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First icon batch

Published: Jan 26, 2016

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Description

1st time making canine icons
i'm not very happy with how they turned out though
these are of personal oc's, my fox fan qing, mono, and moonbeani

Image size

150x50px 5.64 KB

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catlinq

Jan 28, 2016

Overall

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_{vision (4.5/5)
I'd agree that there's not much room for artistic vision in simplistic icons, but I think you did a great job in translating your style to pixel art! the characters are cute and appealing as well, so I reckon all of your goals were achieved almost perfectly here, hence the 4.5 stars!

originality (4.5/5)
this is a totally delightful style for pixels. I love the small faces, chunky legs and overall chibi style of these icons, and I think the blend of muted greys and pastels with neons was interesting and unique for pixel art of this scale, even if it did cost you a little 'legibility', which I'll talk about later

technique (3.5/5)
your lines are thin and precise as pixel art (usually) should be, which is lovely. even on zooming in they look incredibly neat, and the white outline means that they can be clearly viewed on any background! onto the issue of 'legibility', I think that the neons and the black overpower these icons a little? like especially on the middle one I think maybe you should've either dulled down the neons or linearted with a slightly darker grey because there's almost a little too much going on there to be able to focus on how cure the character is!

also the beanie should perhaps be a slightly lighter grey or with a hint of some colour? perhaps that's a matter of taste, but I find that with pixels like these, when they're otherwise pastel coloured, near-pure black can be too high contrast! you also have an isolated black pixel on the leg of the foxfan which looks a little awkward with nothing to blend it into the dull greens. the rest of the isolated black pixels actually look nice though, I think, they add to the texture really nicely in a very simple way!

I agree that the olive green on the beanie should've been dithered as well, that would have been a nice choice, perhaps within some of the magenta as well, to fade a purer shade into a lighter pink? that way you could retain the accurate colours while making it less neon and distracting

impact (4.5/5)
these icons totally knocked it out of the park, cuteness-wise! I adore them and I think they look pleasingly simple but complex enough to look at them for quite a while, and posed sweetly too! icons are basically the face of a person online, and I think these would do the job perfectly with their expressiveness and cute feel. as other have said, the poses are sometimes a little stiff, especially the legs, so maybe work on that? it takes away from how natural the poses look at second glance, though it doesn't look overtly awkward at this small size.

overall, I think your colour choices were on point and your lineart was rarely a pixel out of place! these are adorably cute lil beans and I can't wait to buy one!}