loved the artists who worked on that and cowboy bebop

[Anonymous No.2103640]

>>2103628
Literally read more Loomis. Faggot.

[Anonymous No.2103643]

>>2103640

>Crying Loomis over design decisions from a video game in a pixel art thread

open your own throat

[Anonymous No.2103646]

>>2103640
How about you read your own image, you ignorant fuck. Everything except the wide hips is smaller on a woman, which it says right there. It even specifically points out the smaller ankles, wrists and feet.

[Anonymous No.2103650]

>>2103646
My post was regarding the legs and torso, and your lack of knowledge about them, nothing else. piece of shit.

[Anonymous No.2103662]

>>2103646
You should probably read that again anon.

[Anonymous No.2103703]

>>2103650
Yes, and it supports absolutely nothing you said. Or are you perhaps unaware of the fact that the feet, calves and ankles are part of the legs?
Furthermore, it describes the thighs as flatter and wider, not freakishly huge. Men have a higher total muscle mass in the legs, just like the freakishly muscluar Makoto in the sprite. Aside from having breasts, there's really no indication that she's female.

Chun Li is a far better example of a female design that both incorporates exaggeration and muscles. Makoto looks like an extremely muscular, deformed teenage boy.

[Anonymous No.2103714]

>>2103703
Are you just not reading the entire image? or what? you said larger legs are not a feminine feature, but surely they are. Just get over it

[Anonymous No.2103898]

>>2103646
>Everything except the wide hips is smaller on a woman
ass, breasts, lips, thighs...

[Anonymous No.2104084]

>>2103610
>large legs
>prominent to women
Don't they have the same proportions as men?

[Anonymous No.2104115]

I did this awhile back. They're just some standard tiles.

[Anonymous No.2104124]

>>2103586
truly, realism is paramount when designing a cartoon character

[Anonymous No.2104353]

>>2104115
Do you have a tumblr/email?

[Anonymous No.2104361]

>>2103555
That's the deal?

[Anonymous No.2104363]

>>2104115
i like it

[Anonymous No.2104364]

>>2104361
I'm >>2103555

What do you mean?

[Anonymous No.2104365]

>>2104364
Haven't slept for 30hrs. I meant 'what', holy shit.

[Anonymous No.2104366]

>>2103425
so where do you stea... i mean where do you get your inspiration?

[Anonymous No.2104370]

>>2104365
it's no worries, friend.

Just trying to get people to help make something; the idea's solid, the scope isn't outrageous or too big for coders to swallow, and there's interest in the kind of game it is - so it'll sell once it's done, getting money for us.

What else do you want to know?

[Anonymous No.2104388]

>>2104370
Or did you actually mean what my game is I haven't slept in like 23 hours too

[Anonymous No.2104394]

I pixel occasionally. I did this a month or so ago for my website but ended up not using it

[Anonymous No.2104402]

>>2104394
Is your website up now? Share pls

[Anonymous No.2104407]

>>2104402
http://www.ltowns.com/

[Anonymous No.2104418]

>>2104407
Aww i love it! Great work!

[Anonymous No.2104508]

can someone critique my sprite so far, I'm not getting much from the other threads.

[Anonymous No.2104592]

>>2104508
boobs are unnaturally stiff and balloon-like which make them seem fake

widest part of upper leg should be higher IMO and sorta be more part of the hip-region

lower legs are maybe a pixel too short

other than that it's fine, assuming the left arm is supposed to be foreshortened rather than replaced by a crispy spring roll

[Anonymous No.2104604]

>>2104592
lower legs might also be a bit too bent

[Anonymous No.2104605]

>>2104604
actually, the whole knee area is kinda awkward, the lower leg muscle should be way higher and closer to the knee, probably. Right now it looks like it is sagging down towards the feet

[Anonymous No.2104624]

>>2104508
Here's my two cents

First of all, definitely lose the dithering. Unless you're doing a very large sprite, it really isn't necessary and gives you really nasty looking texture where a smooth shadow will be more appealing.

Secondly, I enlarged her arm/ hand. If her arm were unfolded, her wrist should be about mid hip length.

For the legs, (I'm no good at legs/ feet either, forgive me) I spread them apart so she seems a bit more stable. She seems to be in a active/ enthusiastic pose anyways so I felt it fit more.

Lastly, just lose the highlights on the skin. They're distracting and unnecessary unless she is really sweaty/ covered in oil. I find many beginners doing it and it really lowers the appeal of the piece

Hope this helps! It's a great start either way.

[Anonymous No.2104632]

>>2104624
nice

[Anonymous No.2107082]

[Anonymous No.2108797]

>>2104366
>implying steal and insperate aren't the same thing

[Anonymous No.2109280]

Looking for some 32px sprite inspiration.
Anything would be mostly welcome!

[Anonymous No.2109397]

Not exactly a sprite. But I admire this guy's patience. 4color per 32px.

[Anonymous No.2109405]

>>2100813
No. Nobody takes pixel art seriously and I don't see the appeal outside of the gaming crowd.

