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   CHALLENGE: Chinese New Year
The year of the Boar begins February 18, 2007. Honor your eventual Lords & Masters by creating a Boar in their honor.

150px x 150px max.
CHALLENGE RULES
Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
Only new pixels allowed.
Open to all members.
Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.
CHALLENGE JUDGING
Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
Winner announced the following week.

CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
No matter what happens you get challenged :)
CHALLENGE VOTING
Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!
CHALLENGE AWARDS
The Chinese New Year pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Year of the Pig-out. by iSTVAN
Chinese new year by skeddles
Year of the boar by Ensellitis

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! 

Weekly Comp Boar by Beeblebrox
Boar Shaman by df0
WTF? - Weekly Challenge Entry by Spider Boy
The Dodeca-annual Dog Slaughtering! by Doppleganger
Boar challenge by dragonrc
Year of the Boar by jalonso
Year of the Boar by Elk
Boar for the weekly challenge ^.^ by jedzed
Boar House/Chinease New Year Challenge by AwesomePossum
Pigmaster 2007 by Zeo
The hungry boar by FrankieSmileShow
Crasher Boar by Art_Sempai
Year of the donkey by Tremulant
Wild in China by Dra_chan
fire pig by klav
ega keiler by tomic
Boar by mikl3
Shanghai Pig by Krysis
Piggy, piggy... by The B.O.B.
Year of the Fire Boar by Ego
FOLLOW THE TURNIP by ThereIsNoCure
Chinese Boar by Oakie620

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 2/19/2007: Chinese New Year Posted: 19 February 2007 at 1:31am
	CHALLENGE: Chinese New Year The year of the Boar begins February 18, 2007. Honor your eventual Lords & Masters by creating a Boar in their honor. 150px x 150px max. CHALLENGE RULES Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox. Only new pixels allowed. Open to all members. Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART. CHALLENGE JUDGING Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged. Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries. Winner announced the following week. CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy. Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet. 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter. No matter what happens you get challenged :) CHALLENGE VOTING Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge! CHALLENGE AWARDS The Chinese New Year pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Year of the Pig-out. by iSTVAN Chinese new year by skeddles Year of the boar by Ensellitis Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Weekly Comp Boar by Beeblebrox Boar Shaman by df0 WTF? - Weekly Challenge Entry by Spider Boy The Dodeca-annual Dog Slaughtering! by Doppleganger Boar challenge by dragonrc Year of the Boar by jalonso Year of the Boar by Elk Boar for the weekly challenge ^.^ by jedzed Boar House/Chinease New Year Challenge by AwesomePossum Pigmaster 2007 by Zeo The hungry boar by FrankieSmileShow Crasher Boar by Art_Sempai Year of the donkey by Tremulant Wild in China by Dra_chan fire pig by klav ega keiler by tomic Boar by mikl3 Shanghai Pig by Krysis Piggy, piggy... by The B.O.B. Year of the Fire Boar by Ego FOLLOW THE TURNIP by ThereIsNoCure Chinese Boar by Oakie620
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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 1:32am
	Whew, that first challenge was f**king exhausting. So glad this one is only 150x150.
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Setzer Commander Joined: 18 December 2016 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 780	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 2:26am
	so... a boar huh.

