Pixel Art Thread

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As usual I will gladly accept any suggestions about what could be added and changed about the text and links from the current OP.

Also, for the arts used for the OP and this very post, I usually pick at random but if you guys would like to be showcased then feel free to tell me.

ー Threads we've had so far :

https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2479628#p2479628
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2509410#p2509410
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2568331#p2568331
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2613325#p2613325
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2647633#p2647633
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2715672#p2715672
https://warosu.org/ic/thread/2757429#p2757429

Anyone got examples of top down view sprites?
I can think of Hotline Miami, but I was looking for something where it shows characters inclining their bodies while running, and possibly, looking sexy with females.

>>2806792
That's a pretty vague question, there are many different kinds of top/down games out there.

What resolution are you looking and aiming for? 16x32? Have you taken a look at www.spriters-resource.com ?

>>2807124Brother, let me tell you something. Many a day I have lumbered here by this fence and looked at this world. These fences which border this small plot of mud seem to be the edges of the Earth. But I have gazed many beyond the fence. I have watched the hills of green and the tall, slim, terrifying figures who lurk and haunt the strange barn on the far side of the hill, who appear as spectres as the sun rises at the break of day and refill the Oats, and float away without a word. Often I wonder why we are not like them, why we cannot give ourselves the oats, why we are limited and chained down by the girth of our bodies and the uselessness of our hooves. And indeed for many years this sad truth, that forever we would be trapped in this shallow frame, alone, and without purpose or direction, banished forever to wallow in our own filth, this depressed me. But yesterday I realized something. Who are we to be ungrateful for existence in the first place? Who are we to say that this life is not good enough? Instead of oblivion we have the warmth of the sun and the coolness of soil. We have fair conversations and a good night's sleep. Who am I to say that these simple comforts are no better than death? Should we not smile like the sun and bask in our happiness as the sunlight warms the soil without question or thank. So brother, let us share oats and smile and frolick as much as our girth might let us. Let us see this pen not as a prison or a hell but as a palace in which we might enjoy the best our existence has to offer. Give me some oats brother, and let us dine together. I love you.

>>2807054
32 x 32 (px), around that size.

Googling "top down sprite" actually brings me a ton of results, but it's all gunmen walking in robotic style or point a gun almost always in the same way.
I just glanced at that site but I can't search for top down views. And by top down I mean a view facing exactly down direction, vector (0, 0, -1).

I'm trying to coin my own sexy female but I'd like to see references first.
I'd post my work but IDK how to take .gifs from GraphicsGale free version...

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would appreciate harsh critique

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>>2807244
big

>>2807247
need to read your loomis, pillow shaded the fuck out of that

>>2807251
but which loomis

>>2807261
successful drawing

>>2807251
need to read your loomis, that isn't pillow shading.

>>2807268
would you rather I use the term "just random fucking marks everywhere"

>>2807270
Use whatever term you want so long as it's accurate.

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>>2807270

>>2807272
there is pillow shading on parts of it, and pillow shading falls under the umbrella of things people do when they have no idea how light and shadow work to begin with

>>2807274
kek

>>2807283
>you pillow shaded the fuck out of that
>there is pillow shading on parts of it
next up:
>there was almost pillow shading in that one part maybe

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>>2807244
>So many jagged lines
>Colours with so little contrast that they just blend into one, making the shading not register at all
>What is anti-aliasing?

Also why pick a completely new colour for the shading on the dress when you could've just recycled another colour from the palette?

>>2807290

the jagged lines are caused by the lack of anti aliasing, or just poor pixel placement? i was under the impression that AA is not always required

and the green shading of the dress has the same reused value in the eyes, and was necessary to differentiate the identical blue in the hair and dress.

thanks for the input

>>2807306
>i was under the impression that AA is not always required
It isn't, and this piece needs very little. Personally I'd ditch the dithering as well.

>>2807142
nice

>>2807286
the only benefit of mincing words will be to confuse this poor japanese maid who doesn't know how to draw but wants to be kawaii

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>>2807306
> i was under the impression that AA is not always required

It isn't, most problems here are caused by bad pixel clusters.

> and was necessary to differentiate the identical blue in the hair and dress.

Even though they pretty much register as the same colour? I have a feeling you spend far too much time zoomed in on the piece, since all the symptoms would point towards that, IMO.

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>>2807244
edit:
reduced the amount of colors by condensing similar shades.
increased the contrast
removed the dithering
shortened the torso. standing straight with one's arms at their sides, the tips of the fingers should be near the knees.
tried to better convey form by 1. thinking about the lighting 2. thinking in clusters

>>2807358
oh, and if you're using black, you need to use it for your deepest shadows throughout the piece rather than in just one small area. otherwise the areas with deep shadows that lack any black will seem flat by comparison. it's tricky using pure black because it has a tendency to "punch through" the image.

