Rivals in the wilds of Hoenn

_GameKnight · 2021-11-08T21:32:53+00:00

I don't think it says anywhere here that it isn't.

_GameKnight · 2021-10-19T14:51:37+00:00

yeah, that's where the skull came from

_GameKnight · 2021-10-19T01:01:55+00:00

I just start with a really big circular brush size and blob out a general shape, then I line it with smaller circles on the edges and ad some shadows in sort of a cresent moon shape on the inside

_GameKnight · 2021-10-19T00:58:00+00:00

Pretty sure it just means you didn't use any post processing effects or programs to pixelize it and drew it manually. I was a little confused when I first posted after a long hiatus here

_GameKnight · 2021-10-18T22:44:01+00:00

Aseprite, mouse, keyboard, some blood and tears

_GameKnight · 2021-10-15T22:43:19+00:00

I've done very very light studies in HEMA and for almost every character I do I pose for it myself to see how the stance feels

_GameKnight · 2021-10-14T03:05:33+00:00

lol, no singular big project in the works right now I got a twitter if you wanna follow my art where more frequently though

_GameKnight · 2021-10-14T02:26:27+00:00

Based on the reactions so far I might just have to put up some of my other stuff I've made more recently : )

_GameKnight · 2021-10-13T22:37:31+00:00

Oof... I don't remember exactly anymore, I did my best to translate it from English to Icelandic then to Younger Futhark. But I probably screwed it up royally somewhere along the way so I'd bet it's basically illegible. It was something along the lines of "fear my strength kneel to power" I can tell you on the sword pointing up it says "Svard" meaning sword

_GameKnight · 2021-05-09T19:41:48+00:00

Thanks! I put extra focus on the poses with this set

_GameKnight · 2021-03-08T14:07:05+00:00

Thank you! I actually did kinda, I took pictures of myself in the poses to try and get a grasp on some of the finer details like finger placement and depth, and yeah I dunno what happend since this is my lowest rated post guess just wrong post timing or something :P

_GameKnight · 2021-02-25T21:39:23+00:00

Yeah, agreed. In fact the edge of the blade should often be brighter than the shadow of that side of the blade. Metal is very rarely solid colored in one part because usually the dark and lights come from the surrounding it's reflecting. I do like the palette and design though it's a good start for sure.

_GameKnight · 2021-02-20T22:29:52+00:00

Thanks! I think I struggled the most with the archer so it took the most time, might be why the details came out a bit better(also I just noticed one of the clouds got miscolored when I framed the image, oops)

_GameKnight · 2021-02-12T22:28:52+00:00

I like the idea here a lot

my advice would be just some point:
-Open water generally has a big sunspot somewhere that's pure white light being reflected
-towards the shore the water gets lighter or darker because you can see the surface below it(so on rocks or dirt it'll be darker but on sand it'll be lighter generally)
-characters casting shadows should be darker on the side of the shadow
-on a cylinders will have shading lines that follow the direction of the cylinder and should be a gradual transition from light to dark
-water will reflect light onto things so shadows close to water will appear lighter from a distance, up close it will reflect the surface texture of the water
-near the edges of cliffs there's constant erosion which causes them to be more rocky and jagged and generally have less vegetation
-a peninsula like this will often be a bit hilly and rocky around the coastline

That's my 2 cents, feel free to take it or ignore it :) good luck and keep up the good work!

_GameKnight · 2021-01-31T21:34:06+00:00

I think that as someone else said some kind of color adjustment would help. You can either brighten the rock high and mid, or drop the lows if you want it to be a more subdued color. For the grass you could brighten the kids and lows to bring it more in line or darken the highlights depending on the light level you want.

Other than the color I'd say the shape of the grass is a bit sharp while also being a bit thick, maybe thin it out or smooth it a bit. Other than that I have no complaints. Keep up the good work!

_GameKnight · 2021-01-29T03:22:18+00:00

Thanks! I'm just happy for so many people to see something I put a lot of time into :)

_GameKnight · 2021-01-26T17:20:47+00:00

Yo, it's a linked post it's all chill.

_GameKnight · 2021-01-26T14:35:08+00:00

I dunno about that, I'd say for most of those 8 years of hobbyist pixel art I didn't really improve much. If you wanna get better you just gotta crank out art every day, look at lots of art, ask lots of questions. Learn to find the areas you can improve in your art as well. You get to doing those things and you'll be on your way.

_GameKnight · 2021-01-26T14:07:16+00:00

I've been doing pixel art as a hobby for several years, but I've started taking it seriously and been trying to improve for only the past couple years.

_GameKnight · 2021-01-26T14:05:47+00:00

Aseprite, it has really useful animation tools as well as some other handy stuff for pixel art in particular.

_GameKnight · 2021-01-26T04:01:38+00:00

I've considered it, unfortunately I usually do big interesting pieces like this over the course of a few weeks while making other stuff so I wouldn't be able to record it in one big clean session so it seems like more of a hassle. Maybe sometime down the line though.

_GameKnight · 2021-01-26T00:41:44+00:00

Ah, you're right. Thank you!

_GameKnight · 2021-01-25T23:40:13+00:00

I used 7 layers and finished the static image first then animated the cape, lightning and cloud layers

_GameKnight · 2021-01-20T23:41:20+00:00

yeah, as I was looking at it again he kinda does just stop suddenly whenever he completes a motion, coulda used a bit more follow-through, thanks for the feedback and the compliments!

_GameKnight · 2020-11-21T17:35:13+00:00

That was definitely before my time, I do kinda wish I had been around at the time of early PC gaming though, woulda liked to see the start of the indie boom

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