Just to clear something up.

fallenangel · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

Your concept of pixel art is...strange for perhaps the simplest of technical concepts.
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 3:36 pm Post subject:

... Okay, that sounded like Spanish to me.

I edited my last post with a recent isometric pixelart. It's the only thing I can do from scratch except the actual clothing and such.
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fallenangel · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject:

Translation then: To do pixel art, you click pencil tool, size one pixel, pick a color, dot dot dot dot, new color, dot dot dot dot, new color, dot dot dot dot, and so on.

All the talk of layers, tools, gradients, etc. is not part of that equation. Overly complicated (and generally just another form of shortcutting).
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:43 am Post subject:

Actually, the only thing I really used the tools for was a sign for a doll. Neutral

Also, I used layers so I wouldn't botch what I'd already done. I'm not missing it very much, though; it started pi**ing me off when the trial was nearly done, because it refused to merge the layers. And what I meant by the gradient thing was that I fixed the transparency of the layer to make it fade in the colors. That's really all I used PSP for.
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Squidman · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject:

It's not really that hard to do gradients by hand for pixel art... just alter the colour a little every time. Start with some smaller projects so it's not a huge undertakinging to build your skills.
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:51 pm Post subject:

I've tried that. It looked... *shivers*
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fallenangel · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:35 pm Post subject:

[quote]And what I meant by the gradient thing was that I fixed the transparency of the layer to make it fade in the colors.[/quote]

And that's what I meant by shortcut.

[quote]I've tried that. It looked... *shivers*[/quote]

Then try again until it looks good.
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:52 pm Post subject:

I did. Eventually, when I got it to look good, I saved it. GIF completely destroyed it.

And I had saved it as a PNG. TT_TT Turns out, even PNG has a limit to its color schemes.

...

This is the latest I've ever been on the forums....
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Brianhjh · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject:

256 colors should be good enough, how many colors are you using?
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Stratadrake · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

When converting to GIF, always go for the "optimized palette". The default palette generally sucks....
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:02 am Post subject:

Optimized? Neutral

Well, I made a base. Link to it below. Working on a doll on it. I hope you're happy, Fallen, as this is my first base ever. Used no references, no pictures. Took me two hours. Edited very little. *I am currently editing the eyes so there'll be a big enough hairline, though.*

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y82/Silent_Wolf/Medi-PrepPose1.png <Clicky.
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Squidman · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 7:24 am Post subject:

That's pretty good, really.

See what you can accomplish when you set your mind to it/get heckled about it?
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Nilitac_Tesgrah · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:50 am Post subject:

I know.

That's just the first draft of it, though... I'm working on the edited version that actually has a hairline.
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