dark_shadow Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 =; Just before you read anything else; THIs is obviously a WIP, and it is no-where near completion. all i have actually pretty much finished so far is the nose, and eyes. rest is basic colouring well, just thought id post this. later, when i finish it, ill let others practice colouring with the linework if they want it. ill keep posting updates this is going to take me a while to do :-w . ive started making tiger outlines previously, but i always used to lose them. now ive started again. no reference was used, hence the odd stripe patterning on the face. comments appreciated :) edit: i feel like a fool.. forgot to attatch the pic! :oops: Update#1: decided to do a white tiger as well! going to do the white one first now. still not much shaded Update #2: Shaded around the nose area. not much done, only working on the white tiger at the mo. will do the other after. the out-of-place darkish grey bits are ideas for where shadows will go. theyre not gonna stay there... that and ive got to blend in the other shading more Update #3: still have to do the right ear, add more fur texture, do the stripes and fix some other things up update #4- final version well, i know its not great. its nothing like i originally visualised, but nevermind. The right ear (its left) was the hardest bit to do, and it still dosnt look great i know. and im aware it dosnt have whiskers; they didnt look good, no matter how i did them, so i left them out overall, quite a few friends have said it looks really good. personally, i love it, cause its the first pixel tiger ive ever done :3> Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxxShade Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 All those orange shades are gonna make you go crazy :shock: Good luck I hope to see it finished :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Most of those shades are so similar that if you ditch ÃÆââââ¬Ã¦Ã¢â∠Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 i dont actually use most of those shades. I just put the whole scale down, INCASE i happen to need them, which i usually dont. it saves me having to find the same colour shades later. Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_k0m0d0_ Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Most of those shades are so similar that if you ditch ÃÆââââ¬Ã¦Ã¢â∠Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Most of those shades are so similar that if you ditch ÃÆââââ¬Ã¦Ã¢â∠Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 i dont actually use most of those shades. I just put the whole scale down, INCASE i happen to need them, which i usually dont. it saves me having to find the same colour shades later. I know about the colours. I use a number of methods to reduce the number of colours I use. as I said, i dont use the majority of them. I only put them there INCASE i need to use them, which i rarely do Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remoteman Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 lol am i the only one who thinks that the linework is good? :lol: nice work, but look at a tiger for reference and i'm sure that there aren't that many stripes "A disbelief in magic can force some poor souls into believing in authority and business" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 2, 2006 Author Share Posted July 2, 2006 lol thanks remoteman. I knew it had way too many stripes. I draw lots of tigers in rl. might post a piccy later, if i can get the scanner to work. So i know what the stripes SHOULD be like :wink: i just didnt feel like fixing the stripes :( but now i got around to doing it, so i dont have to make a major edit later also, a friend suggested doing a white tiger, so ive decided to do the normal coloured tiger and a white tiger. so heres both updated. all thats been done is part of the left ear, and the chin; Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureleader18 Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 looks good so far, good luck with this. finished product should look just fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sereth Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 You don't need half those colors. But looks good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxshady Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 he said the orange parts were basic coloring... :-w doesnt anyone read.... anyways the shading (the parts that have been shaded) are nice. cant wait to see the finished product ------------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 3, 2006 Author Share Posted July 3, 2006 update #2. still nowhere near done. grey parts are just for my working out, still have to blend the shading in more, still only done shading around the nose. I will also be changing the black outlines to grey, so they dont stand out Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddawn509 Posted July 3, 2006 Share Posted July 3, 2006 looking great DS! I cant wait to see the final product! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 i know not many people are actually following this.. but anyway. update... still have to add texture to the fur, still gotta do the right eat, stripes etc. still not finished opinions? and thanks to those who have actually posted :) Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldvenom Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 pretty sweet so far, will look good when you are done. dont forget the inside of the tiger's left ear... sig by me avatar by: born2dieMy Website -> Coldvenom.CO.NR <- My Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 lol yeah i know :) unfortunately tigers have really hairy ears, and im struggling to get the texture right.. 4 attempts so far, had to scrap ever one :x and ive gotta remember to add whiskers! i always forget the whiskers! Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_shadow Posted July 4, 2006 Author Share Posted July 4, 2006 final version. read first post for comments that ive already written about it Featuring in my sig: TURT, ma pet turdle! Thanks to- Runemetsa and Aijiru for two of the great sigs!Avatar made by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldvenom Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 very good job, 9/10 all that is missing is the rest of the body and a background.(if you want to do those.) sig by me avatar by: born2dieMy Website -> Coldvenom.CO.NR <- My Website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirHartlar Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 I think it is very good. It is also very realistic. 8/10. Keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsword33 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 i must say, this is amazing. great job on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldwolflord Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 The only, only thing I can see wrong is that the black is: 1) A bit too harsh... Dark greys rather black, as it wouldn't really be pure black. Or that dark. 2) His ear has a very black top, which really doesn't look too good.. It's a harsh change between white from black and it doesn't look right. It's still really really good, very nice work. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RcS89 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Well. Here goes. Not at all my kind of thing. Way too many colours. For things like this, It would be much better to photoshop some nice lineart, before Smudging together 3 or 4 different shades, to get a smoother finish. In the top-left area of the head (and ear) I found 8 different shades of grey, but I'm sure I could've missed another 2 or 3 if I'd kept on looking. Another thing that could be improved is the Lineart. With 8+ shades of grey at your disposal, you could've carried out some pretty awesome anti-aliasing. Another thing, Pillar Shading. It's not so bad in this piece, but I can see an area (just beside the nose), that seems Shaded in lines. Something that bothers me in alot of work now, including my own, is the light source. Again, I can't see any sort of contrast here... Don't be offended, I feel pretty bad now for saying all of this, but if you listen to the criticism, you'll be a better pixel-artist eventually. Heh, Personally, I'd never try to pixel anything that large... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldwolflord Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Not at all my kind of thing. Way too many colours. For things like this, It would be much better to photoshop some nice lineart, before Smudging together 3 or 4 different shades, to get a smoother finish. In the top-left area of the head (and ear) I found 8 different shades of grey, but I'm sure I could've missed another 2 or 3 if I'd kept on looking. Another thing that could be improved is the Lineart. With 8+ shades of grey at your disposal, you could've carried out some pretty awesome anti-aliasing. You don't like using lots of colours? What?? What's wrong with that?? They're just shades of one colour... This is a pixel... You use smudging tools in photoshop on your pixels??? What? That's not how you make pixel works... Yes it would look nicer, but anyone could just smudge colours together... Antialiasing on a pixel??? Could you really be bothered to go and anti aliase all of this??? And once again, Anti aliasing really takes away the pixel effect. Would you anti aliase a pixel at risk of being told you didn't really do it, and just used some photoshop tool? Like you told Dark to earlier? You miss colours when you look longer? So you unfind them? WTP? Ok, I don't know what you consider a pixel, but anti aliasing and smudging 4 shades of colour together is not pixel work to me. Oh, and you manage to contradict yourself by saying there are too many colours, but you then go on to say Dark should anti-aliase and smudge colours... Well anti-aliasing and smudging colours makes even more colours... Really... WTP?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazgul740 Posted July 4, 2006 Share Posted July 4, 2006 Mmm goldwolf... imho i think that if you have tht tools to make a picture look better then go for it... does anyone care about the true spirt of pixel or just want to make amazing work...? normally i go ahead and just keep it in pain as it is easier... but in all seriousness if i can make an image look better by useing another program then do it... all that matters is the finished piece of work New sigzor^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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