About the Lizard Wizard I posted awhile ago: my design process was to sketch and iterate on paper first, then do the lineart, scan and make the pixelart. This approach allows me to better feel the line flow and easily discard elements that don't fit. #pixelart #ドット絵
The design started out as a simple pun (lizard wizard), but I tried to put as many slithering elements in the design. The ouroboros goldpiece on the hat, the chameleon-like look, the bright membrane of maned lizards and the fire from salamanders were all implemented in the art.
The colors were picked on the fly, taking care on the hues to make it optimized and striking. This brings unity to the piece and I felt that the AA & contrast were appropriate. I am proud of the final piece!
A tip for this pixelart approach is to outline the drawing with a strong color so that the clan up phase is as easy as possible. I used a common ball pen to ink the sketch but I had to simulate line weight to get a good scanning result.
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