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Im back from Holiday, just as Godslayer goes away on Holiday.. Well it looks like its an oppatunity to say a lil somethin.. The picture is wicked, a dad small if it aint suppose to be a game character, but the quality of the colouring and detail is pretty sweet. I don't know how you come up with all these different types of armour cus my knowledge ends at runescape :D and still theirs about 4 new items I know nothin about. The character looks like a asian warrior (Japanese?) of some kind with a mix of medeivel, I dunno why just looks a bit ninjary like a Teenage mutant ninja turtle :wink: . Anyways I'll always love this style cus its yours Godslayer, no one I know does this, they can try but I betcha they won't succeed. Atb ~ Ter (that means 'all the best')

haha i love cartman nice sig man goin down in the history books

btw if you think someone would be good at either one of these jobs: Artists (Art/Animation), Level Developers, Story Guru's, Musicians plus moderators for the forum etc... Sig'rrs im lookin @ u! :lol: But you dont think theyve seen the post yet, then still post their name and let them know about it! :) I wanna get as many peps interested as possible! thx

speakin on behalf of my bro steve (Cyrix1024)... hey guys, a load is happening over at x89r at the moment, 'Guardian: Age Of Stoneheart' has had a update to v5.4 and the site now has its forum back with loads of extras! + We are looking for new team members at the moment to work on graphics, levels and music so if you have the talents, then go and get your self noticed here: http://p2.forumforfree.com/jobs-vf9-x89rgamer.html remember the main url is: http://x89rgamer.8bit.at if your not apart of the forum yet, make sure to signup for updates! thanks Steve (Cyrix1024) [email protected]

Hey just wanted to post this pixel sig I just finished for xxbamxx, its been done for about 2 days now but he hasn't replied :S.. Well tell me what you think of it and I'll check back when I get back from my vacation next week 8) . I tried to work on texture a lot more with this one, if you zoom in maybe you can notice what I've tried to do.. Well enjoy and cyaz :D !

Oh no :o secret pixeling, can it be true? can't wait. For that sig I would suggest him to be stood der at an enterance to a castle or something with a couple of guards piled on top of eachother, you could draw in some blood splatter and broken debree to suggest what just happened. It does look like he should be in a castle scene but it would be an idea to have a fire or 'lightsource' from the left of the picture (from looking on how you've shaded that character), it could make it so its not too dark. Hope that idea has helped you in any way.

Hey thanks for the compliments, I had a lot of trouble with it trying to get the perspectives correct.. I first drew the bridge then realised the perspective was slightly off but I recon it turned out ok, the guy fishing is standing up because to be honest you would if you saw all those rares floating towards ya :lol: . The background could be more detailed but a really wanted to simplify it to draw your eyes to the front, where Ultra Moo and Slyde Whoosh are sitting. Im gonna have to try choose a closer perspective in my next sig cus I always end up haveing to draw very small characters :( which are much harder to draw with the detail. Im happy that you all like it cus Ive never been to that place on runescape, castle wars enterance is it? I just had a screenie to work on. heh Godslayer I dunno how I could help ya with backgrounds, id just say what Lordliquid seems to be stressing about backgrounds.. Just take a look at an open area where you live, in England theres a lot of places to look but if your in a busy town or city just look up pictures on the internet for help. Your characters are amazing atm so Id say just work on sketching background layouts, or just simple plans if your having trouble, save any shading or detail till your on the pc. My backgrounds have kinda remained the same, If you've noticed ive never used buildings, only as debree or in the distance. And my trees are very cartoony, not like you'd see in rl.. To be honest I could do with background help too :D . Thanks with the compliments again, Ill of finished my next sig for xxbamxx tonight.. Im tryin something a lil different. (and the characters are gonna be closer to the screen 8) ).

Id say the blue background ruins it, great shading though.

I don't understand why people use photoshop and paintshop pro to make pixel sigs, you dont need any of those tools.. Paint maybe crap but not for pixel sigs, its like using a helecopter to cross a river when theres a perfectly good bridge.. theres no point! I wouldn't encourage people to use a more advanced program to draw a simple pixel picture cus the result won't be any better, 80% of my mates don't know how to use photoshop or paintshop pro, not because they can't learn, just cus theres not real reason for them to use em.. Unless your going into a job that requires that skill in the future, the only reason I know how to use most programs is because Im hoping of becoming an cartoonist/animator. Myadvice would be to use paint if your new, but if your talented try use graphics gale, ive not used it but Ive heard its quite good.. Stay away from the more advanced programs for when it comes to pixel sigs unless you know exactly what your doing. Jeppoz, most people on the forum new to pixeling would find it hard to simply draw straight onto paint, you get people using tools and ending up with square heads and blocky characters. I'd advice people to at least plan out on paper first, or do what I've noticed Godslayer to do, sketch on paint before hand and draw detail on top of the sketch (tends to be a simple wire structure to get the proportions correct). The idea is to simplify it as much as possible for yourself until your happy with what your doing, don't make it hard, stick to paint or graphics gale and use sketches as references. This is how you should build characters in pixels. Copyrighted by GS :wink: P.S, I personally don't scan pictures in, only use reference pics from other sigs and my own sketches.

