Okay, the numbers helped, I think. Using the six pixel system, for Mina pink, I'm not using the darkest or the lightest color at all anymore, I don't think.

Should I try a color that's not Mina Pink (although I like that colorset! >.< ) Does the white center part look good, at least, or are there still spots I need to focus on there, too? :3

haha numbers really help me!

Lightest is 1 and darkest is 6!

Alrighty - I've just zoomed in and was messing around with the coloring on the sleeve myself. (although I wont' show you because I want you to get it yourself! lol)

The thing with shade 6 (darkest shade of the palette) is that it should be subtle and spare. I, personally, added it just to the farthest side of the sleeve from the light source. That's really all you need with it.

In addition on the sleeve you have shade 2 (second lightest shade) with some shade 3 shading (3 lightest shade) and just a touch of shade four near the crease. Add a BIT more of shade three then add shade four between the shade three at the outline. Does that make any sense?

Like this:

In addition - the lightest shade, shade 1 can be incredibly subtle as well - just like shade 6 is. A little bit goes a LOOONG way. If there is a part where there is a lot of the base shade (shade 2) just add a touch of shade 1 in there.

It's not the palette that's acting wonky, I promise! (Actually the other pink palettes are harder to use!). You just need to add a touch more detail and it will look great :) Pixels are SO small it's all in the details!

No, I don't think the pink set is wonky itself (I mean, you've used it and I'm sure everyone else has) I just think it might be personally wonky for *me*. I really shouldn't have chosen pink- I have the most trouble differentiating tones with pinks and reds according to color tests. So I tried turquoise and floral and fixed a bit of the pixels for shading as a I went along.

Floral:



Turquoise:

Hmm - even with the palette change you are still using only shade 2 and 3 in there with the exception of the crease. (and actually the outline is now to shade 4 if I'm not mistaken - no 5 or 6 at all!)

Even with this new palette - follow the tips I just gave you in my post above...It should help! :)

I understand! Everyone has their preference color. I usually default to the red palette when I first pixel things!

Okay. I'm pretty sure I see green best, so I tried to apply the advice to the floral colorset?



It seems like every time I try to use the fifth shade, it makes it too dark? And I can't balance it. So I treated five like six, and I'm pretty sure I didn't use one at all. I also didn't make the outline so dark where the light source would be shining on it.

Alrighty - hope you don't mind - do me a favor and just outline the entire sleeve part in the shade 6. We'll go from there once that's done :)

On both sides of the figure? And of course I don't mind! It'll help me out in the long run. Gotta crawl before I walk. :)

Lets just do the viewer's right side right now - you can apply what we do to the other side later :D

Okay. Done!

Alrighty - I'll do this in paint with you as you do it!

Add shade five to the inside of the arm. The outside of the arm (the far right) should remain shade six. That shade six should extend halfway across the horizontal parts. And then the left side of the arm should go to shade 5.

In addition - just get rid of the shading and put shade 2 on the entire sleeve as a base color.

Like this?

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Ah, wait, do I include the outline?

Originally Posted by solaria92

Like this?

haha! Oh no D: I'm sorry! - I'm talking about JUUUST the outline - leave the inside as base color two...

Umm...like this:

Oh! Okay. Gotcha.

Sorry about that!!! D:

OKay! NOW...

What I like to do is on the right side. (ignore the outline now - just work the shading on the inside)....put down shade 3 against the outline (which is the third lightest shade). I usually put down about two pixels thick on the right side and one pixel thick on the left side. It'll look like a log like this - no folds or anything yet.

If you ever want the example of what I mean - I'm pixeling this right along with you!

Mmkay. Think I've got it so far...

Actually - switch the thicknesses. The thicker side should be on the outside of the arm and the thinner side on the inside. But yes - that's what I meant - just switched :)

Sorry. Dyslexia. Gaaah. Haha. Hang on.

haha it's no problem!!!

Got it!

Originally Posted by solaria92

Got it!

YES!!

Okay - NOW...using the SAME SHADE (shade 3)....add where you think the arm pit crease would be and the hem/fold near the bottom of the arm.

This is where we're totally going to differ, I bet. Haha.

Actually that's pretty good! Just lose the dithering for now! Fill in that arm pit part with the dithers. Those three pixels

Like this?

YES!!! awesome job!!!

OKAY! NOOOOW....add the next shade below...so it's shade 4 (the third darkest shade on that palette).

The general rule is that you should use less of this shade than the previous. DO NOT let this shade touch the base color. It should only be between the outline and what you just put on.

Does that make sense?

Yes. Lemme try.