first pixel art, and boy is it fun to make!

[Ryall]

I always loved looking at pixel art so I decided to give it a try, and realized its even more fun to do (although it takes a bit of time:-\ )! This is my first go... I want to piece together a sizeable city - anyway, here's the first building... comments/suggestions gretly appreciated!

http://www.grafikdesigns.com/photoshop7/pixelART.gif

Peace

[telekinesis]

Sweet, how did you learn how to do that?

[Ryall]

I dunno really... just kinda tried it out... once you get the angles, then its like legos. I've always been a fan too, so I am sure that helped a bit. So basically I just dove into it.

Peace

[lostinbeta]

Wow, that is awesome Ryall, I love pixel art, always tried it... I really suck bad it.

Love it though... makes me want to try it again (then realize I can't do it again...LOL).

[eyeinfinitude]

cool! what program was that done in? looks great. =)

[Kitiara]

That's cool. I've drawn similar stuff with Flash - the grid came in very helpful, let me tell you. I never realised how difficult isometric drawing could be...

[Guig0]

First timer´s luck! :P

Kiding, You have begun with your right foot (hand):)

If you haven´t noticed, I´m a big fan of pixel art too (check my avatar) but I don´t make much, just apreciate.


=)

[andr.in]

cool!
I tried pixel art too but I sucked at it!
maybe I should try again... but maybe then I realize that I can't do it like lost! doh'

[Starpromo]

i think that entire sites made in pixel art are really cool.

i like what i see.

ive tried in the past, but it never really came to anything. usually just basic looking interfaces that arent all the 3d.

good work.

Starpromo*

[Ryall]

Thanks for the comments thus far!

I made it all in photoshop7 using the 1 pixel wide pencil tool zoomed WAY WAY in. You could use MS paint to do it just as well, but I like having photoshops history window to use and layers are sweet for dividing all the different elements up.

Peace

[andr.in]

hmh... 1 pixel grid... zoomed in!
I could do that but if I zoom it in then I make something and then look at the whole picture (zoom 100%) then I see that I've made a teeny tiny picture!
so... gotta keep trying but not now.... I'm totally depressed right now... often finding myself near the TV after hours of useless sleeping...:(

[Guig0]

Originally posted by Syko
I'm totally depressed right now... often finding myself near the TV after hours of useless sleeping...:(

why is that my friend? Can we help you out of this?

Do you want me to call Phil? I´m sure he´ll manage to cheer you up somehow. I have the horn, just say I and I will blow it and Phil will be here in a sec. :P


=)

[Ryall]

well if this helps I just noticed that I reversed the light source on the support posts for the building... how I could make everything with the right shading and miss one of the most obvious points is beyond me! doh! :P

Cheer up man!

Peace

[andr.in]

when you mentioned phil I was already laughing! Maybe I should read some old posts by phil!

[lostinbeta]

:beam:

[Ryall]

haha how true that is :smirk:

Peace

[mdipi]

i have tryed it b4 but wasnt anygood at it. here check this site! he is sick!

http://www.vonelab.com/~idfreek

[lostinbeta]

Its a broken link mdipi.

[mdipi]

thanks lost, try this one, if this dont work then i gotta contact vone....that should be hard :-/.


http://www.vonelab.com/~idfreak

[mdipi]

ok here is the deal, when you get there, look around, its all done in MS Paint :P. and also, on the main page, set your clock to night or day and stuff, watch what happens! he and my buddy did a good job on this!

[lostinbeta]

Yes, it works now. I have seen this before, it is actually in my favorites under pixel art.

So is this... http://www.pixelfreak.com Check out "The House" in the works section.

[mdipi]

really? wow, how did you find out about him?

[lostinbeta]

I found out the site you sent I believe through pixelcore, not sure if it was a site in there, or someone on there linked to it, it was a while ago.

The site I posted I got off of a link on another site (don't remember which site).

[Ryall]

wow, that house animation is sooo awesome, he didt miss one detail - must have taken forever!! SWEET!

Peace

oh BTW, I'm adding in a hospital right now, wont be done for a while, but its coming out really well so far - I am having way too much fun doing this (so many other things I should be spending my time on!) :smirk:

[mdipi]

how did you do a pixle grid?

[eilsoe]

Gawd! :o

Loving it Ryall! :beam:


Now, go for an entire city :evil:

[mdipi]

ryall! you inspired me to start on my px art! its not as smooth as yours or anything, but its a start... i will post it when i feel ready!

[Ryall]

mdipi: what do you mean?

Peace

[mdipi]

you inspired me to start doing px art. yours flows better though, but mine is a start.

get it now?

[Ryall]

ahhh.. we posted at the same time... I understand the last one I was refering to this question:


how did you do a pixle grid?

I'm glad I inspired you to try - cant wait to see what you come up with.

Peace

[mdipi]

you said something about a grid...i think...well how did you do it? cause when i do a grid its HUGE!

[mdipi]

i have now started to make a soup appartment, i think we all should. i find it harder than i thought...

http://www.mrwong.de/myhouse/index.htm

thats the site, lets all do one!

[Ryall]

Here's the hospital I've been working on today.. Im a bit stuck right now, but I like it so far!

http://www.grafikdesigns.com/photoshop7/pixelHOSPITAL.gif

What do you think so far?

Peace

[Ryall]

Im trying to think of stuff for the roof, hospitals usually have lots of stuff going up there, but what? :o :P

Peace

[reverendflash]

think HVAC, fans, square nodules for maintenance..

