Pixel Sig WIP, need some advice

[Hawks]

 

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So I've been working on this some, I think the shading's pretty good so far, but I have no idea what to do on the sky, grass, beach/water, sun, and the rock... Also some advice on his hair would be helpful, it looks weird and I can't figure out how to do it...

[Skull]

Lower saturation on those colours :shock:

 

After that try working on perspective, it's difficult but it's one of the things I'd say are most important.

 

 

 

The shading is decent though. Try not to over dither though, I did/do that a lot and it ends up making it look less real and sort of spotty.

[Pat_61]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

[Unoalexi]

Gah! My eyes, it burrnzz us! :wall:

 

 

 

The Seven Comandments:

 

1. Thou shall not use the shoddy base colors given to thee in paint. Use the Edit-Color function instead.

 

2. Thou shall not dither unless dithering is needed. Legs are like cylinders and not like tables!

 

3. Thou shall not simply stick the sun in a corner. The sun is an orb, not a pie wedge.

 

4. Thou shall not disregard perspective. Objects in front are closer than those far away, and I don't think you want your guy to be eleven stories tall, as he appears to be.

 

5. Thou shall not disregard anatomy either. If you are new to pixeling, it is best to start with inanimate objects. If not, there are plenty of human-anatomy tutorials on your Deviantart.

 

6. Thou shall add textures to every object they see. Leave no blank spaces of color, unless you want things to appear flat. The sun burns with a scorching flame, the oceans churns with waves, and grasses sway in a gentle breeze.

 

7. Thou shall remember that the color of the sky grows lighter and less-saturated towards the horizon.

 

 

 

NOTE:Disregard this if you weren't aiming for realism.

[Sam]

The first thing that spring to mind is the weird perspective.

 

 

 

One Commandment.

 

 

 

1. Thou shall follow the commandments above.

[Ouchy]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

 

 

 

Graphics Gale is a great program, if I say so myself :thumbup:

[Nadril]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

 

 

 

Do you ever have any useful advice? GIMP is fine for pixel sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, hawkxs, you need to pick a much better color scheme. Your current one is god awful and hurts my eyes. People do not look like that in real life! Also you still need to learn to draw, you're drawing the exact same as you always do.

[ThruItAll]

Make him dead, with a trail of blood, thats 1 problem gone.

[Star.]

Do a bit of anatomy practice first (on paper). Look at a few references on the internet and practice hard before attempting a signature. That dude's leg is broken. I go to life drawing classes yet I still suck at proportions >.< Work on the perspective. As things get furhur away, they get smaller and closer together. Just google perspective for some examples.

 

 

 

Try a different theme. The classic sitting on the shore is a bit unoriginal. Don't put the sun in the corner, reminds me of how a little kid draws. Also the tide shouldn't be that straight, at least a little bendy to show the waves and the froth needs to be bubbled up to the max. But you have added textures in yet.

 

The size is a little awkward, 300x200? Atleast do 300x150.

 

 

 

What I can give you credit for is shading. Though the pixels are visible, at least you have a light source :)

 

 

 

The colour... well it's been mentioned before, too unreal. Don't use the colours off the pallete (unless its black or white). Double click a colour to get into the editing option.

 

 

 

I think I the colours around this general area (and the bar on the right) are good to use for realism:

 

 

(Maybe the sqaure should have been bigger)

 

 

 

 

 

But y'know, it's not like I'm an expert or something. Just keep at it kid

[Pat_61]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

 

 

 

Do you ever have any useful advice? GIMP is fine for pixel sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, hawkxs, you need to pick a much better color scheme. Your current one is god awful and hurts my eyes. People do not look like that in real life! Also you still need to learn to draw, you're drawing the exact same as you always do.

 

 

 

Do YOU ever have helpful advice is the question.Do you like bashing people, or just me. AND most people say that "You hate people you are jealous of."(sorry if this sounds like hijacking...)

 

 

 

Ahem

 

Probably has something to do with copyright issues would be my guess. No clue though.

 

 

 

:lol:

 

 

 

Why were they denied?

 

 

 

Probably because they're all incredibly choppy and low quality?

 

 

 

Stop complaining. There is nothing artistic I can criticize about a cutout and I'm not about to point out every single point where you screwed up at. And when you say things like

 

 

 

Idk lol... I think PR is racist for #1 and #2... not sure about the others.

 

 

 

 

It makes me wonder if you have any clue at all.

[Unoalexi]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

 

 

 

Do you ever have any useful advice? GIMP is fine for pixel sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, hawkxs, you need to pick a much better color scheme. Your current one is god awful and hurts my eyes. People do not look like that in real life! Also you still need to learn to draw, you're drawing the exact same as you always do.

 

 

 

Do YOU ever have helpful advice is the question.Do you like bashing people, or just me. AND most people say that "You hate people you are jealous of."(sorry if this sounds like hijacking...)

 

 

 

 

You have to understand, Nadril's very blunt about things. He doesn't really care about hurting people's feelings when he's trying to prove a point. So, try not to get too mad about things he says... it's part of his nature.

