Ive been working on few pixel works for no particular reason. They often turn out to be animals.
My original plan was to build up a massive collection of animals before I post them here, but I figured that as I progressed Id probably improve beyong my original works and not be happy enough with them to post them. Anyway these are the fruits of my labour:
1) Elephant
Finished
Process
2)Yak
Lineart
Finished
Process
3) Snake
Lineart
Finished
Process
4) Owl
Lineart
Finished
Process
Thats it! Comments and tips paleese. (My personal favourite is the elephant, I also think the yak looks a little plain.)
Cheerio,
ist
PS. I have posted the elephant before, but meh.
'oh yeah? he's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?'
The elephant and the owl is just too perfect.
The snake could use a little work with straighten out some lines and the yak looks, as you say, a little bit flat.
But don't take this as negative critism, your art is like awesome!
Nice! It's cool how you have the step-by-step GIFs. It's weird how you start with circles and lines. What is that snake eating? It has a weird cirle at the end of its tongue.
most animators start out with a line of action and basic circle shapes. i think the colours are kinda strange, especially the elephant, gives it an original style tho i spose.
Yeah, I think it is important for me to include my process animations. For me it IS the process thats important, rather than the finished product. I also think it can help newbies to pixel art how to plan things rather than jumping straight in.
Id also like to note that I drew the characters by hand first and planned on paper what I wanted to do with them.
Like dave said, the lines and shapes are used as a guideline. They are especially helpful when drawing centric shapes.
Weston: The snake's tongue is actually spelling my name (ist). It looks a lot better one a darker background (check it out over at www.pixelation.cjb.net ).
Noodle: Thanks for the kind words, but alas my involvement in games recently has been very minimal. Im currently working on some graphics for a project by Muz. So look out for it.
Cheerio,
ist
'oh yeah? he's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?'
Ryan S: You're Australian, right? Yeah, I caught that recent repeat of the Office as well. Theres a few fans of the show floating around here. I know Damien Teapot and I are particularly big fans of the series. Its actually my favourite show.
But enough about tv, Ive seen some of your work before, you should have a decent opinion of my zoo creations here? Eh?
'oh yeah? he's thrown a kettle over a pub, what have you done?'
Haha alright then.
Fantastic work, very professional looking. Good choice of colours - out of the norm - which is great. It's good to see the process as well, seeing as when draw, any style, I usually do it freehand, no basic shapes or anything. That's just the way I do it.
My favourite is the owl, it just seems very detailed. Also I like you little 'ist' signature. Nice work
Thanks matey. I dont always use shapes to create the lineart, but it works for rounded objects/characters. Its also good if you want the image to look somewhat balanced. I good way of checking if an character looks balanced is by flipping the image horizontly and asking yourself,'does it still work?'
Just something I do sometimes, espectially with hand drawn works. Although if it isnt balanced I rarely go back and change it (laziness), instead I just leave it as unfinished due to disatisfaction.
But thats just me.
UPDATEEE: Heres a new character I just finished-
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