>>2807358
is it trendy these days for people to not use outlines for their pixel art or what

>>2807358
>>2807366
you are amazing, thank you anon

>>2807368
why use outlines if you don't need them? especially at that scale, where every pixel is vital and outlines take up precious space.

>>2807174
Get Aseprite.
Google -> compiled aseprite

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>>2807370
for games I always prefer outlines and simple colors instead of people poorly shading with as many colors as they can try to shove onto their sprites

>>2807422
well yea, for videogames it's a different story. you'll have backgrounds of varying hue and value, so unless you control for this in some other way, outlines will be the best way to make sure your sprites stand out no matter what background they're on top of. But I don't see that they're at all necessary for pixel art that isn't intended to be used as a video game sprite.

>>2807358
Do you post your art anywhere?

thanks for links and downloads !!!

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>>2806792
>>2807054
>>2807174
>>2807411

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>>2808179

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I'm gonna dump some things I did in my spare time, I haven't really planned on going anywhere with this, its just for for me and I do it from time to time but still I'd like to know what you guys think

1

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Anon posted this in the dead thread so I'm reposting it because why not I like it.
>>2807008

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>>2808193
The first one could perhaps use to have a better shaped tree, I don't know if you can see it but the way the branch twists comparatively to the shadow just doesn't really match from where the camera is, we don't really feel like we're having a view from underneath, it just feels a bit odd. That's the only critique I have, I like the others and overall I like the colors you used.

Let me repeat my question from before. Is there a place I can get my hands on color palettes from old RPGs or should I just guesswork my way towards the colors I'd like.

>>2808346
Look up the color palettes for the consoles or computers they were released on, or rip the palettes from game assets on the spriter's resource or elsewhere

>>2808179
>>2808180
Well, no idea then, only games I can think of are the first GTA games and Hotline Miami ones.

Look from there? "Games similar to...", perhaps there are others like that out there.

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This is my first pixel piece the colors came out more saturated than what was shown in the final preview. Crits are very much welcomed

>>2808208
Thanks! I'll keep in mind the stuff you've said :)

>>2808754
very cool

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I made this sprite a long time ago and I was pretty proud of it at the time. I just saw this thread so I'm going the sprite here and see what people think of it.

To those with a huge pixel art reference folder, how do you sort it?

Almost 9300 pixel art files in my folder and I realized I should probably try to think of a way to sort all of this for easy and efficient look up.

>>2809593
Alphabetically by artist

>>2809593

Sub folders for notable artists, then the rest in the main folder. Can't be bothered to go through all of that shit

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trying something new

>>2809593
I have mine sorted in subcategories.
Environment, animated, high-res, etc.

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>>2809928
updated

>>2810163
Pretty nice.

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>>2810163
aaaand let's call it done

>>2810371
thanks!

>>2810901
I don't care for pixel art much, but this is really nice anon

>>2810901
why six fingers?

>>2810989
I corrected it, thanks

>>2809199
I think you should make your shades more defined, and be wary of the pillow shading on the tire and pipes. Also, you have a bad case of stairs outlines, clean it.
You should probably study references, and be able to properly draw a tank before drawing one from imagination, if you want to make something really good. The volumes are not really defined and it makes it look like some kind clusterfuck.

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>>2807368
>is it trendy these days for people to not use outlines for their pixel art or what

>>2811159
Thanks senpai

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Daedalus & Cyllabarus

Two legendary swords, that are legendarily a single pixel in size....

>>2811167
How dare you post that cutting edge art style.
At least without sharing your blog.

>>2811888
It's Mario from the first mario game

The person asked is it *trendy these days* not to draw outlines, although it's the other way around. Old pixel art characters rarely had outlines.

In case you're too braindead to understand.

>>2812073
>In case you're too braindead to understand.
>he says to someone being sarcastic

>>2812073
You can't be so oblivious.

>>2811494
thats a big pixel
should make another legendary sword that is a rixel

>>2812465
That's good. Not sure about the position of the feet though.

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How to download ugoira (aka .gif) from pixiv in good quality?

http://ugoira.dataprocessingclub.org/ is no good, pic related. Download it and load it into aseprite or whatever to get what I mean, that shit just .jpgize it.
I also use Ank Pixiv Tool for regular Pixiv downloads and while it's great for anything that is not a .gif, for .gif it also downloads each part in .jpg. It's cool to have each frame of a given .gif but having them in .jpg is just terrible if you'd like to study at a pixel level.

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webm is as shit by the way, and can't be loaded in pixel programs anyway so it's kind of worthless aside from sharing it on 4chan.

Same question for twitter, by the way. How to dl .gif on there?

So far I'm using https://savedeo.com/ but it only saves in .mp4.

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i am the cancer the style

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I'm more of a character designer than a pixel artist, but nonetheless here are my sprites. Thoughts?

