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[piecewise]

Space engine did some pretty good stars

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So I'm not the only person to find these giant oblate popcorn kernels in SE?

Yeah. I think they're a particular kind of star. Not sure, don't remember.

[XhAPPYSLApX]

I made this Geralt yesterday, and I also made some tiles a while back that I didn't upload till now. Enjoy the pics

Geralt of Rivia

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Some tiles I made

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Got some inspiration from Shovel Knight for the tiles

[Shook]

Very nice tiles, i can definitely see the Shovel Knight inspiration in them. :v

Spoiler: unsolicted criticism hooheh (click to show/hide)

For the background tiles though, you may want to get rid of the highlights, since they make them jump out a bit too much. In general, only foreground objects and/or objects that are intentionally in focus should have the full shading suite; middle- and background objects normally don't need highlights, and distant background objects might not need shading at all or even details. Of course, that kind of distance rarely makes itself relevant within sprite art, so it's mostly the highlights that you should think about.
Another thing worth considering is to maybe give the background a slight (and desaturated) blue tint, partly to separate it from the foreground, and partly because a blue tint is great for conveying distance, what with how our atmosphere works.

As for Manly Man McGeralt, this is one of those cases where i'd say "less is more", especially in terms of black outline. There's just too much of it here, and it makes the sprite harder to read. On small sprites, it's usually better to rely on colour contrast instead of straight up outlining for details. For example, if you made the leather straps brighter than the torso leather, they'd stand out fine. Also note, hair generally doesn't form a super strong shadow on your head (since it's generally partially translucent), so you really don't need that black lining around his face (a darker gray would be more acceptable). If the skin and hair blend too much together, you probably need to mess with the values. :v

Anyways, here's a somewhat quick somewhat study of grassy places:

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Trying out a new approach and it seems to be working, was annoying as fuck to figure out how to do the grass properly with the one brush I was using but I'm pleased with how it turned out in the end, will have to try it out with some different lighting scenarios to see how it works out in those.

Wow not a single comment for this? I love the grass and clouds m8, and also how wet it generally looks. Also, can confirm that the rock is a very attractive focal point. :v

also here's a thing

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Worth noting is that the lines on the camera itself are probably the most immaculately straight lines i've ever drawn free hand.

[XhAPPYSLApX]

Very nice tiles, i can definitely see the Shovel Knight inspiration in them. :v

Spoiler: unsolicted criticism hooheh (click to show/hide)

For the background tiles though, you may want to get rid of the highlights, since they make them jump out a bit too much. In general, only foreground objects and/or objects that are intentionally in focus should have the full shading suite; middle- and background objects normally don't need highlights, and distant background objects might not need shading at all or even details. Of course, that kind of distance rarely makes itself relevant within sprite art, so it's mostly the highlights that you should think about.
Another thing worth considering is to maybe give the background a slight (and desaturated) blue tint, partly to separate it from the foreground, and partly because a blue tint is great for conveying distance, what with how our atmosphere works.

As for Manly Man McGeralt, this is one of those cases where i'd say "less is more", especially in terms of black outline. There's just too much of it here, and it makes the sprite harder to read. On small sprites, it's usually better to rely on colour contrast instead of straight up outlining for details. For example, if you made the leather straps brighter than the torso leather, they'd stand out fine. Also note, hair generally doesn't form a super strong shadow on your head (since it's generally partially translucent), so you really don't need that black lining around his face (a darker gray would be more acceptable). If the skin and hair blend too much together, you probably need to mess with the values. :v

Anyways, here's a somewhat quick somewhat study of grassy places:

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Trying out a new approach and it seems to be working, was annoying as fuck to figure out how to do the grass properly with the one brush I was using but I'm pleased with how it turned out in the end, will have to try it out with some different lighting scenarios to see how it works out in those.

Wow not a single comment for this? I love the grass and clouds m8, and also how wet it generally looks. Also, can confirm that the rock is a very attractive focal point. :v

also here's a thing

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Worth noting is that the lines on the camera itself are probably the most immaculately straight lines i've ever drawn free hand.

Thanks, Shook, I'll look into the outlines a bit more. I also think I should upgrade my sprite making a bit, as in, make some bigger sprites, and work on animation a bit more
And nice drawing both you and Jopax, love the colors in it, and generally everything about it

[Araph]

I've started playing guitar again and I realized that I had a mic that was advertised as being a hobbyist-home-studio-type-dealio. I tried recording a part of Arsonist's Lullaby, by Hozier. It's a little rough in some parts, especially the guitar, but I like how it turned out. I definitely still need to practice barre chords, though.

[hops]

I made this piece of pixel art, quite proud of it. It's the best I've done so far to be honest.

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I also made a thread where I keep basic portfolio of all my other pieces of pixel art, and please enjoy

My thread:  http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=152598.0

Late reply but that is too much dithering. Unless you deliberately wanted the robes to look like it's rough I guess. I'm just saying that because it's a thing I have learned, though. Otherwise, it's pretty cool.

[Shook]

He has already been shouted at for his excessive dithering, but hey, still a valid point for future reference. :v

I've started playing guitar again and I realized that I had a mic that was advertised as being a hobbyist-home-studio-type-dealio. I tried recording a part of Arsonist's Lullaby, by Hozier. It's a little rough in some parts, especially the guitar, but I like how it turned out. I definitely still need to practice barre chords, though.

