Soooo Game Development Art Project Educate has been wrapped up nicely eh? Was it informative and did you enjoy it? I hope so! This week starting today is 3-dimensional week!! :la: As I am still the temporary CV for the category, I figured having a project educate week along with GDA would be both informative, and supportive of the 3D community.
So what is in store this week? Well!
Day 1: a mini contest!! GDA had one, 3D should have one too :la: , repeat update of the 3-differences contest, overview of the week
Day 2: two Q/A's with talented community 3-d artists along with features of their work
Day 3: Why we have the different categories
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Project Educate - Vector Week Intro!
Hello everyone, and welcome to Project Educate: Vector Week!! I'm DomiSM (https://www.deviantart.com/domism), and I'm in the Community Volunteer in charge of the Vector Categories on dA :D
This week I hope to bring a bit of light to help artists understand more about what Vectors are...and what they aren't. I also hope to bring some help to those who are interested in delving into the Vector medium, as well as hopefully giving the more experienced Vectorists some inspiration :heart:
So, without any further ado....
What is Vector Art?
In digital art there are two layer formats: Raster and Vector. Raster formats are based in pixels and vector is based in paths and poin
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PE: A Guide To Vexel Art
:star: Welcome
Welcome to Vexel Art week with Project Educate! I am TheLastHuzzah (https://www.deviantart.com/thelasthuzzah), your host for the week. Today I am introducing you to Vexel Art, and digging nice and deep to aid the understanding of this fantastic media. I’m more than happy to answer any questions you may have, so if anything confuses you or you’d like clarification, please don’t hesitate to comment!
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:star: Introduction
Vexel Art takes a great deal of time, patience and skill, contrary to public opinion. This misunderstanding has arisen because, sadly, it is often (incorrectly) said that vexel ar
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Pythagoras tree in Stucture Synth
Fractal Art Week
In this tutorial, I will explain how to make simple Pythagoras trees in Structure Synth.
Getting startedYou can learn what a Pythagoras Tree is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoras_tree_%28fractal%29. A good example of this type of fractals is the work below:
Also check the basic Structure Synth commands here: http://structuresynth.sourceforge.net/learn.php
I will explain the formulae and rules that will be used, but still it is useful to take a look at the basics.
Building a basic tree
The first step is to create the "trunc" rectangle:
rule base{{s 0.1 1 0.1} box}
{s 100 100 0.1 z -0.5 color grey } box
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Welcome to Pixel Art Week!
Pixel Art Week
Hello!
The time has come for long awaited Pixel Art Week! We're all very excited to share our passion for this art medium with you!
Let's see what we have this time!
Monday, Dec 3rd First, I'll tell you what can we expect in this week in the Welcome journal... that is, here and now!
After this, we will start the week with a Pixel Art Contest hosted by Amarantheans (https://www.deviantart.com/amarantheans).
Tuesday, Dec 4th In the morning, Yuukon (https://www.deviantart.com/yuukon) and her friends will be Exploring Pixel Art.
Later that day, DexinDraws (https://www.deviantart.com/dexindraws) will tell us about Different Types Of Shading in pixel art.
Wednesday, Dec 5th On Wednesday we'll learn about how and why artists got into pixel a
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Non-destructive Editing in Photoshop
Photomanip Weekend
Photoshop has a great arsenal of tools that let you work non-destructively. Let's take a look at three of the most important options.
1. Layer & Vector Masks
Have you ever cut something out using the eraser only to find out later (when your undos are no longer available) that you cut too much? Use Layer and Vector Masks instead of the eraser!
A Layer Mask (Layer > Layer Mask > Add Layer Mask) is a raster mask that can go from white through grey to black: anything you paint black will become invisible, anything white is visible and all greys are degrees of opacity. You can use any brush to paint on it or you can
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Digital Art
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Welcome to Pixel Art Week! by UszatyArbuz, journal
Welcome to Pixel Art Week!
Pixel Art Week
Hello!
The time has come for long awaited Pixel Art Week! We're all very excited to share our passion for this art medium with you!
Let's see what we have this time!
Monday, Dec 3rd First, I'll tell you what can we expect in this week in the Welcome journal... that is, here and now!
After this, we will start the week with a Pixel Art Contest hosted by Amarantheans (https://www.deviantart.com/amarantheans).
Tuesday, Dec 4th In the morning, Yuukon (https://www.deviantart.com/yuukon) and her friends will be Exploring Pixel Art.
Later that day, DexinDraws (https://www.deviantart.com/dexindraws) will tell us about Different Types Of Shading in pixel art.
Wednesday, Dec 5th On Wednesday we'll learn about how and why artists got into pixel a
Pixel Art Week
That's all!
We hope you had fun learning about different aspects of pixel art during this week!
Before we get to wrap-up, let me announce winners of our Pixel Art Contest hosted by Amarantheans (https://www.deviantart.com/amarantheans)!
1st place: Iawrence (https://www.deviantart.com/iawrence) wins 750 !
2nd place: SweetElectricity (https://www.deviantart.com/sweetelectricity) wins 400 !
3rd place: FlashOfAurora (https://www.deviantart.com/flashofaurora) wins 100 !
Congratulations!
