8-bit Woods (NES Palette)
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Shaun Inman
I love constraints. This feels so much better now that I've limited the palette to only those colors the NES was actually able to produce.
And that was my last Dribbble shot. Maybe I shouldn't have posted all of those animated gifs ;)
over 2 years ago
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Christopher Meeks
I think this one is just awesome. Definitely an improvement in legibility and contrast over the previous dribbble. Can't wait to see this come to fruition!
over 2 years ago
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Andy McMillan
Looks much, much better with the NES palette enforced. Stunning.
over 2 years ago
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Phil Coffman
Yes, this is nothing short of badass! The contrast is perfect.
over 2 years ago
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Sebastiaan de With
The contrast is much nicer, indeed.
over 2 years ago
Much more rich in color and good call on limiting yourself. The leaves look more detailed compared to the previous shot and that grimp looks like a bad-ass.
over 2 years ago
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Kev Adamson
Yeah, this darker colour is better. Better contrast. More depth.
over 2 years ago
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Vance Reeser
This really sings now!
over 2 years ago
Superb. I want to play it NAO.
over 2 years ago
I wonder if you can delete old shots to be able to open up some shot space...
over 2 years ago
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Paulo Zoom
Dan's bitman, nice!
"And that was my last Dribbble shot."
I want more Mimeo, sir, it's too awesome not to love it.
over 2 years ago
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Bryan Veloso
Give this man more shots! I implore you! D:
over 2 years ago
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Shaun Inman
Damn, Bryan you have some serious pull with the Dribbble gods! Either that or the Contra Code worked.
over 2 years ago
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Benjamin De Cock
How cool is that Shaun!
over 2 years ago
Wow. When I first saw this thumbnail on my phone (so, about 1/4" wide), I thought it was a 16-bit version! The difference in richness of color is really that dramatic. I'll definitely come back to this for inspiration when I'm ready to move beyond four colors. :)
over 2 years ago
Looks great, but the well feels out of place for some reason. There's something about the texture that makes it feel a bit off. Can't put my finger on it though.
over 2 years ago
I think part of the problem is the perspective. With the stump and the well, you can see the top, but not with the logs or the leaf platform.
The other thing I noticed is that the light or 'flat' part of the well may be too wide, causing it to look less concave than it actually would be.
over 2 years ago
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Shaun Inman
"I think part of the problem is the perspective."
Ding, ding, ding. I've been feeling the same way about the stump and well. Been meaning redraw them. Glad somebody called me on it.
over 2 years ago
Rebound
Tall Flat Tops
by Shaun Inman
Perspective-less versions of the tree stump and stone well from the previous scenes. Much better. I've also added one more row of tiles to each to test tiling. Both grow without painfully obvious tiling.
Quite happy with these. The stump was easy. The well probably took the majority of the two hours spent.
over 2 years ago
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Veerle Pieters
Great improvement over the previous one. Sometimes limits can help you get unstuck.
over 2 years ago
How are you drawing your sprites? PS + Pencil Tool? I imagine you're either using something simpler, or you may have a tip for taming PS's pixel grid.
over 2 years ago
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Shaun Inman
I would love to be able to use Photoshop's pencil tool but there's a bug in CS3 that prevents the pencil from filling the pixel you click. Adobe's official position is that you need to upgrade to CS4 for a fix which is total infuriating bullshit and why I'm holding off on purchasing any more Adobe products or upgrades until absolutely necessary (I don't need any of the new features they shovel in, just a fix for debilitating bullshit bugs). That and because I originally purchased the Suite I can't just upgrade Photoshop, I have to upgrade the entire Suite or buy a new copy of Photoshop. Bullshit. Total bullshit. </rant>
So I use the marquee tool to create irregular rectangular or circular selections and fill with option+delete. I manually create a 16x16 grid on a separate layer and don't use Photoshop's guides or grids. Anti-alias is unchecked on every tool that provides the option.
I also do a lot of apple(+option)+arrow key pushing around of pixels that have already been placed to avoid constantly switching back and forth between the eye dropper.
over 2 years ago
Huge improvement Shaun. Constraints definitely help me get unstuck from time to time.
over 2 years ago
@Shaun I'd be curious to see a video of you at work, if you'd be so kind. I use the Gimp instead of Photoshop (I'm cheap and I can't figure out Photoshop for the life of me), so I'm not sure what your techniques really are from your descriptions. Seeing it in action might help me get some tips on how I can be more productive. Currently, I'm spending a lot of time with nothing more than a 1px pencil at 8x. It works out okay as long as I'm restricted to to four colors, but once I try expanding my palette, I'm sure I'll need something better to work with.
over 2 years ago