I no longer have the time to finish my attempt on tile 62; sorry. having to work overtime right now.

Edit; I think we should have called this Collab SERPENT-OLOGY lol


Edited by Mars Haseugen - 18 September 2010 at 10:22am

Oh my! that's way better...24hour super improvement
See the way you colored the bottom of the boat where it meets the water (selout), do that to the snake's outline too. Don't forget to highlight where things touch the water like the rocks on the top. Also, if you use the darker blue around the people more they will stand out and probably read better, try that too.

@Mars, removed your reserved tile space. Maybe later on...btw, if you do find some pixel time some little tweak on your first tile would be cool. Some comments from your neighbors have been posted...don't work too hard.
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@LuckyF, It must be an optical illusion because the treads are based on the black circle on the top, which is the bottom. This sometimes happen with iso so I may bump it up some after I see what you're doing to the bottom corner in your tile. I had to force the claw to be low so it fit in my tile.

@Jeremy, will you add a suggestion of shadows in your tile. At least the big ball part?



Edited by jalonso - 18 September 2010 at 11:08am

@Jalonso
 Well I think it probobly should be closer to the middle but not a big issue for me. It works pretty well as it is.
 And I finally did something with my tile ))

And also I don't think I'm going to wait for Rafa anymore ))

 Well I didn't say there's going to be a lot of them (square things). But I now see the perfect place for third one )))
 And about the threads. Don't bother I quite like it as it is )

 Oh no need to remove him. At first I was just thinking that he started something and our tiles won't blend well. Now I let him worry about it cause I think I will finish mine sooner )))

 Depending on what you consider neighboring we can sidestep this rule really easy if you do 12 and I do 19. But that's not really fun.

2nd WIP for tile 68



Gonna add a returning war party or something over the bridge but have 2 questions:

-Can I end the bridge like that? Or do I have to disappear it before it hits the border?
-Is there anything disturbing in the tile?

@Gecimen, you can easily add an arch over the edge to cap it off (water highlight caps the pillars). Also you seem to want to do a lot with every pixel. More often than not its what you don't pixel but suggest that makes the clearest picture. Notice the edit on the right leg. Your leg has pixels all over the place most of with don't 'add' much. On the leg I edited I only focused on the toes and the hand, once that 'read' clear (its the important parts) all else is rather plain and flat colored(unimportant). Anything you see I didn't pixel I only suggest it so your mind finishes it up for me with all the needed details. Its a key pixelart skill.
The best example of this is all the people in this collab. The people you can clearly see are the ones that are implied and suggested, these are also the ones with the most personality and even movement. The people which are hardest to read are those who are over-pixelled and where people tried to add so much detail that the opposite effect happened. I actually drew a person on my tile (2 posts above) to illustrate this point to you in the tile next to that. So yea...less is more, blah, blah, blah.


@Jeremy, thx :)


Edited by jalonso - 18 September 2010 at 8:30pm

@ zenobia....
it would be nice to have some sort of sacrifice on that altar... and some BLOOD >:D
also a priest and like some people standing there... to add a bit more life (dead?) in a rather static scene

maybe something like this, i think it doesnt hurt the realism...

Hey everyone.
I just saw the topic for the colab and I am currently giving a shot at it, even if I know that the quality won't match yours.

Here is what I did so far :



So yes the purple tite is still there, because I had in mind to claim the Number 1 and the first question was : Am I allowed to go out of the template since I am on one of the top tiles ?

My idea was to create a temple or some kind of throne room, but then I am not sure if you will allow it since it should be underground. I 'll add a pillar to hold the whole thing.

@ Zenobia:

historians = lame ... :P

OK so if I'm claiming tile 61, something like that might be good ? But this time I can't go out the template ?




Or else I'll way to see what is number 9 and I will adapt mine.

Ok I'll destroy it, it goes well with the idea of a snowman god :p

Thanks for the advice.

I'm surprised more tiles are not reserved considering how many artists are here at pixeljoint.  Then I thought maybe a bunch are just waiting for more tiles to be completed.  Then it occurred to me that maybe many don't know about this collaboration as it's a bit of a scroll down in the news section now.  Just a thought.

They highly skilled sometimes avoid collabs like these as they normally go out of control quality wise. We shall try to keep the quality high enough to eventually entice these people. Of course this is open to all skill levels so we don't want to discourage the lesser skilled...we'll see how it goes...



I thought of continuing your wall and even tried it but then thought it would be best to have blocks on the outside of your wall as a retaining wall to protect the structure from the lava flow. Imagine that my blocks are just away from your wall in the back but even to yours on the side to allow the lava over the red rocks to have a place to flow seamlessly. To further make that distinction I colored my blocks redder than yours. I couldn't build higher because the technodrone would then be affected. The person is evaluating the situation as the lava flow is getting stronger and everything is in peril... Obviously I failed.
My tile is still WIPish as 2 of my neighbors are still not done so I do have to revisit the tile and will define you blocks very clear and fade mine away more :)


I did no such thing this must be that 'viewer adds details' I spoke of :p
If its a statue then its too flesh colored, add light blue and the light green to it were the redder parts are, leave yellow and light brown.


Edited by jalonso - 19 September 2010 at 7:14pm

My first WIP for tile 43:



Which was editted into & that into:




Edited by Club Beuker - 20 September 2010 at 7:31am

Got several more ideas that I think could be interesting, but 19 will be my 4th tile so I think I shouldn't claim more than 5 for now, until the collab goes stagnant for a while.

-A group of WoW raiders in front of the dragon. Whelp eggs etc. Maybe one shouting -50 dkp :)

-A minotaur maze.

-A shipwreck or Black pearl from PotC in front of the kraken.

-Within one of the lava lakes, obviously, well never mind - Actually I might include the front of it in tile #19.

That's cool, I'm glad you didn't remove the guy. I actually liked him being there.

Also, I think my tile #68 is finished, if you or somebody else don't have any further criticism.

As for the ideas, I'm not trying to give them out, those are just the stuff I probably won't be able to add due to too many tiles.

And yeah btw what's your opinion over this? Is there an unwritten common-sense rule that one person (especially a newb like I am) shouldn't make too many tiles? Or do the collabs go like "hey if you've got time, add as many as you can" ?

Fixel Quijote, Fixel Sancho a little but he's not standing on an iso perspective (though I turned his hat and shoulders and mule's ears and tail.)

This one was never updated.


Edited by dpixel - 23 September 2010 at 6:11pm

@dpixel + LuckyF, done and done.

That's awesome! Maybe raise one more brick so there's an entrance below Anubis?

@Gecimen, leave that for later since the neighbor above and below you may force you to revisit that tile again, right? The back wall seems confusing atm, and the tile above may help iron that out then too. I think its fine for now :)

Great idea.  I was pondering that myself.



Sure.  I'll add at least one.

EDIT:
Here's another WIP.  Thinking about a black and gold Anubis if I can pull it off.  Any thoughts?  I'll post another WIP to compare.



Edited by dpixel - 23 September 2010 at 6:09pm

What were you thinking?  Attached to the stone?  How high?