should i go into pixel art?

lecks · Post by **lecks** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 6:26 pm

i got bored so i decided to see if im good enough for pixel art.. so i took an hour off my life and drew these pixels... they all came from my head and i was looking at nothing when i was making these with paint:

one is a black knight with gold trims... and the other is a wizard that reminds me of a show i used to like. hehe look for a subliminal message...

im thinking if these are good ill go ahead and look at the pixel lessons but i thought i might draw from skill without lessons first.

ive never tried drawing on the computer but i draw with graphite/charcoal/paint pretty well.

it took me 1 hour and 6 minutes

Liazon · Post by **Liazon** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 6:54 pm

I like the them. The wizard has really cool shading that shows the drapery.

Stickmanofdoom · Post by **Stickmanofdoom** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 7:12 pm

I like the knight; he looks really detailed. However, I can't tell where his arms are.

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 7:19 pm

That wizard is flicking me off! Is that what you meant by "subliminal message"?

Post by **DarkAuron** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 7:43 pm

When showing pixel art, try for .gif because jpg is very lossy and it's extremely noticeable when it comes to pixel art. I like the knight, although at first I didn't notice he was missing arms (you can't really tell). The wizard I'd rather see in a more raw format because the jpg format is blurring him, but a suggestion I can make is either add a third color for the knight or try and exaggerate lines to give him noticeable arms.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 7:47 pm

Yeah they look nice, I like the knight better but the wiz is flipping me off!

lecks · Post by **lecks** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 8:09 pm

DarkAuron wrote:When showing pixel art, try for .gif because jpg is very lossy and it's extremely noticeable when it comes to pixel art. I like the knight, although at first I didn't notice he was missing arms (you can't really tell). The wizard I'd rather see in a more raw format because the jpg format is blurring him, but a suggestion I can make is either add a third color for the knight or try and exaggerate lines to give him noticeable arms.

thanks.. yea his arms are resting on the sword i had a hard time on that so i left it alone. his arms are there though, just hard. maybe i shuold redo it with a 3rd color. yes ill fix them into .gif's and add a third color to the knight. thanks.

EDIT turned out i saved it as a bitmap but the image host made it a jpeg. im gonna find another host cause if i make it a gif then itll do the same thing.

Liazon · Post by **Liazon** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 8:22 pm

DarkAuron wrote:When showing pixel art, try for .gif because jpg is very lossy and it's extremely noticeable when it comes to pixel art. I like the knight, although at first I didn't notice he was missing arms (you can't really tell). The wizard I'd rather see in a more raw format because the jpg format is blurring him, but a suggestion I can make is either add a third color for the knight or try and exaggerate lines to give him noticeable arms.

jpeg doesn't even allow for transparency.

kalan_vod · Post by **kalan_vod** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 8:49 pm

lecks wrote:
DarkAuron wrote:When showing pixel art, try for .gif because jpg is very lossy and it's extremely noticeable when it comes to pixel art. I like the knight, although at first I didn't notice he was missing arms (you can't really tell). The wizard I'd rather see in a more raw format because the jpg format is blurring him, but a suggestion I can make is either add a third color for the knight or try and exaggerate lines to give him noticeable arms.
thanks.. yea his arms are resting on the sword i had a hard time on that so i left it alone. his arms are there though, just hard. maybe i shuold redo it with a 3rd color. yes ill fix them into .gif's and add a third color to the knight. thanks.

EDIT turned out i saved it as a bitmap but the image host made it a jpeg. im gonna find another host cause if i make it a gif then itll do the same thing.

imageshack.us

lecks · Post by **lecks** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 8:56 pm

okay..

i saved it as a gif and it sorta mesed up the colors by breaking down its components and putting them side by side... but now you should be able to see the hands.

DarkerLine · Post by **DarkerLine** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 10:53 pm

PNG

This is going to turn into an image format war?

lecks · Post by **lecks** » Tue 27 Dec, 2005 11:05 pm

can somebody list the advantages of:

1. BITMAP
2. JPEG
3. GIF
4. TIFF
5. PNG

... i know they each have an advantage or else they wouldnt exist

Post by **DarkAuron** » Wed 28 Dec, 2005 12:10 am

BMP - Raw format, completely lossless, comes in several different formats (24bit, 256 color, 16 color, monochrome); but since it's raw it's very large.

JPEG - High compression even at high colors, best used with real-life photos as opposed to cartoonish low-color images; often lossy but less noticeable with more detailed pictures.

GIF - Highly compressible, supports transparency and is most often used for clipart and animations; limited to 256 colors.

TIFF - I don't know what tiff is...

PNG - Like a cross between JPG and GIF that also supports transparency; often has different issues among web browsers and thus is looked down upon by internet perfectionists

GIF and JPG are the most used image formats on the internet.

dysfunction · Post by **dysfunction** » Wed 28 Dec, 2005 12:46 am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiff

dragon__lance · Post by **dragon__lance** » Wed 28 Dec, 2005 10:57 pm

wat would u recommend as best image hoster then? imageshack?