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Jared9 10-08-2012 07:39 AM
Pixel Avatar
 
:smile:Here is a quick avatar i made of myself, i personally think its one of my best so far, (Because i've just started and i know ill do better later on.) I dont really know how enlarge it sorry. :D

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H...eds+Avatar.png

Hadi 10-08-2012 08:15 AM
more contrast:D

Dylan 10-08-2012 08:38 AM
Try to use less colors and add some more contrast :p

TheRookie 10-08-2012 08:47 AM
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Posted by Dylan (Post 210376)
Try to use less colors and add some more contrast :p
When did people get so much into using less colors when the pixel? I mean, granted, it does add a lot of difficulty to it. But after forcing yourself to do that, adding another tone could mean the difference between a good gfx to a great one.

Dylan 10-08-2012 08:53 AM
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Posted by Cure
You may find that pixel artists often advocate a low color count. You might assume that this is just a tradition leftover from the olden days of pixel art, back when video game consoles could only display a certain amount of colors.

If modern computers can easily display hundreds of colors, why shouldn't you use them all? In truth, using small palettes isn't an outdated tradition of pixel art, and there are very logical reasons behind this practice.

Cohesion- When you're using less colors, the same colors will reappear throughout the piece more frequently. Since the different areas of the work share the same colors, the palette ties the piece together, unifying the work.

Control- The smaller the palette, the easier it is to manage. You may, and probably will, want to change adjust a color later on. If you've got 200 colors, it's going to take you a lot longer to make the adjustments, because by changing one color you've thrown off its relationship with the colors neighboring it on its color ramps, and adjusting them means changing the relationships between those colors and their neighbors! You can see how this quickly adds up to a lot of work. With a smaller palette, the effect of changing a single color is more substantial, and there are less micro-relationships to worry about.

Jared9 10-08-2012 09:22 AM
that maybe your style but that was mine

and what do you mean by contrast

TheRookie 10-08-2012 09:31 AM
You use less colors when using too much colors is actually an issue with your art. Like if you actually notice inconsistency with the art overall, colors and its surrounding shades dont fit, etc. Your goal is not "to use a max of 3 colors", it is to make "good art". You've got good art yourself, Dylan, and a good palette. But the need to comment on everyone's GFX saying "less colors" seems a bit unnessesary for me unless it really does need less colors.

...but thats just me. I'm not a gfx designer or anything. I may just be talking out of my ass.

Jester Lapse 10-08-2012 09:48 AM
I agree with rookie. Reading the thing you posted Dylan, the main point of keeping colors low is so if you have to go back and change something it doesnt create a disturbance with the neighboring pixels. However if you look at his work, it's small. Changing one pixel and the neighbors would take 30 seconds. It would be understandable to keep color choice small for a large piece, but for a smaller one? nah

I agree the color choice needs more contrast on this piece

Also people need to learn some aspects of art themselves and develop their own style. You can not force everyone into doing something just because YOU think it is right as it may not be the type of style someone else wants to follow. That is the beauty if art, no two pieces are alike and I advocate self teaching

Kiwi 10-08-2012 09:49 AM
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Posted by Jaredish. (Post 210379)
that maybe your style but that was mine

and what do you mean by contrast
If two things contrast with eachother, they stand out from each other. Like, black contrasts sharply with the colour white.

TheRookie 10-08-2012 09:51 AM
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Posted by Jaredish. (Post 210379)
that maybe your style but that was mine

and what do you mean by contrast
For Example.

Your brown pants. Use a really light brown and next to it use a really dark brown.

Hadi 10-08-2012 09:57 AM
1 Attachment(s)
an edit i made to show you how contrast makes it better:D i also lowered the colour count to 13

Jester Lapse 10-08-2012 10:08 AM
do not edit his work without permission or unless he has rejected the point. He deserves the chance to fix his own work

Hadi 10-08-2012 10:14 AM
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Posted by Jester Lapse (Post 210389)
do not edit his work without permission or unless he has rejected the point. He deserves the chance to fix his own work
he might be a visual learner and i didnt claim it as my own

Jester Lapse 10-08-2012 10:18 AM
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Posted by Hadi (Post 210392)
he might be a visual learner and i didnt claim it as my own
Quote:
Posted by Jester Lapse (Post 210389)
do not edit his work without permission He deserves the chance to fix his own work
if he didnt understand it and wanted a visual he could have asked. It is his work. Let him try

Hadi 10-08-2012 10:22 AM
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Posted by Jester Lapse (Post 210393)
if he didnt understand it and wanted a visual he could have asked. It is his work. Let him try
okay im sorry:'(

Dylan 10-08-2012 10:24 AM
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Posted by Jester Lapse (Post 210389)
do not edit his work without permission
Are you kidding me?