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I could never find the time to write as much as you Lordliquid, but thats one hell of a crit. Just posting to request for some sort of scenery tut, maybe you could put together a guide on how to build up a picture, nature textures, colouring, skys etc.. it would be a lot of help to even the most talented artists here, dam why have never thought of that! im always too caught up with characters and spend like an eighth of the time on a quick background, im sure some background practice will help not just Godslayer but would help 98% of people here on the forum. A quick bit of advice to Godslaya, try use not just different shades of the same colour for each part of the body.. For example for a face try add touches of other colours to bring it to life, in dark spots dont just use black, add purples, browns to add a deeper atmosphere.. I gotta admit pixeling is hard, It might suprise you but I specialise in still life painting, but when it comes to pixeling I revert to my classic cartoony style which Ive grown used to over the years.. Maybe I should interpret some more lifelike features into my pixel art? I suppose I just prefer recreating the atmosphere of my childhood cartoons, it much funner to simply stick to what your good at, though to be more open minded seperates you from an everyday artist.. So my advice would be to not be afraid to try new things, don't just learn from people better than you, cus you can gain a much broader knowledge of art techniques from the newest of pixelers aswell.. Backgrounds seem to be your downfall GS, so I'd say take Lordliquids advice but also be open minded to other artists. Sorry for the second post just hit me that I didn't add everything that I wanted in my first, Good luck with pixeling rip busta. :D

Id say use more reference pictures, you can just tell that you drew that of the top of your head (You can't honestly say you looked at an actual person in that position with an outcome like that).. If you want it to be cartoony look at existing cartoons instead of drawing from nothing, its the biggest mistake anyone makes when it comes to drawing.. With a lot of practice you'll become used to drawing naturally and you won't need reference pics, then, and only then can you try be more original.. But don't simply copy, interlink your own original style but reference positions, expressions and layout. Quer skull is excellent with shading but don't rely totally on his technique, it only really works if you want a deeper, more lifelike picture.. So as I say try and move away from simply preschool characters and try something that requires more skill, but I wouldn't be sure if you could hack it with that quality.. :)

Always love your work TJ, never tend to post cus theres nothing much to say that hasn't been said before. After hours lookin in the dictionary I found these words that seemed to catch my eye, 'Innovatively spectacular ' just cus they've not been said yet. Pity gore is banned, it would make rs much better and stop all the preteens from crowdin the forum.. I know im 16 but i like to see myself as a mature teen.

All looks great, your style shines through each picture, the positions and colouring looks immaculate but I would still love to see more completed sigs from ya. My advice would be to work on face detail, they tend to look faceless without helmets on, mostly with no eyes but don't go for manga/anime eyes they suck compared to your style.. But in some of your pictures thats the highlight, sorta adds mystery. I'd love to see you do a pixel of someone in almost complete darkness, you know, with the only detail accross a guy's face were the light shines onto him... now thats deep :wink:, also try not to go too mad on the contrast you dont wanna make your characters look too shiney.

Well here it is, I got embarrassed because my linework was put onto Quer_skull's post and the results put my original shading to shame. I updated it for it to live up to my original idea to create an original character, in an original style which resulted in the character looking as if he belonged in the picture (if that made sense :shock: ).. Most pixel sig makers spend hours on a character then quickly add a rubish background and hopes no one notices, Im tryin to maintain that certain factor so that im equally as good at characters and backgrounds.. The original sig had a rubish beam, unbalanced colouring and I hated the characters face cus he look like a lil kid smiling :D . (I improved the armour :wink: , but kinda rushed the detail on the clouds :oops: ) (Original)

:twisted: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!! :twisted: Goodluck, it's gonna be hard to judge cus you've both got totally different styles.. the judges will have to rate on quality not just personal tastes, maybe you'll have to add up scores for different for certain areas of a pixel sig: 1) Linework 0-10 2) Colour choices 0-10 3) Effectiveness of shading 0-10 4) Originality 0-10 5) Personal rating 0-5 (so it doesn't dominate the scores) 6) overall out of 45 -Just a suggestion on how to compare fairly- Oh and Godslayer the linework for both of the characters are too similar, just looks like you've copied over to character and edited it to make the second.. dunno if that was done on purpose. We dont hates joo Godslayer :D