>>2815220

Nice silhouettes, you got a lot of variation in there. They kind of look like templates rather than finished sprites though. You need a strong light source and your color choices leave a bit to desire, they kind of look like they were all made in the standard paint swatches or something. Look up hue shifts.

>>2813622
>>2813618
Pixiv sucks now.
They are moving in a direction that does not benefit artists...this is why their image viewer is so utterly shit and why you're stuck with pixel art that's been re-encoded to a shitty JPEG.

Also yeah webm sucks big time for pixel art, stick to gif.
There's a few techniques you can use to strip out artifacts in pixel art JPEGs, but they're too time consuming to be worth it.

>>2815244
It baffles me how pixiv and twitter are the main websites used by Japanese artists and those can't even handle simple image or .gif sharing correctly, it's always a huge problem trying to download things in a simple and efficient way on those without the help of a tier program.

I wish they would gather to something similar to Pixel Joint but I think they're too deep into twitter to care about another platform. dA might have a shit community but at least profiles, galleries, submissions and such are uploaded and maintained in a clear and straightforward way, it has that going for it at least.

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>>2815230
This better?

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I sketched this in a hour and I will like to further polish the subject but I'm unsure of in what should I focus

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>>2812465

got some new shit, tried doing an anatomical sprite and then building armor on top of it.

>>2815722
neat

>>2815897
Legs never seem to move forward, just back. Could really use a head bob.

>>2815918
very true, thanks!

>>2809482
I like it, especially the way it's compact, makes it seem heavy.

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I posted this guy in here a while ago, and ignored him for a while. I've found him again, and currently cleaning up my previous mistakes. I need a comprehensive list of all that needs to be changed.

>>2815974
highlight on the metal ball
maybe more saturated red for the blood?

>>2809482
It's awesome, I envy your talent to draw such guns.

>>2815986
Initially I was trying to make it look rsuty, but sure, I could try it out

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>>2815974
not enough contrast, overall too dark. wouldn't recommend working on a white background. light source isn't very decided. lighting on the helmet in particular doesn't make much sense to me. get some real highlights in there, and define the forms.

>>2816022
Not him but that's a nice edit and critique.

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Little guy for a game I'm making to experiment and just learn coding.

>>2816022
Thanks a lot for your advice and the reference. This looks really good, I'll definitely take it into my consideration for improving the dude.

>>2808754
GOODBYEEEEEEEEE
MOON MEN

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Can I get some feedback on this jumping pose?

Also, which hands look better: fists, or relaxed?

>>2816198
Looks flat, but servisable enough I guess.

Fists, as it fits bettter with the context of force, jumping.

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>>2816200
Thank you, I went with the fists.

Is there anything else I should look at before I start animating? I feel like it's missing something, but I can't put my finger on it.

>>2816249
her right arm seems somewhat stiff. Try and bend it a little.

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>>2816263
better?

>>2816294
Certainly. Other than that, I don't you should change much. Very nice work, I like the artstyle.

>>2816309
Thanks for the feedback, it's been really helpful. I might change her left arm later, but aside from that I'm happy with this.

>>2816316
Any time man. Now that you mention it, perhaps her left arm should be slightly more bent as well? Imagine she's holding a weight. Also, what do you think of my knight (the top one). Currently I'm trying to follow the advice the other poster gave me. I thought I were a great deal better at pixel art than I really am. I'm glad to have found this forum.

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any way I could make this better?

>>2817240
If you could do some animation on the wings, that would be really cool. Is the creature supposed to seem sad? If so, make the animation somewhat slow-ish. I just thought it would fit the mood.

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>>2817270
lazily edited it to this, is that a little better?

>>2817295
did you notice you made a picture of a giant frog?
praise kek

>>2817309
yes I did. it was intentional.

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>>2817320
it's pretty cool

>>2817295
>>2817341
Stop being lazy and redraw it whole per frame.
Lazily moving simple parts gets these bad results.

>>2817387
and how do you scale that to a whole game? I know it's cutting corners, but it's not realistic to start a "you will never finish your project" strategy.

>>2817387
im sorry but fuck that, i spent too long doing that fucking dithering.

>>2817341
When legs as apart in the walk cycle, the hips/pelvis drop closer to the ground. There's no head bob either. Study actual walk cycles, it's not just a matter of the legs and arms swinging, the entire body is in motion.

>>2817442
thanks, good remarks.
I've put this comment on top of the TODO list, I'll finish up the prototype tiles and I'll get back to that.

part of the question is, how much will it make a difference will it make in a whole game screen.
Us /ic/ nerds notice such things, but normies don't care that much.
(if they did, Street Fighter 3 would be the most popular game on earth, while it's a niche fan-favourite)

>>2817309
I don't see it.

>>2817470
look at the thumbnail

>>2817387
also the movements aren't supposed to be like super crazy on my mothman, its just supposed to be airflow on the wings

>>2817475
I still don't, sorry.

>>2817500
insufficient visual library man.

