Cool to see how much you've improved Elk. ^^ You should post some newer pixel art to compare it. lol

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...49181929_n.jpg

Some painting im working on for my boyfriend ^^ gonna have it acrylic-printed

UPDATE

Sexy. I know he'll like it! Good job.

not g@y at all- looks lovely :)

could try to make the dudes silhouette a bit more interesting rest is looking cool :D

needs more rainbows elk [:

needs more rainbow!

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...59584059_n.jpg

small update

turning out awesome

There's still a disturbing lack of rainbows

update

a tattoo concept for my boyfriend ^^
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...36258556_n.jpg

Looks great :3 I always loved the look of things coming from apart/under the skin.

Why green?

awesome

poison vial ^^

Always enjoyed your work Elk.

Really? I;'ve always hated his work

makes me jelly D: too gud. ilu elk

oh look what i found

http://forums.fairyland-europe.com/f....php?p=1679319

great stuff.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18369116/temp/all.png

something i once was working on for Bomy Moon, but then the project fell apart

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18369116/te..._treestyle.png

Login Interface I once started

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18369116/te...hieldgui_8.png

part of a new Zone HUD i once was working on but they never let me go all out

wow - I love that login interface! Even unfinished it's way better then the current one.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/18369116/temp/elk2000.png

official WIP premiere of my newest masterpiece

I liked the portrait rather than the landscape :O
His toes looks weird and some of the highlights might be too strong. :o

is still nice tho :D

Love the chair/crystals too, the rest is to unfinished to say. o-o

Elk, what program/tools do you use to make these???

MS Paint

Out of curiosity, do you somehow use tools in your work or do you tend to each pixel individually, if so that's some pretty serious time dedication.

Either way, your art is very pleasing to the eye.

Very nice Elk :D

elk draw me pls

Like one of his french girls?

i dont know of any other pixelartist that is as insane as i am :P

http://i.imgur.com/frFaH.gif

awesome work elk

You had to use some type of tools on this, no? MS Paint just doesn't seem believable, I mean.. there's shades of colors in there that aren't even visible to the eye. o_O And that seems like an IMMENSE amount of pixels to be placing by hand.. But, great work either way Elk. Keep it coming!

thats why you can zoom, no?
it took over 500 hours already though

pixel art is pixel art bro

Ask some of the Japanese fellows.

There are some programs that reduce the amount of effort to do monotonous tasks though. Dither brushes and so on. Some programs like Deluxe Paint are a little controversial because they blur the line between between pixel art and digital painting. It basically gives you the same tools/power as Photoshop but with stricter palette control, giving the outcome a crisp/pixelly look but done in a digital-painting sort of way.

I mean I have no experience with Deluxe Paint itself, but it's very easy to spot something done with that as there tends to be A LOT of dithering/heavy AA and faux gradients everywhere.

You're right, but digital art != pixel art. There's a huge difference between placing every pixel by hand and having a tool do it for you. I'm not trying to down Elk or anything, I was just curious because I'd like to learn something from it. :confused:

Pretty good. But 'masterpiece'? I suggest toning down a bit with your arrogance, just a tip.

I would also like to express my confusion in the need for pixel art in this day and age (it's almost 2013). No need to limit your colours like that and the market for pixel-art games is way too slim, so why are you wasting your time?

Who cares about this market ^^?

Climbing the mountain is what makes it exciting, not the goal. I completely understand Why Elk does it, and Why he has chosen MSPaint to do it.