Im in the middle of developing a pixel Rpg Game (I specialise in that type of pixel art) and I came accross this site, if your new to pixels it might be an Idea to have a little look cus they're tutorials from the best out there.. It teaches not only how to draw in all angles, but on how to animate pixel characters also. This site really helped me so it may help you.. http://www.spriteart.com/main.html Sorry if its posted in a wrong place, im not expecting any replies, cus its not really a discussion.. If so let this post die :D

i dunno what it was supposed to be why would u wear a skirt over an apron and pants??? and why would you wear a skirt over an apron so i just colored it She's suppose to be wearin knickers, it was a requested sig from Lime_Mercury for a girl to be puttin on a skirt while cookin lobs with a guy walking in looking confused. He didn't like the style so decided to do his own terrible version of it, though he knew my style.. (still dun get what he meant, I can't draw in someone else's stlye otherwise it won't be a sig made by me, just an immitation of someone else's..) Well anyway Im shocked that everyones choosin to colour in my linework, what I was tryin to get at, Quer, is that people should work on different styles of shading, it's a good idea to have an awareness of depth and contrast in your sigs but the same style of shading only works on certain styles of drawings, mine for example I like to believe is much more cartoony so doesn't need as much depth (your shading almost goes to jet black, which is sometimes too much for cartoons). What Im gettin at is for more lifelike pixel art, listen to Quer.. but don't limit yourself to one style, sometimes it's more popular and original to experiment.. Just look at Godslayer, you don't see anyone else with work like his do ya.. BLUE'S MY FAVOURITE COLOUR But Quer's right, lets have some originality! it just looks like the same pic.

It seems like that issue follows your round alot due to your history, so far it seems like your so stuck on the fact that your known as a ripper, why don't you simply admit your olden rips and start over clean.. If these newer ones are genuine then you won't have any problems starting a new account and forgetting about your current, cmn The_Jeppoz managed it for a good 2 days and everyone knows him, if your so desperate to wipe your name thats what I would do.. Im sure Godslayer won't miss ya :lol: .. He's like a friggin rip busta. It seems your pixel sig technique is very weird and complicated for such little outcome, the characters are ok though the blurriness and carelesness of colouring in places suggests rippage :evil: .. Using graphics gale to do colouring and backgrounds (looking at your screenies) is a bad idea as it's too unnecessary, it's easier which is weird cus you seem to have no problem drawing in paint.. Though I've got to admit it is a bigger improvement as it looks like it could be your work, there is a lot of room for improvement so if this is another rip you probably thought about how you could make it look like a begginner sig. 5/10 if its genuine 1/10 if its a rip Really im not here to judge but you've posted it on a free speech forum looking for critisism from people who know what theyre talking about, most people here are americans who believe in freedom of speech and aren't afraid to say when they think somethings been ripped. Where I come from I would never just butt in without anything decent to say, unless I was just really P!ssed off :P .. (If this post seems too clean its cus I just had my English exam today, still in the habit of using full english :D )

Yeah great linework, the head sizes look much more natural now and it kinda makes the characters look fuller than before.. Some of your other ones with smaller heads where still made amazingly well so still the end results were great anyway, the linework looks a bit squar in places atm but im sure it'll be great.. The right guy looks like he could be an action figure. :D

6 packs dont show up through armour.. Some armour just has it built in for some reason, just drew it to what I know.. to show strengh or something? well its only a cartoony version, if you wanna be accurate the armour would look more like this. Oh and if smelly I don't think the armour would be flexible so that squishy t!ts stretch the armour it when you raise your arm.. There'd be no point in the armour then, theyre fixed that way cus metal isn't flexible.

DOUBLE POST :D

Name of your character: BoyofMud (an old character of mine that got banned, want my revenge) What your character is wearing: Black robes, black wizards hat, Long white beard and a Guthix staff. (Like a powerful mage) What your character is doing: Kneeling down injured, maybe holding his arm? Determained to fight till the bitter end.. See the anger in his eyes, can his staff be glowing ready for an attack.. Make up a name for your opponent: Mary Popp (Bro's account, was his fault I got banned :D ) What is your opponent wearing: Full rune, chainmail and rune med, dragon sword, green cape.. bald with ginga beard. Your opponents actions: Dead on floor, burnt to a crisp after being killed by my magic..

I think she looks too beefy, like a fat bloke or something, you should drop her *cough*boobs*cough* and give her more of a figure.. It's the round head that probably makes her look fat mostly, give her a longer head.. Heres what I mean (below), I just got a lil carried away editing it :oops: .. Yeah your textures are too grainy and I recon the hair looks weird, don't try to draw each strand of hair, just ends up wrong. :?

Woah I just noticed this thread, and amazing.. Your great at layout, character design and everything to do with drawing, you'll only get better.. But my advice would be not to be afraid to take up something new, a slight change in the way you colour and shade might improve your work. Though please don't change drastically cus your style is unique and questionably the best around, some people insist on improving to only shadow someone else's work but for you hopefully thats not true. 10/10 all the way, who's that in the back? with all the heads hangin above I don't think I'd wanna intrude :D.