Yay! thats my first ever pixel there and its... Done!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm really proud of it because its only my first and it is better than most firsts I've seen. I'm a real perfectionest so I take my time to make it look nice!

Can a mod remove this post ?

I think you need to study your anatomy.. :-k

work on the anatomy a lil, its wrong even for a cartoon-ish pixel

 

 

 

and another thing, dont use anti-aliasing from photoshop

 

 

 

and when i zoom in, i see that most of ur color is going out of the lines

 

 

 

u shud be using the fill tool of photoshop

 

 

 

make the lineart before u add the colors

 

 

 

and u need to clean the lineart as well

 

 

 

for example

 

 

 

this

 

 

 

 

 

 

shud be this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

note that handle of sword is not 100% black

 

 

 

a lil before black

 

 

 

just look at the linework of the bodys outer part

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as far as i can guess, ur using something like photoshop to make pixels

 

 

 

thats like using a sword to stitch clothes ( wow i hav become a poet :P )

 

 

 

anyway zooming in, i can guess that u have first used a brush to color the place where the face will be

 

 

 

then used a soft brush to make the face's linework

 

 

 

then u found ur mistake and used a hard edged pencil to make the rest of the body

 

 

 

i suggest u look around the net for some tuts on pixel

 

 

 

and make sure u check This One by terley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps : image hosting by

^^yeah thats an awesome tutorial right there =P~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this needs a bit more character, try steer clear from generic round heads, clean up your lines and just keep tweaking it until it looks the way you want it. Theres nothing really wrong with the proportions, it's a cartoon character so I shouldn't expect dead-on human proportions for this.. I've got something like this in mind. :-k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol

God damit Terley, you uberfied it, lol. I live the purplelish/red you used. how do you think of the colors you use?

well I see colour as, lighter = warmer (your red's orange yellows) darker goes through purple to blue. To get from the warm skin colour to black you just move through the colour spectrum.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

this illustrates it well I think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so you kinda stay one one side of a color weel?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

like this:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no I don't I guess I explained it wrong, depending on the colour you've chosen, to darken it you move through the spectrum towards blue (blue indicates cold, dark) and if you want to lighten a colour move closer to yellow (which indicates light - warm). In this example below shows what I mean. Instead of simply lightening and darking a colour like usual, using the spectrum combined adds so much more to your colouring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may not be the best example becuase I just did this really quickly but I hope you get what I mean.

oh ok, I understand now. Simple:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

instead of using the same color to shade>>>>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To make it darker...move towards the blues, to get brighter move to the yellows.

k thanks guys ill start working on it again cause just got home from skool

 

 

 

can some1 sow me how to make some good eyes and a mouth?

k thanks guys ill start working on it again cause just got home from skool

 

 

 

can some1 sow me how to make some good eyes and a mouth?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

sow?

work on the anatomy a lil, its wrong even for a cartoon-ish pixel

 

 

 

and another thing, dont use anti-aliasing from photoshop

 

 

 

and when i zoom in, i see that most of ur color is going out of the lines

 

 

 

u shud be using the fill tool of photoshop

 

 

 

make the lineart before u add the colors

 

 

 

and u need to clean the lineart as well

 

 

 

for example

 

 

 

this

 

 

 

 

 

 

shud be this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

note that handle of sword is not 100% black

 

 

 

a lil before black

 

 

 

just look at the linework of the bodys outer part

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as far as i can guess, ur using something like photoshop to make pixels

 

 

 

thats like using a sword to stitch clothes ( wow i hav become a poet :P )

 

 

 

anyway zooming in, i can guess that u have first used a brush to color the place where the face will be

 

 

 

then used a soft brush to make the face's linework

 

 

 

then u found ur mistake and used a hard edged pencil to make the rest of the body

 

 

 

i suggest u look around the net for some tuts on pixel

 

 

 

and make sure u check This One by terley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ps : image hosting by

