[WIP] Serious Pixel Signature

I've been experimenting around with making pixel arts. Never been working with it seriously.. But I think I'm going to attempt to create a serious pixel art signature. Hope you guys will like the result!

C&C Pl0x ^^

dude its good for a first one man,how do you shade so good thu?

Thats by experimenting and trying things out.. I've also checked out alot of pixel arts in zoom (8 in MS Paint) to check out how others did it. This is not my very first pixel art work.. I've made more works, but they were not very serious.. So this is a real attempt to create something good with the knowledge I have =)

I also follow a bit of artist education. Multimedia Designing. We have to draw alot with shading and stuf.. It's my first year... so I'm not real good at it yet. There will be things that are not right, I'm sure about that :)

Thank you for your comment.

wow thats very nicely done for a first time

i really love the border...you really don't see creative pixel borders anymore =D>

keep working on it!

Thank you for your comment :)

I hate the grass, anybody any suggestions to improve the look of the grass?

Thanks in advance!

i think im in love with that ocean, nice job

only thing i see wrong is the tree still looks a bit... unnatural

maybe make the trunk slightly thinner and the roots less predictable and a lot longer

good otherwise (<3 ocean)

THE TREE SHOULD BE THINNER AT TOP AND THICKER AT BOTTOM

Thanks for the comments and the suggestions!

i like it so far... on the fish you might want to smoth out the shading and make it a bit more realistic, as now it really just looks like bricks of color, also its not good to put your WIP in your sig, as that has people assume it is finished.

this is just 1 way of making a grass effect i also hated the way the grass and the water met, so i made it more... smooth. also i must say u use sometimes a little To much dithering :? I also have made a line for the tree (see c/c below) that gives it a better look i think :P Overall i think its a great sig and i realy like it this far =D>

some c/c left:

* the sea never ends that dark from with such light.

* the sky needs some more color sifference, i mean darker on the top of the sig and lighter on the place it *touches* the water.

* the way u shaded the shark looks a bit too.... square

* the robe that holds the shark (i think) needs to be more brown so it realy comes out, now it just look like a part of the shark.

* the tree is small at the bottom and is even bigger on the top :? It normaly is otherwise, and on this way it looks like it is falling down to the bottom of the sig :-s :wall:

i hope u have something about this :wink:

last thing: sry for not having it transparant i hope u don't mind :anxious:

I hate the grass, anybody any suggestions to improve the look of the grass?

 

 

 

Thanks in advance!

try making individual leaves on the ground...

Thank you very much all. These are the comments I was really waiting for :D Though, the ocean might not be realistic, I love the way it looks :o

Thank you guys, tyvm!

New image added, quite an improvement if you ask me.

Special thanks to Rik to show me an example how to do it.

Next thin I'll be fixing is the shark.. It's ugly, but not for long (i hope)

I love the new changes only thing I dont like atm is the middle of the tree, seems kind of flat and the fish(for now hopefully) in general. Im interested in what you will make next so far its fantastic.

Good for your first one, few comments, most have been addressed though.

-Your grass is fine, it fits in nicely with the style of the water, which is nicely done.

-Your tree needs some work though. Make it less shaded from light to dark on both sides and change the shape, I suggest looking at some reference pics.

-Shark is good, but I didn't really know what it was, maybe make your light source from one specific side instead of straight up.

-You don't need to use to much dither. It doesn't work so extensively on the tree and the shark.

Other then those nit picky points, good piece so far.

I think the shark shouldn't be symectrical. Also a question: what is going on in the rest of the sig? maybe a dude fishing in the sea and lots of fish lying all over the beach? just a suggestion

Props on the ocean :thumbsup:

Thank you guys for your comments and suggestions. I've been working on the shark. It looks much smoother now. The next thing will probably the shading of the tree...

And where will I fill the rest of the sig with.. Well not sure yet, but thank you for your suggestion. Though, I suck at making characters :)

much better :thumbsup: the first thing u need to fix now is the shark, that makes the sig looks quite dithered, but it isn't that much. Also great work on the grass and good work on the tree that now looks much better :

here is a exemple how you could do the shark( i used the same colors as u used):

Also i couldn't resist to chance the robe colors a bit. U can use this shark if u liked to but if not maybe u can learn a bit of it ;) Also i made some green stripes in the grass where the grass needs to be some darker because its the shade of the tree.

I hope u can do something with this :wink:

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Rik

EDIT: i have seen ur new shark and i still have something to say about it: i shade it like the sun is on it tail and not in the background :?

if i may ask: what are u planning to make in the remaining part of the signature?

very nice start, but the water shouldn't just suddenly, end. i realise it looks like that in RL, but u shud also notice its kind of oval yah?