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Some Random Observations

Sat Nov 14, 2009, 8:21 PM
Things I've learned in the pursuit of creating better art.


- It's fun to design clothing.

- Spirals always look awesome
- Except in pixel art, where they become increasingly hard to pull off the smaller you go

- Conservation of colors is a good practice to get into

- Enjoy what you're doing. If you enjoy something, doing it won't be a chore, and you'll get better.

- Practice will never make perfect, but it will always make better.

- Every once in awhile, you've got to force yourself to do something you're uncomfortable with.
- Sometimes you'll come back to something you weren't good at a long time ago, and gave up on, only to find that you've improved a lot more than you expected.

- There will always be someone better than you, and you'll always be better than someone else.

- It's good to take in other styles, but bad to copy them directly.

- Every piece of original art, from doodle to masterpiece, is a step towards finding your own style.
- When I started out drawing, I was worried I didn't have one. I'm wouldn't be able to say that anymore.

- You won't always end up excelling where you expected to, but you'll probably end up excelling somewhere.
- When I started out, I wanted to be one of those really good digital painters. I didn't know pixel art exists. Still shooting for excellence in both, sometime in the far future :p


So yeah, felt like writing something a bit more inspiration than usual? I think Flashy's music has gotten me in a good mood. Go check it out.

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  • Current Residence: NH, USA
  • Favourite genre of music: Intrumental/Orchestral, Classic Rock
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  • Tools of the Trade: Paper, Pencil, Paintshop Pro 7.04

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:iconwikiwiseman:
i <3 your pixel art
if you had the time to teach me how i would greatly appreciate it

like what program + tutorials?
:iconkaiseto:
There isn't much to say. It's all practice. I started out by making crappy edits of RPG Maker sprites. I just enjoyed doing that kind of stuff so much that I branched out further and further and inevitably got better by doing it more and more often.

I use Paintshop Pro 7 for all my pixel art, but the tools I use are the same ones that you find in paint. A 1-pixel width brush, the fill tool, and the selection tool. The only advantage that PSP7 offers me is the ability to zoom in really close.

I did some sort of rudimentary tutorial on a website that I made last year for a class. [link]
There are links to two other tutorials from other artists online. Hope they help, but like I said it mostly comes down to practicing.

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:iconglaube:
I love how draw, your sprites and animation are amazing, and you are realy good on tablet, keep that awesome up :-)

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:icongrumble-bee:
i've seen you on pixel joint! :D i love your anthro style, you have such nice work :heart:
:iconxeno-striker:
WOW im gonna watch you!

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:iconbinoftrash:
AH, your pixel art is astounding <33 I love how you do your sprites. Such beautiful colours.

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:iconthe-elven-priestess:
I featured you in my journal & in the news.

Yay! :excited:

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:iconkaiseto:
:o I'm honored. And it's not for pixel art, which is even more amazing. Thank you.

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:iconthe-elven-priestess:
You're welcome. :D

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:iconneoriceisgood:
Dig the gallery, nice pixels.

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