First ever pixel!

[hockeyisbest]

THis is my very first pixel and i did it on paint. I know it probly sucks but i just need some sugestions on how to make a good pixel and make it better. I also need to know what else i could use to make a pixal. But the thing is my computer sucks and i do not want to have to buy anything.

 

 

 

Here is my picture:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope your nice about it.

[LeonardMart]

first, if you like reading, go to this topic...

 

 

 

http://forum.tip.it/viewtopic.php?t=431754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

now, on to the suggestions to the pic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what about the sky? and is water totally flat with no waves?

 

 

 

the shading is also very rough, make it irregular and add some more life to the place, like a palm tree or the like.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

in the character the arm comes from nowhere and the legs... well theyre odd. and the neck is far too wide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

many people use paint for pixel, others use photoshop. i use graphics gale, its free, download at http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/index.html

 

 

 

(dont be afraid, the program is in english, not japanese as it seems)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sincerely, many people say it all the time... dont post your first pixel. :wall:

[Blue_Eggz]

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-3/100

[Faelenof]

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-3/100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for contributing and helping him improve. :-s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you think your pixel piece sucks, Hockey, don't post it. Don't post anything unless you're proud of what you've posted, otherwise you'll get some more enlightening replies like what Blue_Eggz said up there. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But seriously, don't blame the program or your computer, Hockey. People can make some seriously amazing stuff on Paint, you'd be surprised, so you can't say it's Paint's fault that your sig isn't mindblowingly amazing. Those Paint experts put some serious work and practise in to get to where they are - don't be discouraged. I look at some of the older images of awesome pixellers and I'm surprised how far they've come.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK, back on topic, really. At the moment (wow, third time I've said something along these lines tonight ><) the best thing you can do is rock on up to the link that Mitsubishi posted up there and check out some tutorials.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They help, like, woah.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mitsu's pretty much covered it, actually. :oops: I rocked on to this topic to give some C/C and it seems someone's already beaten me to it. ;_;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a WIP (work in progress), I assume, due to the lack of sky. Anatomy problems with the character (check out some anatomy tutorials or websites via Google or something), and the landscaping (ie, the beach? and the sea) really don't give that beach-y feeling. Look at a few photographs and see how a beach is formed. A reference pic is always very helpful. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also use GraphicsGale, it's not too different from Paint, really - it just has layers and a few extra features to help pixelling. But it's not the program that makes the pixel, as I've said (read: rambled about) earlier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good luck!