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>>2817500

>>2817505
46148 pictures for 1790 folders is a lot I think.

>>2817509
That's quite the stretch man.

>>2817518
it's in the head.
you should be able to read shapes into abstracts blotch of colors.
the frog is quite striking (even if the redline doesn't do it justice), so you really should see it

>>2817528
So I guess I should drop trying to be an artist.

Was fun guys, I quit, bye.

>>2817528
i think i see it now

the shading looks a bit like a lip underneath the eyes, and the diffusion looks like eyefolds

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hey guys! so im trying to do a logo for a music project and i was thinking of doing something like this? its a game on the nes called barcode and i really like the gundam 32bit look too it. if anyone has any good referances please let me know!

>>2817453
I'm sure some subset of the population won't care about shitty animation, but is that what you really want? Even most normies can tell an awkward animation from something with a real feeling of physics and weight, even if they can't tell you exactly what makes a good animation good.

>>2817544
32 bit? Doesn't even look 16bit, seems like something you'd see on an 8bit console.

>>2817575
what I'm saying is that I want to make a product before an artwork with this. glorious, lavish illustrations that just end up killing a project are not worth it.

normies don't care that much you know. Ever heard of south park? American cartoons? 3D animation replacing gorgeous 2D animation? The lavish praise for SF4 HD graphics, and the "meh" for KOF13 splendid sprites that were too "pixelated"?

so I'm trying to make something that looks decent while being fast, and find the best compromise.

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Send halp pls

>>2817587
None of those examples are as awkward as this animation though, South Park is primitive but really owns the simplistic style. I really don't think it's asking much to learn a proper walk cycle, it's usually a pretty big part of any game. If you're trying to make an actual game then it's true time is a valuable resource, but the vast majority of these "my first game" projects are never completed, or even make it to demo stage anyway, so this might as well be a learning experience, even if the game is completed it's not like your first game is your magnum opus.

It's your decision, but shuffle-walks are pretty awkward

>>2817607
tb h, I found it awkward myself, so I don't really disagree with you.
The thing is, moving a few things around already take up quite some time. So I'm thinking what it would make for 10 chars, and that's a lot of work with little payoff, at least for now.

Once again, there's absolutely no difficulty going back and improve sprites later, so I'll approach it like a painting, broad things first and details later.

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Me again. I need an opinion--which falling pose looks better?

I feel like one is more relaxed and natural, but the other is more dynamic. I'm having a hard time choosing.


>>2816353
The anon who edited your art gave some great advice. I'm relatively new to pixel art myself, but the best advice I could give is to avoid getting caught up in the details and to keep things simple.

what program does everyone use?

>>2818275
Aseprite but you're free to look at the OP for that.
And before you ask. >>2807411

>>2817812
WHen it comes to games go dynamic. The relaxed one looks a little too floaty for my tastes.

>>2818275
krita
support for animation+sprite brushes
+advanced features of a true painting program

much more resource intensive if you're on a toaster, otherwise it's just better

anybody could recommend a good top down walk cycle animation for reference?

>>2816022
Nice edit

>>2818275
GraphicsGale. I'm starting to pick up on PyxelEdit

>>2817812
Hey man, that anon who gave advice earlier again. I think the one where the two legs are further apart is the better one, as it's easier to read. The other version could perhaps be used as part of a jumping animation. Also, watch out for her left armpit- it seems a little awkward. Apart from that, great job anon, it looks solid.

Also, thanks a lot for the advice, it'll certainly be beneficial. I should probs begin working on smaller projects- I often get a little too ambitious.

>>2818656
Hotline miami could help you out. Lots of sprites, lots of different animations.

Anyway to map individual frames to pieces in a sprite sheet?
Or do I have to do it by hand to test my sprite each time?

I'm using Aseprite/GGale BTW.

>>2820353
If you did organize your sprite images naming convention intelligently, the best is probably for you to use Imagemagick through command line.
You make a script with something like
montage -mode Concatenate -tile 10x idle*.png walk*.png spritesheet.png
it's better this way so that you have a written trace of your process, and it's easy to roll out changes, etc.
it's also easy to integrate automatic sprite edits in the script.
e.g. convert -flop left.png right.png
so that if you later change left, you then execute your script and you get updated right automatically.

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This is from a fan mod for the game Heroes 2...Most sprites are from the old team while others are original. Can u tell the difference ?

>>2820463
The lvl4 demon head is original? The lvl 7 phoenix?

Other than that I'm not sure.

>>2817391
You are already working on a resolution that is too high. Even if you were to do little, as inexperienced as you are, that 128*128 is overkill.
Also, try shadowing only after you finish and are satisfied with the animation.
The more you do it, the easier it will become.
Mind, I didn't mean to imply you should start from a blank canvas, but you must not be afraid to move things around more.
Like the other anon mentioned, when is legs are wide open, his height decreases. Also don't afraid to twist his pelvis/hips and his chest/shoulders a tad bit.

