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First pixel portrait attempt!

candystarfish
Saturday, July 28, 2018 - 08:42
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Hello! I'm new here. (But have been drooling over everyone's art for a while hehhh) I am trying to teach myself pixel art for a game I'm working on. Between me and my friends I have writing, coding, music, etc. covered, but no artists. So I'm... gonna try my best!!

(I'm nervous posting this because you all make such fantastic art - please be kind!)

I used a tutorial to make a pixel portrait from a photograph, and I am REALLY surprised at how well it turned out!! Like, I can't even doodle well. I thought this would be impossible for me. 

 

 

Here is the photo I based this off of:

 

 

And my first draft of her skin: 

 

If anyone has (gentle) feedback, these are two points that I think I need work on:

- My first attempt at her skintone used more colors and followed the photograph pretty exactly, but her face looked weird and marbelized, so I toned it down, but I think I lost some of her cheek definition by just replacing it with all one color? Any ideas/suggestions?

- First attempt followed the photo exactly, and since her necklace tilts up in the photo, it looked like it was cutting into her neck or something. So I tried to adjust it myself... and it ... looks weird. Haha. 

Thank you in advance!! You're all so talented!!! 

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PurpleHeart
joined 7 years 4 months ago
Sunday, July 29, 2018 - 13:13
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Hey there, it's my first time posting but I am a pixel artist and would like to say how great this looks. :D It's really a perfect photo you chose for inspiration. She really looks like an RPG character.

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