Terbografx wrote:

chillout panda for the win

It's my true form!

chillout panda for the win

i think some of the black outlines in that picture are a bit distracting. not everything needs black outline!
but apart from that it is good

I tried to do some selout/AA:

ui wrote:

@terbografx, well np ... im glad than that helped you. Another advice will be, check what other artists are doing. See the details that some artists add, how they manage the colors, how they use the textures, the sizes of the pieces, etc.... I recomend http://www.pixeljoint.com and http://www.wayofthepixel.net
And the best advice is... practice ... practice and practice... this will improve anything you decide to do.

Definitely recommend these sites.

Your pieces look great, but try playing with adding more colors. It seems that you are only using about 2 colors for each area, so working with more, not too much, may make shading more defined and allow you to practice more with more techniques to define texture.

I've done a couple with two-color transitioning shade, but haven't perfected it yet.

I tried it again tonight, though!

@terbografx, well np ... im glad than that helped you. Another advice will be, check what other artists are doing. See the details that some artists add, how they manage the colors, how they use the textures, the sizes of the pieces, etc.... I recomend http://www.pixeljoint.com and http://www.wayofthepixel.net
And the best advice is... practice ... practice and practice... this will improve anything you decide to do.

Definitely recommend these sites.

Your pieces look great, but try playing with adding more colors. It seems that you are only using about 2 colors for each area, so working with more, not too much, may make shading more defined and allow you to practice more with more techniques to define texture.

you are pretty good i like your pictures

Thank you, and I'm glad!

Yeah dude no worries I think your Leo looks great! It's just something to keep in mind as you progress. It's a technique that gave me a lot of inspiration when I first started.

Thanks, man!

Something I really liked once I started experimenting is using different patterns for dithering instead of the typical 1x1 pixel checkerboard technique. It's really a huge and easy way to bring a lot of personality into your pixel art. You can see it in the head of ui's little bird up there.

Edit: By dithering I mean that checkered pattern you have on Leo's nose for shading. I know I had no freaking idea what the term dithering meant when I first started haha...just making sure yagotme.

I've been meaning to get more into dithering. I've just been using the 1x1 since I'm still relatively new to it.

Edit: By dithering I mean that checkered pattern you have on Leo's nose for shading. I know I had no freaking idea what the term dithering meant when I first started haha...just making sure yagotme.