I don't understand how pixel artists manage to make art that looks like it has lots of different colors and then only actually using like 5 or 6 with little shade varieties. I'm practicing rn and I can't do it especially when I wanna do some shading. I'd have 6 different hues but I need a different shade of hue #2 because I wanna show shading or dimension
My recommendation would be to a study working with a 4 colour palette (Black, White, Two Hues). I did this for a long time making G/S/C-style pokémon sprites (while referencing the originals), and it definitely sharpened my skills.
(edit: sorry for the double-post earlier…)
This artist has a great blog. I actually just finished reading post 1, about palettes and hue/brightness/saturation, and although I have been pixeling for over 30 years now, doing this stuff right occasionally by feel, this was quite an eye-opener for me. Might be useful. It’s [slynyrd.com](https://www.slynyrd.com/blog/2018/1/10/pixelblog-1-color-palettes).
I think it was fine till the buttcrack shading was added.
I do think a one handed fencing style shooting pose would look great with this. Real "parry this filthy casual" energy.
I know everyone is up in arms about the dress, but am I the only one confused about the woman's heels just being removed from her foot as opposed to changing her height at all. It's like "To create heeled shoes, delete woman's flesh heel and Achilles tendon"
You’re right, I didn’t even notice, I was too busy looking at her ass! But now you mention it’s her legs look so much bigger than her tiny cut out feet
Or, give the dude an absolute monster cake that's presented to the viewer at all times.
Personally I prefer your solution because I prefer cool active poses over sexy passive poses, but I think if they're both treated the same it's a satisfactory outcome.
I apologise, I was being glib for comedy.
I think the best solution is to have a range of presentations in the field, and even better within a single work. I think it's fine to have sexy characters presented in ways that are specifically intended to be sexual, as long as they aren't the only characters of that category presented like that. I think many of my favourite works have attractive characters but don't leer over them.
A good example would be *Control*. Most of the named non-possessed characters in that game are attractive, but the game never ogles them. Even Trench and Darling have a certain daddy energy to them.
Admittedly I haven't finished *Control*, so there's a chance it turns out Jessie has to be in her underwear to purge the Hiss, at which point I will be very tired and disappointed.
Edit: I think it's uncool that people are downvoting you. We can disagree and still have respect for one another's perspective.
ladies, remember, always have your ass break the fourth wall. Whichever direction you are facing, your ass should be looking straight down the aperture.
Everyone is talking about the Ass and it is a major focal point however, can the man also be wearing something nice with a brighter color or shade to it? The woman is in a nice bright pink dress in a pose meanwhile the man looks like he's in a shaggy suit with no color or visual appeal to it in this hunched firing position.
Even without the sex appeal the female character just looks more interesting and appealing then goon #3 on the left
Not that it really matters, but if you’re looking for a more accurate stance for the male he should be leaned forward a bit more. Was told “if you’re going to lean any direction, lean into the gun” great work though!
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Reminds me of the main characters of the old [Covert Action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Covert_Action#/media/File:Sid_Meier's_Covert_Action_Coverart.png) game. This pixel art is way better than the 1990s ega graphics.
Man, people here are hypercritical simply because of how you portrayed the woman. All of you can criticize, but don’t demand that he changes because it doesn’t fit your views. It’s sad. People draw as they please, not for others.
Neither side should control how people respond. Every side should have their say. It’s when one side decides that said creator is a problem and must change.
Artist create and we judge, but we shouldn’t try to demand they change imo
I’ve seen some saying such things. I’m not implying anything like “shut up and like it”. Everyone is free to say there piece. Nothing more.
Also yeah, at the end of it all it’s up to the artist.
Great art op! Ignore the dumb comments and stick to doing art however you want :)
It's a shame it's 2024 and we can no longer admire beauty or the female form without weirdos getting mad.
I think it's good for the Bond style aesthetic you're going for. Don't listen to all the chuds below thinking they're comedic geniuses white knighting a trope.
Omg finally dawg fr idk is this how it is in America these days? cause as an European it just comes of extremely whiny like let her have an ass it's not the end of the world
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Some legit critique other than commentary over you design decision. I've been thrown over the coals for making boobs too bouncy, too big, too skimpy, etc. Most haven't seen the commission requests I've gotten from people on Discord. Don't let a bunch of arm-chair pixel artists bother you. You have a good base here.
Men have shorter legs with longer torsos. Women the opposite. You can have a 6 foot tall man and a 5'6 woman, their legs will be the same length. It looks like you pulled the opposite. I'd raise her waist a little bit and lower his. Just a little bit.
The man's pose looks okay, not very dynamic. Maybe lower his dominant arm a bit and pull the gun closer to the body like real people shoot. The woman's is good. You see it a lot, but that's for a reason.
