self portrait wip

http://i.imgur.com/GR733Hv.png

Holy crap I freaking love this

Thank you :)

I've adjusted the saturation a bit, and I think I'm done.

http://i.imgur.com/kl9cosB.png

Do one of slinger next

Holy crap that bird is amaazing and so is the self portrait, if you're ever sketching graalians hmu

Pretty cool portrait Motrox, though i'd say its a bit dark to say the least. Makes it a bit hard to read in some parts, especially the lip area. Id say brighten up the colors a bit and perhaps play with the hue shifting a bit more. Also, it would definitely benefit from AA around your silhouette.. the current jaggyness makes it seem pretty unrefined and unfinished. Lastly, id say you could tighten up and refine your clusters a bit better to help produce more solid volumes.

Though, my nitpicks aside... you did a great job and have come a long way sir!

He can do his own >:L
My brain hurts from doing mine,and I see myself everyday lol!


Thanks!
If I ever feel confident enough in my abilities, I will definitely try doing others.


I appreciate the tips and thank you :)

Pertaining to the darkness,I think the harshness of the white background could be contributing that. When I view it in pj, It looks fine.
On the unfinished version, I attempted to put a bit of AA ,but I thought it took away from the "sharpness" overall and decided to just leave it off.

I'll definitely mess with the colors and clustering more later on.

So yeah sorry to be a pest, but noticed one more thing that kind of erks me with the portrait.. your cheek bones.. are they really that bulging/pointy? And if so, the right cheekbone (viewers left) isn't properly portraying that same shape or volume. That cheekbone looks more parallel to the flatness of the side of your skull. If that makes any sense to you? :P In any case, something you should look into fixing as it kind of detracts from the realism of the piece. Cheers!

Wow.. you're so talented!

Just making sure I still know how to make pixelart lol..
I've also just noticed that most people use a tablet at some point during the construction processes of larger pieces, something I've sturggled with since I've always used my mouse because I assume that is how everyone went about it.
I'll try to invest in a drawing tablet soon ,so I can get back into this.

You're not the only one. I absolutely HATE drawing on tablets. I've learned to be a marksman when it comes to mice thanks to that though.

I love how you do ur palettes, even if its just a few colorful sketches. The colors r so vibrant.

What do you mean... Tablet as in...device? Or graphics tablet?

The latter needs loads of time to get used to, took me 3 years to actually use tablets properly and being able to draw straight lines

The reason others use graphic tablets is because:

They digitaly draw what they are trying to make pixel art out of. Then they resize it or use other features to simply pixel art on top of their sketch. It's basically creating digital art and working backwards to the 16 bit era. I personally don't like the idea of using new age overkill tools for pixel art because if you're going to draw something as digital art, you might as well make digital art (like a painting) and ignore pixel art all together.

I prefer pixel art that is made as pixel art from the beginning simply to uphold some sort of nonexistent tradition, but then again... I will never know.

I never draw digitally and resize

some do though, thats way too much work [emoji14] but whatever helps them accomplish their mission

I dont do anything with my mouse anymore because the pen pressure alone is worth it so much (even in pixelart)

The harder you press the more depth your pixel art gains.
If you've ever wondered how isometrics are drawn, thats how.

They just press much harder than you could with a mouse.

I was referring to graphics tablets, but I've just realized that there are laptops that can generally do the same job. (Microsoft Surfacebook).
Though I don't know the the quality of its pen/on board tool set.

I wouldn't be really concerned with the details when using a graphics tablet. I'm looking more for a way to make general color blotches and shaping for large pieces, which I have a hard time doing with a mouse currently.








I find the use of a mouse for larger pieces unnatural and meticulous,and I see it as more of an obstacle than anything. I messed around with my friend's graphics tablet ,and I immediately noticed how easy I could very quickly and naturally create color blocks and shapes, which is what I intend to use it for. I would then leave the finer details to the mouse.
Pixelart made with the aid of a graphics tablet still falls under the domain of what is pixelart in my view,if pixel level detail is incorporated and purposeful.

>Pixel art
>Not concerned with details
>Mouse obstacle & unnatural for larger pieces
>Doesn't want to be meticulous
>easy & quick
>leave finer details until very end
Not pixel art.

If you're digitally painting for 90% of the process why even make pixel art? Stop wasting your time and continue to paint the finer details in.

