I made a few changes, I think it blends better now.

55.

@ekobor, your tile will wait for you. Take your time this collab does not have a deadline. If it fills up fast we'll be forced to think of a new idea  take your time.

*Everyone, take your time, no hurry. Remember there is a weekly challenge too, k.


Edited by jalonso - 16 September 2010 at 12:06pm

I don't like weekly challenge topics lately. Mechs, monsters, action scenes are ok but plants? 80 y/o people? Isn't this supposed to be fun?

On the other hand here we have one of the best collabs of a few years. ISO collabs are already cool but the ones that you claim 17 tiles at once to make something are pieces glued together rather than a collaboration. This one's theme, palette and tiles all push people to join. I just hope this gets finished in 2 months and we pass onto the next.

It's all art man!  I see your point though...Pixeljoint has probably been starving for a good collaboration.  I've been here for almost 2 years now and I haven't seen anything like this (maybe I just haven't looked hard enough..lol).   I was even pushing for a pixelween last year that never happened. 
Although, I suppose anyone could start any project here in the forums if so motivated, but awards, voting organization, moderation, etc would still have to come from the top.

"(and I think many pixellers must be over 30)" 
I don't find that at all.  Which is why I feel old on here sometimes.  (older than 30)  lol
And yeah, if you do boring design work for a living, I can see why you'd feel that way.  I might too.

hey! over 30 are plentiful here.

Agree with everything but maybe 6 months :p


Pixelween was a Pixelblink project. It is possible to make a Pixelween v2 but at least I can't handle it this year.


Not true at all if anyone comes up with good idea we can help set it up. We have to put things together because you guys fail to send ideas and be willing to set parameters and stuff. Believe us, we want you guys to come up with stuff.

This did take a while to put together and was designed to be fun and motivational for all. I too pixel to break the monotony of the daily Advertising life I lead. This collab was not 100% me the entire PJ staff put their heads together and we even got the palette contest out of it.
We promise to do more of these if this one runs well enough and isn't a huge shore. Maybe another is in the works already.

PJ is a community place for pixelartists. We help run/police/etc but its not just our word everyone gets their say. If challenges have been weak, send your ideas in. If iso is not your thing, what is? Let us know with details and how it will work, we can work together on it. However, a 'make a car collab' isn't enough, we want scale ,colors, rules, exceptions, etc.

Anyhoo, off to make a new tile :)


zch, Lucky, jaker up there makes this all worthwhile. To be clear you cannot pixel into another's tile, you must 'collab'


Edited by jalonso - 16 September 2010 at 4:36pm

 I'm guessing you think about 27? I had a good idea for that area, I think. And it will require collaborating )))
A hint - 4 tile technodrome ) 12,19,20, 27. There's lava lake and underground and all.

 If it will be finished before 2015 that will be cool )))


Edited by LuckyF - 16 September 2010 at 4:51pm

Sorry for holding this thing up everyone. I suck. I just can't seem to break through this wall of uncreativity. I've already restarted nine times and THIS is all I can still come up with.



I quit, someone just take my number already. This isn't going anywhere. You just can't force creativity, you either have it or your don't.


Edited by greenraven - 16 September 2010 at 5:50pm

@greenraven - maybe try a little Stonehenge thing.  That's what it kind of reminds me of...just an idea.

I think it's a much improvement. All I want to do is add in a few more people and give a slight clean-up to the ground as the grass is reading as well as it did before without the extra detail.
I'm pretty happy with my wizard/gandolf even if he's 1 or 2 pixels too short. ^_^

Thanks again to Lucky F for pushing me forward with this. =)
(though personally yours still kicks mine's ass)

Tile #65, WIP 1:



Not sure what else to put on the left side...the column is just a filler...

(For a while I thought I'd be funny and write "HELL" above the door :D ...dunno how well that will work, though)

Maybe 'Cerberus' would work out better ;)

41 please, dawg

@UltraDoggy+ DD: Put you in :)

@ultimaodin: I think that you could make it more readable if you did less single-pixels; more clusters. Maybe outlines too?