>>2817400
>>2817478
Do a duplicate, paint over the dithering with a unique colour, reshape the wings (very slight wider) then reapply the dither.
Aligning the feathers right should be the only boring task.

>>2820800
hmm I'm not so retarded, and I've already done good pixel animation. problem is that I probably spent days on them.
the issue is that I was trying to see how much I can get away with to go very fast in order to do a full game.

>that 128*128 is overkill
oh no. I've worked with 64x64 sprites, and it was a nightmare. the entropy of each sprite is really really hard to manage. you really have to craft every pixel with care. I want to draw more than move pixels around.

anyway I'll see how things evolve. I'll redo it seriously in time anyway. with head bob, pelvis lowering and all that.

>>2810901
Now THIS is what people should be making as pixel art, and not those half-assed mini stick figures.

how so I bring up the original windows in GIMP? trying to get back down to 1 pixel

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>>2820830
Thanks!

I'm working on vintage frames
>pic related: empire/regency frame

>>2818275
Aseprite and i move to photoshop when i need dithering. I don't like graphicsgale interface

>>2807142
I loved this.

>>2820463
>>2820494
Phoenix is original,other is not.

Anyway last 2 rows al almost all original, the other rows have 1 original unit...

Too bad more people dont play Heroes 2, its such a fun game

WTF, aseprite saves cropped out parts.
I need to crop a single zone, then expand canvas size to clear everything, but the drawn bits stay there saved.

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>>2822218
>I need to crop a single zone, then expand canvas size to clear everything

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>>2806740
Some OC
Redoing some sprites I wanted to put in a rpg maker game to be x2 in size.

Scaling small sprites is fun to do because you can fill in the gaps using your imagination.

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Was bored and wanted to try something new from what I normally do.

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>>2822789

>>2822281
I drew sprites next to one another for proportion reference, now I want isolate them into separate files and also need a cleared (transparent coloured) border.
Also, I did with some layers, so manually erasing it is a less than optimal solution

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>>2822790
Is that Rin after the Fukushima disaster?

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>>2822829
The more I look at it the more I see it geez but no it's just this guy but put into a pixel form.

>>2820826
you need to evolve into a better artist so you don't have to complain about the shit you currently are
being able to draw comes first, then animation second

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>>2822831
Kinda reminds me of Flygon.

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>>2823013
reminds me of the koan:
"how much time before I become a master?
- ten years.
-what? and if I want to do it faster?
-then it will take you ten more years"
anyway.

>>2822782
Were you by chance inspired by the in-battle enemy sprites from MOTHER 3? Anyway, they look nice; I love the clusters.

guys, is there any forum i can make a request about a pixel art? thanks

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>>2823584
mostly, the sillyness and simplistic color scheme I really like.

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my first attempt also i did it on my phone
nothing special and very poorly dont but i want to know what to do to fix it

>>2806740
I'm in the market for some sprites, any one here do commission?

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how is that for a tileset?
what to change?
any advice welcome.

>>2823705
your sprites are great.
are you gonna animate them?
what kind of game is it gonna be?

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>>2824352
The simplicity of the grass heavily contrasts with the cliffside and beach. Also, the sand and water look way too detailed.

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>>2824442
an rpg game. probably not going to animate it since I'm awful at that.

Found this unfinished piece on my old lap top

>>2824352
It honestly hurts my brain looking at this, I can't stare at it for more than a few seconds, to the point I'm wondering if you didn't do this on purpose.

But anyway I doubt you're trolling of course, so first I would recommend to flat out the sand the same way the grass is, that way the eyes have more room to rest rather than get constantly attacked by overly detailed tiles. The water might be no good too, the cliffs on the other hand are probably fine, but for now in that state they clash too much with the rest to really tell.

>>2824537
That's great.

Just my opinion but I don't think 2D RPGs necessarily need to be animated anyway (thinking of FF6 etc). Perhaps animations à la Pokémon Crystal / Emerald or HeartGold/Soul Silver.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nidoking_(Pok%C3%A9mon)#Sprites
APNG aren't supported by 4chan so I can't post them. Opinion?

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Used to do a lot of pixel art before I started practicing illustrations. Recently got back into it, still love those pixels.

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>>2824639
Yeah those are simple enough like only a few frames. I'd include animations for attacks and may enemy specific attacks that have their own animations.

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>>2806740

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>>2824861

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>>2817812
I used your color palette- I quite like it.

Opinions people?

>>2824861
this is solid pixelling

>>2824861

RARE

>>2823721
Crop properly and don't post in .jpg.

>>2806740
That pixeling is insanely awesome my dude

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how's that now?
(don't mind the nonsensical paving to the cliff, it's to test another tile)
(also the midget trees annoy me)

>>2824639
>But anyway I doubt you're trolling of course
it's maybe hard to understand, but I find it really hard to do these tiles, and can't understand when to stop.

