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CHALLENGE: Sprite SpriteSprite a sprite of a sprite* CHALLENGE RULES
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CHALLENGE VOTINGVote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!CHALLENGE AWARDSThe Sprite Sprite pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Jungle Pixie by Eggy Imp by yoshirider4
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Anonzs
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Just a question, would the pixls from Super Paper Mario be counted as sprites? Could I use them as inspiration or are they not really the type of sprites we're going for?
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DatMuffinMan
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Not sure what the challenge means.. are we making a new sprite based on another one?
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skamocore
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@Anonzs: Drawing inspiration from those seems fine.
@DatMuffinMan: You are making a small mythical creature, such as a fairy, imp, pixie, etc... |
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CarstenVania
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Interesting challenge :) This is what I came up with so far:
![]() Would like to add a lantern or something, but i'm out of colors :D Edited by CarstenVania - 16 September 2013 at 7:33am |
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jalonso
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Originally posted by CarstenVania
Interesting challenge :) This is what I came up with so far: ![]() You are not out of colors you simply have not chosen the right 8 colors ;) |
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EviLsEyE
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Originally posted by DatMuffinMan Not sure what the challenge means.. are we making a new sprite based on another one? Your confusion is based on the fact that the word "sprite" has multiple meanings: One of them is the "sprite" as we know it from games, as a 2D bitmap.. Another meaning is for a legendary creature like a troll, fairy or elve.. So this challenge wants us to create a sprite (first meaning) that shows a sprite (2nd meaning) ;) |
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kaze19th
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Originally posted by EviLsEyE
Originally posted by DatMuffinMan Your confusion is based on the fact that the word "sprite" has multiple meanings:One of them is the "sprite" as we know it from games, as a 2D bitmap.. Another meaning is for a legendary creature like a troll, fairy or elve.. So this challenge wants us to create a sprite (first meaning) that shows a sprite (2nd meaning) ;)Not sure what the challenge means.. are we making a new sprite based on another one? Thank's for your comment, I had a question but you already answered it ! Everything is clear now (English is not my native language). ![]() Edited by kaze19th - 16 September 2013 at 9:05am |
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CarstenVania
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Edit: got rid of the purple to make room for other colors.
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DatMuffinMan
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Thanks for the help guys. I came up with this, not sure if I want to add anything (like a pet) before I clean it up. Thoughts?
It's at 2x, since it's a bit unreadable in its current state. ![]() Edit - ![]() Edited by DatMuffinMan - 16 September 2013 at 12:47pm |
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Bryroz
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An early wip I have. Supposed to be a fire sprite :P
![]() Yes I know transparency is is required, I will add that later. Update: ![]() Edited by Bryroz - 16 September 2013 at 1:42pm |
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DatMuffinMan
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Edit -
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DatMuffinMan
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Final Sprite -
![]() On a side note, the sprite has a 2-frame animation, but on imgur it doesn't loop. Will it do so on PJ? Edited by DatMuffinMan - 16 September 2013 at 7:14pm |
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Elk
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Messing around a lil...making a dragon... who would have thought! gonna make his full body move too...
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Zeenkw
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It's intresting,i think i should join.
My art skills has been changed. Here's the current result: Mods/admins please can you accept non-transprent sprites,please? i don't have a proggram for it,i only have Microsoft paint. Thanks.
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Elk
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Zeenkw, your result is 47x57, which doesn't fit the requirements
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Nutcase
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Any suggestions? I feel like there's problems with it that I can't quite put my finger on.
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crozier
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@Zeeknw- You can use ezimba.com (iaza.com) to make images transparent. It's free and you don't have to download anything. Just select your file, upload, then create transparency (plain transparency.) You have to select your color that you want to use for transparency (in your case it is white), then it will let you export/save the transparent version. And keep working on it- you have all week. The lines are very unrefined (messy with sharp unoptimized angles).
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deadpixelteam
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Is it 8 colors and transparency or is the transparency one of the colors ?
I'm making fairy for this challange, haven't been in one for a while ... |
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CarstenVania
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As far as I know, transparency always counts as a color.
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sgtcrispy
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Here's a little gnome I'm working on. Any advice/comments/scorn would be appreciated.
