Post your pixel art
>>341622234
>downscale a Smash Bros. character
>call it pixel art
That's not how it works OP
>>341622378
see pic related. I did use the reference very straight though, so I can see why it looks like that.
>>341622234
Look good, mang.
>OP didn't start the thread with THAT image
welp good luck getting replies now
also, try to keep the threads down to like, twice a week so we don't get moved to /vg/ or something like that
>>341623414
ebin
>>341623414
was there another thread earlier today?
far as I know pixel art threads are super rare on /v/.
What are some good pixel porn games? All I've got is Parasite City, Fist of Inma, and Queen's Blade.
Anything else?
>>341623696
yeah there was one like 4(?) hours ago, got 500+ replies
it used the meme image so it got swarmed by devs, enthusiasts, sprite workers, porn and thick-fags alike
>>341623651
One day I will make a super interesting harvest moon clone and all the whippersnappers won't even know what harvest moon is. ;_;
pic related.
>>341624287
Keep up the good fight, brother. I would play your Cuckfest Moon game.
I wanna into pixel art,where do i begin?what did you start making?
>>341623850
p-please respond
>>341624581
https://sites.google.com/site/vidyadevresources/art
http://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_almighty_grass_tile.php
>>341624581
Personally, I use "portable"(pirated) version of photoshop. Then set the pencil tool to a single pixel. Zoom in close, then start dotting.
>>341624287and one day i will make an awesome castlevania/dark souls hybrid that everyone will praise for it's expert storytellingnever back down anon
>>341624180
THICC
>>341624581
OP here, I just use mspaint.
>>341624116
just saw it in the archive, yeash.
>>341623850
Try Kyrieru's games.
Tobihime -Inter Breed- actually got me so addicted to the actual game that I forgot about the porn. It's good porn, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG1RzjReE74
>>341625409
>Kyrieru
Yeah, I really like his games and pixel animations. Now if only he released more than one game every 4 years...
>>341625517
I'm a little disappointed that it's so close to the original SNES game aside from the slightly better animation and 4-player co-op.
>>341626021
kek, honestly not that bad for a beginner.
I'd say use more contrasting colors, so like the outlines should be darker for example.
>>341626218
Hopefully it stats a trent and we get more updates to old classics.
Metal Warriors and stuff like that.
r8 me
>>341622234
He has a better stance here than in SFV.
oh no
because of this thread now i remembered the horrible things i did in the bob and george forums and fandom
>>341628587
oh DO tell anon
>>341628080
beginner/10
the skin outline could be more orange instead of greenish
>>341625409
>>341625632
Can't believe I missed that guy, thanks anons. Anything else?
What do you think /v/?
Middle color scheme is the latest version
>>341631682
Seems pretty standard. What am I looking at?
I did a nes style pepe
please r8 8/8 no h8
>>341631682
left and middle have good colors on the reddish parts. I like the right one's body though, the way the color sticks out with those individual pixels makes it seem kinda dirty/ugly. Not sure what you're going with those, some kind of chain mail?
>>341632009
That's more in between Atari and NES than just NES style.
>>341632009
>more than 3 colors per sprite
>nes style
Some OC
>>341632273
>he doesn't know how to use more than three colors
My Steam avatar OC
>>341623850
Literally anything Flap Frog has done if you like huge honking tits.
What are some good programs to make spritework easily? Ive been using flash cs so far.
>>341632757
That's literally four colors, five if you count white.
Gotta give it up to Capcom though. They made shit look good.
Some sprites I made. Most are for a specific game, but there are a few miscellaneous outliers.
Each of these characters has a backstory. Feel free to ask.
>>341633028
it's actually 6.
whiteplus transparency
>>341632628
Good shit.
>>341632628
Looks like Legendary Super Warriors style. Is it?
>>341632762
Me likey. Colors could be better though
>>341633252
Nice floppers.
>>341632837
Please more, I've missed out on this genre for too long.
>>341633290
Heavily modified/inspired by it. So yeah i guess
>>341633242
Thanks m8
>>341633529
I'm rusty
>>341631937
the guy on the left is just the base sprite in comparison to this evil big guy
>>341632090
Here's the artwork this guy is supposed to be a sprite for.
The right is the original colors and the right one is the edited version.
I like the right one better except that I prefer left's scarification instead of the tattoos
>>341633158
never been much a fan of higher resolution pixel art, but these look really nice.
I'm curious as to the backstories of the Gavlan knight, green multi eyed bird thing with spirit tentacles and the short pink fat guy with the grey X head and the pincushion on his face
>>341632762
like >>341633424 said, color could be a bit better, mostly in more contrasting colors to get better shading.
