My First Pixel Signature.

[Doomred8]

 

 

 

I used Graphics Gale and Easy GIF Animator.

 

 

 

C/C please?

 

 

 

I sorta messed up a little on the cape.

[Rebdragon]

Not bad for a first :) .

 

 

 

I'd just reccommend smoother shading overall and less broad shoulders on the guy. The base picture looks good; I think it just needs to flow a bit more and look more 3d :P .

 

 

 

Where exactly do you have the sun/source of light in the image?

[Mac_The_Rocker]

Very good for a first.

 

 

 

Remember, try to base your pixels of how you'd expect to look at things in-real-life, then draw it.

 

 

 

It has quite alot of detail, I'm sure you'll be making quality signatures soon, just as long as you practice :wink:

[magerx7]

Hey that looks pretty good. Awesome job!

[tomdavies90]

good job the best part is the man, i like what you did, taking the kind of shading someone good has used for the man, which is clearly off of the pixel guide, and using it on yours, its a good technique to do, in fact i do it if i can't get the shading on something right, i see how others have done it, my only gripe is it looks like you sort of rushed the rest, the trees shading is a bit scrappy, try not to overlap lines too much on anything other than grass or it can look scribbled, but for a first pixel its amazingly better than what most people produce

[Doomred8]

Thank you everyone.

 

 

 

And my source of light was supposed to be more from the top, a little off centered to the right a little.

[Primeaction]

its good for a first. i think you should make it a little more detailed and maybe add some more to it

 

 

 

i like the name there though

 

 

 

5/10

[LeonardMart]

the character looks good, although his head is way too small. starnge that no one noticed that.

 

sincerely, after you made the character it looks like you got impatient and decided to send to hell the poor background. the grass is a green mass with a few plants coming out, the tree has the bark scribbled randomly and with no real... pixeliness.

 

 

 

if you had spent more time on the BG it would have been very nice, but now it only looks so-so.

 

 

 

(by the way, i bet you used dementedhero's tutorial am i right?)

[Doomred8]

I did.

 

I liked the way it looked.

 

It made the adventurer a tad bit more mysterious, as you cannot see his or her face.

 

 

 

I will probly base most of my future signatures on this.

 

 

 

And with the background issue..

 

 

 

I didn't really know what to put..

 

And I couldn't think of anything, so I got random. :o

[WeeBoab]

i wouldnt have used the tut u used for ur first, but its not bad.

[DM3]

looks good you should use it :thumbsup:

[ThruItAll]

Very good for a first, but the shading on the tree doesn't look that good.

[elmo_killer6]

Really the only part that looks remotely good is the guy, which basically an exact copy of the one in dementedhero's tutorial. You need to use more shading and pick better colors, cause right now that big yellow splotch (wheat field?) is killing my eyes.

[dave0293]

It looks very good for a first, and it is different from dementedhero's.You seem to have a lot of potential.

[LeonardMart]

it is different from dementedhero's

 

a guy in a balcon with a skillcape and hood. yea different. except that dememntedhero's is a lot better

[Lovelydude]

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I can't see any resemblance either.

 

 

 

Be original or be ignored.

[Jopie211]

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I can't see any resemblance either.

 

 

 

Be original or be ignored.

 

 

 

I'm sorry, but I'll have to agree with him. :uhh: :lol:

 

 

 

It's ok for a first, but try to be original. After all, an important part of any pixel (or any other type of art) is the idea. It would be ok is you clearly stated in your first post that your inspiration came from the pixel in that tutorial... -.-

[ortiz9471]

mountains

 

scribbling

 

 

 

 

 

For a first it's very good, but they're 4 things I want to point out..

 

 

 

1)The flowers look like blobs. At first I thought they were Easter Eggs in the grass :XD:

 

 

 

2)What's that huge gold thing?

 

 

 

3)Do not overlap the lines on the tree, the gold thing, etc. It makes it look like a little kid scribbling

 

 

 

4)Mountains don't go up at anywhere near 60 degree angles. (Don't say that some do just be contradict me, as very few do and they wouldn't look anything like those do.) Look at a landscape of mountins and chances are its at maybe a 35 degree slope.

[Thestep1]

trying to remake someone elses pixel is good for practise but dont post it here.

[tomdavies90]

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I can't see any resemblance either.

 

 

 

Be original or be ignored.

 

be resourceful and get your facts straight, that pixel was from a tutorial, he obviously followed the tutorial on the man, yes i know dont post things similar to tutorials, but hey why not, ive seen people on here folow tuts and still end up with a rubbish sig, at least this is half decent

[Lovelydude]

But it isn't half decent.

 

 

 

It's half scribbles and the only decent part is copied (poorly) from DementedHero's signature.

 

 

 

At this point all that can be done is to practice and make something where critique will be more valuable.

[Doomred8]

I understand how everything is only halfway decent, but I've noticed most of those who are complaining do not leave tips to help me..

 

 

 

Yes, my inspiration was DH.

 

But mine wasn't "copied"..

 

I worked on it trying to make it work.

 

And being that this is indeed my first one...

 

And DH has made many more..

 

It's quite obvious WHY his is better.

[LeonardMart]

but everything is just scribbles. you dont need the gallery members to point you that out.

[Jopie211]

but everything is just scribbles. you dont need the gallery members to point you that out.

 

 

 

That's true... :anxious:

[Faelenof]

'ello Doomred. :) Good job for a first, and thank you for reading a tutorial - first step to good pixelling is to learn from others. Many first pixellers simply flag reading the tuts and just dive into a shoddy piece. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

 

 

 

And now in defence of the first time pixeller...

 

 

 

trying to remake someone elses pixel is good for practise but dont post it here.

 

 

 

He followed a tutorial. He posted it here for constructive criticism so he could improve. Why shouldn't he post it here if he's trying to learn?

 

 

 

I won't critique the similarities between this and DH's as, as has already been stated, you've used his tutorial so obviously you'll come out with a similar piece.

 

 

 

I will probly base most of my future signatures on this.

 

 

 

I suggest you don't, to be honest - step out of your comfort zone early and try new things all the time until you're sure you've found the style you like. I myself haven't found my preferred style in pixelling and digital art yet, and I've been at it for well over a year (almost two!). Experiment with different styles, it's a fun new challenge and a great learning experience.

 

 

 

Alright, enough pep talk, now onto the C/C.

 

 

 

My biggest problem is with the scribble-shading. I myself did that at one point and I thought it looked good too - in moderation. Copy my signature into Paint and zoom into the trees in the background. They were scribble-shaded, to an extent. But I knew what I was after and had a definite look in mind. Try to have a specific goal when shading - that's essentially what pixelling is, putting each pixel in a specific place for a specific purpose.

 

 

 

You have potential. Now explore it and practise. Look at other tutorials, and study the more experienced pixellers' pixels and try to find out why their technique works. Then develop your own.

 

 

 

Best of luck, Doomred. :)