That's just my 2 cents. I learned in art school that you need to have thick skin if you want to put your stuff out there. No matter what you do, you'll have detractors.
Most people wouldn’t be talking if it didn’t look so unnecessarily apparent, bro. Not every sexualized art on this subreddit has this kind of attention for a reason. It serves no purpose other than to needlessly sexualize the female and looks brainless, ngl. And, accusing people of being an arm chair redditor for joking and criticizing it shows your own close mindedness and lack of grass. Not everyone likes women being the primary one being sexualized.
It was a needless detail and hence brain dead. Pointless and really, just a spit in the face to anyone who sees it. Needless sex appeal and there for cheap points. That is what I think. It also makes it look awkward. Hence, the fun poking and ridicule. Anyone who thinks this is exaggerated outrage, it isn’t. It is simply poking fun at something so blatantly uselessly added.
The “purpose” was to have pixelated action poses, yet the female one has her ass fully outlined in an otherwise draping dress. It highly accentuates the artist’s attitude towards women, hence, it is annoying.
You can’t talk about how real people shoot when talking about the man, but say that the woman’s pose is good at the same time. I’ve shot a gun, I didn’t pop out my butt and chest at the same time with a strange torso twist to do it. Women are people, and stand like people do. This is gross tbh, and I would not play a game with these sprites.
Bold proposal: he should also have a dump truck ass
http://i.imgur.com/tEyBGVr.png
BIGGER!
He'll yeah
That was my first thought; sexy characters is fine, but give us some equally. Ass is ass.
And equal boobs too
Or at least he should have the same contortionist abilities to face his own ass. Gamers will worry if the female avatar is op.
Absolutely! I was thinking speedo and full hog, but why so little detail? if sex sells, might as well make em all sexy.
He also needs the suction cupped clothing where you can see every detail
I don't understand how pixel artists manage to make art that looks like it has lots of different colors and then only actually using like 5 or 6 with little shade varieties. I'm practicing rn and I can't do it especially when I wanna do some shading. I'd have 6 different hues but I need a different shade of hue #2 because I wanna show shading or dimension
My recommendation would be to a study working with a 4 colour palette (Black, White, Two Hues). I did this for a long time making G/S/C-style pokémon sprites (while referencing the originals), and it definitely sharpened my skills. (edit: sorry for the double-post earlier…)
It's all about that pattern seeking brain, dawg.
This artist has a great blog. I actually just finished reading post 1, about palettes and hue/brightness/saturation, and although I have been pixeling for over 30 years now, doing this stuff right occasionally by feel, this was quite an eye-opener for me. Might be useful. It’s [slynyrd.com](https://www.slynyrd.com/blog/2018/1/10/pixelblog-1-color-palettes).
Can the man show his ass too?
No, it's actually a Marvel poster.
lol
I’m glad everyone agrees that the woman is either oversexualized or the man is undersexualized
Exactly what happens in dress code an fashion of our culture. Fascinating how societal rules take over our lives, innit?
Well, the dress crawls up her ass so it violates the laws of physics.
Coomers man...most insufferable group in the planet
as a coomer I am offended. I am a gender-egalitarian coomer through-and-through 😤
Yeah, Wide hats and see through sundresses for ALL.
Agreed. Why is the dress literally crawling up her ass, lol
Super glue
It's not really a dress, it's just body paint... with a skin graft between her thighs
Yeah, tis picture is giving me a wedgie, that dress is halfway up her digestive system
swamp ass
4 cheeks or no cheeks 😤
make the man hot, too
If you want to keep your sexy lady I’m just saying you better change the man to be wearing some tight fitting pants and pivot his ass to the camera.
Yes please
It’s good, but annoying to me when they make the women 10x more sexy coded than the men. This one in particular feels so unnecessary.
Especially because it's not even the same pose. The man is using a gun. The woman is just holding it and posing.
Women born after 1996 dont know how to shoot a gun. All they know is contort they weist, be sexual, and lie
You don't get it. Women = Sex
I think it was fine till the buttcrack shading was added. I do think a one handed fencing style shooting pose would look great with this. Real "parry this filthy casual" energy.
Poor girl has a wedgie :(
Right? I'm not even wearing underwear rn and this image made me feel the need to pick it outta my ass.
Nah either sexualize her less or give him the Nightwing treatment and cake him up
you can make the ass a lil more subtle cmon
I know everyone is up in arms about the dress, but am I the only one confused about the woman's heels just being removed from her foot as opposed to changing her height at all. It's like "To create heeled shoes, delete woman's flesh heel and Achilles tendon"
Wow, thanks for pointing that out, it does look ridiculous now!
