Posted by Crono

Note: I would appreciate it if members of the graphics community don't critic the art work

JEEZ LATTE LEARN 2 READ BRUH

MOOOOM I WAS CONTRIBUTING TO A DISCUSSION  

Thanks everyone for voting, but due to some errors I did with this thread I wasn't able to get accurate results for what I was looking for.

Errors:
Project A was the original piece

Project B was an edited version done by a different person (problem was that it was a rushed job that was not polished-which he mentions, but I didn't catch it)

Even with a rushed Project B I could have adjusted by adding a 4th option to the poll to dislike both projects(having no choice but to pick from possibly 2 bad pieces doesn't give me an accurate answer to what I was looking for)

Posted by MrSimons

If it was an example of how pillow shading can look better than using proper lighting than it is a BS example for obvious reasons.

Yes Psymon, I'm on a mission to convince the art community that pillow shading is greater than all other shading styles.

I just wanted to see if regular players would like a pillow shaded piece. Artists already have it in their head that pillow shading is bad, so anything they see with pillow shading is automatically ugly and that's why I asked them not to critic it (didn't want them to influence the voting)

Link to the thread where I got the pictures:
http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=15999.0


I like things from both works, so don't think it was a shading vs shading thing.  

Posted by GOAT

Yes Psymon, I'm on a mission to convince the art community that pillow shading is greater than all other shading styles.

I just wanted to see if regular players would like a pillow shaded piece. Artists already have it in their head that pillow shading is bad, so anything they see with pillow shading is automatically ugly and that's why I asked them not to critic it (didn't want them to influence the voting)

Link to the thread where I got the pictures:
http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=15999.0


I like things from both works, so don't think it was a shading vs shading thing.

I think every reasonable artist would agree the first is better whether or not its pillowshaded. Its not that something can't look good pillowshaded, its that it would look better if it wasn't.  

Like most things with art, it's not so much about the technique, but how you pull it off. The artist of A has so carefully shaded their piece, that it shows they'd possibly be capable of rearranging it in a more natural light-- clearly showing that it was intentional, and not the attempt of an amatuer.  

Posted by Latte

Like most things with art, it's not so much about the technique, but how you pull it off. The artist of A has so carefully shaded their piece, that it shows they'd possibly be capable of rearranging it in a more natural light-- clearly showing that it was intentional, and not the attempt of an amatuer.

I actually made A; thank you.  

A looks more finished; but not having a lightsource, While B has correct shading.
Note: This pixel art is just an example of Pillowshading again, I saw it on PixelJoint.  

Posted by GOAT

Thanks everyone for voting, but due to some errors I did with this thread I wasn't able to get accurate results for what I was looking for.

Errors:
Project A was the original piece

Project B was an edited version done by a different person (problem was that it was a rushed job that was not polished-which he mentions, but I didn't catch it)

Even with a rushed Project B I could have adjusted by adding a 4th option to the poll to dislike both projects(having no choice but to pick from possibly 2 bad pieces doesn't give me an accurate answer to what I was looking for)


Yes Psymon, I'm on a mission to convince the art community that pillow shading is greater than all other shading styles.

I just wanted to see if regular players would like a pillow shaded piece. Artists already have it in their head that pillow shading is bad, so anything they see with pillow shading is automatically ugly and that's why I asked them not to critic it (didn't want them to influence the voting)

Link to the thread where I got the pictures:
http://wayofthepixel.net/index.php?topic=15999.0


I like things from both works, so don't think it was a shading vs shading thing.

I don't think A was entirely pillow shaded. The light source seems to be coming from the front, top, right. There's a clear angle from all the scales on the dragon, the helmet on the warrior guy, the shadows on the dragon and cliffs, etc. I tried my best to point most of that out in here. The pillow shading on the cliff looks bad but the trees and grass work well, not trying to get too into critiquing this because I know that wasn't the point.

It's a really pretty piece of work, nice colors, good contrast, cute characters, pleasing to the eye. Don't know why people wouldn't like it.

Yeah, if you do this again try asking someone to make something in two ways and finish it both ways. I think that may have swayed the results quite a bit because the second one clearly wasn't finished as many have pointed out.