5 Color Soldier project
 

Hi,

I took photoshop out this week and started playing around and gave myself a challenge: Making a soldier scene with the use of only 5 colours. I will be posting my progress here for critism/comments.

Thank you.

[Edit] Will add the progress as it goes
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Your color ramp is quite boring so far. You should add some variation.

Okay I'll play around with the colors when I am done, since I really suck at finding a good palette and it can take me a while :(

But here is the work so far
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[Update]
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Just out of curiosity, what's the apparent obsession graphic artists have with using few colors? Is it just for a challenge or...? I've seen a lot of graphic people tell others that their graphics had too many colors in them.

Not sure really, perhaps it makes the stuff look more pixel artish xD

There was a point to it when working on an 8-bit tileset(because you can easily run out of colours and things start looking yuck) but now that graal supports 32-bit I don't beleive there is any point haha.

It's generally good practice. Limiting yourself to a smaller palette will help you understand how to use colors better.

Shading on the neck is weird

I like it :)

Now try 5 different colors instead of 5 shades :3

what neck? :3

Cute! Way better than I can do, so I think it looks uhmazing.

Added some dithering.

Before --> After --> Update (avoiding double post)
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Pro.

Started working on the background using the 5 same colors. Not a finished product yet though.

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AND...the final product
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Very nice.

Far from final. The background needs more contrast in the area of the character's legs. Also, your palette still sucks.

Ok will work on this.

Also, here's an example of some pixel work where the five color limit has been successfully used:
http://www.pixeljoint.com/files/icons/full/lotab.gif

You should really go with different shades instead of just alternating brightness.

To be honest i like his work much more than this, its ugly and crappy.

What's "his work" and "this" referring to in your sentence?

His work < MagIkMasterMind, the soldier
This < The image you posted.

The image I posted is neither ugly nor crappy. It shows an amazing level of definition, light and shadow, using only five colors.

I think it's awsome. Good job

OP, do this instead of the pallette you have now.

wtf? xD