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(07-08-2017, 01:57 PM)NotALongUsername Wrote: [ -> ]Im Using a Mouse and thaths the Only Way I Can use the Android Because touch Inst Working
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Simple its look Like A Laptop 
Using a Mouse To Draw Its like to Draw in a Rock , SImple Difficult

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We all use mouse to draw, Well, many of us. But yeah. You gotta do more than simple cheap recolors. You can do better than that.

Look, don't use a mouse. You already regret it from the sounds of it.

You're better off saving up money to invest in a tablet or an ipad with a stylus (there's an app that allows you to connect your ipad to your computer and it allows you to use it as a second screen which is SUPER handy when it comes to drawing. However the name of it actually ceases to escape me for the moment.) Until then I would take Cloud6625's advice and get pixly and a stylus until you are able to get the resources that you do need.

But what everyone said stands true. These aren't even worthy as something to be called "custom" since most pixel artists tend to look at customs as something done from nothing. Otherwise known as doing something from scratch. The harsh truth is that, while we know that you can do recolors or edits, frankly a lot of people who know better aren't going to look at you very highly if they know what these are at face value. That isn't to say that you're a shit artist, but you're doing something that literally anyone can do in minutes, maybe even seconds. The point is that in the professional world let alone a community that has had it's roots embeded at making sprites as an art will tell you that these sprites aren't really much of anything.

Take a few steps back, think about what you can do besides pixel art and make traditional drawings just a pencil and paper and study up on some foundation skills until you're able to get a hold of a stylus. You'd be surprised how skills taken from studying traditional based art can translate into digital art based mediums such as pixel art/sprites or even vector based programs like illustrator, but what's more important is that your putting yourself in the practice of making something just from your imagination and working you're creative skills. It's better than trying to put yourself in a defensive position over what you are doing right now, That I can guarantee speaking with experience.

And if you are truly, truly willing to go these lengths, do not be discouraged by the criticism we give you! If you really have the drive to make art, you will have the drive to learn from more experienced users and eventually learn from your own mistakes.

Good lord what a mess.


So, you managed to

- Create separate threads for each sprite
- Posted them all in the wrong subforum

So I moved and merged your threads into the "My Metal Slug Sprites" topic you had here. When you have a bunch of sprites to show off, please don't create multiple threads, even if you feel you need feedback on each one individually - people will be able to provide feedback regardless. 

Luckily I'm in a good mood right now, so I'll let it slide for now but by all means, try to not make such a mess. @__@

EDIT: Oh yeah also what DioShiba said. There's cheap starter drawing tablets [mesa digitalizadora] you can get from Submarino nowadays for 175 reais or so, and it makes pixel art less of a chore.
On top of that, these are recolors. They're not super impressive by themselves - as Dio said, that's not to say you're a lousy artist, but it's about as skillful as changing your shirt.