Pixel Art

[Anonymous No.4426139]

the art, what current gen game has the best pixelart, excluding blasphemous?

[Anonymous No.4426317]

probably Indivisible, but I really like Hyper Light Drifter's style.

if we're posting our own stuff, here are some characters I drew. I want to make a MMBN clone with these guys as enemies

[Anonymous No.4426376]

I kind of liked Duelyst's aesthetic, but that game is dead now.

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[Anonymous No.4429140]

Does kof 13 count as pixel art or as low resolution animation? Is the Pixelart in rainworld considered as good?

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[Anonymous No.4440788]

From a bigger piece but I think this counts

[Anonymous No.4440789]

>>4426317
How do I get good like you?

[Anonymous No.4440949]

>>4426317
indivisible is not a game with pixel art graphics. It's a term used for a certain kind of artwork not any game with 2D graphics ffs

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>>4426139
Check out Iconoclasts

[Anonymous No.4445781]

>>4440789
I'd hardly call myself great, but I really appreciate your sentiment. I'm not really sure myself; all I know is that I sucked ass at one point and I kept doing it because I liked it, and eventually I stopped sucking so much ass

[Anonymous No.4445785]

>>4440949
>Indivisible
fucking hell, I just realized I typed that instead of Iconoclasts. They're both long words that start with the letter I. I'm retarded, thanks for pointing that out.

[Anonymous No.4447359]

[Anonymous No.4447577]

did this a long time ago. haven't made anything until today

[Anonymous No.4447581]

>>4447577
tried more 3d and not underwater view.

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[Anonymous No.4449510]

>>4447581
updated it, tried to do a copy reflection in the water too. never did it before. so probably could use some improvements.

[Anonymous No.4449511]

Deluxe Paint IIe on the PC.

[Anonymous No.4449698]

A problem I consistently see in these threads are that people aren't bold enough with colours. One of the key things about pixelart is colour theory and being able to tie in different colours to create an appealing effect. A lot of you choose very similar colours that create soft transitions in larger masses, while you should only be keeping those for AA and softening out edges in moderation. Try area-specific dithering with a different hue to build up your shadows instead.

[Anonymous No.4449707]

>>4426317
These are pretty nice, anon. I'd try to be a bit more strict with the lights and shadows so the forms and planes don't get lost. Right now the way you work in shadow and light flattens your sprites

[Anonymous No.4450176]

how do I /pixelshit/ bros?

[Anonymous No.4450786]

>>4449707
thanks for the feedback, anon. i'll admit i know literally nothing about fundies; not even exaggerating there, i never studied, so i've developed a lot of bad habits which will be hard to change. insight like yours helps a lot. also your art's amazing; reminds me of old genesis and amiga games

[Anonymous No.4451258]

>>4450786
Thank you! Yeah, doing some drawing or painting on the side definitely helps a lot. Are you thinking of picking up some general art fundies to help your pixels? I don't think bad habits will be difficult to drop for you, desu. At least the way it works for me is that when my drawing improves my pixel art automatically does too.

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[Anonymous No.4451931]

Gonna try my hand at an iso composition for the first time. Any advice or thinks to look out for would be highly appreciated! Thinking of going for something muted and somber with the pallete.

[Anonymous No.4453023]

I'm still learning

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>>4449698
Thank you for this advice Anon.

[Anonymous No.4458643]

I swear if the spammer got permanently banned, there wouldn't be any pixel art thread on this board

[Anonymous No.4459106]

>>4458373
>>4455933
>>4453705
Please stop posting this horrible shit.

[Anonymous No.4459246]

Here's these I made recently.

[Anonymous No.4459248]

>>4459246
Bigger size

[Anonymous No.4460560]

>>4459957
non infected

[Anonymous No.4460561]

Which version is better? dark outlines or a darker color outline ?

[Anonymous No.4460648]

[Anonymous No.4463284]

bump

[Anonymous No.4463665]

[Anonymous No.4463674]

Based on enemy from Prodeus

[Anonymous No.4463677]

>>4463674
And a witch character

[Anonymous No.4463690]

>>4463677
And as for games with good pixel art, Heartbeat is pretty up there. I really like the double pixel outlines and want to experiment with it at some point

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[Anonymous No.4465674]

>>4426139
Rain World has the most beautiful graphics of any indie game, but it's not quite pixel art, more like 3d models put in a 2d perspective and coated with pixels.
Hyper Light Drifter has great pixel art

[Anonymous No.4465904]

>>4445785
thank god. i thought you were retarded kek

[Anonymous No.4465917]

this is something i finished a few nights ago. I don't care if the thread's getting bumped, this shit >>4465592 needs to be banned.

