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Hey, I'm Dayvon and I am getting to be a pretty good coder. I am working on a game and I am a one man team due to trust issues, lack of team work from others, and just think it might be a faster for me. I am no good at Iconning, but I want to get better. I just have a few problems.

- I am slightly color blind, not able to tell shades of color that well(EX: If I try to make blonde hair I end up making it greenish.)

- I barely know how icons such as animations are suppose to look/be like(EX: If I were to make a sword slash I would either literally make each icon of it going down or make like 2 icon animations and it looks incredibly tacky) And I do not know how to edit a base to make it punch or do anything else like walk.

- My icons are plain ugly

I know that some people would say(You won't be good at all and/or there is no hope for you), but it's just I want to know would I be able to get better with practice? I really have no other choice and it's come to the point where I can't avoid editing icons by making abilities that have little to know movement. I know the color blind thing is a bit of a no brainier for being a bad iconner, but I can't help that. And when I really concentrate I can get pretty close to what the color should be. Anyone willing to either teach me how to icon properly or give me advice? I would really need guidance since I can not really ask if I am doing something right to a tutorial video made years ago. Thank you for reading all of this and I apologize if this is all stupid and unnecessary.
I know the color blind thing is a bit of a no brainier for being a bad iconner

Several of our artists in this community are colorblind. It's amazingly common for males to have some color impairment. I myself have issues with certain colors. You learn to overcome it.

Learning to make art is all about time and effort.

This is where I was at almost 10 years ago:

http://i.imgur.com/X6WV1Q4.png

http://i.imgur.com/fFRUEDP.png (This is the best version of this screenshot that exists anymore now that deadron.com is defunct.)

This is where I was 4 years ago:

http://i.imgur.com/a17VJcz.png


This is where I was 2 years ago:

http://i.imgur.com/oMS08PL.png

http://imgur.com/Z1AnJ7W

http://i.imgur.com/ia1gB22.png

http://imgur.com/8mNXW21

http://i.imgur.com/XYC3e0R.png

http://i.imgur.com/HUsWz2d.png

http://i.imgur.com/x0Sn7el.png

http://i.imgur.com/16kLqtc.png

http://i.imgur.com/30dZsv0.png

http://imgur.com/rsTyWAZ


About a year and a half ago:

http://i.imgur.com/H1zQrrw.png

http://i.imgur.com/kNRwll7.png

http://imgur.com/8olxPGr


About a year ago:

http://imgur.com/UfCxOFm

http://imgur.com/lb8rU4y

http://imgur.com/EOGL9Pk

http://imgur.com/B2p4Cfv

http://imgur.com/nRnR4EB

http://imgur.com/8wVMj7F

http://imgur.com/f8iYDXx


The last 6 months:

http://imgur.com/Qxn95Ws

http://imgur.com/3qb3jYh

http://imgur.com/zmcKVxN

http://imgur.com/X7Zg1WQ

http://imgur.com/U1HLqXm

http://imgur.com/9maL2pD

http://imgur.com/MS3JgEa

http://imgur.com/pyh5pH4

http://imgur.com/kBu1HYr

http://imgur.com/DIXh7ig


The last week:

http://imgur.com/wjicMSu


Just do it. Make stuff. Put it up on the web, ask for feedback.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pixelart

Search for tutorials. Try to follow techniques. Having a live person teach you isn't necessary. Just DO IT. Quit doubting yourself. Quit thinking about doing, and DO IT. Don't give up. Don't obsess. Make stuff. The more often you try, the better you are going to get. I didn't progress in pixel art at all for 10 years because I didn't have faith in the fact that I'd ever improve. I'm not the best today, but damn it, I've come a long way in the last 15 years, and almost all of that improvement has happened in the last 3 years just because I've been busting my ass to work at it.

In short:

i can only draw stickman, and have zero art talent. through determination i can draw imagies that are bad but good enough to be playable in my opinion. Just keep at it


This Is The Best I Can Do :) when it comes to art but yet i still try ^_^.
In response to DistantWorld101
your hired
You can do whatever you set out to do, if you put the effort in. This isn't specifically a pixel art example, but I have gone down the art path. I used to be absolutely terrible:



After some practice, I got to about here:





And then, after a lot of practice, I made this (This is purposely a JPEG for my own reasons, sorry):



And this is me now, though I am pretty rusty because I haven't drawn much in the past 2 months. Also, this is a WIP. Not done quite yet haha:



I still have a long way to go (Coloring hair is still the bane of my existence), but I have learned a lot and still work hard at it. You can do the same thing with pixel art if you commit to it.
In response to Albro1
oh now your hired, welcome a board the dantevfenris artist slave club
If you do any kind of pixel art, just remember to make that baby move:

In response to Kats
now your an artist i can get behind.
In response to DanteVFenris
DanteVFenris wrote:
now your an artist i can get behind.

If I know what you mean. ;P
In response to Kats
oh you know what i mean ;)
In response to Kats
Needs More Bouncing Boob Action ^_^



Your's Has No Jiggle In Its Step :P
In response to Kats
Kats wrote:
If you do any kind of pixel art, just remember to make that baby move:


Wow that's like pixel pornography, did you make that yourself? It's really good.
In response to Zecronious
It was done a while ago, yes. The hardest part was actually getting the animation correct, but with some help from the community, it made it to here. I've still yet to animate it from all directions, however. I still need to do that.
we should open a forum to explain the theory of bouncing boobs
mmmmmmmmmmm applied Physics!!
In response to Ter13
the video "just do it" should be sent to all the workers affected by the economic crisis ...... and then I want to count how many <<fck you>> they send to you.
In response to Denshichiro
Denshichiro wrote:
we should open a forum to explain the theory of bouncing boobs
mmmmmmmmmmm applied Physics!!

I remember the last thread we did this. Basically it was 3 or 4 guys who know nothing about it explaining why each other was stupid.
Basically it was 3 or 4 guys who know nothing about it explaining why each other was stupid.

That's kind of what happens when people who have never seen a breast start a topic about breasts.

Relevant:

I just know I like my face between them
ARE WE DOING ANOTHER BEWB THREAD?

I'm so ready for this.

Bewb thread mk ii go:

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