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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 2:31am
	whew, drawing a boar is hard. I think the lines will be my biggest problem Is there no color restriction? Edited by dragonrc - 19 February 2007 at 2:36am
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 2:48am
	I planned on taking a little break from the weekly contest, but this simpler, smaller, and more straightforward challenge seems less stressful.
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 2:49am
	no dragon, just the size restriction
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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buloght Seaman Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 4:11am
	I already have a 150x150 boar in my gallery :D But that's not gonna stop me from entering this one. Must it be only a boar? Or could we ... say give it a rider?
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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 4:32am
	I got my idea down, not sure what do do about the bg though.. I think I'm going to post this in the wip section for some comments.. Edited by dragonrc - 19 February 2007 at 5:27am
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 5:00am
	*Originally posted by buloght* I already have a 150x150 boar in my gallery Cheater, I've never fully trusted you... *Originally posted by buloght* ...Or could we ... say give it a rider?... Super Mario Riding a Dithergasmic Boar, ftw.
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iSTVAN Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 626	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 5:07am
	@Cure: Your last week, last minute entry was awesome. As I've said before, I really just want to try to submit something every week. I think I'm going to draw a lot of inspiration from Hayao Miyazaki's boar characters in Princess Mononoke. Although, I might try to add my own brand of humour to it. We'll see.
	Listen to what the flower people say...
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buloght Seaman Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 5:48am
	*Originally posted by jalonso* Super Mario Riding a Dithergasmic Boar, ftw. Hah :D Thanks for the idea haha! ISTVAN, princess mononoke is an art wonder :). I agree, cure's was awesome.
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 11:12am
	Thanks to the both of you. I liked yours from the get-go, iSTVAN, the humor was wonderful. And I can only began to wonder what buloght could have contributed. As for this challenge, I'd thought it seemed right up buloght's alley, even before I remembered the piece in his gallery. I expect you to enter something nice this time.
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 2:33pm
	playing with light sources mainly... thats they chinese symbol for the year of the boar
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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iSTVAN Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 626	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 2:58pm
	No problem Cure, and cheers! Interesting direction Ens! It looks nearly like a colour reduction, for some reason. It would be nice to have atleast a miniture pig shape created in the lines that make up the background- just for added effect. @Buloght: Damn straight!
	Listen to what the flower people say...
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AwesomePossum Commander Joined: 04 November 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 4:45pm
	So are we allowed to go smaller than 150 x 150? If so what do you guys think about this?
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 5:21pm
	my wip... :P istvan, yeah still got lots more to go... i pounded this out so i can add things here and there and not feel so rushed at the end of the week
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 6:02pm
	*Originally posted by AwesomePossum* So are we allowed to go smaller than 150 x 150? If so what do you guys think about this? I think we can go smaller, it's 150x150 max, not 150x150. I think the tail looks weird, just like its coming out of the bottom half of his behind, not the upper half
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AwesomePossum Commander Joined: 04 November 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 6:54pm
	OK i redid the colors and tail and a bit of everything. Any better?
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iSTVAN Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 626	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 7:18pm
	Nice WIP Ens! I wasn't accusing you of colour reduction, just making an observation, as I'm sure you know. AP: Pretty simplistic so far, both technically and conceptually. I think I liked the tail the way it was before.
	Listen to what the flower people say...
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 7:31pm
	istvan, you're a jerk >:( joking! nah, i took it as a compliment really... i was just posting that, because if you think it looks lie it, then others probbly would accuse me of such :)
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 7:57pm
	Possum the first tail is better. Try to develop a BG or frame that adds some WOW factor. The challenge here seems to be making a boar unboaring Cool idea ens. I looked at that Chinese character but guess its now out. ...a boar, hmmm...
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 10:27pm
	The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig. It lives in woodlands in central Europe, the Mediterranean regions, across southern Asia and as far as Indonesia. Animals similar to the wild boar include the warthog of Africa and the peccary or javelina of the American Southwest; but these animals do not share the pig's taxonomic genus. chinese new years... get YOUR facts strait before you make yourself look ignorant... thank you and good bye
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iSTVAN Commander Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 626	Posted: 19 February 2007 at 11:55pm
	Here's mine so far peoples:
	Listen to what the flower people say...
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 12:47am
	*Originally posted by iSTVAN* Here's mine so far peoples: he is soo cool!! Ill show my WIP soon too! (working on Miss Piggy :p) EDIT: Here is my first Wip.. Actually its my first non iso lineart.. I have never done any real pixel art that was not isometric.. so this is going to be quite a challenge for me!! What do yo guys think of this? The hair will be changed alot, but the rest will be like this: Edited by Lollige - 20 February 2007 at 1:13am
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 1:56am
	more hardcore update action Edited by Ensellitis - 20 February 2007 at 1:59am
	ಠ_ಠ There's a pubic hair on my keyboard. What the f**k?? I "mow the lawn" so it's not mine. Gross.
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 3:56am
	Ok I know why I have never done non-iso pixels before.. But Now I have started I wont quit.. Tips are welcome..
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klav Commander Joined: 01 December 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 128	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 4:36am
	this is an extremely rough wip.... Im going with the demon style pig-boar. Edited by klav - 20 February 2007 at 9:49am
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Tremulant Seaman Joined: 26 August 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 14	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 7:54am
	My first shot at it. I missed the last challenge, so I thought I'd throw my... pixels into the ring this time. Looks like it's a bit bland compared to some of the others. I'll have to see what I can do about that...
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Larwick Commander Joined: 18 July 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4015	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 9:47am
	Trem = win.

