He likely use this magenta as the transparency color, it could be any other color, as long as it is not found as-is in the srpite itself ... but usually, it's magenta, green or blue...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cimmerian
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He likely use this magenta as the transparency color, it could be any other color, as long as it is not found as-is in the srpite itself ... but usually, it's magenta, green or blue...Quote:
Originally Posted by Cimmerian
One of the reason magenta is used a lot is the fact that is rarely used in the pure, bright state. It makes it easy to pick up in code due to the colour value of 255,0,255 - while red, blue and green or yellow and white or black get used a lot more often - with similar "extrem" rgb values...
and it's just a habbit of mine... :)
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m...n/pixelart.jpg
Put the midtone first, then a lighter midtone to shape it out, then the highlights to enhance the detail, and then the shadows to give it depth.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../pixelart2.jpg
Don't use horizontal lines for your terrain, use a lot of squiggly lines. Mix it up and give it some variation.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m.../pixelart3.jpg
Here is a building I made, consisting of only 16 colors.
nice last posts :)