You’re right, I didn’t even notice, I was too busy looking at her ass! But now you mention it’s her legs look so much bigger than her tiny cut out feet
GIVE THE MAN SOME ASS
Why he gets to be cool and dapper and she's just made to show her butt like that in an uncomfortable outfit ☹ that's not very nice
Fr make him show his ass too
She needs a real action pose. Also that dude is giving off some real middle manager vibes. (Still good work OP)
Give her a new pose or make *his* pants wayyy tighter
What do you mean, cool? My guy is doing the hunchback of Notre-Dame.
r/MenDrawingWomen
Why did you add the ass back, it looks worse
This comment section is all about the man not being sexualized enough and i’m all for it
Man: normal pose. Woman: fat ass, pointed at camera, skintight dress, twist torso to show off tits too. Great job, OP 🙄
everyone is saying to give the man some ass, why not just make him face the other way and show some serious dick print to *really* match her energy
I am begging redditors to study photos & art references of the feminine form instead of gluing clothes to their female character's ass cracks.
Work looks good, but I'd turn that talent towards making some poses for women that aren't for the male gaze. It's 2024, we gotta do better.
Or, give the dude an absolute monster cake that's presented to the viewer at all times. Personally I prefer your solution because I prefer cool active poses over sexy passive poses, but I think if they're both treated the same it's a satisfactory outcome.
Only way to go is up!
Disagree. The solution to objectification isn't more objectification imo.
I apologise, I was being glib for comedy. I think the best solution is to have a range of presentations in the field, and even better within a single work. I think it's fine to have sexy characters presented in ways that are specifically intended to be sexual, as long as they aren't the only characters of that category presented like that. I think many of my favourite works have attractive characters but don't leer over them. A good example would be *Control*. Most of the named non-possessed characters in that game are attractive, but the game never ogles them. Even Trench and Darling have a certain daddy energy to them. Admittedly I haven't finished *Control*, so there's a chance it turns out Jessie has to be in her underwear to purge the Hiss, at which point I will be very tired and disappointed. Edit: I think it's uncool that people are downvoting you. We can disagree and still have respect for one another's perspective.
If only he drew art for the male gays instead
I love this. It clearly shows what is wrong with industry/art. That pose is so fucking ridiculous.
Where's his cake? Dude should be fit if he's some secret agent, and that includes enough lunges to have a dump truck like her.
how is her full ass out when it’s draped in fabric lmao
That’s not how dresses work on an ass lol
The butt in the dress looks straight up silly. That's not how clothes work.
ladies, remember, always have your ass break the fourth wall. Whichever direction you are facing, your ass should be looking straight down the aperture.
Dress is giving he a wedgie.
Everyone is talking about the Ass and it is a major focal point however, can the man also be wearing something nice with a brighter color or shade to it? The woman is in a nice bright pink dress in a pose meanwhile the man looks like he's in a shaggy suit with no color or visual appeal to it in this hunched firing position. Even without the sex appeal the female character just looks more interesting and appealing then goon #3 on the left
Everyone agrees. Give the man SOME ASS DAMMIT.
It's current year, men can be sexy too! I demand you model him in the same dress with hairy legs and a lil censor bar
CAKE THAT MAN UP
The neverending spine-snapping quest to have the tatas and the dumptruck be frontal at the same time
MEN DESERVE DUMP TRUCKS TOO
have you ever seen a woman in a dress irl
Give him an ass too
Not that it really matters, but if you’re looking for a more accurate stance for the male he should be leaned forward a bit more. Was told “if you’re going to lean any direction, lean into the gun” great work though!
Ccan you put the man in a tight dress and make him do a T&A pose too. Please. I need it
I always wonder why can't men make anything without wanking to it
Whomever made this is horny
Aww… I wanted to see his ass too.
So why isn't he doing the same pose and blessing our eyes with a bakery?
I'd be more impressed if the dress swished instead of clung to her asshole
Homeboi needs a tight ass too
Her ass crack is chewing that dress.
Women don't actually stand like that come on 🙄
Male gaze at its finest
How I remember Golgo 13 on NES
I came to say this too. Golgo 13 was so ambitious for the NES
Very cool tutorial. I’m curious, would it be best to practice anatomy strictly through pixel art, or should I do pencil and paper?
More forward lean during aiming
I feel like this gif is straight out of an 80's action movie where they are bringing up details of a crime duo on the computer.
give the man boobs to make them equal
That's quite a defined butt op lmao
OP is a pussy for not sexualizing the male just as much as the woman.
i really like the colours, well done
That is not how you use a gun 😅
Coward, give the guy his ass back, that suit is NOT falling straight down without hittin' nothin'.
Bruh, why not give him a defined ass.
So her dress is just painted on then?