[Anonymous No.4465964]

>>4465917
This is awesome work. Not sure why you're wasting your time posting on this board though...

[Anonymous No.4466011]

>>4465917
This is very nice Anon!

[Anonymous No.4466268]

>>4460648
>>4463665
Stop.

[Anonymous No.4466302]

>>4465964
pic related, also you can't "react" to things here so people actually talk to each other.

[Anonymous No.4466306]

>>4466011
thanks!

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[Anonymous No.4468345]

>>4426139
Rainworld!

[Anonymous No.4468426]

>>4465917
This is amazing

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[Anonymous No.4470837]

>>4426376
>>4449698
>>4449707
>>4465917
Really nice work anons. The only good pixel art in this thread.

[Anonymous No.4470846]

>>4465917
Dude I love this. Do you post on any real websites?

[Anonymous No.4471175]

>>4470837
If you don't mind, could you tell me what needs worked on in my dragon ball pixel art to improve it?

[Anonymous No.4471457]

>>4468426
>>4470846
>>4470837
thanks! i don't post a lot online, my twitter is @hainsaw
https://twitter.com/Hainsaw

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[Anonymous No.4473596]

>>4471175
Not that anon, but it's uninteresting. Work smaller, be stricter with your colour transitions and don't abuse dithering. Think of big shadow masses and think of your materials. Like the AA you did on the highlights, it encompases the entire highlight making it feel faded and pillowy, unlike the reflection you would see on a glass object. The way you did the shadow also makes me feel like instead of spheres I'm looking at plates with a weird shadow on the bottom. Don't be afraid to use references for materials, anon, even for pixel art.

[Anonymous No.4473985]

Something for a Terraria Mod.

[Anonymous No.4474044]

>>4471457
I think I've seen your pixel art before, the I ones with the hermit crab and the crane. Really nice stuff!

[Anonymous No.4474545]

>>4460561
No outline

[Anonymous No.4474560]

>>4460561
dark outline looks better than just slightly darker versions of the same colors for lines, but there are a wide variety of different approaches to using lines. Lines can accent a silhouette, help differentiate forms in 3D space, show shadows/shading, show highlights/lighting, communicate the color palette, or create atmosphere or effects.

[Anonymous No.4475291]

>>4473596
Thank you lots for the feed back, I appreciate it. I've made notes about what you pointed out. I'll revisit or redo the dragon balls when I'm not so occupied. Hopefully they'll turn out better this time. I want to do decent art of them because the show was one of my favorites as a kid.

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>>4449510
A lot of promise, I would increase the overall contrast a bit so the bridge pops out more; maybe add stronger color to the sky and water as well.

[Anonymous No.4477688]

>>4477510
not too long after doing this I did a higher contrast version, just didn't want to spam the thread.

[Anonymous No.4477699]

>>4477688
Neat!

[Anonymous No.4478948]

>>4447581
Nice

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[Anonymous No.4479835]

>>4475291
No problem. Good luck anon!

[Anonymous No.4480540]

sharing my pixel art/game art inspo folder
https://mega.nz/folder/qptByYAY#Z_CaAHcM4SAeYPzgtKkYLw

[Anonymous No.4480875]

>>4468299
>>4470822
>>4475799
>>4479756
Please stop uploading these half assed pieces of crap.

[Anonymous No.4480876]

Made some Captain Commando. This took me longer than expected.

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[Anonymous No.4483400]

I mean I dont have a problem with OPs art, but you don't really seem to care about criticism, so why not post on /i/?

[Anonymous No.4483551]

I used Crosscode as reference,and the character is from the game Betrayer, The head looks weird, and I don't know how to improve it.

[Anonymous No.4484487]

Is this the same guy as this >>4441352?

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>>4484487
it has to be

[Anonymous No.4485464]

What do you guys think?

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[Anonymous No.4486231]

squint

[Anonymous No.4487490]

>>4485918
Cute

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[Anonymous No.4488587]

>>4449510
this rapes my eyes

[Anonymous No.4491058]

>>4465917
Uhhh how would they get to their top room? There is no ladder/stairs to get up there

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>>4443884
soul

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[Anonymous No.4494496]

I edited some sprites but this is my first actual attempt freehanding stuff, a goblin diplomat from dwarf fortress. Any criticism/tips?

[Anonymous No.4494559]

>>4494496
Shade it.

[Anonymous No.4494691]

>>4494559
working on it, i also tried my hand at a dwarf in the meanwhile. Are there any good guides on shading?

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>>4494691
>Are there any good guides on shading?
Segui tu corazon, o segui google.

