Elk's Image Thread

[DeCeaseD]

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

[Elk]

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

UPDATE

[Emera]

Originally Posted by Elk

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

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

[xAndrewx]

not g@y at all- looks lovely

[Galdor]

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

[Crono]

needs more rainbows elk [:

[FaLLChiLD]

needs more rainbow!

[Elk]

small update

[Arch_Angel]

turning out awesome

[smirt362]

There's still a disturbing lack of rainbows

[Geno]

update

[Elk]

a tattoo concept for my boyfriend

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Elk

a tattoo concept for my boyfriend

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

Why green?

[salesman]

awesome

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

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

Why green?

poison vial

[Nomad_P2P]

Always enjoyed your work Elk.

[anubis_wing]

Originally Posted by Nomad_P2P

Always enjoyed your work Elk.

Really? I;'ve always hated his work

makes me jelly D: too gud. ilu elk

[Elk]

oh look what i found

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

[Tizzee]

great stuff.

[Elk]

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



Login Interface I once started



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

[Ducati_Link]

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

[Elk]

official WIP premiere of my newest masterpiece

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Elk

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

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

[greggiles]

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

[Elk]

MS Paint

[Tricxta]

Originally Posted by Elk

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.

[Galdor]

Very nice Elk

[Crono]

elk draw me pls

[smirt362]

Originally Posted by Crono

elk draw me pls

Like one of his french girls?

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Tricxta

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.

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

[racycle]

awesome work elk

[DeCeaseD]

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!

[Elk]

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

[Crono]

Originally Posted by DeCeaseD

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!

pixel art is pixel art bro

[Crow]

Originally Posted by Elk

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

Ask some of the Japanese fellows.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Crono

pixel art is pixel art bro

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.

[DeCeaseD]

Originally Posted by Crono

pixel art is pixel art bro

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.

[foxstar70]

Originally Posted by Elk

official WIP premiere of my newest masterpiece

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?

[Elk]

Who cares about this market ?

[Gos_pira]

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.