first gun ever made

[Rave_J]

Hey guy's i been learning how to gfx more and more
well heres a gun i was working on today tell me what u think its a
Colt M1911A1
if u guys dont know what that is look it up at google comment plz

[Soala]

why not png ?

[cyan3]

Images that used in pixel art should always be a png because png uses lossless compression giving the image the highest possible quality. In your image you can see the stray pixels where the jpeg compressed the image file.

Here is an example I quickly made of the gun in a png format to show the difference in quality.

[Rave_J]

lol to be honest i usually do but i was in a rush i always save it as jpeg until im done with it.
but here u go i redid it a little bit and save it as a .png this time



oh and i added more detail

[Soala]

That's better

[Liberated]

i recommend picking a lightsource, and then giving it volume by making the parts that should reflect the light to you lighter, and the parts that don't receive any light darker.

[Nataxo]

looks good 2 me :P

[Jcs1919]

not bad

[Rave_J]

idk i like it.
its a different style to me

[FaLLChiLD]

Originally Posted by Rave_J

idk i like it.
its a different style to me

Eh, how exactly do you see it as different?

[Rave_J]

the shading ..

[Liberated]

I like the fact that you used a little bit of blue to shade the gun, most people don't know that metal usually reflects a bit blueish.
However i would really urge you to try a different shading style, try to give the gun a bit more volume, play a bit with the colors.

[FaLLChiLD]

Originally Posted by Rave_J

the shading ..

The thing is, it's not really shaded in my opinion. I see colors with no depth, light source, or anything. It's rather flat with hardly any difference in terms of style?

To each his own, if you like what you've done and don't really care for opinions that is fine. But it's definitely nothing new or different.

edit: To be completely honest, your use of lighter colors/highlights are completely off, unless perhaps someone is constantly shining a flashlight underneath your pistol.

[Rave_J]

thats sliver and give me a break thats my first gun ever pretty much. So in my eyes yes i think i did very good being since it was my first gun. but i do need to work on my gfxing more and i will work on shading and everything else. just a matter of time till i get good

[FaLLChiLD]

For your first gun, yes. Sorry if I came off harsh, it's not really how I intended. And certainly, time and practice makes you a lot better, keep at it.

[SwimChao]

It's important to remember to save it as .PNG as some of the other artists pointed out!

Take the criticism with a grain of salt, and don't let it get under your skin. However, let it get under your mind, and help you improve your foundations in pixel art.

[Rave_J]

ya i know. but i use to just save it as a gif or something so it loads on graal editor better and auto shows when u close it and reopen it. if you do it as a .png u have to load it to the graal editor every time u open it so i just thought it was easier just to do it in gif

[Liberated]

Originally Posted by Rave_J

ya i know. but i use to just save it as a gif or something so it loads on graal editor better and auto shows when u close it and reopen it. if you do it as a .png u have to load it to the graal editor every time u open it so i just thought it was easier just to do it in gif

you can save it in gif, gif normally is fine i believe, but don't save as .gif in paint, paint messes up colors in .gif, and .png costs less space then .gif, although i don't think that's much of a deal.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Rave_J

ya i know. but i use to just save it as a gif or something so it loads on graal editor better and auto shows when u close it and reopen it. if you do it as a .png u have to load it to the graal editor every time u open it so i just thought it was easier just to do it in gif

You need to save it as an 8-bit PNG for it to show up in the level editor.

Originally Posted by Liberated

you can save it in gif, gif normally is fine i believe, but don't save as .gif in paint, paint messes up colors in .gif, and .png costs less space then .gif, although i don't think that's much of a deal.

It's probably best to avoid GIF at all costs since you gain no benefit from it, and it will only hurt you in the long run. PNGs aren't hard to export/save/optimize once you learn how.