>>2824537
wow that's so cool.
you should made a devblog, that will keep you motivated and will maybe get you c&c.

>>2824861
the animation is pleasantly surprising.

>>2826377
This is much better, good job.

Next I'm getting the same vibe as before where it feels difficult to stare at the house and the pathway you made for it, the two don't match at all, it feels out of place. To begin with the pathway and its rocks are way too big, compare to the cliffs, there's no way you'd find a rocky pathway that big unless a giant lives there. The perspective for it is off too, which is why it's hard to stare at it.

Less off but I can't say I like the bottom of these cliffs, they don't seem to fit with the sand, so I would recommend trying to work on how to make them merge together, because as it stands now it feels as if the entire cliff was just floating above the sand a bit.

>>2807450
UNDERRATED POST

Any tutorials on textures in pixel art? Trying to work on shading some scales and fur.

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Just made my 1st pixel art piece for a Bf1 thread I think it's cute

>>2828819
This might seem like advice that won't help you get anywhere- but it's the best I offer anyway. Try out different styles, techniques, coloring etc. When you experiment you tend to not only understand the things you are working with- it's also a step towards defining the artstyle that you prefer looking at and working with. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not saying that finding inspiration or looking at tutorials is a bad thing at all.

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>>2828819
Use refs

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>>2828819

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>>2828888
How was my 1st time sempai?

>>2829470
>>2828888
much like the pixel art you made, I score you:
[random marks] / 10

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>>2829757
Thnx 4 halp desu
Gave the little bastard some hair and teeny tiny little eyebrows, and fixed up his magestic mustache, and gave him a stock for his majesty's Lee enfield

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>>2829772
And made this little German bastard..

>>2829441
What is even the point of the butt

>>2829772
>>2829775
You got no answers because in my opinion there isn't much to say. The first one could be made more tiny, there are too much pixels that don't really have a critical role in the composition.

The second one s better but here again could be made tinier with better pixel placements.

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>>2831381
>made even tinier
Nigger they're tiny as shit

1st one is supposed to be a little more detailed
2nd is more 8bitish if I go tinier than that it'll be smaller than a pea..

>>2831405
I like the colors better there for what it's worth.

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stardew valley mod I'm working on, my first attempt at pixel art

>>2832252
well that looks like ass, hopefully just from the upload compression. Any tips on scaling small images like this so there's minimal quality loss?

>>2815722
Cool af

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>>2832252

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>>2832351
sorry for spamming my shitty progress, what do you guys think? are the highlights too random?

>>2832542
please define a highlight
and then look at your image

>>2832542
Looots of pillowshading on the skin. Define some highlights so your pic doesn't look so fuzzy/blurry.

>>2832569
>>2832621
I'm sorry could you elaborate on what you mean by define highlights?

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>>2832637

Light can be broken down into different grades, when people refer to the highlight, they're usually referring to the brightest part of the light, or the brightest color.

If you spread the brightest color around too evenly it looks flat. You have to study the form of objects to understand where to put your bright and dark colors. Here's an edit to show what I mean.

Look up "light and value in art" and read the sticky.

>>2832739
nice edit man, thanks for taking the time to explain and illustrate that

>>2824659
this is great, did you use live reference?

>>2831340
Well, she needs to somehow be able to shit, and simultaneously making poopoo thing attractive will attract players I guess

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I love daguerreotypes, but i think i love even more their frames.

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>>2831405
>Also just made this little bastard..

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>>2833720
If I were you, I would not use the outline as part of the center of the figure. For reference, I drew this one a while ago. I love the "outline(?)"-effect , it looks cool. Aside from that, define his arms and legs, add some shadow and highlights.

>>2833398
That's beautiful, man

>>2833398
>>2835379
Oh so that was pixel art? I hadn't noticed the size, damn good. First time I saw your post I thought it was just a picture of a frame with you talking about how you like them but didn't think much of it. I feel dumb now.

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>>2806740
WIP of the current stuff i'm practicing on.

Trying to limit my pallette count to 24.

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>>2835379
>>2835456
The problem is the amount of time it takes. It think it's great to improve your skills tho.

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why is painting trees so easy compared to people?

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would you guys mind if I posted edits here if its fetish shit? I know every other board get pissed if you post fat shit but I don't know where else to go for critique. I cant find any example images to work off either since this is so niche.
also, does anybody have any suggestions for gif animation? I'm using GIMP

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>>2833997
He has no arms..
>WiP

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>>2836085
Tress don't huv motion..

>>2836382
I don't know about others but I'd be fine with it. I don't have a fat fetish but I like even less the idea of an artist being excluded from the thread.

If what you post really goes out of hand though I'll probably ask you to get a trip for when you post stuff so people who don't like it can at least filter you.

>>2836949
Looks nice but it looks like it's lagging; any way to add or change frames in order to make it more smooth and natural?

