Incline 2D Art Appreciation Thread

[n0wh3r3]

How long does it take to get to such mastering of Pixel Art? Is there any kind of learning process? What are the thing to take in consideration when drawing Pixel art (e.g. lighting sources)?

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

After the Rain by Yes-I-Do

Fields by aamatniekss

Raven by ink

The Sky Gazes Back by ink

The Fallen by hby

Skald: Against the Black Priory by Reo (C64 palette)

Clouds in Summer Are Like Cotton Candy by christinesea

Golden Coin by gawrone

An Underwater Encounter by hby

Endboss: Son of Poseidon by critikill (Commodore Amiga limitations)

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Is there any kind of learning process?

Guess you could look into mosaic making since it's basically the same principle of creating an image by 'dotting' chunks of color together.

 

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Cursed cats by Kéké

https://k-eke.tumblr.com/

more

 

[Alienman]

Very cute.

 

[hacknhack]

How long does it take to get to such mastering of Pixel Art? Is there any kind of learning process? What are the thing to take in consideration when drawing Pixel art (e.g. lighting sources)?

This was recommended to me by someone who knows what they're talking about. It's very comprehensive and gets straight to the point.

https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299

I also think the following Reddit reply gives some good general advice for people starting from zero (such as myself).

https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/co...who_do_pixel_art_for_their_games_how/fd5seis/

And now for some cool 2D art!

Cyberpunk by MuradIbraghim.

Fantasy n°67 by Kryssalian.

Castle Dracula by Deivore.

Fantasy landscape by pennypharthing.

Colossal Katamari by Snake.

View over a Japanese city by LennSan.

Goblin Raid by jokov.

Knight Of The Blossoms by veciits.

Japanese streetHand Pixelled by Heriumu.

The Spartan by Helm.

Cyberpunk City by KillerRabbitMedia.

9-bit Nebula by FraGMarE.

Autumn season landscape by Iduranga_Theekshana.

 

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Cyberpunk by MuradIbraghim.

Fantasy n°67 by Kryssalian.

The first to are interesting because they don't use solid colors for their "pixels". I wonder if that is a deliberate artistic choice or just a consequence of converting higher bit depth source art to 255 color .gif animations. In the first case it seems to be some kind of naive error diffusion which IMO doesn't work out too great - at first glance it looks like smudge from an overly aggressive lossy compression format and after a closer look you start noticing distracting patterns that move around between animation frames. The second one uses regular stipple patterns which look more pleasing to me.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The Spartan by Helm.

Feckin' ace, this one.

 

[Blutwurstritter]

The characters from Chaos Engine.

 

[hacknhack]

The first to are interesting because they don't use solid colors for their "pixels". I wonder if that is a deliberate artistic choice or just a consequence of converting higher bit depth source art to 255 color .gif animations. In the first case it seems to be some kind of naive error diffusion which IMO doesn't work out too great - at first glance it looks like smudge from an overly aggressive lossy compression format and after a closer look you start noticing distracting patterns that move around between animation frames. The second one uses regular stipple patterns which look more pleasing to me.

Damn, well spotted. After a closer look, it's a compression issue, I reckon. I chased up the source and the first piece was apparently pixelled at 300x300. Which kinda backs up the formatting theory, right? To be fair, I suppose you wouldn't notice a problem at the intended dimension. Again, well spotted!

 

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Peanut by AnasAbdin

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Manny and Glottis - Grim Fandango by MrQuetch

Re-imagining It Came From The Desert II by bytesix (Amiga limitations)

A1000 Screen Flicker by bytesix

Mask 1 and Mask 2 by gawrone

Chrome Knight by Wolfenoctis

Steam Pixel Duplicator by shm31

Lucius by Cyangmou

The Old Guardian by critikill (C64 limitations)

Adventure by AdamF

 

[Darkozric]

Salem Noir by Rob Eddy

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

 

[Darkozric]

Pawtumn by Joachim Ljunggren

 

[NecroLord]

Damn, ghostdog brought Kof, Garou, and some others fighting games already, :manlytear". I'll continue from here.

Ninja Masters 4ever

I need to constrain myself to decrease the numbers of ctrl+c and v.

Goddamn, that's fucking stunning...


Here's some other beautiful ones:

Spoiler

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Spoiler

 

[Melcar]

There is something about the worlds and characters depicted in 2D art and animations that 3D renders cannot replicate.

 

[luj1]

There is something about the worlds and characters depicted in 2D art and animations that 3D renders cannot replicate.

Timelessness

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Spoiler

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Cockpit by rafis

Lo-fi Girl Goes on a Space Journey by VoyPix

Fair Maidens by RujiK

GUAN YIN by DUMBCHILD

Geralt of Rivia-Witcher by gragmet

Fallout Power Armor Series by gragmet

happy new year by Grongy

Untitled by kumori

Blanket of Snow by ink