The only way to get better is to jump in and do it!

So I worked on a few more drawing yesterday, the Pickachu and the mobster above. For the Pikachu I used a regular image as a reference, I think it was a screen grab from the animated show.

So this was my first attempt at drawing pixel art completely from scratch.

It's a learning process, overall I'm happy with it because it was my first attempt at trying to get proportions correct, but it's still a little rough, and I think colour choices could be better.

I don't think I'm big on outlines, and in doing some research on pixel art it seems that artists will go one way or the other, and it's better to find a style and be consistent. For my next attempt at a from scratch drawing I chose to go with no outline, and am happy with the look. I will definitely do more human type characters in the future!

Just a mobster with a machine gun ready to take care of business and defend is underground empire..

With this drawing I experimented with the gun, mouth, hair, and also with shading and colour theory.

It's going to be important to use some colour variations to build depth, and I can already see this is what will separate the good work from the quick easy work.

Part of this process is also just stepping back and having a look at how the eye interprets the drawing. For example on the mobster, the depth on the arms I think looks good but the outline of the arm is a little choppy when we're zoomed out.

This is something that could be further refined, and for now this consists of coming back to the image the next day and seeing it with fresh eyes and making some adjustments. Hopefully this is something I can pick up on the correct in mid process in the future.

Thanks for tuning in, and until next time..

@cybershade

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