Americankid's Artwork.

[Americankid]

Americankid's Artwork!

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Well that's all I got!

[*Emelia K. Fletcher]

1) wait
2) no
3) this is trying to draw using MS Paint
4) you're not being ironic
5) your signature bar is a JPEG
6) those aren't sprites
7) honestly this is really bad

[Karyete]

Since MK doesn't do actual constructive criticism:

MS Paint is honestly not a good (sprite) program to use. If you can, download StencylWorks. Use some tweaking with the sprites you make on there and then put it into something like Dropbox, then use the [img] tags to put into your post.

Simples.

Next, the jpeg thing. MK is right there: PNG and other files ate highly superior. Notice how fuzzy your sprites are? The jpeg did that.
But the spriting ITSELF is rather good. It's a tad untidy and I would like to see a bit more but I recommend you keep it up.

[Americankid]

1) wait
2) no
3) this is trying to draw using MS Paint
4) you're not being ironic
5) your signature bar is a JPEG
6) those aren't sprites
7) honestly this is really bad

I am sorry this is all I got, but thank you for trying to help me.

[Americankid]

Since MK doesn't do actual constructive criticism:

MS Paint is honestly not a good (sprite) program to use. If you can, download StencylWorks. Use some tweaking with the sprites you make on there and then put it into something like Dropbox, then use the [img] tags to put into your post.

Simples.

Next, the jpeg thing. MK is right there: PNG and other files ate highly superior. Notice how fuzzy your sprites are? The jpeg did that.
But the spriting ITSELF is rather good. It's a tad untidy and I would like to see a bit more but I recommend you keep it up.

Well thank you for helping me out next art I will do will be better!

[Karyete]

It's no problem. Also, just a quick tip, use the EDIT button in the top-right of your post instead of putting two posts in a row, you can get warned for that :O

[Kirby859]

Clarification on .jpg files:

.jpg images are lossy, which means that some of the detailed information of an image is lost through the .jpg compression process. This means that if you save an image as a .jpg file, the image will appear fuzzy. .jpg files are usually much smaller in file size than their .png counterparts.

.png images are lossless, which means that the exact image is saved without any deviation or "space-saving" methods. These are often much cleaner and detailed, and do not have compression artifacts. .png files are larger, though since hard drives are so cheap, it doesn't really matter.

Go for .png or something lossless.

(someone correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not 100% confident in my compression knowledge)

[AlucardX60]

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Kirby859 (July 8th, 2013, 7:31 pm)

[Dtroid]

That's really good for a kid who's just starting to do art digitally.

But if you're a good artist that is bad.

The rest that I have to say is in the post of the people above me. ^

[WickedOreo]

Since MK doesn't do actual constructive criticism:

MS Paint is honestly not a good (sprite) program to use. If you can, download StencylWorks. Use some tweaking with the sprites you make on there and then put it into something like Dropbox, then use the [img] tags to put into your post.

Simples.

Next, the jpeg thing. MK is right there: PNG and other files ate highly superior. Notice how fuzzy your sprites are? The jpeg did that.
But the spriting ITSELF is rather good. It's a tad untidy and I would like to see a bit more but I recommend you keep it up.

Actually, if you know how to use it, MS Paint is the best sprite program. While layers and saving transparency aren't supported, the program itself is small and doesn't really require anything to load. I use it for my pixel art and sometimes sketches.