Chopping Block - for Loopdeloop
Anonymous asked:
Demonstration of how anti-aliasing can make pixel art (in this case, Mr. Truffles) appear softer and less contrasted. Anti-aliasing, often abbreviated AA, is the practice of selectively “blurring” lines by hand to soften them- note the dark outlines and the use of an intermediate color (already in use for shading) to break up some of the segments.
Another plus of using AA is that it gives you sub-pixel control of where the outline visually appears, especially in places where the resolution is limited- note that the intermediate color is used on most of the outline of the front arm.
Sorry I took a bit of a break from pixel art. Here’s an “isometric” NES, with lines that I should clean up more.
I think I like pixel art.
Animated my Bill Cipher doodle. Woo!
Anonymous asked:
This is a thing I’ve been meaning to answer for a while, actually!
I personally use PaintNET (free, pretty easy to use, nice interface) for all my pixels and graphics. I’ve used Gimp and Photoshop, but they were “meh” and “way-too-expensive” respectively.
As far as hardware goes, I’ve just got a laptop and a mouse. Pixel art with a tablet is possible and probably easier, but this setup works for me.
“Smooch City, here I come!”
You guys just can’t get enough of these 4-color portraits. Which is fine, because making them is fun.
Found a thing from a while ago I didn’t finish. It’s Bee and Puppycat!