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[Anonymous No.4497748]

Does anyone use GraphicsGale? I've tried to export a gif, but it exported separate images.

[Anonymous No.4498746]

How do you get into pixel art? Also how do you do shading in pixel art?

[Anonymous No.4498807]

>>4494691
>>4498746
There are a ton of tutorials available here:
https://lospec.com/pixel-art-tutorials.. I'm a complete beginner myself ( >>4496379 was my first attempt at making a sprite) so I'm not really qualified to be giving much advice. The process also varies a bit depending on what limitations you choose to put on yourself in terms of resolution and color palletes.

>>4497748
I don't use GraphicsGale, but I do have it downloaded. It looks like you need to use Save As rather than Export.

[Aaron No.4498903]

>>4498746
i grew up playing GBA games, and started making pixel art one afternoon about 2.5 years ago. I went to video game art school, but hadn't really done pixel art before.
I kept at it, just doing it for fun. I looked at a lot of pixel art to inspire me, but rarely tried to emulate it, just kept making stuff that I thought was cool.

As far as shading goes, it's up to you. I don't typically do much shading at all, just a form/cast shadow. But a lot of people do a lot of rendering with many colors, and treat pixel art more like a painting.

How do you get into it? Like anything else, you just start doing it because you enjoy it. Don't dive in head first like a moron because it's popular or because you think there's money in it. It takes tremendous patience.

Anyway, a lot of general questions about pixel art can usually be answered with general art fundamentals. If you're a good artist, you won't struggle with pixel art.

Two good pointers for starting out: Limit yourself to only a few colors, and work at a small resolution. pixel art is all about emphasizing the amount that a single pixel can communicate.

This blog is sort of a one stop shop for anyone wanting to learn a lot of the basics:
https://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart

a good collection of sprites from games:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/

When you're ready for an audience check out @Pixel_Dailies on twitter. lots of pixel artists of all skill levels take part in this, and the profile will retweet your daily entry to its 60k followers.

Pixel joint is a big community to post work and get feedback, and see what other peeps are making.
https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299

I would post the lospec link but it looks like someone beat me to it.
These are the two tutorials i would recommend for beginners.
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299
http://androidarts.com/pixtut/pixelart.htm
(android arts aka Niklas Jansson has a lot of tuts on general fundies as well)

[Anonymous No.4499358]

>>4497748
Try Aseprite.

[Anonymous No.4499384]

>>4497748
Like this >>4498807 anon said, export is used to put multiple frames in a single file, for everything else, use save as.

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>>4498746
Personally I would start by copying other pixel art, start small, maximum of 20 to 30 pixels, and read Pixel Logic, it's a good book focused on pixel art.

[Anonymous No.4501031]

Made this, she was supposed to look like Therese Voerman from VTMB.

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[Anonymous No.4501471]

First attempt at pixel art i did a couple weeks ago. I'd appreciate any advice!

[Anonymous No.4501558]

>>4501471
Looks pretty good. The main issues I see are minor technical things. There is some banding in a few areas. When pixels line up in certain ways, it creates a blocky look. I've circled these areas in red on your art. The color variation, or antialiasing (AA), you've tried to show in your lines doesn't make much sense. Try adding AA pixels outside the main part of the lines instead of coloring inside them. I've included an example in the upper corner. Also, pay attention to "jaggies" in your lines where the smooth flow is interrupted by out of place pixels. I've circled some of these in green. Smooth them out by editing the lines or adding AA.

Finally, I highly recommend this guide https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139320 to you and anyone starting out with pixel art. It explains the terms I used above and other common pixel art techniques. Good luck on your pixeling journey!

[Anonymous No.4501590]

>>4501558
Thanks for the help! Most of the stuff was just me guessing/winging it, so all these terms are new to me. The stuff you pointed out definitely makes sense though lol. I'll check out that guide!

[Anonymous No.4501839]

>>4501031
Have you tried making her twin sister?

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[Anonymous No.4504006]

i'm gonna just post some more cool pixel art

[Anonymous No.4504060]

sm 64 BBH

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[Anonymous No.4506252]

Is this Pixel Art?

[Anonymous No.4506410]

>>4506252
not very good pixel art desu

[Anonymous No.4506523]

>>4506410
Can you suggest some improvements?
I would make a revised version asap.

[Anonymous No.4506533]

>>4506252
Not really no

[Anonymous No.4506678]

>>4506252
Just using an aliased brush doesn't make it pixel art. If all you've done is sketch lines and fill in color, it's oekaki. Pixel art requires fine control down to the pixel. Read the guide linked in >>4501558 and learn more about the basics of pixel art. If you want to refine your piece into pixel art, start by cleaning up the lines. Make them into smooth curves without any "jaggies". Avoid using the automatic dither brush and place your dithering only where necessary, at the shadow terminators. You should probably be working at a smaller resolution when you are a beginner.

