My First Attempt At GFX

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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

Dithering is used not only to dwindle colors down when there's no need for an obscenely high amount(dithering was mainly used when there WAS a limit on how many colors could be used), but are also used for textures. Dithering adds a rough texture to your pixel art that just one color can't replicate. And there's no need to use as many colors as possible in todays world just because you can. That's a poor attitude to take when developing anything. Just because today's computers are faster than they were five years ago doesn't mean you should code programs to be as big as they can just because the space is there. Control and optimization will is a practice you shouldn't skip with art.

And on the topic of pillowshading. Not one cartoon I can think of that is professionally drawn is pillowshaded. It doesn't make things look cartoony, it makes them look... pillowshaded. It just looks terrible.

Most cartoons arn't done on a computer most of em are hand done. I do agree that pillow shading can give more texture but like I said it doesn't transition well on metal. If youv ever sceen animia most of it is from one coler to the next. Dithering is mainly used to get away from making new colers. It's like getting 3 globs of paint and instead of mixing them just using them.