Original sprite:
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The piece:
Again, I ran into the problem of not having enough colors. The physical piece only took 5 colors (the tiny nose bits are the 5th). But the original sprite had at 9 I believe. There are 3 colors for the shadow effect, 2 for the brown fading, 2 for the nose, and the rest is obvious (the shadow itself is off-black). I realize that if I want greater depth in my pieces, I'll need to do the shadows but if I do not use the EXACT right color, The piece looks completely horrible. Lighting effects just look like sunburns or miscolors. It was hard to do, but I had to consolidate my colors/shadows into one, making the sprites look flat. I also found that stitching white/off-white/beige on white linen is a pain in the ass. I need good lighting to do it without messing up. You can see on the middle beige area where I was stitching while under bad lighting and "watching" a movie, haha.
Edit: yes, it is the cow from the original SNES Harvest Moon.
reminds me of the cow from harvest moon :D
ReplyDeleteCuteness x a million!!
ReplyDeleteharvestmoon was an awesome game! i actually played it a couple of times to get the different girls ;p
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Ha I remember harvest moon brings me back. nice work as always!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Thank you for that random bit of trivia. I was sitting there like..."But that's a cow?"
ReplyDeleteVery nice job!
that realy nice and makes me very nostalgic for a time when I wasn't a creepy rapist.
ReplyDeleteman you really have quite the amazing talent keep up the good work!
ReplyDeletelooks like a cow... :D
ReplyDeletelol cool funfact of the day
ReplyDeleteAfter a big build up of those cross stitches, you should sell those!
ReplyDeleteIt'd be really cool.
Wow, I had no idea the HM franchise was that old
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That is one cute female elephant! Looks just like the ones from Harvest Moon! >:3
ReplyDeleteit looks great anyway even without the lighting effects
ReplyDeleteloving your works, so cute :3
ReplyDeleteI loved Harvest Moon. Now that Farmville has taken over everything, it's gotten a little sour for me.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a polo with that cow stitched onto the breast, I would wear it every day. No joke. I love cows.
Looks like a cute cow for sure :3
ReplyDeletei did know that a female elephant is called a cow.
ReplyDeleteCute one!
ReplyDeletethats one cool cow!
ReplyDeleteWish I could patch my old bag with cows.
ReplyDeleteI love the cow hahaha
ReplyDeleteAww, cute :)
ReplyDeleteThat cow no udder.
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