[Anonymous No.4506740]

>>4506252
work at a lower resolution, the point of pixel art is to explore creative uses of single pixels/pixel clusters. Also the dither effect you've attempted basically disappears at this scale. A tail comes out of the tail bone, above the cheeks, not right out of someone's ass. Your lines/curves are also really sloppy. You just stopped drawing her legs at the tips of her thighs. No matter what her lower legs are doing, more of them would be visible.

But yea, the most important thing you should take away is that literally all of the detail in your drawing could be represented at 1/8th of its current scale.

Here's how I would handle it at around 64x64 pixels

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>>4506678
>If all you've done is sketch lines and fill in color, it's oekaki.
Now that's a term I hadn't heard in years.
>>4506740
Yeah, I can see the difference, thanks a lot.

OK, time to practice and apply myself.

[Anonymous No.4507451]

>>4506945
do you know the artist for this one?

[Anonymous No.4507626]

>>4507451
Mandrill Pixel http://pixeljoint.com/p/34829.htm

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Artist of >>4507634 is imoregames on Twitter
>>4506930 is Fleja
>>4506942 is Norma2D

This one is by DmitryDeceiver

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>>4508635
Slime-san?

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>>4429140
I want to be honest with you, and as constructive as possible. No one else is saying anything. When I look at your work I don't really have an idea what I'm looking at. When drawing pixel art, make more definitive shapes and structures. Just practice more, you got this :)

[Anonymous No.4510615]

>>4449511
I really like this, it looks like something I'd see in GTA loading screen. I love his face and shirt awesome job :)

[Anonymous No.4510748]

>>4510580
Source?

[Anonymous No.4510908]

>>4510748
@brullov_art on twitter

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[Anonymous No.4512140]

thoughts on my little pun pun?

[Anonymous No.4512401]

>>4511807
why dude? why? this is like anti-art or something, it legit makes me feel bad looking at it.

[Anonymous No.4512923]

>>4512401
>makes me feel
Then its art.

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>>4507658
Deceiver's art is amazing.

[Anonymous No.4516827]

>>4501399
finlay?

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[Anonymous No.4518363]

I tried to make a potion, didn't like the results, I don't know how I can improve it, would be grateful for feedback.

[Anonymous No.4518506]

>>4515781
Shit, that atmosphere is fucking sick. Thanks for the name drop.

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>>4526601
>>4523663
>>4520145
>>4517353
>>4513959
>>4508643
>>4505710
Do you have a blog? I was inspired by your style and tried my hand at it but i really couldn't capture the way you do it. Also how are you so prolific? This took me a couple hours but I see you posting several a day.

[Anonymous No.4527591]

>90% of the thread are scribbles with no artistic value
lmaopopping!

[Anonymous No.4527908]

>>4426139
I cannot believe a perpetual moron like you exists.
No one besides your deluded self likes your art.
No one has.
And no one will at the rate you're going

It's fine to make art for yourself, but stop fucking sharing it if you refuse to improve.

[Anonymous No.4528859]

>>4526630
Idk what does prolific mean?

[Anonymous No.4528863]

>>4526630
>>4528859

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>>4531525
Looks like a mustache.

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[Anonymous No.4534537]

I tried to draw a rookie loner from the STALKER game.

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[Anonymous No.4536742]

made this a few weeks ago

[Anonymous No.4536840]

>>4426376
>>4465917
currently trying to muster up the willpower to finish this son of a bitch
>>4480876
>>4536742
these are fucking sick. glad to some actual effort put into something itt

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[Anonymous No.4536974]

>>4536916
anon, what the fuck is the point of this? it's literally just a scribble without any thought put into it, that's not how pixel art is made

[Anonymous No.4537007]

>>4429140
Hallo
I would say KOF13 sprites are pixel art but attack effects and fire is not.
For backgrounds I would say they are a mix of pixel art with not pixel art where pixel art is used mostly on the animated parts.
I think it's fair to consider other sprites like charaters as a mix too if you want, but for me I think they are pixel arty enough to be considered pixel art.
See ya

[Anonymous No.4538191]

>>4536974
I dunno, I kind of like it. It's shitty in a way that forces your brain to interpret the shapes. Looks like a crackpot doctor with blades in his head and a needle arm to me, although I doubt much effort was expended making it.

[Anonymous No.4538319]

>>4536840
Thanks man, I like spending time on my works, I'm kind of a perfectionist.
This is the last thing I did.

