diophantusdan Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 THis is a WIP...not done yet. K, this was all done in paint. I actually had to dumb down on some parts of the sky, cuz it looked to real, and I wanted it so you could tell it was made in paint. It was almost all pencil with tons and tons of random colors. Tell me what you think so far. C & C plz. UPDATE! k, here is how it looks so far now. The new scenery may not look like it matches the sky but it will after i add more shadows. Im gonna have trees on the right side of the church and a grave yard on the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venomai Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I really like what you've done with the sky, it looks like a very impressive space painting. This pixel is looking great so far, but I personally think the church & sky clash. And the sky itself seems to go right down to the horizon, which makes it look more like a green-screen sort of thing or something. Don't forget ambient lighting.. a red sky like that would cast a lot of red hues on the house, especially noticeable on the red panels. The path's perspective is a bit fishy, it needs to widen out or something. Both the sky & house are so completely different that they would probably be better suited as two separate pieces. But anyways, keep up the great work, the sky is really wonderful and I'm anticipating the final. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureleader18 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I really like what you've done with the sky, it looks like a very impressive space painting. ^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diophantusdan Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 This pixel is looking great so far, but I personally think the church & sky clash yah they clash for now. Hopefully by the time im done i can fix that. Im gonna be adding lots of shading so hopefully it will smooth out. Im not sure exactly where you're going with the path. Thanks for the comments though. what does this "^" mean pureleader? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterxman Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Yeah the church and sky clash but maybe it's because of the ground, I'll have to see final pic. Hope you add some stuff around the church because it would be a shame to see a nice sky and building be surrounded by emptyness on the ground. So far good texture and shading, nice perspective too. Pixel sigs by me.Pixel Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diophantusdan Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 Hope you add some stuff around the church because it would be a shame to see a nice sky and building be surrounded by emptyness Yah im planning a graveyard and someother stuff. And thanks for the comments everybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdprs Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 well done, pretty impresive http://jdpr.deviantart.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emofreak123 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 add some flowers and bushes and a garden around the church, it will look more like a church that way :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scruffy5389 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Amazing :shock: ...now for the constructive part: It seems to me that if the church and ground are being lit by the sky, they would be much darker compared to the sky. Maybe that's something you plan to do with more shading....I dunno. Just thought I'd throw it out there :wink: Also, I think you need a horizon line. Even if the church is on the top of a hill, you need a horizon point to plan you're scene around, allowing for foreshortening to make the scene look real. That will straighten out your path, too. Right now the scene is sort of a realistic church scene set sort of randomly, drifting aimlessly through psychedelic space. Let me say again though that I think it's awesome work :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Thats beautiful :o If I were you I'd make it a wildy scene, throw the chaos elemental guy in there... The church IS beautiful, I personally think it would look better with green grass and a daytime thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diophantusdan Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 ...now for the constructive part: It seems to me that if the church and ground are being lit by the sky, they would be much darker compared to the sky. Maybe that's something you plan to do with more shading....I dunno. Just thought I'd throw it out there Yes im planning to add enough shadows that things are a bit smoother. If that doesnt work all make all the colors darker. I will eventually add flowers and stuff. And I sorta see what your saying about the horizon line, but im kinda dumbfounded on how i should fix the problem. Thanks for the comments guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rerg1 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Nice, The path is a little wrong but the rest NICE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColAvanor Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'm not saying that this lessens the value of the space part but still. You could have mentioned the reference when it was so apparent... It was almost all pencil with tons and tons of random colors. erm...not. http://www.akhtarnama.com/images/Orion% ... %20CCD.jpg Anyone thinking of flip horizontal and squish? btw...it's first hit in google images for "nebula". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterxman Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Lame.. it's not like using a reference is a bad thing. I think it's great when people use them but when you lie that you didn't.. not cool as an artist. Pixel sigs by me.Pixel Art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upyouraxe Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 busted, no wonder why it looked real, too bad thats only one think in your post thats real... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venomai Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Calm down guys.. nobody's been "busted" for anything. He never denied using a reference, he simply hasn't mentioned it. He clearly didn't do any "tracing", and the similarities are hardly noticeable. He could have said "i used a reference for the sky" but I don't see how that would make any difference whatsoever... You guys are taking a fit on this guy before you even give him the chance to tell us what really happened. I'm sure if anyone had asked about a reference he would have pointed out which one he used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Yeah, he used a refference, so? It realy shouldn't matter. Looking nice, as i've said in other post's di. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColAvanor Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Calm down guys.. nobody's been "busted" for anything. He never denied using a reference, he simply hasn't mentioned it. He clearly didn't do any "tracing", and the similarities are hardly noticeable. He could have said "i used a reference for the sky" but I don't see how that would make any difference whatsoever... You guys are taking a fit on this guy before you even give him the chance to tell us what really happened. I'm sure if anyone had asked about a reference he would have pointed out which one he used. I'm afraid you are wrong. He claimed to "use a lot of random colours". How are they random if they are taken from the photograph. He intentionally led us to belive it wasn't referenced (well, I recognized the photograph straigth away, so it wasn't going to fly). "no tracing"?? "similarities hardly noticable"?!?!? blind? I cropped and used free transform on the photo I linked and TADAA. If I aligned them well it would be apparent that the left side is indeed traced. I mean...HE COPIED THE DISTORTED STARS. (starsa are usually round not squished). Btw..as you can see my photo isn't as wide as his...and why is that? because the right side of the image is indeed a mirror od the left side blended in. just look straigth aboce where the photo ends and look for similarities on the other side. And no. I'm not here to bash the maker of the pixel. There is an amount of work involved in the picture and even areas not heavily referenced. I'm here to point out some facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diophantusdan Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 "use a lot of random colours". How are they random if they are taken from the photograph. He intentionally led us to belive it wasn't referenced (well, I recognized the photograph straigth away, so it wasn't going to fly). "no tracing"?? "similarities hardly noticable"?!?!? sigh*i new i should have mentioned using a reference. I did not trace, however. I really dont have any proof of it though, you can either believe me or not. I guess the colors arent random in the sense that i made them myself(though some i did). They were random because i would zoom in on the area i was working on and use the color coyping tool to randomly click on a pixel i liked and transfer it. From there i made variations of that color for the rest of it. The stars are extremely similar because i did them as similarly as possible, while trying to make it be pixelzed at the same time. None of it was copy and paste from the original. Like i said though, there is no way to prove this, you can either believe me or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WutangFlu Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 i hope to god your going to dither that sky :| if you do its gunna be crazy.. :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diophantusdan Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 oh and while im at it i used a reference for the church too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terley Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 it's pretty hard to make a sky like that up from the top of your head, I certainly wouldn't of tried without a reference.. Neither would I try copy it exactly, I'd choose my own colours and try make my own sky from what I see.. Copying a squashed image isn't the best show of skill but you got what you wanted for your image, and your chruch is pretty good.. You just need a better judge of perspective, the horizon line atm looks like a dead drop meters behind the church and the path gets thicker further away from the screen, try make the path go left instead of towards us.. And from the angle of the church I wouldn't expect to see much sky :roll: ... I'd suggest sticking with the church and actually drawing the surrounding scenery.. If it helps.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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