![]() ![]() Make the picture indexed and choose "use custom palette". And the overally composition is just stunning, IMO this guy is probably the best pixel artis alive at the moment ^^ītw: You can force a pallette on a picture using Gimp. Most objects work without any black outlines. Mostly one base color + one shadow color (shifted a bit into the blue spectrum) and a highlight color. If you look at the individual objects he created you can see how few colors are used for each surface. Here ist the tutorial from Cyangmou and a shot from Tower 57 that illustrates pretty well how this stuff works in a game. I redid the art for Outbuddies four times, the complete art, seriously, and it's still not as it should be. Embrace practicing (pixel) art, that's the way to go for every indie, at least if you don't have an artist on the team. I personally did a lot of pixel art tutorials, as my skills really sucked a lot and I know how tedious and discouraging it can be having to start from scratch, but it's seriously the best thing if you really want to get better. Then put these shapes on a denoised ground and adjust the sprites colors so they have a good contrast to the ground while still blending in enough to have a nice overall composition for the eyes.Īnd if you go with outlines: Watch for the jaggies, those are much more visible in outlined art, so if you do it you have to put a lot of effort into avoiding jaggies. All you need is making a good looking shape, apply light and shadow to it. That means work with color clusters first and skip complex patterns, also skip line art. If you start with pixel art start simple. I found a great tutorial from Tower 57 artist Cyangmou, that will probably help you. I think I said you use too many colors, what I should have said is: You make too many dots and complex patterns. ![]() Especially in pixel art, color clusters are very important for individual objects to stay readable. You color palette is not your main problem - it's the noise in your art. ![]() As this feedback on the colors comes from me and you're asking this question, I guess I missed the point a bit. ![]()
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