luxumbra: Luxumbra’s Pixelart Tutorial There are many different ways to make pixelart; th

luxumbra: Luxumbra’s Pixelart Tutorial There are many different ways to make pixelart; this tutorial is more of an explanation of my personal pixelart process. Feel free to experiment and develop your style! The order of this will be from left to right on the images above. First I choose a primary color for my background. All other colors will stem from this one color (but sometimes I’ll use a combination of colors)! I start to lay out shapes for my foreground. Foreground elements are typically darker in color, and as you move towards the horizon you choose lighter and less saturated colors to show distance. Now here you have to start thinking about what you want the focus of your piece to be. For me, I chose to create a large city in the background, with focus on a large central building. I also add some details to the foreground, mainly grass and some lines for the building. With the focus of the image implemented, I start to detail out the background with buildings. Background elements typically will not have much detail, so I focus on the shapes rather than the textures. For foreground elements, you want them to be detailed to pull them away from the simplified background. At this point I’m focusing back onto the foreground and adding more grass layers as well as more detail work to the building. From here I move onto detailing the background buildings. Again, I’m not texturing them, but expanding on the shapes, adding bridges, ledges, etc. I decided that the middle section of the image would be a lake, so I added lines to mimic waves/ripples in the water. The last thing I do is detail and polish. I add a few more elements to the foreground and create a reflection on the water using a transparency of the city upside down. I add some clouds in and then refine until I like it! And that’s pretty much it! I draw pretty simple pixelart, but if you enjoy it, than this is how I make it! Feel free to comment on this post if you have any questions or if you would like me to explain something more! Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me, and I hope this helps you in your pixelart endeavors :) -- source link

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