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Jester Lapse · 02-04-2013

Deff not my best work, but I couldn't get to sleep at around 3am, so I started doodling in my notebook. Eventually I decided to make a Charizard doodle and thought it would be cool if I did my Graal Character
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/486724_422321211189722_665418146_n.jpg (Unsupported image host)

and it turned out something like this

ugly I know, 3am doodles never come out sexy

then I had an idea to turn my doodle into pixel art out of shear boredom so I took a picture of it and uploaded it to my computer. I then proceeded to make the paper (background) plain white so it was easier to get rid off.

then I erased all the white leaving only the outline, I also used gimp to turn all the grey pixels to black by setting the piece on a limited color palate of white and black. Then I scaled it down, re-outlined the weak parts and added primary colors.

Then came the fun part of cleaning up the outline. I eventually moved around some pieces like making the wings shorter and the hood rounder, then I added some shading. It is really basic shading, but I think it looks good for what it really is.

so from 3am-7am, that is what I have done. Just felt like sharing haha.

02-04-2013	1
Jester Lapse zzz Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: WA USA Posts: 9,232	From Sketch to Pixels Deff not my best work, but I couldn't get to sleep at around 3am, so I started doodling in my notebook. Eventually I decided to make a Charizard doodle and thought it would be cool if I did my Graal Character http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/486724_422321211189722_665418146_n.jpg (Unsupported image host) and it turned out something like this ugly I know, 3am doodles never come out sexy then I had an idea to turn my doodle into pixel art out of shear boredom so I took a picture of it and uploaded it to my computer. I then proceeded to make the paper (background) plain white so it was easier to get rid off. then I erased all the white leaving only the outline, I also used gimp to turn all the grey pixels to black by setting the piece on a limited color palate of white and black. Then I scaled it down, re-outlined the weak parts and added primary colors. Then came the fun part of cleaning up the outline. I eventually moved around some pieces like making the wings shorter and the hood rounder, then I added some shading. It is really basic shading, but I think it looks good for what it really is. so from 3am-7am, that is what I have done. Just felt like sharing haha.