CHALLENGE: Creature Comforts

Challenge winner The Monongahela Monster wants you to show us a real or imaginary (non-human) creature doing whatever it does to relax or get comfortable. So for example, Godzilla putting his feet up on a smashed skyscraper.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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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.

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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.

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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 :)

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Creature Comforts 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!

An electrocuted mouse in a fire alarm case where it was planning to rest and get comfy. From life (way of speaking). Scary.

Edited by Manupix - 07 June 2010 at 1:46pm

I'm still pretty new at this, and I was wondering if anyone's got some advice for me, about dithering...
Since it's for the weekly challenge I'm asking it here, I hope that's alright.
Anyway, I'm working on this one:

And I was wondering how you can shade/dither something to make it shinier/slimier...
Many thanks in advance.

PS, the lightsource will be a setting sun, in the middle of the background

Edited by Ailaik - 08 June 2010 at 6:51am

I think it'd be better if you didn't dither, because by dithering the texture made is normally (including yours) more of a gritty, bumpy texture.

To answer the second question, look at some references such as:
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/15080.htm
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/18967.htm
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/15867.htm

They all share similar textures, with high contrast (First two have the lighest colour favouring a whiter appearence, resulting in a shinier more watery-like appearence.

Hope i helped :)
Good luck... I may participate, thinking of doing a tortoise on his shell whitewater rafting.

We shall see :P

A bat demon resting home.


I have problems of readability, with de double-hands, the cup of tea and the claws... And for many other things. ^^

(Want some advice, of course.)

It've been a long time sence I made pixels .. but now I'm back to buisness and I'm going to start with this challenge >> so I thought about a cerberus ( 3 headed dog ) lying alongside with his bowl .. that would be a cute idea XD
here's a really fast sketch :

orenshtiv:
how about Cerberus chilling while sailing down the Styx himself?
Free of charge :P

I always got Aquamentus and Aqualung mixed up.

Not sure if I'll get around to finishing this one. Its raelly awful right now and I'm having trouble even looking at it.


Edited by Setzer - 11 June 2010 at 3:41am

Here is what ive been planning :D.

Jason is not a human, hes an undead creature.