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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 10:57am
	Trem, you may not have entered the last one but mine was inspired by you and B.O.B so you were a part of it ;) ...and damm, that's great already
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skeddles Commander Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 636	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 11:16am
	*Originally posted by Tremulant* My first shot at it. I missed the last challenge, so I thought I'd throw my... pixels into the ring this time. Looks like it's a bit bland compared to some of the others. I'll have to see what I can do about that... the moment i saw that i said "oh, what the f**k." how did you get to be so good? oh well, i might as well try....

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Dra_chan Commander Joined: 20 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 628	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 2:06pm
	I really want to participate in these challenges. Let's see, my first idea is an adorable boar, cuter than j00!
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AwesomePossum Commander Joined: 04 November 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 125	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 4:52pm
	Any better?
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Shawn Midshipman Joined: 18 May 2019 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 55	Posted: 20 February 2007 at 6:19pm
	These are all looking pretty rad. :D I may try my hand at one. :P I'm also expecting Rabidbaboy to be entering. :P
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sedgemonkey Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1669	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 1:54am
	Love the ideas you've got going peeps. Ack, I better get cracking. I was thinking of doing a lord of the flies type spin-off, but I can't get the idea put together.
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Ensellitis Commander Joined: 19 June 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10099	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 2:29am
	blah
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skeddles Commander Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 636	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 5:53am
	*Originally posted by Ensellitis* blah those look good, but may i make a suggestion? i'd put the shadow back in, but two of them, going the opposite direction of the light. then where they overlap, its darker.

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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 5:54am
	Yay I got a bg! (Used Ensellitises idea of the chinese sign for a boar so I could fill up the bg a little bit, hope you don't mind ens)
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df0 Seaman Joined: 20 April 2025 Location: Sweden Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 6:19am
	I'm working on a boar shaman.. I've come pretty far but I hope that I get some time to work more on the animation.
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Spider Boy Seaman Joined: 10 September 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 8:11am
	:]
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 9:57am
	On man, the pressure is building. I'm not looking at this thread till Sunday night.
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buloght Seaman Joined: 08 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 23	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 10:00am
	Tremulant: That is looking pretty darn fantastic, waiting for you to upload so I can fav. It looks a like a poodle-boar :D I love the unified colours and the smoke blowing. ISTVAN: Awesome as usual! df0: That is superb, so nostaligic, the atmosphere is mind-blowing. dragonrc: I love how that is turning out. ensellites: awesome :D, love the lanterns! Your idea is too unique AwesomePossum: I'd say definitely better, great work. Lollige: Hehe, miss piggy. Klav: That's gonna end up great! spider boy: That's an awesome idea, haha. Edited by buloght - 21 February 2007 at 3:41pm
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Afflict Seaman Joined: 23 April 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 10:03am
	Nice entries al I love df0 shaman!
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ceddo Commander Joined: 01 June 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 466	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 1:21pm
	Wonderful WIP's everyone! I'm finding the weekly challenge thread organization quite weird though.. Wouldn't it be easier to make a weekly challenge board with all the previous (locked) challenges in it, and the current one stickied? Edited by ceddo - 21 February 2007 at 1:21pm
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dragonrc Commander Joined: 05 May 2006 Location: Netherlands Online Status: Offline Posts: 294	Posted: 21 February 2007 at 2:28pm
	Yeah I was thinking that too, now it looks like it is just another challenge instead of The awsome WEEKLY CHALLENGE!
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df0 Seaman Joined: 20 April 2025 Location: Sweden Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 1:16am
	@ buloght, afflict: Thanks people! @ Spider boy: Great idea and nice art. When you're stranded on a tiny island the last thing you want is a "LoL" in a bottle, haha.
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silent sniper Midshipman Joined: 08 November 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 64	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 8:25am
	kay im in.
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FrankieSmileShow Commander Joined: 02 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 86	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 10:55am
	Im trying something out, but it wont be as flashy as the last one.
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Doppleganger Midshipman Joined: 28 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 71	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 2:41pm
	This'll be my entry. Any CnC welcome. 13 colors atm...however if one feels that it'd benefit from a few more, I'm not completely against it. Everyone's pics are really great, I'm glad that I spent the extra time on this one.
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Dra_chan Commander Joined: 20 February 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 628	Posted: 22 February 2007 at 4:06pm
	All the submissions are looking good. I'm almost done with mine, I still have to add a background. 5 colors (not planing to add more)
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