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jalonso
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Originally posted by sgtcrispy
Here's a little gnome I'm working on. Any advice/comments/scorn would be appreciated. ![]() He reads a little big for a sprite, sprite. Maybe thinner and a better anatomy will help a lot. Technically dithering like you use on the beard here is not the best technique. |
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RendyanHunter
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Is it looks okay and match the rules?
Some kind of fairy in body of plush doll. ![]() Edited by RendyanHunter - 18 September 2013 at 1:52pm |
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Adcrusher
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Not bad Rendyan. I would suggest taking out the dithering on his stomach/neck area, mainly the shadow dithering part. You got a lot of banding going on there because of it.
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RendyanHunter
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I tried to avoid dithering over there, by it came awful, I disliked its look. It was really sloppy. What should I do? D:
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RendyanHunter
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DOUBLEPOST! Found some way to fix. Bettah?
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sgtcrispy
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He's Gus the Gnome. The big burly cousin of David.
![]() Slimmed down and sans the checkerboard beard. ![]() |
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jalonso
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Now you need some contrast on your colors so it defines and implies details too small to pixel. Also, others viewing on darker colored themes will see those light grey pixels around the shoes as 'wrong' or an error.
You might also clean up the sloppy bits her and there like the shoulder on the right where it 'steps' all ugly and the side of the beard thats just a straight line. |
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Elk
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i want critique too :(
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Nutcase
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Originally posted by Elk
i want critique too :( This. |
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crozier
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@Nutcase- The fairy's face could be a little less cartoony. Perhaps have the head/face anatomically correct/ smaller. Slotted oval eyes instead of messed up circles, give her a nose, etc.I do like your colors and shading style.
@elk- I think your grammar could be a little better. It is also a rule of thumb, in pixel art, to capitalize your "i"s. And frowny faces are kinda cliché. Hope that helped ;) (But elk it is looking good so far. Do you have a more current wip?) Edited by crozier - 18 September 2013 at 11:33pm |
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CakeDrake
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I thought I would post this real quick
![]() Just a quick idea that I wanted to almost finish :) I came up with another idea, like a robot "sprite". Will that count? |
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Nevercreature
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Just an idea.
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AlexHW
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here's mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hrEL8VxV68
Edited by AlexHW - 19 September 2013 at 3:35pm |
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failureboy
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![]() want to animate. may not have much time. Nevercreature, your piece is uncharacteristically bright! Edited by failureboy - 19 September 2013 at 10:33pm |
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jalonso
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Originally posted by Elk
i want critique too :( You're ugly :p |
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Rydido
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Oh man! I didn't know transparency counted as a color! I almost went over the limit! xP
current WIP, and planning on animating: ![]() She's sort of a water sprite ballerina. if you look really closely, you can see that the hair is transparent in places. |
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Stronghold257
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I started to make an imp, but it got too big, and I also feel like there's something wrong with it, besides that, that I just can't figure out. Any help?
![]() (Yes, I know that I'm supposed to add transparency. I'm doing that later on.) |
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Rydido
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Well, I'm no expert, but I'm a bit confused as to what's going on with the dress(?). Is it form fitting, and the person is chubby, or is it flowy and that roundness on the left side is a flowing piece of fabric?
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Nutcase
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Any tips for the underside of the back leg where I have the dithering? Can't seem to get it right.
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Rydido
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Hmmm... maybe try dithering together the light and dark skin colors instead of the dark skin color and the black?
EDIT: Or maybe making it a solid color. I don't really know a lot about dithering atm. Edited by Rydido - 21 September 2013 at 9:03am |
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taynisquared
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![]() Garmr, the fearsome hound of Norse mythology. Edited by taynisquared - 22 September 2013 at 8:38pm |
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serrival
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Originally posted by taynisquared ![]() Garmr, the fearsome hound of Norse mythology. Hehe, I chuckled. The outstretched tongue is a nice touch! |
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taynisquared
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Originally posted by serrival
Originally posted by taynisquared Hehe, I chuckled. The outstretched tongue is a nice touch!![]() Garmr, the fearsome hound of Norse mythology. Thank you! :P |
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