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[Anonymous No.4540617]

Anyone else suck ass when it comes to small sprites and choosing good colors?

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>>4538319
>my waifu
Ok that's super cool. Always nice to see some kid art

[Anonymous No.4543063]

Kraak from E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy, I didn't like the head sack and the hammers, they look odd.

[Anonymous No.4543436]

>>4426139
Sprite sheet for a game I'm working on.

[Anonymous No.4544396]

King of Fighters XIII is the best thing to ever happen in pixel art ever prove me wrong

[Anonymous No.4544407]

>>4544396

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>>4544407

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>>4544396
I love the idea of using 3D models as base for pixel art.
https://3drealms.com/devblog/dev-blog-2-art-ion-maiden/

[Anonymous No.4544463]

>>4544407
>>4544424
yeah man looks fantastic in XIII too bad they fucked everything up with going 3D

[Anonymous No.4544525]

>>4544463
I disagree

[Anonymous No.4544582]

>>4544525
dude XIV looks like an indie game there is no hope a shame really because it's a fun game

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[Anonymous No.4547240]

>>4512140
おやすみ

[Anonymous No.4547367]

>>4547240
Oyasumi

[Anonymous No.4548381]

I just did this one

[Anonymous No.4549043]

>>4443884
I really like this, I agree with the other anon this has soul unlike the spammer ones, tho some of those are cool too
>>4465917
very very comfy, brings me memories I didnt even know I had
>>4485918
>perrocola
do you speak spanish? The dog is really nice, could you explain to me how you work? If you want you can reply in spanish if its easier
>>4498903
do you have any advice you can give me? I am planning on animation a music video for a friend but I have zero experience on this, I have worked on other artistic mediums but not pixel art. You art is amazing, do you know any good "low- end pc" animation programs I could use?
>>4536742
awesome and badass
>>4540617
Is this yours? If so, I really like how you used the colors.
>>4543436
This one is great anon, very creative :) I Love it
>>4548381
nice

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>>4549043
>do you speak spanish? The dog is really nice, could you explain to me how you work? If you want you can reply in spanish if its easier
Aseprite.exe
Use real world reference for rough shape of what you want to draw (unless you are talented and can do it from memory)
Choose where the lighting comes from
Make dark/brigh solid color lines respectively on the borders you want to shade
Use blur tool
Make a selection of the part you want to shade so the blur doesn't go out of bounds
Try and error
Try and error
Try and error
Try and error
Try and error
Done.

[Anonymous No.4552154]

Trying to make a space game.

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[Anonymous No.4554669]

AyYy I made a dinosaur lawyer what the fuck is up nerds?

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[Anonymous No.4555718]

How is this? The lights are off somehow but I don't know how to fix them

[Anonymous No.4557349]

>>4555718
Post the original.

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[Anonymous No.4558873]

I like pixel art. I made this abstract piece today. I think it looks pretty.

[The Game No.4559135]

>>4549043
>>4498903
i don't really do animation, other than a few mockups in photoshop. A lot of ppl use Aseprite for pixel art for games so it's probably got some animation tools. It's very lightweight, too. But yea, animation is not my bag.

>advice?
Check out Paul Robertson's pixel animations

[The Game No.4559140]

>>4558873
woah nice

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[Anonymous No.4561325]

I made another abstract pixel art today. I hope you guys dont mind the different sized pixels. It was a lot of fun experimenting

[Anonymous No.4561575]

>>4440335
Your art man.. it’s... WACKADOO. Keep going at it, but i would work on your lighting/shading. Remember, a shadow goes on the opposite side of a light in respect to an object

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[Anonymous No.4565220]

>>4426139
Had an attempt to make a classic doom sprite with my character...

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[Anonymous No.4567130]

>>4565220
You workin on a Doom mod too?

[Anonymous No.4567865]

>>4567130
Not really, just wanted to see if i could make doom sprites

[Anonymous No.4568825]

>>4567130
Is it difficult to make id tech mods and how should one go on about when not having any idea what to do?

[Anonymous No.4569722]

>>4568825
ZDoom Wiki and forums. Full of documentation. I'd recommend snagging Slade and GZDoom builder and dicking around with the tools and then form an idea on what to make.

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[Anonymous No.4571568]

this is my main character in a small beat em up game I'm making.
Dunno how to make her look better because I'm a mediocre artist, but I think its good enough for my first game.

[Anonymous No.4571834]

>>4518363
I think it looks fine, maybe the shape at the bottom looks a little bent? And also, the glass should be a bit more opaque, just so it looks translucid.

