You guys are seriously the most immature bunch i've seen seen in any community, seriously grow the hell up. He obviously came to the Graphics section seeking help and advice, yet instead you guys flame and down his attempt to make graphics. It's obvious that he's new just as every other graphics designer once was, so why do you take the lollipops that you have stuck inside your sweet anus' out and give him some positive c&c instead of just negative feedback.
Anyways.. On topic: Deserted, My advice to you is, first before even attempting to create a gun, you should study a realistic example/picture of a gun. Than after you have begun to understand the basic layout of how a gun is crafted, just implement them into your own ideas and make a creation from what you have studied (your lineart). Dont just draw up any random old shape and than try to fill it in. Take the time in placing each and every last pixel in a position where you feel it belongs. After you have comprised a solid set of lines, if I were I would study shading (lightsources, anti-aliasing, shadows, even the effects that one color has on another color.
www.spriteart.com is a good tutorial place, if it is still up..). Than after you have studied these things, maybe try studying other peoples shading techniques and building your own technique from others.. studying others pixel-art tends help out alot. But that is really all I can tell you for now, and with that said, lets hope you take bind to my words and actually take pixeling seriously, so that we may see another graphic artist on graal.
08-27-2007, 10:38 PM
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