@green: don't give up :D I agree with Jinn; texture what ya got. I think the shadows need to go straight to the left though, in stead of the iso angle ya got atm.

Absolutely love the gate DawnBringer! The colours in the 'roof' are wonderful.

(P.S. I'll get around to editing my tile... eventually.)

 I like first one better)
Also I thought something is missing, so added a couple of small details) Check it out .

Yes tile 27. This is a great idea and if 3 others want to work on that I'm game. I was thinking of making a glass observation deck but both could be mixed. Having a big circle in the piece will really be nice.

Not sure I understand you there :| If zch, LuckyF and you agree to edit your tiles so the 3 seam better this is great. I just think nobody should jump into other's tile. Everyone should edit/correct the area in their own tile.

Beautiful tile. The roof tiles seem really, really big scale wise and the steps kinda puny. Since you destroyed all the pillars maybe the corner of the building can have a little piece broken off? On the corner, maybe leave it vague enough for your neighbor to feed off.

Looking nice, The house seems out of scale, should be a bit bigger, me thinks. Got a kick out of you using that cheat-cheat palette >.<

Rule #1 - Everyone at any level is encouraged to collaborate...the way its going others WILL make suggestions ;)

@green, >:(

So, we have King Kong, MK, Mario Bro.s, Jaws, the sand worm from beetle Juice... Am I allowed to do a scene from SuperMan in his Crystal Cavern? Also, is my tile 71 approved?

Edited by WigglyWoo - 17 September 2010 at 6:05am

@WigglyWoo, your tile has been reserved. Seemed you are still working/deciding on a few things so its not added yet.

@dpixel, just missed it, I'll add your update on the next upadate :)

@LuckyF, Is this the general shape layout(below left)? Edit/add layout lines if not.

@Jinn, You do not have to edit your tile, its fine!
For any future iso pixelart I give you this tip. When making floors that are free-form it is always best to start with a true iso grid and place the first few pieces ON the grid and the rest wherever you want. I find that if you don't leave a little bit of the grid in the floor you get a weird angle to the floor and makes everything seem off. The more any iso piece 'breaks the grid', the more of this you have to do. Image on the right is my edit of your floor as an example of what I mean. I left iso lines much stronger just so you see them. Notice DawnBringer's and my tile below to see freeform floors but some iso lines left behind so it reads iso.





Edited by jalonso - 17 September 2010 at 7:00am

 I kinda liked the dude in the middle, to bad your quitting you could make something out of what you have. Here's really extensive sloppy edit of your tile and some thoughts behind it. Just an example of where you can take pieces if you don't quit on them instantly)

 So I see this little Indian looking dude here. Other than that there's not much in the pic.
 So it looks like this guy have some intensive light source in front of him and keeping the whole underground theme in mind.

 And then slap some stuff on top of that general idea and you have yourself an underground tile )

 It doesn't mean you have to do it like this. Just a way to get something done without getting stuck immediately.
 Anyway if you are forcing yourself to do something you don't want, then you should quit.

@Jalonso
That's exactly what I had in mind ))

 I'll take either 19 or 20 (probably 20).


Edited by LuckyF - 17 September 2010 at 8:06am

@LuckyF, maybe its wise for you to pose your technodrome vision section(20) with freedom, roughly, mostly colors, lighting and look and feel. I do the same on mine and we post our 'gut-vision'. We post at the same time to see if we happen to be on the same wavelength, if not we can then negotiate from there, but at least we keep creative independence. yes/no?
Of course if 4 did this the final would be crazy good.


@zch, maybe throw some water's edge highlight while revisiting???. See Reo's tile.

Edited by jalonso - 17 September 2010 at 8:24am

But don't post before I post, k. We post at the same time.

So many awesome pieces so far, and DawnBringer's palette is looking great. Congrats everyone.