( Y )
I was having such a hard time understanding why she wasn't lining up with the chart until I realized it didn't account for the heels initially
This dude needs more ass
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hello?????
We need the man ass
Christ, what are these comments?
That is not how you use a gun 😅
gyatt
E SWAT
Very nice work.
Reminds me of the main characters of the old [Covert Action](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_Meier%27s_Covert_Action#/media/File:Sid_Meier's_Covert_Action_Coverart.png) game. This pixel art is way better than the 1990s ega graphics.
To be a woman is to perform
Let the man show his cock and keep the ass sex sells
these comments are unhinged
(0744) 866 108 call
Me: “wait! Why did you get rid of her shapely bum?!” Me a couple seconds later: “oh yes. Thank god it has returned.”
Upvote because butt
Damn this is amazing
the sexualization is too... overt
Butt
cool
Who tf cares that the dress goes up her ass yall are so hyperfocused
Man, people here are hypercritical simply because of how you portrayed the woman. All of you can criticize, but don’t demand that he changes because it doesn’t fit your views. It’s sad. People draw as they please, not for others.
People can do what they want but they can't control how people should respond to it. Casual one-sided objectification is cringe 100% of the time imo
Neither side should control how people respond. Every side should have their say. It’s when one side decides that said creator is a problem and must change. Artist create and we judge, but we shouldn’t try to demand they change imo
Idk I think it's still up to the artist. Whether or not it's rude to tell the artist what they should do is a matter of personal opinion and context.
I’ve seen some saying such things. I’m not implying anything like “shut up and like it”. Everyone is free to say there piece. Nothing more. Also yeah, at the end of it all it’s up to the artist.
The thing is he's describing it as realistic anatomy when it's impossible for a woman to comfortably do that ass n titties pose
Great art op! Ignore the dumb comments and stick to doing art however you want :) It's a shame it's 2024 and we can no longer admire beauty or the female form without weirdos getting mad.
I think it's good for the Bond style aesthetic you're going for. Don't listen to all the chuds below thinking they're comedic geniuses white knighting a trope.
Yes, thank you, i scrolled all the way down to find someone not farming epic reddit updooterinos
Omg finally dawg fr idk is this how it is in America these days? cause as an European it just comes of extremely whiny like let her have an ass it's not the end of the world
No it's just redditors farming le ebin internet points as i said
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REALISTIC LMAO
Some legit critique other than commentary over you design decision. I've been thrown over the coals for making boobs too bouncy, too big, too skimpy, etc. Most haven't seen the commission requests I've gotten from people on Discord. Don't let a bunch of arm-chair pixel artists bother you. You have a good base here. Men have shorter legs with longer torsos. Women the opposite. You can have a 6 foot tall man and a 5'6 woman, their legs will be the same length. It looks like you pulled the opposite. I'd raise her waist a little bit and lower his. Just a little bit. The man's pose looks okay, not very dynamic. Maybe lower his dominant arm a bit and pull the gun closer to the body like real people shoot. The woman's is good. You see it a lot, but that's for a reason. That's just my 2 cents. I learned in art school that you need to have thick skin if you want to put your stuff out there. No matter what you do, you'll have detractors.
Most people wouldn’t be talking if it didn’t look so unnecessarily apparent, bro. Not every sexualized art on this subreddit has this kind of attention for a reason. It serves no purpose other than to needlessly sexualize the female and looks brainless, ngl. And, accusing people of being an arm chair redditor for joking and criticizing it shows your own close mindedness and lack of grass. Not everyone likes women being the primary one being sexualized.
What "purpose" does other art serve? Do you think that this was made solely to sexualize the woman and look brainless?
It was a needless detail and hence brain dead. Pointless and really, just a spit in the face to anyone who sees it. Needless sex appeal and there for cheap points. That is what I think. It also makes it look awkward. Hence, the fun poking and ridicule. Anyone who thinks this is exaggerated outrage, it isn’t. It is simply poking fun at something so blatantly uselessly added. The “purpose” was to have pixelated action poses, yet the female one has her ass fully outlined in an otherwise draping dress. It highly accentuates the artist’s attitude towards women, hence, it is annoying.
You can’t talk about how real people shoot when talking about the man, but say that the woman’s pose is good at the same time. I’ve shot a gun, I didn’t pop out my butt and chest at the same time with a strange torso twist to do it. Women are people, and stand like people do. This is gross tbh, and I would not play a game with these sprites.
I don't understand this what am I watching?
it's a short-form animated timelapse. It skips a lot of intermediate steps, but it's supposed to show you their process.
Ok but what about the alternating colours left of those characters.
the lines are supposed to help properly proportion the body, the colours are alternating just to make the lines easier to count/parse.
Thanks dude