[WIP] Snail hat by: -LuH-

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is only a idea, im not a good pixel artist




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[Crush]

That reminds me of the brain slugs from Futurama:

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im not a good pixel artist

When you want to improve I would recommend to learn how to pixel curves instead of trying to do a circular object like the snail shell from 8 exacly horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines.

The key to drawing anything which is not a man-made object (not just in pixel art but in art in general) is to avoid straight lines, because mother nature doesn't own a straightedge.

[pick]

ohh ok thanks, im lets try again ...u have a Pixel art tutorial -> how to pixel a circle (i really want this )

[Lizandra]

LMAO, I really liked this idea, don't give up

[Crush]

ohh ok thanks, im lets try again ...u have a Pixel art tutorial -> how to pixel a circle (i really want this )

http://www.firefruitforge.com/?tutorial ... t_-_Basics

[pick]

wow incrible this really help me! thanks Crush

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my new version songs better now...



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[Crush]

Yes, the outer shape is much better that way. But the light direction of the shading seems inconsistent.

An important comment regarding the chapter about shading in that tutorial:

The light direction in the tutorial is coincidally the same TMW uses, but of the shading techniques presented, TMW only uses "layered shading" and "dithering".

[yubabax116]

LOL this is great. cant wait till its finished.

[natsuki3]

:O very well done i wish if could do that :`(

[Crush]

:O very well done i wish if could do that :`(

Everyone can learn pixel art when willing to investing some time and energy into it.

Read the tutorials on http://wiki.themanaworld.org/index.php/ ... #Tutorials and study the pixel art from the sprite-based games of the early 90s to find out what they did to make their graphics look the way they do.

Pixel art isn't magic. It just boils down to changing the color value of every pixel which doesn't look like the thing you want to make

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and now?



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[Crush]

As far as I can tell you only changed the outline. While this is indeed an improvement I was rather referring to the shading of the shell surface.

The spiral of a snail shell is definitely not an easy object to shade. When you don't understand yet how to shade two-dimensional shapes to make them look like three-dimensional bodies you should practice with simpler geometrical objects first. Like making a circle look like a sphere or a hexagon look like a cube (without using lines).