SO here's the skinny on this new project. We did one last year on Deviantart. It was a big success. A REAL big success. And guess what? We're doing it again! Read all about it here and see the final old totem here. Now why am I starting it at Pixeljoint this year. I'm temporarily banned from Deviantart. I know you're all wondering why so I'll tell you now and save the hours of questions. There was this daily Deviation of a morbidly obese woman, posing naked. I commented on it and wrote "FREE WILLY!" And got visciously attacked. So that's why I got banned for a week. It's retarded just.. ugh. So anyway that's why I'm going to start it here and end it at Deviantart, because in the end, it's gonna be posted there too.

So last year you got a totem template, you carved out your design, and we stacked them ontop of eachother, creating a massive totem. Here's the deal, we were gonna have prizes this year. The catch is, you have to be a member of Deviantart to receieve them, because they are subscriptions. And seeing as how most of you have Devart account, I dont see that as a problem. So when I get unbanned from Devart, we'll start the totem up their and continue it here and there. It'll be hard, but eh, more Pixelartists means bigger totem. so let's see an example of a totem, already, ryan!

RULES:

1. Stick with the palette. There are 9 colors, same number of colors as last year, but we made them a little less red, and a tad lighter. If you deviate too much from the given pallete, your totem won't be accepted.. we want to try to keep the color count down, and if everyone deviates from the pettern with a few colors, we've got that many colors times x totems, that'll be way too many colors. You have the full range from dark to light and you shouldn't need any more colors than that. In short, just stick to the palatte, mmkay? 

2. Use the pixel brush and the pixel brush ONLY, because if you use any other tool like the spray tool, it'll drive the color count up, and it wont be authentic pixel work. So just dont cheat and use the airbrush, or anything.. we will know ;)

3. Last year we had quite an issue with people making totems with tiny little pieces in between the large totem cylinders holding them up, and it just looked wrong.
Use good judgement, okay? We all know that a little tiny frail statue that is 1 px thin will not hold up the totem pole. Just be reasonable, you know what looks appropriate and what does not. 

4. We dont want to see any half-assed totems. Period. Try to spend more than 5 minutes on it, because if the quality of your totem is bad, it might not be accepted. This doesn't mean if you suck at pixelart, don't try to enter. It means that even if you have no skill at all, you put effort into your piece, it will show. And if you don't, your totem wont. We want to keep the standard of quality sufficient, so try your best :)

5. Size: We of course want to keep the width of the totem 78 pixels. But height is your decision. I dont care if you make it 30 pixels high or 300 pixels high. In the end it's gonna be one long-ass totem anyway, I am right? *w00t w00t*

6. BE CREATIVE! I can't emphasize this enough. Think outside the box and try something nobody's ever done before. We don't want to see a million Spiderman totems. Originality and creativity are key. If you have the most original and best totem, you'll win a year's subscription.

7. Have fun, for the LOVE OF GOD!!!

When you're done with your totem PLEASE submit it this thread so I can add it to the totem :D

Above is the amazing template and palette. Make it any length you want, and be SURE to follow the above rules :)

Prizes:

All the totems will be judged. The deviant who created the overall best totem (in the judges opinion) will be awarded a 1-year subscription. to Deviantart, of course.
The runners up will be awarded a 3-month subscription, and a print

If you're not a member of Deviantart, you, well, I guess you can't win the prize, but you can win the satisfaction (which is a crappy prize, but eh)

So that's it! Run off and make something creative. I'll update the totem to this very post each time. (The base of the totem and the topper have already been made, so dont ask )

Thanks!

Updated Current totem: 

Edited by ryan-gfx

sounds fun
just to clarify (because I never saw last years version) the top and bottom of the pole do NOT have to be "free" from the "carved" image? I see at the top of the example it's "free" from the image but at the bottom it's part of them, that's okay? The bottom part not being a flat circle piece of wood is okay?

I just want to be clear :D

Cool.. I guess Ill give a try at this but i wont win anything cause im too cheap to be a deviantart member.   and also because my IP adress got banned because my brother used deviantart before me but whatever..

BTW, free willy? lmfao. you're my hero XD

Edit: So when does this thing end?


Edited by Kirra

Ok, Mario Totem.

Maybe I should have just made a Mario head but that would have been boring. :/
EDIT:
Slightly better...

EDIT: Or this, otherwise I may start from scratch. :P


Edited by Vidd

Vidd: It's nice, but try to carve the face into the wood, rather than just adding facial features to the cylinder like 1ucas said. 

you called someone "free willy"
and you think YOU got visciously attacked?
what an odd world this world is at time, what an odd odd place.

Thanks ryan - can't wait to see this thing finished.

 

HAHA

 

Yeah, I'm the dirty one Mister Free Willy!

 

I can change it, I'm a mod.  But I don't think I will.

 

Stop spamming your own thread! o_0

 

Not sure if I'm finished (like if I want to texture the wood either side of his face or just leave it that way...) but I thought I'd show what I've done so far.

 

 

I'm working on two other totem ideas I have as well.

 

Thanks Sensei! :D (I  at your avvy every time I see it btw)

 

Crap, I totally forgot to post it. Yes, of course I had a ref pic! I'd be confused as hell without it.  This surprisingly wasn't so difficult, because I've painted this very picture before in large scale, on a canvas about two metres tall.

 

 

He's so handsome when he's insane.

 

Yeah, texture it. The more you change the basic cylindrical shape the better.

dude that movie is scary. i hate part II with the lady in the bathtub. so scary.

kiwidesign - I tried to put wrinkles in but it ended up looking dodgy. XD I'll try again.

 

ryan - ah love you son.

 

necromancer - yeah, she was all like 'I'm sexy' and then she's all 'EEH HEEHEEHEE AAAGH!!' that part was like whoa. Tripped me out some.

 

Okie dokie rifts - thanks! I'm not too sure on how to pixel wood texture - never done it before - so I'm going to get loads of refs and lucas to help me (he's good with texture).

 

Also, it's okay to have a character standing on one 'platform' and holding another up right? It's still a totem, right?

 

Hmm, just a little question.. Is it wood or bronze? Because it looks more like metal than wood to me It's pretty important to know because wood texture wouldn't shine as much as metal texture, and.. well.. yeah.. I'm a pain, I know

I want to be a part of this, but is there a way to win without accepting the price? Until deviantART fixes all the downsides with subscriptions I like being a nonsub better (Not that I'll win anyway..)

Are you going to be constantly updating the totem in your journal as you have been doing so in this thread, or are we going to have to wait until the very end to see the compleated product?

I got crits and I worked hard on them. Unlike some people...*cough*

 

 

Ta daaaaaaa. It's jacky boy - does he look carved? Lucas helped me a tonne on this - thanks lucas.

 

thats real nice so lou =D
love the wood textur
but for some reson it dose not look carver =/
but its kool

I love the work you've done on the Jack and the neat little wood texture on the outside is a nice touch.  Love to see you do a non-totem Jack someday.

I think I might join in...

@ So-lou: Darling, light of my life, you didn't let me finish my sentence, I said I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm just gonna bash you brains in, bash em right the f**k in.

My favorite part too. I RENTED THAT MOVIE LAST WEEK NO JOKE :)

Jack Nicolson is my hero. Seriously...

YEAH!!!

ONE WEEK!!?? But I started one and am not motivated to finish it but WILL eventually maybe in like two weeks...!? Ah, I'll get it finished. *panics*

O_____O" Help... me... *runs*

And people say you're bipolar...

Truth, that is real pixel art. So-Lou is an incredibal artist and she has done much more detailed work than that.