Try making the light greens more yellowish while the dark greens go more towards blue
Pixel-wise though it's a very solid sprite, nice job.
>>341633158
These are pretty cool man. Backstory for the whale in the upper right corner?
>>341633512
Repure Aria is one of my favorites, takes some getting used to the platforming but DAMN is it delicious if you like monstergirls.
>>341623850
Literally Bubble Bath Babes
>Profile pic is pixelated because i wanted to be an indie dev
>>341626218
The boss fight was completely redrawn and he has new moves too.
The backgrounds were also completely redrawn quite a bit, there's multiple layers to them and there's a ton of new effects. There's a hell of a lot going on in this than people are giving it credit for
I did a few frames in the FFVI style of my FFXIV character. Will post a screenshot of her after.
I know I suck.
This is just a WIP of a commission I have for a friend. She wants me to make a bunch of smash characters in ska attire playing instruments while walking.
Only got Fox so far and he's not even finished.
>>341634014
Whoops, forgot my image.
>>341632628
Some more stuff
>>341634169
She has pink eyeliner/eyeshadow but I feel like it's kinda hard to notice in a lot of my shots, but that's what the pink pixel under her eyes are.
>>341631682
>>341633902
Is that the evil warrior from Broquest?
>>341633902
I assume you mean A, B, and C respectively.
A is a basic infantry trooper. What they lack in size they make up for in number. They work for the main villain of the game (the dude with the red aura, wario mustache, and tail coming out of his crown.)
B is actually a re-skin of his blue counterpart, seen above. You fight his blue form in the game's third chapter, where he is unleashed on you as a last-resort method by the short dude with the pickaxe in each hand.
C is also a basic enemy. They're called the Hoglodytes, and you fight them in the game's second chapter. They're greedy mooks who inhabit the forest.
I haven't done pixel stuff (or any kind of art at all) in pretty long, I should really get on it.
>>341634606
That's pretty neat
>>341634014
>>341634038
>>341634520
Good shit pls more
>>341633939
Oh, him. He's the game's final boss.
He was trapped long before the events of the game by the main villain (mentioned in >>341634732), but freed by the main character (the red dude with the orbs) upon the main villain's defeat.
The whale (named Dymn-Balv, the god of life) offers the main character a chance at being revived (since the main character is an undead lich). The main character declines, saying he'd rather stay a skeleton. Dymn-Balv is affronted and attacks you, triggering a battle of life and death where you, ironically, are on death's side.
>>341633902
in that artwork, I think the colors of the red armor parts are better on the left, right is boring and kind of an eyesore. However, the I like the color of the tattoos on the right one.
the detail of the tattoos may need to be forgoed (forgone?) in the sprites because it's really hard to get small details like that. If possible, try to place only a very few pixels just to get the idea that he has tattoos on his body.
>>341632628
Noice
>>341632762
as >>341633902 said, the pixel-artwork itself is very good.
Hope you don't mind, but I made a palette swap with hue-shifted blue skin to show an example of a more interesting palette. Instead of simply going from light blue to dark blue in the ramp, the darkest shade is purple, and the lightest shade is more greenish.
>>341632757
That's just overlayed sprites
You still can't have more than 3 colors per sprite as far as I know
>>341622234
That looks really good.
There was no other direction to go.
>>341635991
das it mayne
>>341636068
that's correct, really NES sprites are made up of various 8x8 sprites to make up one larger sprite. I believe each 8x8 sprite can have 3 colors + transparency.
>>341635991
forgot to mention, besides taking out the shadow, I didn't alter a single pixel. Only changed the palette's colors.
do any of yall have any beginner guides or tips or anything for this kinda stuff
just trying to jump in and make good shit feels kinda overwhelming
>>341636324
So are these the effects of two different sides of powerup?
>>341636324
you gotta put the animated ones in there toothis shit is gonna keep evolving
Started doing pixel art a month ago because I want to make a game. I think I'm starting to get a bit better at it, still not anything worth noting as of yet though.
>>341636850
Uhh... Sure.
>>341636880
The animation is off. Another anon pointed it out. The motion of the boobs should lag more.
Which one would you like to see animated to bounce? Gimme a row and column.
>>341636824
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299
This tutorial is pretty decent as far as pixel art specifically goes, but fundamentally the techniques aren't any different from any other form of 2D art. Learn your perspective, color theory, anatomy and how light works, and you will have everything you need for good pixel art.
