Technique for Pixel artist
Posted: 11 Aug 2007, 13:30
Im not a great pixelartist, but despite of this I want to recall another possibility to paint with less pixels.
(im new here, so sorry if that has allready been posted, (or is complete useless))
Sometimes (only sometimes - depends on what you are painting) it leads to better results, if you paint a biiiig picture and than resize the result to a smaaaaaaaal pixel picture.
I did that with a small branch. (i painted these pics just as an example, i did NOT spend much time for this)
1. pixel painting on a 15x30 pixels (~ 2 minutes)
2a) painting on 375x750 pixels ( ~ 1minute )
2b) resized to 15x30 pixels
If you compare the two pictures you can see many differences.
The output of the second method can of course lead to problems, as there is no outline and there are pixels which make only sense on white backround as seen below. despite of problems like that, it can be a useful technique, if you keep the problems in mind while working.
[edit] you have to work on an extra layer, to avoid that effect if you copy the pic into another.
Examples with the branch on grass (as a tile)
1. pixel branch cut into grass, slight shadow added
2. painted branch (has to be painted on an extra layer to have transparent backround - important! ) cut into grass, resized, slight shadow added
again you can see differences, the 2. pic looks softer, less eye-catching, that can - as an example - be useful for a backround tile you can walk through.
That means, if you plan to insert the pic (e.g. rock, branch...) into another, than you can avoid the effect seen in the blue picture.
(im new here, so sorry if that has allready been posted, (or is complete useless))
Sometimes (only sometimes - depends on what you are painting) it leads to better results, if you paint a biiiig picture and than resize the result to a smaaaaaaaal pixel picture.
I did that with a small branch. (i painted these pics just as an example, i did NOT spend much time for this)
1. pixel painting on a 15x30 pixels (~ 2 minutes)
2a) painting on 375x750 pixels ( ~ 1minute )
2b) resized to 15x30 pixels
If you compare the two pictures you can see many differences.
The output of the second method can of course lead to problems, as there is no outline and there are pixels which make only sense on white backround as seen below. despite of problems like that, it can be a useful technique, if you keep the problems in mind while working.
[edit] you have to work on an extra layer, to avoid that effect if you copy the pic into another.
Examples with the branch on grass (as a tile)
1. pixel branch cut into grass, slight shadow added
2. painted branch (has to be painted on an extra layer to have transparent backround - important! ) cut into grass, resized, slight shadow added
again you can see differences, the 2. pic looks softer, less eye-catching, that can - as an example - be useful for a backround tile you can walk through.
That means, if you plan to insert the pic (e.g. rock, branch...) into another, than you can avoid the effect seen in the blue picture.