Pixel-Art Megathread: It's not programmer art it's *retro*

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Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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In PS you can make the scanlines a pattern and just bucket tool it all over your image.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Photoshop-Pattern

# ¿ Sep 17, 2013 16:30

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 00:53

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Man, I totally posted that!

# ¿ Sep 17, 2013 20:45

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the chaos engine posted:

^^^^^ Cheers to you too! And first! Cheers to you first!

Now to end this derail, have some Owls (well its all the one owl)

# ¿ Sep 17, 2013 22:06

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Where the gently caress did the week go?

Clockwork Cupcake posted:

I missed that you'd posted that, Shoehead! Those are some pretty cool owl(s), are your monster dudes for a specific project or just for fun?

Mayyyyybe? I have some friends (Goons) who are getting into writing and programming and we are all kinda learning with each other but I don't think they want me telling people stuff? I think we were planning on splitting up soon and doing some fun game jam stuff here :3:

Tunicate posted:

I'm a little confused as to where the light source is supposed to be coming from. The belly in particular is pretty banded, which doesn't really give much information about the shape of an object.

You are correct and I should fix that banding and rethink some of this lighting 'cos it was supposed to be dead on.

# ¿ Sep 21, 2013 10:21

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Humboldt squid posted:

Usually you have more than one piece going at a time (usually 3-4), so when you get tired with one you can work on another - plus it lets you get a fresh perspective when you come back to it.

I tend to zone the hell out and end up with some work at the end of it like 4 hours later, I find it very very relaxing. That said I've been doing some work for other people lately, and with having to redo some sprites over or tweak things slowing down my work it really helps to go and zone out on another piece for a bit even if it's to build up my confidence.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2013 12:49

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Stuff3 posted:

Im a huge piece of poo poo at art. But if I quit I'd just be even bigger poo poo.

Please excuse my area capturing abilities. Not the actual resolution either im retarded etc.

Never say die! Bully the poo poo out of those pixels until they work for you!

# ¿ Oct 6, 2013 11:18

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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DinosaurHouseParty posted:

98 year old shows you how to do it.

He's so proud of his work! :3:

I.. I just have something in my eye... no I'm fine!

# ¿ Oct 6, 2013 21:31

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Halloweeeeeeen!

Edit:
No BODY will see this

Ohohoho

Shoehead fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Oct 9, 2013

# ¿ Oct 8, 2013 19:33

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Trying to do a right to left walk again.. If any of you remember me posting during the summer. I'm super shite at this part. I don't know why I just cant get it!

Edit:

Better?

Shoehead fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Oct 15, 2013

# ¿ Oct 15, 2013 16:40

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Havegum posted:

I think it looks like it's alternating between taking one step forward, then sidestepping one to its left.

Here's something heavily inspired from hyper light drifter

And also a cat

Yeah! It's that far leg looking off isn't it? I'm finding it hard to make his foot point up like he's putting his weight on the ball of his foot.

Also My phone hosed up and played every gif backwards and with frames all over the place and it looked like they were all doing funky dances.

Edit: Oh and have this!

Shoehead fucked around with this message at 11:45 on Oct 16, 2013

# ¿ Oct 16, 2013 11:42

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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stegoceras posted:

At the risk of self-promoting, a couple of friends and myself have started a pixel challenge blog over at http://compixellated.tumblr.com/ if any of you are interested. This week's challenge is animation and we've actually already received a goon submission (I knew I recognized Havegum's art but I couldn't recall where)

We make a post every week on Sundays, so if any of you are having difficulty getting inspired or just want extra practice it'd be cool to check out

I was wondering when you'd post over here.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2013 17:58

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Took a break to do this fella.

# ¿ Oct 18, 2013 16:50

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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I think it's improving?

# ¿ Oct 22, 2013 13:42

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Scut posted:

A game dev asked me to propose a graphic update for a main character and I sent him this. I'll probably keep the original under wraps for the time being, as I don't know what's happening with my involvement at this point.

It really reminds me of Syndicate, I think it's the palette.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2013 23:24

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Dropsy is over $10,000!! It's so close! :holy:

I did this during the week until I got sick of looking at it.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2013 10:31

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Gaspy Conana posted:

We're now just over 12! Yay! And I dig that, but something about the single line highlight on the top of his head is distracting. Maybe thicken it up a bit or something? I don't know. Looks great, though.