[Skull]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

 

 

 

Do you ever have any useful advice? GIMP is fine for pixel sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, hawkxs, you need to pick a much better color scheme. Your current one is god awful and hurts my eyes. People do not look like that in real life! Also you still need to learn to draw, you're drawing the exact same as you always do.

 

 

 

Do YOU ever have helpful advice is the question.Do you like bashing people, or just me. AND most people say that "You hate people you are jealous of."(sorry if this sounds like hijacking...)

 

 

 

 

You have to understand, Nadril's very blunt about things. He doesn't really care about hurting people's feelings when he's trying to prove a point. So, try not to get too mad about things he says... it's part of his nature.

 

He's also almost always right.

[Pat_61]

:wall: Don't use gimp for pixel sigs. Try Graphics Gale So you can go pixel by pixel.

 

 

 

Do you ever have any useful advice? GIMP is fine for pixel sigs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, hawkxs, you need to pick a much better color scheme. Your current one is god awful and hurts my eyes. People do not look like that in real life! Also you still need to learn to draw, you're drawing the exact same as you always do.

 

 

 

Do YOU ever have helpful advice is the question.Do you like bashing people, or just me. AND most people say that "You hate people you are jealous of."(sorry if this sounds like hijacking...)

 

 

 

 

You have to understand, Nadril's very blunt about things. He doesn't really care about hurting people's feelings when he's trying to prove a point. So, try not to get too mad about things he says... it's part of his nature.

 

He doesn't prove a point if he gets proven wrong.

[Nadril]

I haven't gotten proven wrong so I don't know what you're talking about. :P

 

 

 

Try not to take things so seriously.

[mister_moocky]

- His neck has been streached, both of his shoulders have been dislocated, he right lef is broken at the knee, and he has a slanted spine.

 

- The edge of the world is a few meters away; the shore lines are parallel, and there is no texture (which should be shrinking into the distance)

 

- The sun looks nothing like a sun

 

- Oversaturated everything

 

- Black outlines ruin flow

 

- No wrinkles in clothing

[Ouchy]

Pat, if you have a problem with Nadril, then take it to the side lines. That way, it doesn't ruin the thread.

[dsavi]

You have some serious problems with perspective there.

 

A good landscape pixel has an obvious vanishing point/obvious vanishing points, like this one by Cowboy: (One of my favorites by him)

 

 

I tried coming up with a vanishing point on yours, though, but I couldn't do it, it's too flat.

[ThruItAll]

Nadril already won.

[Sam]

Also, fix his nose, it looks deformed. Look at some side on pictures Sxc.Hu to look at facial shapes.

[Nash]

You have some serious problems with perspective there.

 

A good landscape pixel has an obvious vanishing point/obvious vanishing points, like this one by Cowboy: (One of my favorites by him)

 

 

I tried coming up with a vanishing point on yours, though, but I couldn't do it, it's too flat.

 

 

 

sweet im being used as a good example now :D

 

 

 

i was going to use this one of mine:

 

 

notice that landscapes are never flat. and then most people have already explained the rest.

[Syd]

You have to understand, Nadril's very blunt about things. He doesn't really care about hurting people's feelings when he's trying to prove a point. So, try not to get too mad about things he says... it's part of his nature.

 

 

 

So you mean it's allright to be jerk and hurt other people's feelings? You mean you aren't supposed to get mad when someone is hurting your feelings, just because it's their nature?

 

Wow, that's something new...

 

 

 

And why can't people give friendly advice, instead of trying to make people lose interest in painting?

 

 

 

Oh well, it's an okay start. Unoalexi said pretty much everything that needed to be fixed on his post on the last page. You should follow her directions.

[Bloodredsword]

 

 

 

NOTE:Disregard this if you weren't aiming for realism.

 

 

 

It IS an RS sig :P

[hiimben]

 

 

 

NOTE:Disregard this if you weren't aiming for realism.

 

 

 

It IS an RS sig :P

 

 

 

The inspiration for the sig is no excuse for a lack of skill. It's the job of the artist to make a realistic or whatever they're going for approach to the runescape idea. You can make a beautiful piece about runescape, but the subject doesn't take away from the realism. You still need to understand and use the basic principles of art.

[Shiny]

Are you even taking this in hawkxs?

[Unoalexi]

You have to understand, Nadril's very blunt about things. He doesn't really care about hurting people's feelings when he's trying to prove a point. So, try not to get too mad about things he says... it's part of his nature.

 

 

 

So you mean it's allright to be jerk and hurt other people's feelings? You mean you aren't supposed to get mad when someone is hurting your feelings, just because it's their nature?

 

Wow, that's something new...

 

 

 

And why can't people give friendly advice, instead of trying to make people lose interest in painting?

 

 

 

Oh well, it's an okay start. Unoalexi said pretty much everything that needed to be fixed on his post on the last page. You should follow her directions.

 

 

 

That's not exactly what I meant. I was really just saying that one needs to be hardened against strong criticisms in order to succeed in art. Not everyone will love what you do, and thus you must learn to let the cruelest comments go because, after all, you can't change people. If you get angry about it, you're just letting them control your emotions.