>>341637227all of them
>>341636824
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=5692&PN=1
Outside of that. lrn2draw
Here's a Spinda I made a year and a half ago.
I made this last night
>>341636824
I guess you could try to follow some tutorials online or something. Dunno how much that would actually teach you about the art though.
If you're good at "normal art" like drawing, you should be able to translate much of that into pixel art, and your pixel art should be decent. A lot of beginner pixel artists suffer from beginner issues like symbol drawing and drawing from imagination, instead of studying the forms of real life objects.
As for the actual -pixel- art side of things, it's really about how all the individual pixels interact with each other to imply whatever image you're going for. In your pic-related for example, notice how there's no white or dot eyes at all, it's simply a few cleverly placed pixels next to each other that "imply" that character's eyes.
I have an exercise I came up with that might be interesting for beginners. I don't know how effective it is, but I came up with the exercise as a means of trying to understand pixel placing. If anyone's interested, I'll try to make an image detailing the exercise.
>>341637593
Something about this Sprite is really appealing to me. The pose and colors are very dynamic/clear. Not sure what else makes it, though it looks like there's a bit of anti-aliasing to make it smooth too.
>>341637267
>>341637528
thanks for these, ill give them a read along with more of the content on the /ic/ sticky ive been neglecting
>>341637995
id be very interested in that exercise if you're willing to share
i think it's safe to say i made some solid progress
>>341638979
Huge improvement from the pile of shit you had yesterday.
Still got a long way to go, but you're definitely getting better.
>>341633158
looks retarded you'll never make it just give up
>>341638979
LOL
Abandoned Starbound mod because fuck those guys.
Duelyst referral code SHANI
>>341639398
>>341638979
that's not an improvement
that's a fucking evolution
>>341639309
Why do you say things like this?
>>341639585
>>341639753
to weed out the weak
>>341624180
Every time I see this it gets more juicier.
>>341638979
I wouldn't say "improved". You're learning. But I don't believe you've quite got a grasp on what you're doing.
>>341639792
>>341639585
>>341639398
>abandoned
what a shame, that looks fucking incredible
>>341624180
it bugs me how her arms move out in a straight line, I feel like it could be improved by making them not move perfectly horizontally
>>341634928
Shit, that is cute as hell man.
>>341635991
Original creator here. That looks pretty cool. But I need to stress that arguing over tastes is usually futile, and especially when arguing over the color scheme of something that literally hasn't even got a correct pronounciation. I'm not sure the concept of "color" even applies to some of Lovecraft's things.
>>341638808
Working on the exercise image now
this fatass golem slaps your gfs ass what do?
>>341640520then why color it at all? why make the sprite at all?
You're right that colors are subjective, I never claimed my color choice was inherently better, just that it's one of many possibilities of making more interesting colors. It's nothing more than an example.
>>341640763
Whatever I want, it's a hippie pacifist and won't fight back.
>>341641178
He shows his peaceful ways through violence
>>341640763
w-why would he do that. that's not nice.I retaliate with three golems
Another abandoned Starbound mod. Fuuuuuuck those guys.
>>341641337
>>341638979
i swear i've seen the one on the left in a game or something before...
maybe a jrpg?
>>341638979
Reminds me of the sprites from 90s pc games like Captain Keen.
>>341641589
This one actually made it to a friend's mod. Fighting game moves for Starbound.
Lewd
>>341641762
>>341641589
That Djinni iscute
I really need to get back to it.
>>341622378
A lot of pixel art was made by tracing over drawings, you know
>>341641337
I'm both sad for you, but also glad for you. You might have wasted even more time emulating Starbound's AWFUL style. You have the talent for better.
>>341638979
Trim down those colors boyee
Some of them are remarkably similar for no reason
>>341622234
if it counts
>>341625517
Ok so what is this the same old game with hardly any revision with 2016 HD RELOADED THE RETURN slapped on it?
>>341642249
Ah shit didn't meant to capture the whole screen
I've been programming plugins to make composing pixel animations easier in after effects. Anything you'd like to see?
I'm the dude that made this btw
>>341640369
Thanks bruh, have this
>>341642249
tell that to Mario, he's the one i ripped the palette from
>>341642457
Yeah, I would be pretty interested in it.
>>341641930
Pretty good. Remember this though: when the character pushes off of their foot, they get a tiny amount of acceleration. That's where the little extra lurch comes from. If you character only lurches off one foot, then it makes their run cycle lopsided. Which isn't necessarily wrong. On leg might be stronger than the other. But I find that by making characters lurch forward off both feet, you get a strong looking stride.