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I see what you mean! ty is this any better?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not that .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mine bit decent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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^^yeah thats an awesome tutorial right there =P~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this needs a bit more character, try steer clear from generic round heads, clean up your lines and just keep tweaking it until it looks the way you want it. Theres nothing really wrong with the proportions, it's a cartoon character so I shouldn't expect dead-on human proportions for this.. I've got something like this in mind. :-k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

look I see what you mean about the head but can you roughly show me a shape of a good cartoony head?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also your version of mine - no-offence - whats with the mouth? its got character but maybe too much! :ohnoes:

 

^^yeah thats an awesome tutorial right there =P~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think this needs a bit more character, try steer clear from generic round heads, clean up your lines and just keep tweaking it until it looks the way you want it. Theres nothing really wrong with the proportions, it's a cartoon character so I shouldn't expect dead-on human proportions for this.. I've got something like this in mind. :-k

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

lol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

look I see what you mean about the head but can you roughly show me a shape of a good cartoony head?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also your version of mine - no-offence - whats with the mouth? its got character but maybe too much! :ohnoes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lol thats just Ter's style, talk about original!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And, Die, WTH? Sorry But that is NOT decent. Saved in JPG for instability's sake!

not that .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mine bit decent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats the ulgies piece of !@#$ i have ever laid eyes on :uhh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And why are you copy and pasteing your sig into your posts??

 

not that .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mine bit decent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thats the ulgies piece of !@#$ i have ever laid eyes on :uhh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And why are you copy and pasteing your sig into your posts??

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well said! don't post in mine die 2 kill unless its c/c

no I don't I guess I explained it wrong, depending on the colour you've chosen, to darken it you move through the spectrum towards blue (blue indicates cold, dark) and if you want to lighten a colour move closer to yellow (which indicates light - warm). In this example below shows what I mean. Instead of simply lightening and darking a colour like usual, using the spectrum combined adds so much more to your colouring.

 

 

 

may not be the best example becuase I just did this really quickly but I hope you get what I mean.

 

 

 

:shock:

 

 

 

Terley - that may be the most useful information I have ever heard in my entire life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you! :mrgreen:

 

 

 

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-~Kuroi Ame~-

 

no I don't I guess I explained it wrong, depending on the colour you've chosen, to darken it you move through the spectrum towards blue (blue indicates cold, dark) and if you want to lighten a colour move closer to yellow (which indicates light - warm). In this example below shows what I mean. Instead of simply lightening and darking a colour like usual, using the spectrum combined adds so much more to your colouring.

 

 

 

may not be the best example becuase I just did this really quickly but I hope you get what I mean.

 

 

 

:shock:

 

 

 

Terley - that may be the most useful information I have ever heard in my entire life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you! :mrgreen:

 

 

 

_____________

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-~Kuroi Ame~-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I can't agree more!

some examples of pixel ahrims people i did long ago. i think my style and quality of pixel has improved a lot. but may these may still help for the basic colour and shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

no I don't I guess I explained it wrong, depending on the colour you've chosen, to darken it you move through the spectrum towards blue (blue indicates cold, dark) and if you want to lighten a colour move closer to yellow (which indicates light - warm). In this example below shows what I mean. Instead of simply lightening and darking a colour like usual, using the spectrum combined adds so much more to your colouring.

 

 

 

may not be the best example becuase I just did this really quickly but I hope you get what I mean.

 

 

 

:shock:

 

 

 

Terley - that may be the most useful information I have ever heard in my entire life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you! :mrgreen:

 

 

 

_____________

 

 

 

-~Kuroi Ame~-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

holy crap, kuroi is right, that really is usefull... ive been sitting here wondering how the hell you get those colors, and wellah, terly teaches/inspires me again!@ *runs off to go try it*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i wub you ter! (in a non gay way...) :3>

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

=)

some examples of pixel ahrims people i did long ago. i think my style and quality of pixel has improved a lot. but may these may still help for the basic colour and shape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

hmm. I think I'll do a black dragon instead cause I saw a pixel in this forum of a ranger killing a blue dragon. If this is you plz say

its getting better and better good job

its getting better and better good job

 

 

 

thanks