>>4531525
The shading is barely noticeable, make the colors for the shading a way sharper and less similar to your base colors, also, the lines for the mouth should usually use the same color.

>>4536742
I really like this one.

>>4552154
I like the design and the colors, but isn't it a bit too big and detailed for a sprite? unless it's like a cutscene or something.

Here's a Guts I was maing until I got bored half way, I might finish it another day.

[The Game No.4571844]

something i just finished today, for H2's launch on PC

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[Anonymous No.4573279]

>>4426139
I made this for something else, but I figure you guys might have some use for it.

[Anonymous No.4573288]

>>4534537
>14 days and 20 hours ago
anon, i just want to say i love this tiny loner, thanks for sharing

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>>4534537
>>4573288

I love the stalker games, and this is really fun.
Didn't see this til you replied to it because of all of the FUCKING SPAM in the thread

[Anonymous No.4575310]

>>4540617
It looks good tho! When doing color, I recommend working on a medium-gray, not white, background as it can mess up your perception. Or ideally, paint the character in the light environment/background that he will ultimately be in.

[Anonymous No.4575343]

>>4571568
Are you female?
Why are you making a female main protag?
You do know that AAA studios have been trying to virtue signal with this shit to no avail right?
Women ONLY PLAY MOBILE GAMES AND THE SIMS
Women WILL NOT BE THE MAIN AUDIENCE OF A BEAT EM UP.
Simps and cucks posting on twitter about loving female main protags DONT PLAY GAMES
MAKE A CHARACTER YOUR AUDIENCE CAN IDENTIFY WITH INSTEAD OF PANDERING TO SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS YOU ABSOLUTE MONGOLOID MEGAFUCKING RETARD

[Anonymous No.4575346]

>>4575343
I'm male, and i identify with females

[Anonymous No.4575412]

[Anonymous No.4577001]

Really wish the pixel general was less dead

[Anonymous No.4577416]

>>4575343
Stop crying.

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[The Game No.4577937]

>>4577667
lmao looks like a butchered chicken trying to fly
>>4577001
eh, pixel art is pretty niche. i actually just made a pixel joint account and i think imma start posting there, although there will always be... interesting things on /ic/ that you won't see elsewhere.
cute pic btw

[Anonymous No.4578008]

>>4527591
i recorded the footage for that, that an anon used to make that gif
tfw its probably been like 7 years

[Anonymous No.4578165]

>>4577937
Yeah maybe not a bad idea, might do that too. The nice thing about /ic/ is that your works speaks for itself, you don't have to worry about fitting in or walking on eggshells because you aren't sure what's gonna offend someone.

Thanks. Cute Skull Kid.

[Anonymous No.4578344]

I am an utter amateur, this is my first attempt at anything.

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>>4426139
congrats on having this thread last 2 months

[Anonymous No.4579510]

thoughts?

[The Game No.4580160]

>>4579510
that's not what a thin woman's torso/waist looks like, it's not just a concave LITERAL hourglass. Even if you want her that thin, the shapes of the pelvic bones/rib cage have to be accounted for.

The motion is also completely robotic, it's not really animated, the sprite is just moving up and down.

[Anonymous No.4580332]

>>4443884
>>4536742
overflowing soul

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[Anonymous No.4580845]

>>4518363
It looks like buttplug lmao. Give the glad some transparency on edges and think about different shape
>>4558873
I agree, only I'd try to unify the silhouette because the small bits feel like floating around
>>4560824
Nice, I like lust the most, third's one shades are a bit messy
>>4561325
Interesting
>>4571844
You did it all by yourself?

[Anonymous No.4580851]

>>4465917
How long did it take to make?

[The Game No.4582243]

>>4571844
>>4580845
yea, I'd been making little halo pixel characters here and there so i put together a few images for when H2 launched.

>>4580851
a pretty long time, probably 8 or 9 evenings ~40 hours, but i move really slowly.
1 was a sketch from my sketchbook. I liked the idea so i decided i wanted to take it further so i started by just making 2, a bunch of props that i thought would be cool to put in a house, although some of them didn't make the cut. Then 3 I made a sketch in photoshop to figure out the layout of the house. This is the part i wished i had spent more time on, because the layout could've been better (overall house shape is kinda lumpy/boring, no way to access top floor).

[Anonymous No.4582455]

Making assets for my game. The art as of now will get touch ups later down the line.

[Anonymous No.4582601]

>>4582455
I'm honestly impressed anon, from the thumbnail I thought it was a drawing. How long did it take?

