{"author_name":"iossif","cat":"LD #30","comments":[{"author_name":"GameDevExtreme","time":"August 28, 2014 1:58 am","epoch":1409209080,"text":"which pixel art tutorials did you use?","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1409207760,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"26423","p_author":"iossif","p_authorkey":"23131","p_urlkey":"61853","p_title":"The Slay Zone postmortem","p_cat":"LD #30","p_event":"LD30","p_time":"1409207760","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"23131","us_name":"iossif","us_username":"iossif","event_start":"1408665600","event_key":"24","event_name":"LD30"},"text":"

after two team entries (LD28 and LD29 with LeafThief<\/a>\u00a0whose great game from LD30 can be found here: http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-30\/?action=preview&uid=3923<\/a>) it was time for a solo entry this time.<\/p>\n

my goal was to focus on artwork as much as possible. coming from the programming\/game design corner of the business, i knew that i had those two areas covered and it was time to improve my drawing skills. usually i use simple 2d\/3d objects for my prototypes but this time i wanted to improve on the visual end of the game.<\/p>\n

after i got the initial game design done and prototyped (see gif below) i started up pro motion and watched\/read a couple of pixel art tutorials.<\/p>\n

\"QuLcTYD\"<\/a><\/p>\n

i decided on a style with not too many pixels\/character because i thought that this might minimize the margin for error \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

at first i created the two main characters (see image below) and afterwards i worked on the smaller army characters.<\/p>\n

\"necropala\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I did a livestream of this process at http:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/ddrei\/c\/4993048<\/a> – the video shows that i am not really fast but i am quite happy with the result.<\/p>\n

here are the smaller characters:<\/p>\n

\"army\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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what went well (in my opinion)<\/p>\n