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>>2836755
I thought this looked kinda like one.
WiP?

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>>2837129
Nope just a big booty ;3
And it's a semi WiP, I just need to do some shadows but I might just keep it that way.

>>2837133
I was just wondering what WiP means- perhaps I'm familiar with another term for it.

>>2837488
Work In Progress

>>2837494
Of course. Have a good day man.

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First try, rip me apart. Mainly what should I be practicing.

>I'm doing Loomis

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>>2836952
Don't say I didn't warn you. I want to turn this into a slideshow .gif but don't know if I can in GIMP. I can google that but I can't google getting better so give me some tips if you can

>>2838215
mamizou no please

>>2838261
I'd spoiler it if I could

>start making pixel art
>Shortly after start tart making art for modding a game
>end up only making pixel art in that simple style
I've ruined myself but at least it...mostly fits in the game

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>>2838058
Dude, what you're doing right now is pillow shading. You're simply filling space with lighter colours towards the centre of the shape. What you should be doing is shading according to a light source or from a specific direction, pic related is a good example of how much better it could be.

>>2838267
not really the best example senpai

>>2838215
Bbw thicc..

>>2838215
First two ones are ok but damn it really goes downhill after that.

>>2807142
Man, that I love you at the end made me feel something.

Beautiful anon, just beautiful

>>2838215
She's already past the fine point of chubby (before actual fat) from the start.

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more OC

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>>2838747
cont

>>2838629
Yeah I know I just don't know how to improve

>>2838747
>>2838748
very good! The low-res tiger head in particular is really impressive.

Only advice I could give is to straighten the girl's left arm a little more, so it's curving outwards rather than inwards.

>>2838269
How so? Elaborate.
Btw, I'm not the one who posted the example.

>>2838265
I can so relate to that.

>>2839122
I just meant their sexiness.

>>2839122
shading and lines are a big issue I assume these are all edits of the first.

Also look up that style of art because and real obese people for reference.

Most of all try putting more effort in your shading

>>2839456
any suggestions for cleaning up lines? shading comes with practice I think

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first time in a while making anything

>>2839571
I would make them slightly thicker- Currently, I think the lines are working just fine with the first one, but they get awkward as she gains more weight.

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>>2806740
Wow, what a cool place, wish I've learned about it earlier!

Is there a discord serever or something? I'd love to talk or listen to people when drawing, helps with concentration a lot.

>>2840097
Never really visited it because I prefer anonymity but /r/pixelart has one if you want.

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Made an edit of sprites from a game. Left is original, right is my edit. Any additions/changes I should make? Was going to possibly make more edits in this vein.

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>>2839798
It's nice but i think the colors (especially purple and light blue) are too saturated.

>>2807142
I love you.

More frames. Daguerreotypes frames are very interesting. I like them.

>>2840137
thanks

>>2840212

specularity would probably look cool in motion

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im terrible..

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made in gimp, lulz.

sorry for posting a shitty, obviously flawed animation, but i have the raw gimp files and still play to work on this one of these days..

not taking any art classes this semester so i've been fucked when it comes to motivation for any art. sucks that i could be good if i just tried but im lazy as shit..

>>2840214
Well done, very nice looking frame there

>>2839906
>thicker
lol. like the border lines?

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any advice?

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I've been doing this for years as a hobby.

Made in Paint Xp.

How is it?

>>2840437
>made in paint xp
holy shit. pretty good.

>>2840439
Thanks, very encouraging for my first outing

>>2840371
Border lines, that's what I meant to say. They seem somewhat out of proportion, especially when looking at her later stages. Do you follow me?

>>2840437
I like it.
Would love to see some aa and legs/arms seem too short for such big body tho

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Trying pixel art again after a really long time

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>>2840699
Also did this one

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>>2832351
made some edits to the one edited by that >>2832739 guy
I am not any good at drawing, but I thing your shading is somewhat strange. Can't really tell where Light is coming from. Also on't be afraid to leave some parts in the dark.

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>>2806742
You should add links for pixel art apps when doing pixel art on your phone, like I have to do using dotpict and 8bitpainter

>>2841151
I don't even own a phone so I wouldn't know, but sure, I'm fine with adding anything you guys want.

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>>2841235
Thnx luv you.

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I remember when I was lurking here a few yrs ago cartooning, and pixel art were very popular, now everyone couldn't give 2 shits about it

>>2840321
>>2840327
Nice, when I see people with formation in arts posting with such low quality slop like these I'm glad I followed Maths rather than a useless degree.

No offence.

>>2841151
there is a pixelart app for phones? I don't do pixelart, but it would be fun to try it for fun when waiting for something or traveling. I have a big screen but it has no pressure sensitivity so I can't really paint on it.

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One of the few pieces I'm actually sort of happy with, so please, tear it to shreds.

>>2840636
Kind of. I just assumed that you should keep em thin for some reason

>>2841509
I like this. You should feel good about it.

