The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art

    Chapter 3

    Different Styles Of Outlines
Choosing what type of outlines to use is basically when you decide on the style you are aiming for. As I said before, black outlines usually give your scenes a cartoonish feel (combined with bright happy colours ^_^). The other type of outline needs a bit of explaining. Basically what you do is grab the colour of the object you're outlining and darken it until its in the middle of the original colour but not too darkened. About 2 or 3 times as dark as the original colour was. See example below.



Figure 3.5
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