[Anonymous No.2109464]

>>2109405
What the fuck are you even trying to say

[Anonymous No.2109466]

>>2107082
tons of PC-98 games still look great, even though it's mostly normal art with dithering. weird.

[Anonymous No.2109536]

>>2109466
I've done pixel crap for Doom, and I just paint it regularly then shrink it down to be usable in Doom and that pixellates it. Do people actually paint this shit pixel by pixel? Is that the appeal?

[Anonymous No.2110186]

[Anonymous No.2110245]

Trying to get better at tilesets. I wish I new how to make the grass look like grass instead of puffy leaves. Gotta give that wizard a beard too, he looks like a weird baby.

[Anonymous No.2110343]

>>2110245
lots of grass tutorials out there, try searching pixelation's forums. I think they look like leaves because the blades are fat and large, nearly identical to the leaves on your tree. think more about creating a dense overall texture than detailing a few individual blades. border tiles for the grass could show the sides of the grass shooting up, like you see in a wheat field, instead of overhanging leafs like kudzu.

[Anonymous No.2113707]

bumping with god-tier pixel art by Snake (guy behind Owlboy)

[Anonymous No.2113741]

>>2110245
lol, i see you were "inspired" by realm of the mad god.

anyway, looks nice except for the grass, i would say the main issue there is how puffy the blades of grass are. it doesnt stand out enough from the tree/bush.

[Anonymous No.2113745]

>>2113707

Why even live

[Anonymous No.2113884]

>>2103626
for god sake fuck off, and look at a fucking cube come back and redraw that fucking shit. Why is the face in profile. Why is Ronald's left arm, leg and foot smaller than his right side. considering that the left side of his body would be closest to us.

[Anonymous No.2114397]

>>2113884
it looks fine, game art doesnt have to follow the rules of perspective.

[Anonymous No.2114443]

>>2103592
s'good.

[Anonymous No.2114482]

>>2114397
>game art doesnt have to follow the rules of perspective.
and why is that?

[Anonymous No.2114523]

>>2114482
because the art isnt the focus, its the gameplay. will applying perspective to it make it look "better"?

sure, of course, but gamers arent artists - your audience is not people who are going to be well versed in perspective or the technical aspects of drawing.

you can get away with anything graphically when it comes to games, after all the first games were just lone pixels.

[Anonymous No.2114531]

>>2114523
Yeah, it's not like gamers ever complain about graphics...

[Anonymous No.2114541]

>>2114531
sure they do, but anything can be disguised as stylization, you'd be a fool to think they'd complain about the ronald mcdonald sprite.

thats not bad graphics to them, it'd fit right in a fighting game or something.

[Anonymous No.2114543]

>>2114541
no dude, the sprite is bad and could be improved upon. it's unhelpful as fuck to act like anything can be written off to style and there's no need or room to improve.

[Anonymous No.2114624]

Guys. I'm looking for an art program that'll let me use a dithering brush on the fly, kind of like in ezToon. I'm looking to make a webcomic in black and white, and in a pixelated style.

Normally, I use Paint Tool SAI and just use the Binary tool, but dithering each pixel is a real pain in the ass, and I'd rather find something quicker.

I'd use EXToon, but it wont import or export .png's

Any help?

[Anonymous No.2114649]

>>2114624
Manga Studio 4 can do that. But I'm not sure how to do it in MS5.

[Anonymous No.2114653]

>>2114649

I'm legit about to buy this, Anon.

If only to make my lines in SAI, then to transfer it so MS4 and "color" them in with the dithering brush.

Is it as easy as Ez Toon? What's the brush called, so I can look it up on Youtube

[Anonymous No.2114662]

>>2114624
Graphics gale can do this too (both brush and fill) . You can even make your own pattern.

[Anonymous No.2114692]

>>2114653
MS4 sucks. Pirate it.
It's not worth more than $10, don't buy it for anything more, it really sucks. It doesn't even come with an eyedrop tool, and you can't paste between programs so you'd have to export every time you want to get an image out of MS4.
What you do to get dithering is you make a black only layer, then make a colored layer. On the colored layer you choose any color between black and white, and if you use that color on the black layer, it comes out dithered. You can't change colors on the black layer.

[Anonymous No.2114703]

>>2114692

Can I do that on Manga Studio 5?

If I'm going to pirate, I might as well pirate the newest version.. Right?

[Anonymous No.2114710]

>>2114703
They're completely different programs. MS5 is an actual art program with a specialty in making comics. MS4 is strictly a manga making program with some very odd features. MS4 has dithering for that reason, but I'm really not sure if MS5 does.

[Anonymous No.2114716]

>>2114710

Figures I'd be stuck using the shitty version. Whatever.

Wish me, luck Anon.

[Anonymous No.2114726]

>>2114716
Yeah, good luck. You'll at least enjoy the page organization it comes with. It makes a really good sketchbook.

[Anonymous No.2114936]

>>2114543
>>2114541
Coincidentally, that's a sprite from MUGEN, a fighting game. It's amateur work, mind you.

[Anonymous No.2115040]

>>2102076
I like this.

[Anonymous No.2116299]

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