>>2841387
>when I see people with formation in arts
You can see people's degrees through your computer screen? Amazing.

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>>2841388
I use android, so the pixel art apps I usually like using are:
>Dotpict
or
>8bitPainter

Made this little bastard with it and others since it's relatively easy to do while you're bored or waiting for something

I was wondering- are there any pixel art "styles" categorized under a specific name, like there's impressionism or cubism per example?

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Been trying to improve; 1 is from a while ago, 2 is an attempt after brushing up on some tutorials, trying to use some better anti-aliasing and shadows that make a bit more sense. (And a better palette, and shaded lines.) I know at the very least there's still some things I need to fix on the silhouette, but I'm trying to pin down a good style/light source before going back through the other sprites.

>>2842395
No. You could work in those styles while making pixel art though. Painting has thousands of years of history, pixel art really only has a few decades. Movements in painting developed as cultures merged and developed through different eras (classical->medieval->renaissance). They also developed as reactions to dominant modes of painting in the past/academia, or along with nascent philosophies as new ways of seeing the world or art itself (impressionism, abstract expressionism, etc.)

Meanwhile pixel art has developed during the modern/post-modern era when there are no rules just tools. Those tools do more to define styles than any "movements": dithering is more common in older art, different computers had specific palettes and other limitations, etc.

>>2841509
The moon is behind the tree. However the moonlight on the tree makes it look like the moon is a little light source in the left front of the tree.
Also, you totally forgot to make the bonfire light on the grass!

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>>2815722
This is so rad, damn son.

Working on a GB game, slowly but surely. Just trying to keep myself drawing every day with line exercises and what not.

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>>2843908 cont.
Still, I would really appreciate some criticism on how to improve some more. For example, here's a quick one I made a few days ago. I just know it could be way better.

>>2841967
I use Pixly. It's pretty damn nice and runs well on every Android device I own.

>>2843886
Don't completely agree on the moon part, since the ambient lighting from the moon can be pretty intense. Though, it could be a tad too intense here, I gotta admit.
Completely agree with you on the campfire, looking at it now, it gives way too little light. (Also the fire itself is a bit too dim now that I think about it).
Thanks!
>>2841647
Cheers, mate.

>>2843918
>Don't completely agree on the moon part
not the guy who mentioned it but yeah
you're a fucking idiot, read some loomis and learn how light actually works

>>2843923
>lol read loomis
>don't actually point out the exact issue at hand, and provide actual feedback
So should there be less lighting from the Moon over all? Should the lighting be more uniform and not focused on the side of the tree the Moon is closest to? Or is the lighting provided by the Moon too intense?

>>2843943
when you're as low level as most of the fuckers here who are trying to do pixel art to cover up the fact that you can't draw, going back to basics (you know, what Loomis is great for teaching) would do you guys a world of good more than helping you polish your turds

how the fuck does light work? you have the moon casting light from a 3/4 angle above and to the front of the fucking tree with an amazing fast fall off

stupid shit like that and the fire affecting apparently a small area around and MAAAAAAAAAAAAAGICFUCKINGALLY hitting the tree (with light that isn't fucking warm at all) show that you know shit all about how light fucking works to begin with

so yes
go back to loomis
learn to visualize shit and after a few years of that then you can focus on your bullshit "muh palettes and dithering" to polish your turds once more

>>2843947
I don't think at any point have I claimed to be anything more than I am, which is something you seem to be implying here. I assume the problem here is you assuming my tone to be more arrogant defense rather than pure curiosity?

Learning from mistakes has pretty much been proven to be the best way for a human to learn shit, but in order for that to work, there needs to specifics. You can't really just go "lol you're shit" and expect someone to learn anything from it.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, mate. Even though you seem real butthurt about giving it.

>>2843956
yw dipshit

>>2843947
jesus calm down you fucking sperg

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>>2843970
Wow, you really are fucking butthurt about this, aren't you?
God, it's almost adorable, really.

>you will never whiteknight for shitty pixel artist wannabes on the internet

>>2843987
Not him, but you're the one with a reason to be butthurt here. And he's right.

>>2811167
hey, it's fucking Nintendo.

they did it, so it's okay

Made a NEW a bit earlier than usual because reasons :

>>2844291
>>2844291
>>2844291
>>2844291

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>>2808197
Glad you liked this one! It was fun trying out the 45-degree style.

>>2842878
Thanks for an in-depth answer. Very useful.

>>2843908
This is pretty cool. they look like Norwegian black metal logos.

>>2843947
While you certainly have a point from a technical perspective, it is in no way beneficial to be condescending like you are. Tell me one thing- when you fail, does getting shit on encourage you to keep trying? This is a genuine question- I'm not implying anything here. I'm not to speak on the behalf of anybody- however, I do know, when I'm taking critizism like that, it neither inspires nor strengthens me in any way, whatsoever.