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Originally Posted by DustyPorViva
color-count DOES matter. Why? Because if you manage your palette, it ends up less work for you. You no longer need to constantly pick new colors as you can just eyedrop a nearby color off the picture or palette that you need. It's just easier and faster to use existing colors than it is to create them.
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First off I want to say that this is more talking about pixel vs brush work in general, if you want me to take this out and move it to it's own thread let me know.
Still, I've got to point at what Dusty posted so it doesn't get drowned. It needs more emphasis. He is dead on with what he's saying. It's true in a single sprite piece, but *especially* if you are making multiple sprites *ESPECIALLY* if those are are animated, your going to be in a world of hurt if you try and create it with dozens of colors.
You have much more control if you use fewer colors. It's easier to keep consistent with the contrast & where the blocks of light and shadow are. If you take a picture out of focus you will start to see where the major portions of color and light are; controlling and adjusting these are monumentally easier when your dealing with a few colors and not a painted image.
Here's something I did 4 years ago. (ignore the dangly bit on the wings
) It looks nice and smooth, but the coloring on it was done completely with the paintbrush tool. Each frame is impossible to keep completely consistent with the last. If you look at each one, the contrast is actually a little different in every single frame. It takes more work to keep it flowing through the entire thing and if I were to finish it as it is, this would be a nightmare. It wouldnt be an issue if I pixeled it.
I'll agree that if you know what your doing its usually easier to work with a smaller pallete no matter what the scope is, but it isn't as crucial in single sprites as it is with animated pieces. Still, if you ever hope to try making something big and animated working with a smaller color count isn't a skill that will come instantly.
About the bottle, there are only a few different colors that I can easily discern. It would look *exactly* the same if it was made with 6 MAYBE 7 colors.
Edit: In defense of digital painting, I'm not always a hardcore pixel pusher. I still do paint stuff half the time.