would sell my right testicle to be able to make things like this tbh :/
hobby or not, this is some rad shit

Right?

Thinking about the time put into these is fuckin nuts.

Here's a few more of my favorites

i wish i could do only a fraction of this... it's amazing

This post was edited by Skeletal on Nov 27 2012 09:44pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN43uZPgmiU
Scott Pilgrim video game... actually considered really good too, but sure please keep talking as if you have any idea about reality

I might as well use this thread to post my practice attempts at shading, although it will all look like shit compared to the pieces I posted above.

I would appreciate all comments from you guys that know your shit even if you don't do pixel art

I feel with this one the 'bright spot' was too bright in relation to the rest of the shading.



This was my first ever attempt at pixel art using no reference, boombox, I know the dimensions are a bit out, but that was semi intentional :), I done this a little while ago :



First attempt at pixel art using a real life reference, this was also done a while ago:



This post was edited by ollo on Nov 27 2012 10:43pm

Even if the demand is low, what's your point?

Just because it's not as popular doesn't mean that people shouln't spend their time doing what they love doing.
Whether they're doing it as a hobby or get paid for it.

It's alright if you think pixel art is a waste of time, but don't force your opinion on others or talk down to them. Who are you to judge them?



The cropped version of the last image removes the best parts. :/


Here's an animated wip gif of it: http://www.foolstown.com/wip/isowip.gif
You probably know it already, but it's simply amazing to watch.

Sorry for the o/t above btw.



The problem in simply decreasing/increasing the brightness is that it'll look monotone and you'll need more colors to get a colorful image.
Which might cause problems because pixel art is, as you know, also known by using a small color palette. (The image of the castle for example only consists of an entire 36 colors.)

The image below only has a total of 24 colors:

I actually haddn't seen the gif of the castle. That is just insane. In 10 or 20 years maybe i'll be able to do something like that.

I get the feeling i'm going to have to do a lot of researching on colors so I can get them right without seeing them properly.

quite true, at the time i didn't think i'd ever want/need to develop my skills with it, and it was quite hard starting out. i've actually been using one in the computer lab at college and getting the hang of it though, i'll post my work once im finished



regardless, the demand isn't high at all, so i still don't see how i'm wrong.
i also have plenty of ideas about reality, probably more than is healthy to have even.

This guy...