Rev:elderly:

[Ryall]

good advice Rev!!

Peace

[andr.in]

oh ****
Why did you have to post that last one? :)
doh' now I like pixel art so much that I just HAVE TO TRY IT!!!!
oh man!!!

[Kitiara]

I've downloaded the Soup Kitchen .psd, and I'm gonna try and make my own apartment later this week. :)

[mdipi]

hwo did you get the grid in PS? i really wanna do this.

[mdipi]

hey guys this has been brought to my attention by VONE LAB:

IDEEFREEK will no longer be avalible.

want the whole story? click here (http://www.vonelab.com/~idfreak)

I support VONE in every way and hope that you will understand if you go looking for the site.

[andr.in]

to get the grid go to
-view->show->grid
and to edit it go to
--Edit->Preferences->Guides,Grid & Slices
---
How did you draw the lines ryall???
just with a pencil tool? If I use the line tool the lines will come antialiased and ugly and.... etc...

[Ryall]

I just use the pencil tool. Heres a good tip though, have two seperate layers each with one line (on each a different diagonal direction)... then you can copy and past these so if you need a long line you dont have to keep redrawing it - but yeah no use of the line tool here - also the magic wand tool set with a tolerance of 1 is a very helpful tool. Good luck guys - cant wait to see what you come up with!!

Peace

[andr.in]

oh man I wish I could come up with something!
...maybe I could if I could make the grid in flash 1pixel! There I can just drag lines... but oh well... maybe I'll try it out when I have absolutely nothing to do!

[Ryall]

ohhhh, I just had an idea for the building I want to make after my hospital - a GREEN HOUSE!! I think that would be pretty challenging... hmmm gotta finish my hospital first though!

Peace

Hmmm pixel art battle maybe.... I might have to post in the battle seciton - I'll have to think about it.

[Ryall]

you can get the grid to be just one pixel, do the grid dimantions at like 10 with 10 sub divisions... although it will only be truly 1 pixel divisions when you get in really close... either way, I hardly ever use the grid, just eyeball it, zoom out, check it, zoom in, try something else, then recheck - repeat :)

Peace

[telekinesis]

I'll make a candy store apartment and post it when I'm done, even though I'm sure it will suck ***!

[Ryall]

sweet! - we should get some people together and do a collab and make Kirupaville! =)

Peace

[mdipi]

we could all have it, and it could be like 10 stories high!:P

[mdipi]

i am trying to make simple buildings, but the angles are hard to get! i think that is the hardest part.

[mdipi]

man i have fooled around with this for so long :( , i just cant get the perspective! how did you do it? i am really bumming me self out :( .

[h88]

You tried doing this in less than an hour. :-\

[mdipi]

no i was at it since the first post, i just didnt say anything.

[Ryall]

just keep playing with it... copy and paste mine and zoom in to see stuff that may help you - you'll get it! Keep working at it!

Peace

[mdipi]

ryall, you finish the hospital yet? i cant wait to see it.

[mdipi]

i didnt feel like uploading htis image so attatched is the start of my drive in movie theater...

[mdipi]

ryall, did you ever finish the hospital? if so can we see it?

[Ryall]

no I havent had time yet.... right where I left off I got a buch of work sent my way - I like the money, but I was a little dissapointed - I had been looking fprward to having some freetime for once!!

Peace

[Ryall]

I looked at the version I posted and realized I have made a few changes... Here is where I am currently at... haven't worked on it in a while though...

http://www.grafikdesigns.com/photoshop7/pixelScene.gif

Peace

[Soul]

I love how the hospital has come on! Good job! :beam:

Those two buildings go really well together, ya gonna make a whole city? :P

- Soul :goatee:

[Ryall]

actually I plan on really doing an entire city... it will take a long time as I dont have much time to devote to anything other then work... but slowly as I make more buildings I'll add them together and add streets and little details

Peace

[lostinbeta]

Very nice Ryall :)

[andr.in]

OH MY GOD! You're the master of pixelart! man I was staring at it a couple of minutes man!
I can't get my eyes off it!

[Ryall]

thanks guys! :P

Peace

[reverendflash]

Ryall:

I am going to be super-critical here, so smack me around if I touch a nerve...

:beam:

I think the flag is too long... I love the wave, excellent job on everything else. The flower boxes are fab!

Keep it up!

Revhttp://www.aulman.com/rev.gif

[Ryall]

no nerves hit here Rev... so you think it should be the same height, but shorter in length? or just all together smaller??

I appreciate the crit!

Peace

[Ryall]

after reading your post and now having gone back and looked at it... I totally agree, WAY TOO LONG... if it was stretched out flat it would look really silly, gotta fix that - thanks again

Peace

[mdipi]

wow...that looks really good... i didnt stare at it for as long as i wanted cause i have been playing CS since 12:00 to 8:00 with out stoping so i kinda got a headach but other wise it looks good. i am going to go lay down now...:sleep:

[bcogswell11]

Hey guys what's the resolution you use for pixel art? Do you use 72 pxi?

-brad-:evil:

[Ryall]

yup.. 72

.... although it doesnt really matter, but anything higher would just be making more work for yourself (and it would loose that "pixelated" look).

Peace

[Starpromo]

you can only see 72 dpi on a screen anyway... anything higher is for print (usually 300dpi)

if im not mistaken...