My cupcake

[trig1]

This is my building (/cupcake) thats for kirupa ville. Knowing me i probably put it in the wrong section or something, but here it is anyway. Cheers to who ever bothers to submit it! (by the way when and how is it going to be added; and do i decide where it goes?)

*UPDATE*
Instead of judging this one (which I know is absolute rubbish) , judge the finished one which is a couple of posts down.

[redrum87]

Well, first of all, it's not pixelart, because where one color meets the next, there is evidence of anti-aliasing. Actually... by the looks of it, I'm suspecting that it somehow was enlarged using bicubic interpolation, just because the edges have that sort of fuzzy quality and it looks a little bit too big.

Second, you've got the light source direction down, and that's good. What I would suggest is to add a little bit of shading/highlights. For example, cherries are fairly shiny, so you might want to add a small highlight in the upper left hand side of it. Also, in the paper/base of the cupcake and in the frosting part itself, you should add in some shading, maybe showing that the left edge of the cupcake is being hit by the sun and the rest just slips into shadow.

Other notes... The stem looks a little thick, and you could use some more variety in the colors of the sprinkles. And maybe you could add some more humor somehow, maybe by putting tiny kirupians around such a giant cupcake, or turn the cupcake into a building with a door and some windows (stem could be the chimeny). I like the idea though, really, you should work on this. I think kVille is lacking a cupcake.

[trig1]

Cheers for the help, I'll work on it :thumb:

[trig1]

spent a good time finishing it off and making it look nice. Its got some people (I might add more), and a park bench, as well as lots of different shadow effects. =)
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[Pasquale]

:eye:

[trig1]

well that :eye: was sure helpfull.

[noTime]

The worst P.A. image I've ever seen. Sorry for being so open-hearted. :)

[Pasquale]

*I have no words to express what i wanted to say* :P

[trig1]

hey Notime, where u talking about the first or second, because i know the first was absolute crap, but i think the second is sooooo much better. And also, darkmotion, are those words good or bad??

[noTime]

Both are quite bad. Anyway, I'll give ya some info: you have to draw your cake in Photoshop and create a new layer. Then draw your picture in non-pixel state. Then take a pencil tool and start drawing. And don't leave a line without shading - you must make it fade into the whole picture. For example, black stripes on the cake are awful.

Look at my art - http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=228210
I don't pretend it's a numero uno drawing, but you should learn something from it.

[jokun]

noTime's post may be a little blunt, but he makes a good point. There's obvious improvement between the first and the second, but there's still more to do. The black outlines and detail lines are a little too much. try making them softer by using another shade of the color they're outlining or detailing. Your shadows could use a little work, too. You might try looking at a similar shaped real object, like say, a cupcake, and see how the shadows fall with the light coming from the same direction.

[trig1]

ok..... i see what ur saying there. ill go work on it. And also, any suggestions/comments on the people or bench or is that good enough to leave alone.

[trig1]

oh ffs ive given up. cant be arsed to do any more. im crap at drawing on pcs, so im not trying anymore.

[mnkeymasta]

Don't be so downhearted gawsh! This is you:jail:. Practice a little more, maybe try some tutorials, and just... practice:) Then this:jail: can be :party::jailbreak::party:.
Just a suggestion(-:

[seizetheday]

you guys are incredibly unhelpful.
hes trying hard here and putting in a good effort. havent you ever been learning something like rules to a sport and youve broken a rule. The person teaching you understands that your trying to learn, not your already an proffesional competitor, so instead of slagging you off they tell you what youve done and help so you become good. trig you just need to keep refining your picture adding to it taking bits off.

i suggest making all the colours more contrasting and making the shadows less obvious. also the cup cake should be more isometric because currently is more of a front view 2d image stuck on isometric.

btw i do know what im talking about look at this i made and all the feedback
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/27118650/

keep going trig1 ignore useless feedback you wont progress with it.

[jokun]

I don't know, I think there was plenty of good advice given. Sure there was lots of unnecesarily harsh criticism, but also some good advice and helpful info.

[evildrummer]

ok, both are terrible but here is a big hint: SHADE

[trig1]

Ive decided to continue (mainly because what seizetheday said). Dont be too keen on anything (like any1s sad enough 2 be keen about this), because im actually more of a game designer (my suff is http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search.php?terms=trig1&kind=a&x=0&y=0 or on my site john.tringham.co.uk (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/john.tringham.co.uk)) and currently in a big project. Ill take in comments as long as they are helpfull.