heh nicely done man

Awesome Work! ^.=.^

Thanks!

No Prob, man! ^.=.^

Great job so far. ^^

Well the shading's next then there is the first page of the comic to follow.

Can't wait. ^^

Well its pixel art, so be warned. It also an artistic experiment.

I see.

And that is what its all about, keeping the same scale for the growing character Arune throughout the whole comic.

Wait, so you're planning on a comic about him?

Yes. I'll try to draw his final appearance at the end of each comic as a bit of a extra as well, which this pic represents. Arune at his fourth stage of growth.

Sweet. Can't wait to see it. =D

One of the reasons I think why fate inspired me to make this drawing was to draw attention to my eventual comic release.

I see. Then you're doing a good job of grabbing my attention. ^^

Although I am a little worried about the lack of action between panels.

Well, there's a lot of how-to-draw-comics tutorials all over the 'net.

Well that's not the problem, although I did get some shading advice that way, and I've already collected a few pixel art tutorials. ^^; Its more like I'm still wondering if I should express the effect his growing has on the world around him instead of it just being static.

I think you should add effects to make his growth more dynamic. Like debris, motion lines to indicate that he's still growing and the like. Take  dnapalmhead's comics, for example.

Good idea. I'll see how it looks.

Hehehe. Happy to help. ^^

Well its pixel art, so be warned. It also an artistic experiment.

Shading...

Where to begin?

My first advice would be to place shadows where light is not. Colouring is more about placing the light first, with the shadows to follow the form, matching the traditional: "Thick on thin, light to dark", which was not only for practicality (preserving whites, less pigment, prevent cracking) but also helps develop where the light actually comes from.

Draw a light-bulb somewhere then place shadows where the light is blocked, remembering that light is also reflected by 90% of surfaces.

Shadows are hardly ever black.

Light is hardly ever white.

This is far from pixel art, which in my opinion is more closer to pointillism (e.g., colletion of small, different coloured points that make up a picture as a whole, see: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, or in general Georges Seurat, who was a pixel artist before pixels were even thought of) than just drawing with the pencil tool. Mind you, that's just my opinion on that.

Also, I see you allot on Plain_White's pages.

Wow, you get the medal for the longest comment so far to anything I have posted! And for once its something really useful. ^ \_/ ^

And yes, I do watch PW's work, I learn from watching what others do and I also appreciate what I see. Although I think I should mention I have no formal training so I work at something until it "feels right".

Also I will keep in ming what you said about light and shadows, that tidbit was most useful. So thanks!

*claps* bravo good sir bravo!

Wha?

your description of how to simulate light in a 2d image by thinking 3d is very well put.

It's like that for most pictures. I'm just repeating what the people in the renaissance were doing, finding and discovering.

This is so very, very old.

not not to many artists even use this technique when it makes everything so much easier. how do you think i pull off my false dimension images if i didn't have a sense of lighting.

You don't really,

I forgot you were into 3D XD

Ceci n'est pas une pipe, je suis desolee dire a tu

Which one? (or ones) And yeah I kinda spec in that sort of thing.

Save for that fact that Kugaghe have no "super powers" they are just slightly taller then humans, average 230-250cm and a built a little differently - longer necks and legs, and alternate feet - on the outside.

But thanks for the encouragement! ^ \_/ ^