>>341642331
middle one is /s4s/ tier
the imrpovement is evident though
>>341642590
Mario enough with all those colors will ya
Seriously though, if you get too overwhelmed with all the color choices keep in mind that limiting yourself to a smaller palette might help you, and usually produces better results.
But either way keep going if it's working for you, you're definitely improving
Try animating that thing though, that's where you notice how you need to trim a lot of fat
I made these in an old sprite thread based on prompts from people, that was fun.
>>341642590
You should study how Mario is shaded there. Also, why are all of your sprites misshapen? Even this one you ripped is off. Looks like it's been squished down. Are you having trouble scaling? You're not scaling by hand are you?
I'm trying to make a game one day, I've been spriting since I was a kid, i'm very off and on about it these days though
still trying to learn new things
>>341643075i just copied the sprites into paint and scaled them by hand
>>341643118
another from me
I like using purples and blues a lot
>>341642973
I dig it.
>>341643002
Yo, that guy's jittering is pissing me off. Can he not move like that? Otherwise, it looks nice.
>>341643118
Anon that's really good. You should totally make a game!
>>341642457
I see what you're trying to do there with the transparency + dithering, but it would probably be nicer just a gradual dither effect.
Pixel art needs to die.
>>341643196
Mother fucker, I knew it. You will ruin the sprites if you don't scale them perfectly. 2x, 3x, 4x, etc. No inbetweens.
>>341638808
Alright, I made a basic version of the steps. Hopefully it's all clear enough. Let me know what you guys think of this exercise.
I included my own example, reference here-
https://img1.etsystatic.com/038/0/6668947/il_fullxfull.634794147_jkjz.jpg
I would but I do not know is it worth to invest in Pickle or something within that price scale, or just use the free programs like final paint...what do you guys use? Got access to Photoshop tho but don't think it's the optimal solution. Getting inspired by your pictures
>>341643330
thanks, one more from me i made these awhile back and edited a tiny bit recently, i remember someone really didnt like how i did Scout's head so I made it less pointy and elongated
>>341641046
Quite right. Every attempt at visual or aural depiction is futile, and your interpretation is as good as mine. Anyway, I decided to make a wip thingy from different stages of my Nerevarine pic from stages that I happen to have still saved.
>>341642457
Where can I get these plugins
I love after effects but it's basically impossible from my view to do any pixel related thing there
>>341643516
woops forgot the image
>>341643437
>>341643437
they're all seperate files so it's ok
I drew this little faggot forever ago because boredom
How did I do?
>>341643678
It's not ok when you're presenting your work to others, an your sprite is misshapen.
>>341642967
Asperite is really fucking weird with palettes, if i copy one of my sprites into a new tab they end up looking retarded, if there's any tips on how2Asperite for dummies that would be appreciated
here's a quick idle i threw together to see what i could do with the guy
>>341643473
Sounds like a great exercise.My lazy ass will never do it.
Random sprites from some project I'm working on. Enemy, mc, and his waifu.
>>341643613
Still making a lot of them but you can get some of the builds here
https://github.com/Wunkolo/Wunk-Effects/releases
I plan to officially release it once i got a sizable amount(like 8 or 9). The plugins will be free, always. But I'll probably ask for a tip or donation next to the download button since I plan to maintain them for years too.
>>341643372
True. I made that gif back when I didn't program these in time.
I use them now and prefer to use the dether effect than use the gradual fade which would introduce possibly dozens of new colors when I wanna keep things limited.
See pic related, I used one of my stipple plugins here to create the "fade" effect of the shooting stars in the background. If i used regular alpha-fade it would have introduced dozens of new colors into the palette.
>>341643768
but MY sprites aren't misshapen
so what's the issue?
Reminder
>>341623850
Isn't there one called Succubus? That's good
>>341643693
Here's another thing
Reminder if you use LSW or Fire Emblem as a human sprite base, you're too underaged to post here.
>>341643693
>>341644415
Impossible to tell what these even are.
Generally speaking if your "sprite art" is <50x50 you didn't put much effort into it.
>>341643915
not even placing a single pixel?
I should note, I typically go as far up to like 16x16 with this exercise. After a while, I got more confident in my pixeling and would skip canvases and start with a larger one, making the silhouette first and then adding the colors and such. I also technically skimp out on the final step, I never go ad infinitum. That's more just to say "go as far as you'd like." It's really up to the artist to make that choice.
>>341644679
You sound like I attempted to put effort into these
I made those one day out of boredom. It took like less than 5 minutes to draw either of them
>>341643002
Tell us what this is.