>Blotches & shaping
Pencil tool, bump size up to 5-100

Pixel art will always be unnatural, detail oriented, and meticulous. A graphic tablet may only set you backwards as you will need to relearn to use your primary tool. In the end, it's a comfort thing, and if you've been using a mouse all this time it might be a better idea to invest in a better mouse & mouse pad. That is, for pixel art. If you want to do strictly painting oriented art, go for the tablet as its meant to aid natural medium artists transition to digital painting by offering the same *comfort as natural mediums.

tl;dr Once upon a time, an experienced caveman could chop down hundreds of trees a day with his trusty axe. He got a chainsaw and spent a couple days learning how to turn the darn thing on, after realizing that swinging just would't work. When he finally got it going, there was a possibility he would chop his own limbs off. In the end, he was better off with his trusty axe.

Aside from that, a chainsaw would scare the animals!

I'm absolutely concerned with detail lol.
I just see that meticulosity has its place towards the latter part of a piece's creation, just as it does with every piece. With your definition, using a brush larger than 1x1 for pixel art would deem it beyond the bounds of what can be labeled as pixel art.

This is exactly what I have a problem with! The use of larger brushes on a mouse is just clunky.
I'm simply looking for a way to use larger brushes for a more dexterous way to begin larger pieces, and tablets offer that.
I see it as having more command over how your piece is structured from the get go, as opposed to the limiting nature of the way you can move a mouse.

Maybe if you get a small mouse, like a really really really really really small mouse and hold it with your pointer finger and thumb, you'd have more control you know.

I think I'm biased because I use a Logitech G502 and I've mapped my mouse keys to various tools and it's more convenient than moving back and forth between the tools window. I took all the weights out as I like light mice, and use the precision button to slow my DPI to a very precise speed to really work on the details.

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It also may depend on what program you're using, and for what you're using it for. I don't know about digital painting, though could recommend paint tool sai and artrage. Strictly pixel art speaking:
PC:
Aesprite. Needs no proof.

Photoshop. Overkill but sounds cool if you want to say 'Photoshop' or 'Overkill'. Also, I think Elk uses photoshop so if you want to draw like Elk or think saying "Elk uses Photoshop" sounds cool- this is for you.

Mac:
Pixen. Nice, everything you need to pixel art. No clutter, no gimmicks. Mac only. I use it the majority of the time.

Aesprite. It's better but my mouse has issues on a mac and am forced to use the MagicMouse when on my Mac, therefore try Pixen.

ArtStudio for iPad ftw!

cringecringecringe

How is that in any way cringy?? tf?

^^^ this
Vici is literally a master at it ;_;

People have opinions. Sometimes opinions suck, sometimes they don't. One thing I've learned in 17 years, you never know what is gonna come through that door.

Don't camp the walls. Cool-Aidman will one-shot you.

I haven't done much since starting college, so I decided to give pixelart a fresh start. I will start taking more risks and move out of my comfort zone because that is what I think really hindered me from improving as fast I used to. I'm also enrolled for a drawing class next semester! It should be a relief...

It's a capybara if that's hard to discern lol

Looking good! Do you mind me asking where you've decided to enroll?

Thanks man. Ya that's no problem. I'm going to the University of Minnesota Twin Cities. It's pretty close to my house, which is just 20 minutes away haha

Haha I was considering U of M Twin Cities, but I think I'm gonna go with Winona State.

Ah nice! I always forget that you're pretty close by. Go to the U so we can meet up lol!

Haha we'll see 😉

I'm trying to figure out how to make a horse/bee thing for this weeks challenge on pj.
http://i.imgur.com/T5xsmV8.png

thad rad dude
nice palette

Creepy but looking good

I think I'm finally out of the artistic trough that I've been in for sometime now. I have this sudden urge to create once again, and It's morbid as usual haha. It's nowhere near finished, but I intend to complete it soon with full effort.

Here is a little more progress. I think I might have the arm angled where it was originally.

That is absolutely gorgeous. I've always loved your style.

Love it! Agreed, the original arm placement was much more natural looking

(Update: I chose to go to Winona instead of the U, but maybe we'll cross paths someday!)

I'll be doing a lot of travelling to the cities for videography and there's also a job opening at the U for video production assistant so who knows. Hell, I've been on campus several times so maybe we've already seen each other.

You're alive!! Still pumping it at as usual! Can't wait to see the finished version.

Thanks everyone!
It's done now.

reminds me of my old submission i did 8 years ago for a challenge :D

http://orig11.deviantart.net/1877/f/..._darkshire.png

That's awesome! I see the resemblance, especially with color scheme.

Just another self portrait.

perfection

Oh, I love the style you used for that.

thats gewd

Thanks Everyone :)

Odd. This thread has been moved.

I've been working on this for the past two weeks really slowly. I plan to have it animated in the end.

https://i.imgur.com/VIL93JV.png