Ooo, i was pleasantly surprised by this. You have a nice singing voice, and the guitar seemed fine to me. c: (i also don't know the song, but hey)

also here's an attempt at the CHESHIRE CAT

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fuck me i can't figure out how front legs work

[Arx]

I've started playing guitar again and I realized that I had a mic that was advertised as being a hobbyist-home-studio-type-dealio. I tried recording a part of Arsonist's Lullaby, by Hozier.

Not half bad!

I definitely still need to practice barre chords, though.

My brother just plays nearly everything as a barre chord. Seems to work for him, and he can certainly play them now.

fuck me i can't figure out how front legs work

Attached to the shoulders.
But seriously it looks like you've left out the shoulders, adding those in might help.

[hops]

Attached to the shoulders.
But seriously it looks like you've left out the shoulders, adding those in might help.

Instruction unclear. Getting killer headaches.

[Araph]

Ooo, i was pleasantly surprised by this. You have a nice singing voice, and the guitar seemed fine to me. c: (i also don't know the song, but hey)

Not half bad!

Thanks!

Attached to the shoulders.
But seriously it looks like you've left out the shoulders, adding those in might help.

Instruction unclear. Getting killer headaches.

Nailed it.


Also, Shook: that cat-smile will haunt me for the rest of my days. I hope you're happy with yourself.

[Shook]

I might be.

:v

I might also be tempted to take the creepy smile gimmick further.

:v

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Instruction unclear. Getting killer headaches.

Seems like you've got a good head start on this whole leg business.

:v

But instead of a creepy smile, you get something VAGUELY RESEMBLANT OF A SELF PORTRAIT

Spoiler: speaking of head starts hrhrhrhrh (click to show/hide)

Not entirely accurate, of course, but close enough. You can see the Krita brush thing in the bottom right corner because it's snapshot'd out of SOMETHING BIGGER.

[Jopax]

Shook that cat of yours needs more !!BATSHIT INSANITY!! in the smile, also as Arx said a pair of shoulders wouldn't be amiss

Leghead reminds me of an old cartoon from these parts, the literal translation of the name would be footsie I think.

Also also, lighter strokes for the hair Shookman, gives it a fluffier quality, right now it overpowers the lines of the face so it's not as in your face as it should be (that sounds bad but I don't know of a better way of putting it). Basically, mind your line weight, this might be more techincally focused but it gets the point across, when you don't have values you use lines to indicate what's important and what's not.

And finally, I started doing this Arthabit thing a bunch of folks are doing on FB and it's basically to draw every day, something I haven't done in a while. But now that I'm doing it again it feels just as awesome and just as easy as it ever was. So have some comfort zone sketches inspired by Warframe mostly:

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Taken with a not so crappy camera that isn't quite scanner quality because it's too much hassle to scan these things, and then I have a bunch of torn out sketchbook pages and nowhere to store them properly.

[Shook]

SHOULDERS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO CAN CARRY THEM

uh

Anyways, line weight yes, the one thing that i consistently forget all about. Did not think of using lighter lines for the hair though, so i'm definitely going to try that next time. In fact, i generally should try to overcome my laziness and not use the exact same brush size for everything. :U

Also those sketches are excellent, the only thing that catches my eye is that the BIG SHOOTA on the first page kind of looks like it's twisting along its axis. Either that, or i'm seeing it the wrong way, which is not impossible either.

also while i get to work on a proper !!BATSHIT INSANITY!! smile, here's a grAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAmmophone done per request

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

This one even looks mostly the same when mirrored, so that's pretty crazy. :v

[Itnetlolor]

I gotta get back to doing some art again. During my trip north, I did at least make another model upgrade/update to a classic sketch of mine. A Barracuda Dropship (looks similar to the fish, and is just as vicious in combat as it's troops it carries and it's namesake). It's moddable, and would have alternative versions of the craft for different purposes, so plenty capable of multi-role purposes other than just being a dropship. Like a Hammerhead variety would be an Assault mod, or a bulk build can work as a construction craft, codenamed "Bumblebee" due to how clunky it looks post-modding (also making use of Black and Yellow construction colors; why not?). I'll upload it eventually. Done.

I can further refine the idea when I try to build it 1:1 scale, to code (chassis and up), in Minecraft. Half the fun in my designs has to be engineering them.

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Spoiler: Here we go. Slightly enhanced in Photoshop to show more detail. (click to show/hide)

In case you're wondering, engines and their configurations are allowed to be modified. The engine block is in itself a mod slot. Current configuration is a 7-BULK cluster-engine =|= (or 2:3:2) configuration, with variable thrust vectoring. VTOL is standard (you can refine such control with mods; better used for heavy liftings, like tank hauling).

Mod slots are those 'plugs' on the ship. As you can see, turrets and flares have already been mounted on it some. This is a standard-issue build.

All Barracudas come with access ways below and aside, with small and large cargo access points. These are basically like Planet Express, with a mess of moddability.

[Arx]

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Not really totally happy with the way it turned out, but I'm calling it done for now.