>>341643304
ya it's the gif makes it look more awkard than it does in game ;_;
>>341644887
Output is proportional to input.
>>341644679
>Generally speaking if your "sprite art" is <50x50 you didn't put much effort into it.
how do you like my amazing pixel art fampai?
>>341644553
nigger, I'm 25.
>>341644887
>You sound like I attempted to put effort into these
Apparently you care enough about your work to make a gif of it and post it online. Boredom effort like this would just be scrap projects to me.
>>341644553
What's LSW?
>>341642249
>how to print screen tab
well done.
>>341645397
What exactly are you disproving here? I said less than 50x50 probably means minimal effort. How does that imply larger than 50x50 means maximum effort?
>>341644086
Fuckin' A my ninja
I've been looking for something like this for a long time
>>341645692
touché my friend
you got me
>>341637821
Mech is cool.
Humans are eh.
>>341643884
Keep going Anon
I'm making a mech game and looking for an artist, just thought it'd be a good idea to ask here
>>341646462
Those sprites are from that Front Mission SNES game right
>>341643473
this is perfect man, definitely saved
might try to improve basic drawing skills first then give this a try, but i imagine this will be a lot of help
>>341645727
LEGENDARY SUPER WARRIORS
>>341646264
based Chef Pee Pee
>>341646114
np familio
lately ive been implementing pixel up-scaling algorithms.
Some lets-player out there will probably find these useful.
Once I get Scale2x and other algorithms implemented nicely I'm going to implement the rot-sprite algorithm as my next plugin most likely.
>>341646572
Metal Warriors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rtTZh7F9m0
>>341633158
i hate the new pokemons
>>341644307
There's like three of those shits and they all play differently.
The company is libra heart.
>>341646760
I commend your efforts but don't you find those upscalers quite an eyesore? (Scale2x, SuperEagle, HQ4X, etc)
Looks really cute in your example though.
I made this Doomguy a few months back, didn't really think it through tho.
>>341646462
Tell me about your game anon
>>341647623
Megaman Zero with customizable mech parts and a get-out-of-your-mech gimmick that I haven't figured out yet
>>341646606
Yeah absolutely, pixel art has its own unique traits, but ultimately it is just another artistic medium. Those basic art skills should be able to transfer across all mediums.
>>341647434
quite nice, definitely recognizeable as doomguy
I made this a long ass time ago.
>>341643118
extremely comfy
I'm getting GBC vibes here and I love it
>>341647263
True. I dont like them too. BUt someone out there will. I'm just loading up on plugins. I feel like some lets-player will probably find this useful for upscaling their x1 footage and want to consider their upscaling options or whatever. It's probably useful to someone out there afaik there isn't a program out there to easily apply a bunch of scaling algorithms onto.
I dont think I'll be able to add certain algorithms like sal/eagle though since they are licensed.
I'm mostly getting familiar with these algorithms to re-create rot-sprite in after effects or a potentially better algorithm
>>341646645
I never even heard of it. People use this game as a base for their sprites?
>>341643645
Not quite into tf but the style is really nice and the palette is pleasing to look at.
>>341640520
holy fuck the pretension
that guy was doing you a favor, don't bring some esoteric bullshit into this
>>341652123
>made subjective improvements
>did a favor
There's no pretension. You can't say that the color of something is closer to what it should be when there is no such thing as what it should be. It wasn't serious in the least bit anyway. The changed palette is nice. Actually, when you cross your eyes so the two sprites overlap, you end up with trippy two simultaneous color schemes.Like the meteor of indescribable color from Lovecraft's Color out of Space
Anyway, shilling my post >>341643596
for feedback and shitposting
>>341652931
I wouldn't say it's just about what color it should be, it's also about how the scheme as a whole is handled. There's more variation in the hues on the shading in the blue one, and the separate shades are more immediately obvious. I wouldn't call that just "subjective", you could apply those changes to the green version and still likely wind up with a better looking sprite overall.
>>341653457
word
it isnt about the palette, its the method behind it
>>341652931
If there is no "what it should be", then you can choose any palette you want. And if you can choose any palette that you want, then wouldn't you want to use the one that looks best to you? Search your heart, and ask yourself if the shades of green were really the most appealing colors you could come up with.
>>341649907
yeah, but more modernised, I stick to original LSW while making OC's.
>>341652931
As others have pointed out with the palette in the cthulu sprite, the palette in >>341643596 is likewise pretty boring too, and the shades don't contrast enough. At least the sky background is more colorful though.
