How to be dummy rich in FR?

[ripslinga]

I encourage you!

ahh thank you for the faith XD
i have a lot of artist friends so maybe they can give me some tips.. i totally need to get a tablet

first > learn art
second> get dummy FR rich

[Synth Salazzle]

beep boop edited because FR staff has a hate boner

[PabstBlueRibbon]

ahh thank you for the faith XD
i have a lot of artist friends so maybe they can give me some tips.. i totally need to get a tablet

first > learn art
second> get dummy FR rich

Dude, you can get started now with Paint and a mouse. Pixel art sells pretty well and is perfect for little adoptables, and is basically you just making art: (you need an account to see links)

When I used to play DC I got my toes into art by making custom pixel eggs. They were actually really easy to make in GIMP, but I was taught how to in Paint (it's been years, but if I can find one of my old eggs, I'll post it for you to see). They're very easy to refine from a lineart sketch and can become very detailed. (I remember once being on a pinglist in FR for pixel adoptables, they'd open 25 slots, ping the list and no lie, the thing would be filled in 4 minutes. They also charged a $1 or 250g each.)

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[ripslinga]

Dude, you can get started now with Paint and a mouse. Pixel art sells pretty well and is perfect for little adoptables, and is basically you just making art: (you need an account to see links)

When I used to play DC I got my toes into art by making custom pixel eggs. They were actually really easy to make in GIMP, but I was taught how to in Paint (it's been years, but if I can find one of my old eggs, I'll post it for you to see). They're very easy to refine from a lineart sketch and can become very detailed. (I remember once being on a pinglist in FR for pixel adoptables, they'd open 25 slots, ping the list and no lie, the thing would be filled in 4 minutes. They also charged a $1 or 250g each.)

(you need an account to see links)

whoa now i want to try this XD thank you so much for pointing it out!

[PabstBlueRibbon]

whoa now i want to try this XD thank you so much for pointing it out!

Here's DC's wikia page: (you need an account to see links)

(don't join the game, if you think FR's comm is toxic, realize that FR doesn't have an entry in Encyclopeidia Dramatica for all that it should with the SJW stuff, but DC does).


Now that I'm thinking on what I used to do. Because I often have trouble visualizing, a way to get around that would be by cutting and pasting parts (like, the legs of one dragon, the wing pose of another, the head of a third, paste on the horns of a fourth) into a rough and frankly horrible chimera, then smoothing it all out as I went over it again. It got me into the neighborhood of the design I wanted, gave me good practice at seeing how to connect the body parts I wanted and kept me out of trouble with the crazy "you traced art!!!11!!1!" crowd.

Take a look at any of the eggs on that list (they link to the hatchling and dragon too), and blow it up until you can see each pixel (sometimes it's 500-700% for me), and from there it's easy and kinda fun to figure out how to get the effects you want when you shrink it down to the original 100%.


..... We should totally go do pixel art in the Art forum here, kinda as a way to give each other encouragement, actually.

[ripslinga]

Here's DC's wikia page: (you need an account to see links)

(don't join the game, if you think FR's comm is toxic, realize that FR doesn't have an entry in Encyclopeidia Dramatica for all that it should with the SJW stuff, but DC does).


Now that I'm thinking on what I used to do. Because I often have trouble visualizing, a way to get around that would be by cutting and pasting parts (like, the legs of one dragon, the wing pose of another, the head of a third, paste on the horns of a fourth) into a rough and frankly horrible chimera, then smoothing it all out as I went over it again. It got me into the neighborhood of the design I wanted, gave me good practice at seeing how to connect the body parts I wanted and kept me out of trouble with the crazy "you traced art!!!11!!1!" crowd.

Take a look at any of the eggs on that list (they link to the hatchling and dragon too), and blow it up until you can see each pixel (sometimes it's 500-700% for me), and from there it's easy and kinda fun to figure out how to get the effects you want when you shrink it down to the original 100%.


..... We should totally go do pixel art in the Art forum here, kinda as a way to give each other encouragement, actually.

yeah i don't want to be hated by the community with stuff like that x.x

We should have a pixel art thread omg!! owo

[PabstBlueRibbon]

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[ripslinga]

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oh! those dragons are so cute and well done wow!!!

I love the plant/aquarium pixels, I want one myself honestly ahaha
those videos are pretty nice to have thank you for sharing them when i try it out i will share it with you guys xD it shall be called my first disaster

[Synth Salazzle]

oh! those dragons are so cute and well done wow!!!

I love the plant/aquarium pixels, I want one myself honestly ahaha
those videos are pretty nice to have thank you for sharing them when i try it out i will share it with you guys xD it shall be called my first disaster

Start out with small objects to test out what you're doing, trust me. Move up to bigger stuff in time.

You can go right to something as complex as a dragon but if it turns out badly you might feel discouraged.

[PabstBlueRibbon]

Yeah, start with what the videos have. A box, then make it a crate, add shadows. Once you get the small stuff down you can start experimenting. But getting a good feel for simple things first is best.