Jester Lapse 10-08-2012 10:27 AM
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Posted by Dylan (Post 210395)
Are you kidding me?
If you are talking about my edit of JesterTheCat's hood, he always asks me to help him or show him ways of doing things with pixel art.

If not, then no I am not kidding you

LavaClaw 10-08-2012 11:55 AM
I'm with hadi here, he didn't claim it as his own, he was just using a different way to help jaredish understand what he was talking about.

Jester Lapse 10-08-2012 12:40 PM
You don't learn by being babied and having someone do the work for you. But whatever

Dylan 10-08-2012 12:48 PM
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Posted by Jester Lapse (Post 210422)
You don't learn by being babied and having someone do the work for you. But whatever
You just don't get it.

Engel 10-08-2012 12:59 PM
Since you started to think less colors is better, I've seen that quote from cure about ten times. Less colors isn't always better! And I don't see why he should use less colors then this, it looks like he already uses a small ampount of colors to me.

Dylan 10-08-2012 01:21 PM
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Posted by Engel (Post 210427)
Since you started to think less colors is better, I've seen that quote from cure about ten times. Less colors isn't always better! And I don't see why he should use less colors then this, it looks like he already uses a small ampount of colors to me.
22 colors for a tiny avatar is a high amount, and I've quoted Cure about 4-5 times. :p

Jared9 10-08-2012 10:11 PM
ok here's the new one, and is this what you meant by contrast?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...eds+Avatar.png

everyone has their own style, dylan and hadi may like to use less colours in their art while others do it their own way, not everything has to be the same.

Hadi 10-09-2012 05:05 AM
I dislike using less colors haha

Dylan 10-09-2012 06:20 AM
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Posted by Jaredish. (Post 210670)
ok here's the new one, and is this what you meant by contrast?

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...eds+Avatar.png

everyone has their own style, dylan and hadi may like to use less colours in their art while others do it their own way, not everything has to be the same.
Using less colors isn't a style but more of a custom to pixel art.

Ivy 06-17-2013 12:18 PM
OOHH JESTER TEACH ME!!!! I NEED GRAPHICS TEACHER!!!HALP!!!!11!

But on a serious note, can you please teach me how to make proper and fancy Graphics? Like your own?

TNR 06-22-2013 04:02 AM
Using less colors is part of having more control of the image. If you have too many shades of the same colors it looks like it has blur (unless is for a texture that looks blurry). An example is the hair, blur doesn't work as hair. Is more about not how much colors you use but which ones, and if there's very similar ones is better to remove them or change them depending on what makes it look better . One of the hardest things for me to understand (and I still don't understand perfectly) is all the hues, saturation and color theory. Try to use colors that are a bit more different of each other, using very similar colors (or too different) doesn't creates much texture or contrast. It all depends on what you want it to look like (plain, 2D, etc.)

Check what this guide says about color (creating a palette).
http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/foru....asp?TID=11299

The edited version is much better but it has some weird lines in the sky.
Keep practicing! :)

Aebb* 06-22-2013 05:36 AM
how to make avatars

Jared9 06-22-2013 09:10 AM
to be honest I don't even know whats happened. :=O

Aebb* 06-22-2013 11:02 AM
Jeredish can u make
me an avatar??

Jared9 06-22-2013 01:36 PM
This is how you spell my name- Jaredish, or Jared

Ivy 06-22-2013 02:03 PM
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Posted by BaKon (Post 373824)
Most likely, no.
LETS MAKE FURNITURE!!

Aebb* 06-22-2013 10:34 PM
Sorry jaredish, make me one now? xD

kenthefruit 06-24-2013 03:04 AM
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Posted by Shadowfox (Post 373937)
LETS MAKE FURNITURE!!
Ok!

Stratus 06-24-2013 05:05 AM
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Posted by Shadowfox (Post 373937)
LETS MAKE FURNITURE!!
No. Your absolutely horrible to making anything close to pixels


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