[Anonymous No.4582993]

>>4582243
Is this a hobby for you or do you somehow make money with it? What program do you use? I love your color choices and sense of mystery. If these 40h include sketches then I wouldn't say it's that slow. Idk what else to say, your work's making me want to try pixelart again but I get interested in tons of things all the time and feel very scattered.

[The Game No.4583005]

>>4582993
it's a hobby and a job. I've been doing game art my whole adult life, and started doing pixel art for fun like 3 years ago. Then i started sharing it and found a lot of amazing artists, and ppl started reaching out to me for paid pixel art gigs. I've been super fortunate!

I use photoshop for everything. I know there are great pixel art programs, but i don't know if i could switch because of the tools in PS. selection tools, warping, levels/adjustments, blend modes, etc. I tend to keep like 500 sprites in a single file too so i can cross reference easily, and photoshop is great for that. photoshop has primitive animation capabilities too, but it's not ideal for trying to make tilesets.

[Anonymous No.4583006]

>>4582455
this is really nice, a lot of good stuff going on with the rendering, cloth and coloring.
The face lacks volume; the features aren't really made properly in 3D space and the eyes are different sizes.

[Anonymous No.4583026]

>>4583005
What kind of game art have you been doing before pixelart, and how did you get into it? Do you want to share it? It feels like you have good design sense so it's not a surprise you have a good base. I guess you've always been into games so your path shaped naturally, or there are some choices you had to make? I just recently thought about getting into UI design too. I feel very conflicted about things I should pursue, do you have any advice about that?

[The Game No.4583176]

>>4583026
a few different art types. I grew up doing sketchbook drawings, then went to school for game art and learned the whole 3D character/environment pipeline. Then I did concept art/production art for a mobile games company for about 4.5 years, before i left because it was utterly soul crushing working with people who only care about money.

I've alway been heading towards game development but i've considered comic art and animation in the past. After i left the mobile games studio i made a 60 page comic and realized that making comics is a very different challenge from game art or illustration. I dabbled in animation before and after college.
I defined myself a few different ways. As a teenager i was "an artist". In college i was a game artist, then a 2d artist, then specifically a concept artist. Then i realized i had chosen such a specific role that it was keeping me from learning things. "i don't program." "I don't do 3D." "I don't animate." etc etc. Eventually i realized that I just wanted to make games, so i started learning to program. Games are my life; I'm enjoying what i do, and i'm improving.

Sounds like you have some of the same concerns, i know it can be hard to choose a path because you can't do it without closing off other opportunities, and you don't want to make the wrong choice and not know until years later. If you learn one thing, you'll get good but you'll have few skills. If you learn a wide variety of things, you gain a lot of skills but can't compete at any of them.

I would say that you may not be able to decide the path right now, it can take a long time before you understand which things about you won't change over the years.

If all else fails, never underestimate the power of stepping away from your career goals (for a while) entirely to find yourself. If you lack self awareness, you will limit yourself.

[Anonymous No.4583224]

>>4583176
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Yes I guess it's a long journey and only few people know what they want right from the start. I still have a good chunk of the school left, but would like to start having some kind of commissions and can't decide what to focus on(I learn tattooing already but don't want it to be my main job). At least I'm taught good fundamentals, but I need to be thinking about some specialization so I'm not dazed after I end the school. I'd say I cyclically go back to different kinds of art and wouldn't be able to do just one thing for long periods of time.
>If all else fails, never underestimate the power of stepping away from your career goals (for a while) entirely to find yourself. If you lack self awareness, you will limit yourself.
Could you elaborate on what does finding yourself mean to you? And how lack of self awareness can limit you? If anything, I feel too self aware and know if I don't focus on honing a marketable skill I won't get a job, and I experience the mentioned fear of being trapped in my own choice.

[Anonymous No.4583544]

My newest piece, any criticism, I still consider myself a newbie at this

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[Anonymous No.4584391]

>>4583544
can't say i enjoy the messy pixelated aesthetic but some ppl do. Even if you go messy, i'd still recommend limiting your palette a bit. Also try and avoid banding.

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>>4583176
Thanks for the interesting read gameAnon.

Sprite sheet I'm working on for a Doom mod

[Anonymous No.4585413]

bump

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[Anonymous No.4586708]

Working on this right now, tho I’m not sure where to take it next, any ideas?

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[The Game No.4590232]

>>4583224
years after school, when i didn't have a job and just sat around doing my own personal work and looking through old artwork, i realized that i had enormous potential that i never capitalized on because i doubted myself and didn't see any project as "the one."

Knowing yourself helps you see through your own denial. The little lies we tell ourselves add up in a big way over time and keep us from achieving our goals.

