bulch Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Im thinking of making pixels, but I want to know how good pixel sigs are made, do people draw them staight onto the computer, or do they draw a sketch on paper first then scan them in? Any tips Welcome. Ty :D Fel 'n ddedwydd ydy 'r hunau drwo choel a cer am 'r yn bucheddu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cupcake Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 either way work and it totally depends so what is the point asking?? If you have trouble drawing with a mouse then do the scanning. if you don't, just use the mouse. :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulch Posted February 3, 2006 Author Share Posted February 3, 2006 either way work and it totally depends so what is the point asking?? If you have trouble drawing with a mouse then do the scanning. if you don't, just use the mouse. :idea: Ok thanks :D Fel 'n ddedwydd ydy 'r hunau drwo choel a cer am 'r yn bucheddu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Sometimes you can just quickly sketch out what you want on paint and just build it up bit by bit, but people can quickly loose themselves using this method.. But I really find this much easier and more efficient cus I don't wanna have to draw something out that will just be traced over later, its like drawing the same image twice, and takes ages cleaning the image up into just linework. I just do a stupidly bad sketch of what I want to see on the sig in paint, just for layout and character positioning, then draw over again with a darker shade of gray, difine the drawing with black linework and quickly rid of the mess.. This way you don't even have to zoom in to do this, getting rid of the sketch behind the linework is simply selecting the colour in the first colour selector box and white in the second. .. then rub out holding down the right mouse button. Drawing the linework you'll be best zooming in and using the linetool because you'll find you won't have ugly looking lines.. And just cus your using a line tool don't make it look too blocky, theres no rush. When your left with linework its a simple case of colouring it in bit by bit and shading it in whatever way you feel comfortable, you can leave your lines black if you think it looks more cartoony but in most situations it would look much better with dark-colour lines instead of just black.. Its up to you though.. Here are some examples to illustrate how I tend to go about making pixel sigs.. Goodluck. ~Ter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laps9 Posted February 3, 2006 Share Posted February 3, 2006 Sometimes you can just quickly sketch out what you want on paint and just build it up bit by bit, but people can quickly loose themselves using this method.. But I really find this much easier and more efficient cus I don't wanna have to draw something out that will just be traced over later, its like drawing the same image twice, and takes ages cleaning the image up into just linework. ... Wow, that's a pretty great tutorial. It will help out with most of my work now. put him in jail Then i'll just wait for him to drop the e-soap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonfish Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 I'm now much more patient and tend to use pixel by pixel linework. For the shading I generally use pixel by pixel but sometimes use the fill tool and then later dither it. My current signature has an old one I made in, it has very dark clean lines due to me taking the time to go around them. If you want your work to look neat and cartoony it's best to use this technique. you can leave your lines black if you think it looks more cartoony Generally aty the moment I use darker shades for the lines as it makes them look more proffessional - Some people like dark shadow don't have lines, they leave them coloured. :D Good luck in pixelizing. EDIT: Never thought of recording how I made it in a gif. I'll probably start that as I can see what I prevously made quickly. Thanks for the advice :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulch Posted February 4, 2006 Author Share Posted February 4, 2006 wow terley thats exelent, thanks :D Fel 'n ddedwydd ydy 'r hunau drwo choel a cer am 'r yn bucheddu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD666 Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Terely those animations are really usefull thanks for posting them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alduron Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 Very nice work Terley! ~Alduron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted February 4, 2006 Share Posted February 4, 2006 oh thx, im thinking of putting together a tutorial, whenever I make a sig I save my progress step by step so I potentially have 12 animated sig tuts like these.. hope this brief guide helps ya bulch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemonfish Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 oh thx, im thinking of putting together a tutorial, whenever I make a sig I save my progress step by step so I potentially have 12 animated sig tuts like these.. hope this brief guide helps ya bulch. Good idea. Started doing this for a couple of mine. Penguin creation below V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD666 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Terely if you are going to put them in a tutorial I think they should be a tad slower, like a second more on each frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinedrag0n Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 This way you don't even have to zoom in to do this, getting rid of the sketch behind the linework is simply selecting the colour in the first colour selector box and white in the second. how do u get rid of the sketch?? do u use photoshop or sumthing? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterxman Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 For Terley's sketches once you did the final black lines, it's possible to get rid of the grey lines in Paint. In Paint, select the grey line with your left click, and select the color white with the right click. Select the eraser tool, and right click it all over the grey lines, the eraser will replace all grey with white without affecting the other colors. Pixel sigs by me.Pixel Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinedrag0n Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 sweet thanx :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MD666 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 Wow thanks Xman, where do you learn all this stuff? Is there a paint manual online or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowgravity Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 For Terley's sketches once you did the final black lines, it's possible to get rid of the grey lines in Paint. In Paint, select the grey line with your left click, and select the color white with the right click. Select the eraser tool, and right click it all over the grey lines, the eraser will replace all grey with white without affecting the other colors. WOW! Thankyou so much rofl this will save me hours! Lowgravity, I want to be just like you. But...I never will be as 1337 as you. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 selecting the colour in the first colour selector box and white in the second. .. then rub out holding down the right mouse button. In Paint, select the grey line with your left click, and select the color white with the right click. Select the eraser tool, and right click it all over the grey lines, the eraser will replace all grey with white without affecting the other colors. What xman said was much more understandable :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01whitec2 Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 For Terley's sketches once you did the final black lines, it's possible to get rid of the grey lines in Paint. In Paint, select the grey line with your left click, and select the color white with the right click. Select the eraser tool, and right click it all over the grey lines, the eraser will replace all grey with white without affecting the other colors. Thats a cool trick, never knew that. You learn something new every day :P 100+ Combat :: 100+ Members :: 107 Combat Average-{Click sig to join Heroes of the Future}- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Despaxes Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 i thought everyone knew that :lol: thats why samples with opacity are practically useless thanks everyone for the sigs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterxman Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Wow thanks Xman, where do you learn all this stuff? Is there a paint manual online or something? Playing around with Paint a while ago, I didn't notice Terley explained it earlier but yeah, pretty simple stuff. :P Pixel sigs by me.Pixel Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quer_Skulll Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 or you could just select to change all *instert color* to white.. not in paint tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divinedrag0n Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 i got another question... when i scan something i drew with a pencil....its not all the same color so i have to erase them all manually.... what do u sketch with a pen? :? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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