I'd like to say thank you to our lovely contributors, but also to our editors and Mrs-Durden (https://www.deviantart.com/mrs-durden) who took care of the week in the backroom!
Monday, Dec 3rd AM: Welcome to Pixel Art Week! by UszatyArbuz (https://www.deviantart.com/uszatyarbuz)
PM: Pixel Art Contest by Amarantheans (https://www.deviantart.com/amarantheans)
Tuesday, Dec 4th AM: Exploring Pixel Art by Yuukon (https://www.deviantart.com/yuukon)
PM: Different T
Pixel Art Week
Hi. I'm Nuperjo and today I'd like to share with you what I know about pixel art shading. There are multiple ways to shade your pixel art; from cell shading to dithering to anti-aliasing. Each of these methods could take up a whole tutorial on their own, but today we're just going to cover the basics of each one. So without further ado, let's get started.
Style 1: Cell Shading
Probably one of the most popular styles of shading on the internet, cell shading is used in pixel art as well. Cell shading is done by placing patches of a darker color in areas that need to be shaded. In the example below you can see how I've marked o
Pixel Art week
Creating a cohesive color scheme is a constant struggle in any figurative art form, however, in pixel art, it is distilled to an extreme.
In this article I will show you a method of constructing a limited palette for a fairly complex semi-realistic scene. As an example, I will use my old piece 'The Raven' (below). This method can be applied further to create an even more restricted palette for smaller stuff like sprites.
Before you start
First thing to decide is the lighting for your scene: what is the light source, where is it located, is it warm or cool, is the light diffuse or focused, are there multiple light sources? Ide
Pixel Art Week
A week of Pixel Art! What a wonderful Idea!
Today, we will be interviewing a multitude of pixel artist to find out what makes them do what they do! Personally, I love pixel art and am slowly improving my craft. So, you ask... how do you interview a whole bunch of people at the same time? You post a survey! Then a whole bunch of people reply... way more than I thought would!
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Now, let us see what they ha
Pixel Art Week
Dear members,
projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) and Pixel-magic (https://www.deviantart.com/pixel-magic) are hosting a Pixel Art Contest together, for our Pixel Art Week at projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate). We are really excited to see what our members come up with for the contest, but please read the rules below.
The Prompt:
Our prompt, should you choose to accept it, will be Exploration. It seemed obvious to me to make that the prompt as we explore the art of Pixel art this week. What we are asking for is a work no larger than 100x100 pixels, you can create it using any program but it has to be drawn with the brush that edits 1 pixel at a time. Please, do not create an animated piece since the tim
Pixel Art Week
Hello and Welcome to Pixel Art week!
So far I have taken you on a trip through the abstract and surreal photography and fan art galleries, and today I am excited to take you on yet another journey! I have once again rounded up some victims friends to come with me!
Let's have a look at the magical world that's called pixel art!
_Witchcraftsy (https://www.deviantart.com/witchcraftsy)
The detail in this piece amazes me. To be able to work on such a small format and be able to get so much detail in is truly astounding. This piece has such a wonderful, dreamy atmosphere. It's hard to tear your eyes away. I love all the individual shadows on the leaves and even on in
PE: Pixel Artist Interview with MrBeastDesign by ClefairyKid, journal
PE: Pixel Artist Interview with MrBeastDesign
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The last of our interviews, I bring you Pixel Artist API-Beast (https://www.deviantart.com/api-beast)!
`ClefairyKid (https://www.deviantart.com/clefairykid) How did you get started in Pixel Art? Was it your first medium or did you work with something different before discovering it?
:iconmrbeastdesign: My dream was always to make PC games. 7 years ago (at the age of 12) I started to make modifications for the game Clonk, since I needed graphics for those modifications I first learned image manipulation with GIMP and later 3D graphics with Blender. These skills were purely practical at first, though they made me interested in Art more. 2 years ago at the age of 16 I tried pixel-art with
PE: Pixel Artist Interview with SirAzria by ClefairyKid, journal
PE: Pixel Artist Interview with SirAzria
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Apologies again for the delay with this article, today we have the talented spriter and pixel artist, zerudez (https://www.deviantart.com/zerudez)!
`ClefairyKid (https://www.deviantart.com/clefairykid) How did you get started in Pixel Art? Was it your first medium or did you work with something different before discovering it?
:iconsirazria: Hmm, well Pokémon got me into Pixel art. It looks fun and so I tried it out. Didn't really like it at first because it was hard ;^; But I eventually got the hang of it and got more interested in pixel work/art. I worked with other digital art before testing out pixel art. I'm glad I experimented with it! ^^
:iconclefairykid: What is the thing you
PE: Pixel Artist Interview with ValaSedai by ClefairyKid, journal
PE: Pixel Artist Interview with ValaSedai
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Apologies for the delay with this article, this time I bring you an up and coming pixel artist called ValaSedai (https://www.deviantart.com/valasedai)
`ClefairyKid (https://www.deviantart.com/clefairykid) How did you get started in Pixel Art? Was it your first medium or did you work with something different before discovering it?
:iconvalasedai: Pixel Art was the third medium I explored, after traditional and then digital drawing and painting. Even though I have played a broad selection of games whose graphics are made mainly from pixel art ever since I can think it took dA to really introduce me to creating it myself. After stumbling across more and more wonderful pixel artists on here I co