I had an idea of who I wanted to be and always looked to the future, and eventually the future hit me, and instead of thinking about what i would be, i had to accept what i actually was, which sucked.

Anyway this is getting philosophical, just try to focus on what you enjoy and work hard. Don't worry if you don't get an art job right away because having 'normal' jobs can help you grow as a person, which is just as important as developing as an artist.

pic is something from the last couple nights.

[The Game No.4590355]

>>4586708
well, it could use a background. Also it looks slimy but doesn't have any pinprick highlights that communicate that it's shiny. You've treated the entire thing like it's all made of the same material in terms of lighting.

More importantly though, how much are you going to refine the pixels? because honestly, given how loose it is, you'd do yourself a favor by scaling it down to like 50% and then polishing all the texturing. Otherwise, if you intend to make something that looks finished, you have a very long process ahead of you.
Those are my thoughts.

pic isn't mine

[Anonymous No.4590966]

>>4590355
>700x540)
Thanks man, I’m still starting out but this is some great advice!

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[Anonymous No.4591442]

>>4512923
>Then its art.
It's still bad. Fuck your jewish "art"

[Anonymous No.4591789]

>>4590232
Neat stylization, especially in the background.
I have a last question, when you team up with some random person from the internet, how can you make sure they don't fuck you over and publish the game themselves, without giving you any revenue?

[Anonymous No.4592064]

>>4426139
Here's a roughdraft look at a dingy little local pharmacy in the game I'm working on.

[Anonymous No.4592263]

>>4512923
"what do you think of my fine dining?"
"You just brought me a literal plate of excrement! This isn't food, it tastes like shit!"
>makes you taste
Then its food.

[The Game No.4592475]

>>4592064
it's very cute. angle of the building doesn't match everything else though, especially the vehicles. I would also recommend defining your shapes a little more clearly in your foliage. Trees and plants often have a degree of randomness to them in real life, but it can translate to messiness in pixel art, especially at this scale. Repeating shapes can help things to have texture/interest without distracting the eye. Your trees have some lighting but it lacks direction and isn't helping to define the form.
Thanks for sharing!

[Anonymous No.4592557]

>>4592475
i wish i could sprite as good as you lol. i actually can't draw at all, but I really wanted to make an actual gameboy game. the problem is that there are a bunch of hardware limitations. so that main character sprite that you drew actually wouldn't work, the program doesn't use that darker green on player sprites. i'll definitely keep the foliage tips in mind though. thanks :)

[Anonymous No.4592699]

>>4575343
well anon...
to be honest she is just a side character in my dream game, I have around 14 characters and I just choose here because I thought a Yakuza girl beating up some oposing gang members was cool.
I also love spats, blonde hair, and socks, so there is some of my coomer likes leaking from my brain to her design.
She was never meant to be an MC but thinking about it she should play a bigger role in my second game just to trigger the shit out of you when you see my game couple of years from now.

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>>4592699
Lmao do it fucking trigger this retard

[Anonymous No.4596315]

>>4582601
It actually doesn't take me too long to these.
As long as I'm making just a character with a single outfit.
>>4583006
Thanks. I'm was always wondering what was off with how her face looked.

[Anonymous No.4597332]

I have been recomended to go here instead of /agdg/ for pixel art opinion. What do you think of this mecha i did. Also, i have been using Piskel but is there a better alternative to do pixel art?

[Anonymous No.4597335]

What do you think of this mecha i did? Also, is Piskel a good program or should i switch to a better one?

[Anonymous No.4597345]

I love rain world's artstyle, but individual sprites don't hold up quite as well as some other recent games. it's more about the overall aesthetic.

[Anonymous No.4597646]

>>4429140
Rainworld's pixel art is greatly benefitted by its animation system, which I'm pretty sure uses inverse kinematics to make the movements make sense and look natural.

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[Anonymous No.4597990]

So the only one who constantly roams here is the dude who draws non-euclidean eldritch cratures? This place is shit, i should have gone to /adgd/

[Anonymous No.4598082]

>>4426139
Game assets

[Anonymous No.4598126]

>>4598082
not bad. your front/back views of the guy shooting don't really read at all. gotta zhuzh it up a little. fake the angle so it reads, even if it's less 'accurate'. i know you want him to have that cool stance but you're going to have to have a more pronounced silhouette. the green snapper thing is fun. is it like a whale? i like the other little pixel characters, especially Dr. Squint, but the colors need work, you're putting tans and yellow/peaches next to each other and that doesn't read well.

[Anonymous No.4598969]

Getting back into gamedev. Keeping it simple.

[Anonymous No.4598974]

>>4447577
Comfy

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>>4599990
which default ms paint colour is the most satisfying?

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