Maybe I should. I am totally just trying shapes and stuff until I break my brain and understand lighting right. Fake it til you make it :v:

I think this dude died of a headache.

Edit: Oh man I missed a pixel! That's gonna drive me NUTS!

# ¿ Oct 29, 2013 14:28

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Supernorn posted:

Giving some existing assets a few tweaks, and recoloured them using the new palette. New vs Old:

That new palette is miles more vibrant. I look forward to getting bludgeoned to death by any one of these items :unsmigghh:

# ¿ Nov 4, 2013 14:43

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Just checkin' in to say that I still love those pixels.

Exclamation Marx posted:

I tend to block out forms and then refine down to the pixel-detail level. For sprites I try block out a silhouette > lineart > shade from there

from surt's generator

I really like all the detail in these. Maybe I should start doing higher res stuff?

# ¿ Nov 20, 2013 17:51

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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I pixel vengeance

Edit: well done Gaspy, BTW!

# ¿ Nov 23, 2013 15:16

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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I gotta use a mouse, I've had a Wacom Bamboo for years and I just cant get used to holding a pen and not looking at it.

# ¿ Nov 26, 2013 11:49

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Guess what game I've been playing?

Still not done yet, I want to sort out her jaw a little more and have her hair doing something other than just hanging there.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2013 18:22

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Havegum posted:

What direction is the light coming from

Nowhere yet! I spent all yesterday out having adventures and I'm too beat to pixel right now.

# ¿ Nov 30, 2013 11:26

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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The banding on this is RUFF.

I should stop banding!

# ¿ Dec 7, 2013 12:21

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Aww but I hate lighting! I'll recolour the pug and report back.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2013 18:55

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Shoehead posted:

Aww but I hate lighting! I'll recolour the pug and report back.

Reporting back!

# ¿ Dec 11, 2013 00:02

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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I messed around with some Starbound sprites today. It's fun as heck, I wish I could do more than make sprites and add recipes.

# ¿ Dec 13, 2013 01:19

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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neurotech posted:

Any shots?

Yeah this yoke:

All uploaded here!

I also made Geordie's visor, but I hosed up some files and haven't uploaded it yet.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2013 11:41

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Tetracell posted:

I've been practicing some pixel art lately, and could do with some feedback / advice. These are some examples of people that I've been toying around with, as you may see I too have been watching a fair bit of TNG lately.

- at 2x zoom

- at 5x zoom

The lack of arms are intentional because no matter how long I tried I couldn't get them to look decent, and I've come to like the idea of a Rayman-esque disembodied hands style. The problem I'm running into now is bringing some level of detail and definition to them. I also have no idea what to do about the legs. Obviously triangle crotches look like garbage, but I run into the same problem with legs as I do with the arms - in that I just don't know what to do to make them look like they belong, I suppose. Would it be easier if I tried maybe doing them smaller? Any help is appreciated.

I am literally pixeling more TNG stuff right now too haha.

# ¿ Dec 20, 2013 17:12

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Exclamation Marx posted:

secret santa

Siiiiiick. Did you print it for them?!

# ¿ Dec 25, 2013 16:25

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Just did this for someone. :v:

# ¿ Dec 31, 2013 02:42

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Nice! I love the rock's palette.

Hang on there a second I have to back up the pixel dump truck:

I'm having fun with my newer base.

# ¿ Jan 15, 2014 19:21

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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That was fun :3:

# ¿ Jan 28, 2014 15:24

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Everything I work on atm seems to come out kind of broken. So I went back to the well. The Solaire well.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2014 01:15

Shoehead: Sep 28, 2005; Wassup, Choom?
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Scut posted:

Great animation!

Thank you! :3:

It was really fun to do.

Noyemi K posted:

I have this from an old, discontinued project:

And sometimes I do pixel scenes in between screenshot dumps:

drat this is exactly the style of sprite I keep trying to do and loving up.

Edit: Oh yeah I managed to take on a commission despite my commission info being hidden away somewhere and I'm super nervous about the whole deal.. :sweatdrop: