00GuthixLord Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 Ok that was my first attempt at coins.I would like to know if it is good? Bad? What should i change? I'm really bad at art…so i really like the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luriok Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Imo it looks more like the beats….forgot the name... of music playing. You don't have to have so many columns of gold, 1,2 or 3 would be enough. Also try to add a little more shading to the coins, give them a gleam(shine). Lastly, I don't think you want to portray them from a side-portrait, give them some angle (kind of an iso-look would be good) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infuriated Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I'd change the color up, a little brighter and find the sweet spot between yellow and orange to get more of a gold vibe from it. Even if you intend to use them in a darker setting (dungeon or something) it's always good to make dropped items pop from the background (same for sprites).And as Azy suggested, some sheen/glimmering in places can help. As for the perspective I can't really give much critique since I don't know if you're aiming for top-down or from the side. (looking like from the side at the moment) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheatking Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Try making them look like coins too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socuine Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Agreeing with above replies. It looks like a Equalizer. Try giving your coins a little depth and some better lightning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollicat Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 If you want so many coins, instead of putting them in one row, you could have two shorter stacks in front and three long ones in back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haniyou Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 @Socuine:> Agreeing with above replies. It looks like a Equalizer. Try giving your coins a little depth and some better lightning.I could not help myself XD[](http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/854/2gwuh3c.png/) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukin Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Example on how you can do it:  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00GuthixLord Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 @Lukin:> Example on how you can do it: Hmm I don't know if i can even do that… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luriok Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Just keep trying, work on your lineart to get the basic shape down, there practice shading it multiple ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 you could also try to make a single coin like Soor multi stack like soboth images made in under a min so they are just quick and crappy but just gives you an idea, Point of advice is use circle tool, copy and paste that circle a little above itself giving the visible "sides" with the face of the coin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00GuthixLord Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 Ok that's my result in coins from what you guys said.I added in a little shadow to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draken Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 looking a lot better now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfie Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Looks better, but now you've used gradient, you have to use more contrast in your colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00GuthixLord Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 @Wulfie:> Looks better, but now you've used gradient, you have to use more contrast in your colors.… I don't know what that means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfie Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 You've choosen colors that are horribly similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infuriated Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Gradients _basically_ when you go from light to dark smoothly, it doesn't really add much to the lighting or detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
00GuthixLord Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 @Wulfie:> You've choosen colors that are horribly similar.What does that mean…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 @00GuthixLord:> What does that mean….It means add more contrast. Make your colors more distinct. Also, right now they aren't shaded correctly, they're shaded more like spheres than flat discs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lukin Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 When you shade an object, you need to think about how the object looks, not just shade from left to right, as that is not how the light would hit it. If it has a certain shape you need to follow that shape.So what I did here is basically following the shape and also having a selective outline based on the color of the coin, not just plain black. You also need to decide where the light is supposed to come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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