Pixel art

[Michael]

Anyone else here into pixel art (This kinf of thing).

I've seen it around a bit and i quite like it, i had a go the other day and came up with this:


Anyone have any links to other pieces, or tutorials, or thoughts on this kind of thing? I had the idea of drawing an arial view of the area i live in, doubt i have the skills yet though.

[Spud1]

gah this is something i'm not a fan of =) things like that 'habbo hotel' that my sister was addicted to..i dunno i just think that pixel 'art' just looks cr@p ;/

but thats just mh0 - if you want tutorials etc then googles your best friend =)

[Devilbod]

I dont know I like it would love to have a bash at it one day soon because it would be great to make a flash game using it, never been able to get it to look right though.

Make a mini Paper boy game or Sindicate wars with it.

As for Tutorials - http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutori...bsectionid=762 should be a reasonable one.

[gobbo]

It's one of thoe weird things, i'm not sure if i like it or not.

Think i'll follow the tutorial and see if i'm any good at it, might be more enjoyable than i think!

[directhex]

it can be executed very well, or very poorly. the style for the pixel-based BeOS icons, for example, is quite pleasing to the eye.

what i'm NOT a fan of is things like 8-bit theatre, a web comic which just uses sprites from old NES games

[këö¬t]

the end result can look very good, but simple scenes can consume a lot of time...
here's some of my work (i guess my signature applies here too ...)
stickworld stickworld v1.5 stickman version four
you could always try sub-pixel art

[directhex]

you could always try sub-pixel art

i see funny-colored blurring :|

only works on a crt?

[këö¬t]

i see funny-colored blurring :|

only works on a crt?

lcd's with a subpixel order of red green blue. you might have to press your nose against the screen to see the letters, they're quite small.

[Stoo]

I think the thing that bugs me about most pixel art is that some people never quite get the geometry right. For example, in that computer arts tutorial, look at the front and rear wheels of the car - the view angle is completely different, then once you spot one flaw you start noticing others, kinda offputting..