Looks cool and challeging enough, will try my hand at this XD

Looks like there's no theme requirement. Sort of a "Use your imagination in these colors". Makes it a bit harder to follow the lines, but at least the limitation in colors should give some ideas.

I'm still working on ideas from the last couple of contests. This one seems interesting enough to actually enter this time. If I ever get around to finishing anything that is.

Hello... I'm new here... But I wanted to take part to this competition,
so here's my WiP :



I'm not good at drawing but I wish being beter at pixel-arting...


Sorry if I did mistakes in english, I'm french.

Guy, I think your work is 128x128px canvas size, you should take a look on the challenge rules...

Doesn't the canvas size has to be 100x200px or 200x100px?

Yeah i agree ^^ U Should Go with the 2nd one

This mess is supposed to end up being a futuristic cityscape. Canvas slightly bigger on purpose.

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Probably looks like sh*t.


Edited by inphy - 04 May 2010 at 10:09am

Calling it done, unless you have any ideas.

Still working on it. I'm not used to working with palettes like this.

 welp here we go again. i really shouldn't be doing this with final exams coming up but hey, if i ever want to get god, i gotta practice. 5 mins in and its looking pleasing enough.

Any crits?

Hi all.

My first challenge, so I'm not sure how to enter? I have submitted my entry in the normal way on the site... is that all I need to do, or does it need to be here too?

   

Idea is a desert wanderer, with hot sun blazing away at left. Used 6 colors. Watchafink?

Edited by Xellie - 04 May 2010 at 3:49am

This is my entry :D
First time in contest, hope you all like it :D

Tmind that is GEWD!

Nice start ooshmaster.


:edit:



CC?

Any ideas on how to make this look any better?


Also can anyone see my avatar,it seems to have gone from my perspective.





Edited by fawful - 04 May 2010 at 2:20pm

Here's my first WIP. Just tried to fit the palette to a design that ultilizes the colors best.

Edited by HCGamer - 04 May 2010 at 7:14pm

Well I'm new here (first post) but I usually find the best way to learn is to through yourself headlong into the fire and see how long you survive. Anyway here is my WIP:



It's of near where I live and I used a reference or two to help.

Ps Good to meet everyone!

Ah,so that's what it was.Thanks,Skamo.

Ultimaodin,that's a good start,the skyline looks pretty good!

The reflections in the water,and the water in general look like they could do with a bit of work however.Try making the beams of light in it go strait down,and make the waves that are closer a bit bigger,maybe.


Edited by fawful - 05 May 2010 at 6:39am

Update:

have most of the details on the bottom of the ship done, which were really fun to do. The stripes on the round tanks on the side were giving me grief so I erased them and am just getting the shape of the tanks right before putting them back in. Still haven't touched the sky, although somehow I managed to accidentally selected the whole piece and moved it over a few pixels. oops!

also, manja man that is excellent!


Edited by ooshmaster - 05 May 2010 at 8:31am

Here's an idea I had when I saw your first wip:

One thing I love about chris foss is that his designs aren't based on airplanes like most are. He knows full well that in space you don't need to be aerodynamic, so instead he bases his ship designs off of other crazy ideas, making them any shape he wants, wether it be asymetrical or non-aerodynamic (this is of course nothing to say of the crazy paint jobs he gives his machines). In the case of this painting, it looks more like a submarine than a starship. in fact, if you use your imaginiation, the murky green recesses of deep space could just as easily be the murky, green depths of the deep sea.

so my idea, is that once I finish my background (I hope to get it done today) you could do a similar background on your piece, and try and match the right edge of yours with the left edge of mine. so when we put the two together, they blend seamlessly into either a space whale and a starship, or a deep sea sub and blue whale. it can be a semi-colab and we can leave it up to the viewer what they are looking at.

I dunno, maybe a space whale is just as kitschy, but I thought it sounded fun!

Alright, so this is my first time trying one of the challenges.
I come from a dolling background (yes, yes, boo hiss and all that jazz) and I'm about to pull my hair out over these colors. Anyone offer some help?


Edited by Shannagins - 05 May 2010 at 5:02pm

Ramps? Sorry, I don't really know what that means...




Edited by Shannagins - 05 May 2010 at 8:44pm

Oooooooh! I got'cha. Is this any better?

@Vic - it seems a bit weird saying this, but nice colours...if I didn't know better I would guess that you actually picked them yourself :P

Definitely finish it, it's looking great so far.

this background is driving me nuts. what's the best way to do this? I'm almost thinking of scrapping the background in the painting and doing my own.


any ideas?

Here's my latest:


It's approaching completion, I got the sky to look better, even if it doesn't look exactly like the pic I'm pretty satisfied. Any C+C is helpful, as always. I'll post the original again for easy comparison.


Sera, it's looking good, just add more shading to the dolphin, use the dark green to create some more contrast. The grey is also useful here as a neutral color and is great for antialiasing. Thank you for keeping this piece dither free, that is the best choice you could have made.

Edited by ooshmaster - 06 May 2010 at 1:54pm

changed a bunch of stuff,clouds are obviously wip,as is the whole thing.