The hardest part of learning any creative skill is that your taste develops faster than your ability. You can see exactly what's wrong with your work but can't fix it yet. That gap is brutal but it means you're improving even when it doesn't feel like it.
Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still
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Re: Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still
#12Can you draw non pixel art? Do you need to learn how to draw pixel art or how to draw in general?
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#13Take your time.
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#14You need to learn how to practice. Anthony Jones has a video called "how to study better", where he walks you through his process. It's directed at concept artists rather than pixel artists but the same principles apply. I'd suggest watching it.
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#15There is no shortcut to art, but that’s part of why it is so valuable to society and so rewarding to create. But don’t let that discourage you. If you want to make your own art, keep working at it. You will always get better with time and practice. It takes a long time and even the best artists frequently feel like their work isn’t good enough. But dedication and practice will pay off in time.
That fact that something is hard to do is not what makes it valuable.
It's hard to dig really big holes in the ground all day at random, but it's not valuable.
Re: Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still
#16There is no shortcut to art, but that’s part of why it is so valuable to society and so rewarding to create. But don’t let that discourage you. If you want to make your own art, keep working at it. You will always get better with time and practice. It takes a long time and even the best artists frequently feel like their work isn’t good enough. But dedication and practice will pay off in time.
That fact that something is hard to do is not what makes it valuable. It's hard to dig really big holes in the ground all day at random, but it's not valuable.
Speak for yourself, big-holes-in-ground are very valuable to me.
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#17Similar in concept but for different reasons; does anybody know of a way to convert images into a '8bit pixel map'? My wife likes to take images and crochet them into tapestry/blankets/cozies. It seems to me that if we could get a grid overlay onto an image she could then make whatever she wanted. (One color per 'pixel')
Problem is that like vector fonts without hinting, naive automatic "pixelation" of images does a poor job. You have to work with the limitations of the medium, and sometimes it entails drawing something in a very different shape than if you had more resolution and color. There are image gen models that do an okay job at pixel art these days though.
Re: Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still
#18The hardest part of learning any creative skill is that your taste develops faster than your ability. You can see exactly what's wrong with your work but can't fix it yet. That gap is brutal but it means you're improving even when it doesn't feel like it.
"The hardest part of learning any creative skill is that your taste develops faster than your ability."
I needed to read this sentence. Thank you!
Re: Trying for 1 month but can't learn pixel art still
#19A month is nothing. Embrace limitations. Make something with just two colors. See shapes, not things.
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#20Pixel art is art. To be good at pixel art requires the same skills as art: composition, color, lights and shadow, shapes.
While there’s no shortcut, I would suggest that in games, consistency in art style is way more important than quality. If you can make your graphic style consistent, although maybe very simple and not so aesthetic, it will make the game appealing.