It's a tiny island.

Simple, sweet, pixelated.

Not bad

Perhaps the feeling that this piece is too perfect might allow me to get my bearings and consider what needs to be changed, but you've done a good job. There is indeed a small island in the middle of a calm ocean. What more can the title give to us?

The author's comments don't really help, as there aren't any. What did you feel about the project? What inspired you to do this? Are you creating a toolbox full of things like this that you can add together in some sort of sprite based film or game? That would be pretty awesome to behold, actually.

Improvements could be made by making the piece more irregular. Throw some difference from symmetrical onto the island and the sea - the waves are too uniform, like North Korean troops and the way that they applaud their hierarchy of leadership, lest they be shot. Similarly, the island is too perfect - give it something other than a perfect circular shape and expand from there. Perhaps more trees in the background, even having them spread into some sort of larger forest, perhaps? A coconut is a good way to break the symmetry, as one has fallen from the tree and rolled down a slope, coming to rest a short while away, where it waits for incentive to grow into a new palm.

Good potential, but still in need of more.

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Too empty

I think the island it quite boring and too cliche. The water looks a bit.... trippy... But I like the shading you put on the sand and the tree leaves. Although, it is WAY too empty. Maybe putting two stranded people out there with a crashed boat? Maybe mountains or something? Maybe at least put clouds in the sky. Just search up "islands" in google images or something and maybe that will give you an idea because I think this is as basic as you are going to get unless you draw a circle with a white background.

Spend more time and effort into it, I see that you have used value to make waves... or ocean.. or something. Maybe make just the island boring and make the sea big and exciting with lots of fish and creatures and rock formations.. for old irony's sake. You have the skill, just make something with a bit more life in it.

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-Joshsouza

Not enough going on.

There's no feeling of an island in this image. It looks good enough: the tree is shaded nicely, the color choice is appropriate, and the island has some nice dimension, but nothing about this piece has personality. Simply, there's some sand with a tree, and it's all in some water. If you wanted to really make a piece with more meaning, throw a shark fin in the water, maybe a treasure chest on the island.

"Why would I want to look at this picture?" That's the question you need to ask yourself when drafting a piece. If it gives nothing to the viewer, then there's really not much purpose in the art at all. I will give you that the piece is pleasant enough to look at. Quite easy on the eyes.

The only real artistic issue, rather than an issue of creation and ideas, is the water. It doesn't look like waves, and it doesn't look like it's crashing or fading. I think you could have done with fewer layers, or maybe some parts where the water explodes in white foam. A sun in the sky would have also been nice.

Haha

A tiny island, lol. Where do you come up with these ideas? The island itself looks very good, as does the tree, and the leaves on it. The shading is good, as you usually nail it, but my biggest gripe with this image is the water. The water towards the bottom looks good but it doesn't really seem to work as it goes up.

In theory, if I was standing from this perspective looking at the palm tree on the island, I should be able to see more water on the sides. I think this looks weird because of the odd shapes of the waves toward that area, and perhaps the fact that the color of the sky is so close to the color of the water. It just really doesn't look 3 dimensional at all yet has realistic shading effects to it throws me off a bit.

Other than that throwing me off, everything else looks good. I'd just improve that water to sky transition and maybe fix the waves for a more realistic perspective. Keep up the good work.