The Rat...
 

What do you guys think? I've only done the outline so far...(but due to my lack of any shading/colouring skills, it will probably look even worse once i've given it fur =x).

And yes i know there are no whiskers..i dunno if i will even bother adding them in, at least not until everything else is done ;)

Re: The Rat...
 

Word of adive, NEVER EVER SAVE ANYTHING AS JPG! With that said it looks nice.

It's fattness will never beat my cat! Mouhahahaa!! My cat is fat :(

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Why not? I prefer it over .gif or .png when sending screenshots and things over AIM.

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Why not? Some images are preferably better if they're saved as a .jpg.

Hey yeah, why not? I used psp to save it rather than paint, obviously, because paint distorts jpg...other than mspaint's issues i don't see what's wrong with jpg =x

Other than that it's fine? Yay :)
I bet i will manage to make it look really really crappy when i colour it in *cries*

With lineart, it's okay to save with JPEG, seeing as though there is nothing to critique but the lines, which don't really become distorted.
But with pixel art, mainly, JPEG ruins the quality, and pixel art, every pixel counts, and JPEG can really alter that.

With larger pictures, or photos it's okay, but with pixel art, I wouldn't recommend JPEG -- better with GIF or PNG.

I hate jpg because it always alfters the quality of an image and adds all this unnessary distortation **** and I just hate it ok.

Then you are using it for the wrong purposes, or you don't know how to use it at all.

Oh yes, the distorition is AWFUL in those two color images...

Anyways...I think it looks pretty good...would look better if you colored it in ;)

w0wtz lz get in2 n argumint w/ jpg vs gif/png

I like the rat o_O!

Lololol.
thanks :D i still haven't gotten round to starting the colouring in yet x_x

Sorry I couldn't resist using the lam-o photoshop paint bucket-paterns XD!



Weighing over 500 pounds, 5 time Mexican pro boxing champion..


Eeeel RRRRRrrrratio! >:[

Wow.... not very on topic eh
suddenly went from the rat to donalds obsessive view on jpgs o_o

anyway yeah the rat looks really good - your too unsure of yourself

Omfg i love it XD
And pro boxing? Wtf, this rat doesn't box, fool...he's a mexican wrestler...i mean just look at the rainbow patterns...he musta been eating chilli even while lifting people up above his head and throwing them back down onto the mat in a wrestler-ish fashion.

Oh no, trust me dude...you are too optimistic XD
Outlines = easy pies with those little leaf-shaped bits of pastry on top
Colouring/shading = hard pies with bricks and nails and broken glass in =x

Anyway i'm off to bed...byeee :)

Heh, told you i couldn't colour it in.
Here's an example of my first attempt. I tried to do like...a tiled fur thingumy (remembering some snazzy little tutorial for drawing grass tiles in the forums ages ago)...and this is what happened. It looks like a little fat rug :(

Can anyone suggest how i could colour the rat in properly?

The only way to learn coloring is to look through Bazillion pixelations. Few people have the time to do this, those that do can draw. So just look through work of others and see what they do, then try to do it your self.

I might give that LineArt a go, but there is an awsome dragon LineArt I'd rather do x.x

yeah i know...i'v learnt just about everything i can do from browsing these forums...but i don't think i've ver seen anyone doing like...fur. I guess i'll try dregging through the archives, got any pointers as to whetre i should look?

What in the HELL is that?

That was a bit harsh. Could at least give the guy some tips..

Here is something that was posted recently on Pixelation:
http://virtual.dyc.edu/~peppermint/p...labrat_f01.gif

Hope that helps. And I didn't draw that.

Pirats of the carribean...!

Heh, that's a pretty kewl picture but it doesn't really show a lot of fur. Plus the rat is really thin - mine is a beefcake :O
I just wanted to know if there were any advised ways of drawing animal fur well, i guess.