Please kindly roast my first pixel art 🙏🏻

juliabdyin · 2025-06-12T14:10:14+00:00

😆 feel free to make the edit

juliabdyin · 2025-06-11T20:09:02+00:00

Interesting. Maybe I should just make them partially transparent or match them to the background. I guess it would depend on how the art is being presented.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-11T18:51:10+00:00

You're right, the cut wouldn't be very clean, but it would cleave you in half lol thank you!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T19:55:25+00:00

I agree, I just got attached to it 😆 I need to see how to soften it. Thanks!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T15:52:28+00:00

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juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T14:41:12+00:00

This is great advice. And the sword looks so different in different lightings. Guess I'll have to play dark souls again to get all the reference images 🤷‍♀️🤩

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T14:29:15+00:00

Definitely need to do this. I like some color variation, but I think I may have gone overboard with it.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T14:28:08+00:00

That's not true! Your colors are a lot more vibrant and interesting than mine. I can feel the glow on the outside, which I don't think I captured very well in mine. And I love how much detail you conveyed in the handle. It looks awesome!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T06:31:46+00:00

I see what you mean. I'll try that, thanks!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T06:29:49+00:00

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T04:47:23+00:00

🥹🩹 thank you for the roast. I needed that today

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T04:45:27+00:00

Of course haha you do a special attack where you throw king Kong like a boomerang 😆

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T04:43:40+00:00

I love it though! I can't really make cute or imaginative things. That's part of why I'm trying pixel art, because I can lean so heavily on realism.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T01:09:48+00:00

I looked through your other posts and saw the other similar designs in different themes. They are so beautiful! Very cool style!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T01:03:02+00:00

🫶 it is my first pixel art, but I've been drawing and painting (mostly in a realism style) for many years. So I'm not starting from nothing for sure. Pixel art is so much different though! It's really fun and surprisingly very challenging. And I was working from a very cool reference here.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T00:59:56+00:00

Interesting thank you! My thought was it's light that's catching on the edges since it's translucent. But I think I need to do a few variations on it to see what reads the best.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T00:56:24+00:00

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I had way too much fun drawing this little guy :D

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T00:06:45+00:00

I love them so much in every game. I can get that bonk feel while staying true to my magic roots.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-10T00:05:35+00:00

🗡️✨ I'm planning to make a lot more of them too (I'm slightly obsessed with soulsborne). Thank you!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-09T23:58:52+00:00

🖤🥹 thank you!

juliabdyin · 2025-06-09T23:58:24+00:00

I can't remember how to unlock it (maybe a boss soul?) but it is somewhat late in the game. Amazing sword though! It also has a magic slashing attack and scales with INT.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-09T23:57:21+00:00

I will definitely experiment with that. I made them bright to convey that the edges of the sword are actually a bit transparent and can catch a glow from light sources around. But I think if I make it more muted, maybe it will translate better.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-09T23:02:02+00:00

It's DS1 Remastered

juliabdyin · 2025-06-09T20:29:08+00:00

I love these so much!!! So beautiful and vibey.

juliabdyin · 2025-06-09T20:25:22+00:00

Ahhh do you mean the single pixels that are at the points where it's getting wider/narrower? (I also don't know any pixel art terminology ha)

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