Pixel Joint Forum: CHALLENGE 4/11/2011: Sunset Sans Saturati

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   CHALLENGE: Sunset Sans Saturation
Create an image depicting a sunset - in greyscale. This means you must not use any saturation in your image. A good way to work this out is by looking at the hexcodes - they should all be in this format:

#XYXYXY.
So #a3a3a3 would be acceptable for this challenge, as would #525252 or #000000.

Canvas Size - Max 200 x 200.

Colours - Min 8; Max 16.

Transparency - No.

Animation - Optional.
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 Sunset Sans Saturation pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Sunset of a Human Life by a3um
Goodbye to the Ancestors by Mrmo Tarius
Sunset Seascape by dpixel

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

A war torn sunset ...... by wuhu
Lalei by tanuki
Sunset by AG182
Sunset by Jv's
Treachery! by Chibiwing
No Mercy by PaTheGrub

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 4/11/2011: Sunset Sans Saturati Posted: 11 April 2011 at 12:01am
	CHALLENGE: Sunset Sans Saturation Create an image depicting a sunset - in greyscale. This means you must not use any saturation in your image. A good way to work this out is by looking at the hexcodes - they should all be in this format: #XYXYXY. So #a3a3a3 would be acceptable for this challenge, as would #525252 or #000000. Canvas Size - Max 200 x 200. Colours - Min 8; Max 16. Transparency - No. Animation - Optional. 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 Sunset Sans Saturation pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Sunset of a Human Life by a3um Goodbye to the Ancestors by Mrmo Tarius Sunset Seascape by dpixel Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! A war torn sunset ...... by wuhu Lalei by tanuki Sunset by AG182 Sunset by Jv's Treachery! by Chibiwing No Mercy by PaTheGrub
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 3:58am
	I has a wip!
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onek Commander Joined: 19 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 416	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 4:30am
	this kinda fits here
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Excalibur Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 8:34am
	Coolio. I'm excited for this one. It will be fun.
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 9:49am
	At first I thought this was a weak challenge idea, but then google showed me I was wrong.
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 11:34am
	My wip is getting somewhere:
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shampoop Commander Joined: 12 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 3:29pm
	Here is a 16 color pallet if anyone is interested:
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Excalibur Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 8:39pm
	Mrmo Tarius, That's looking pretty sweet!
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tanuki Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 333	Posted: 11 April 2011 at 10:35pm
	Here's my palette. Three high contrast areas with low contrast within the areas. Based on the idea of the palette above that has 2 areas of high contrast. I did the last edit on it using the luminance scale in Lab rather than rgb values. I'll probably change this as I work, and maybe remove half the greys. Something like this- Edited by tanuki - 11 April 2011 at 11:27pm
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ChrisButton Commander Joined: 10 September 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 371	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 12:14am
	You guys should use my favourite palette, you start at 0 and go up to 240 in multiples of 24. You should get 11 tones.
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tanuki Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 333	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 2:01am
	I decided to try something different. Perception causes the differences in certain areas of a greyscale to be more noticeable, even if the change is uniform. Here's an 8 color greyscale that should have a fairly uniform perceptual change in value even if the actual change varies between steps- It's still not perfect yet, but I'll make a few more adjustments later. Luminance in Lab, and the amount increased from the previous value- 8 18 (+10) 30 (+12) 44 (+14) 59 (+15) 73 (+14) 83 (+10) 91 (+8) Edited by tanuki - 12 April 2011 at 3:11am
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 2:49am
	Still working on it :P edit I am SO going to add color to this once the challenge ends :D Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 12 April 2011 at 10:21am
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tanuki Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 333	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 11:11am
	You seem to have transparent pixels here- I think basically anywhere that you had pure white is acting like it's transparent for me in photoshop. Edited by tanuki - 12 April 2011 at 11:13am
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 11:23am
	Now, that'd be something I messed up in Grafx2 :/ I'll go check, thanks for pointing it out :D ...Yup, White was set as transparent :P Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 12 April 2011 at 12:05pm
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 4:59pm
	I only just started doing pixel art the other day, so my skillz are not epic. Is this interpretation acceptable? I just want to know before I move further than framework. Solar eclipse wip:
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t3nshi Midshipman Joined: 07 May 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 29	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 5:19pm
	actually that resembles more an eclipse than a sunset :3 it's nice, though, finish it anyway xD
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 6:04pm
	Well, from seeing what's in the other wips, I didn't know if I could force it into the guidlines. I'll probably just shelve it for now, and start on something else. Just in case you couldn't tell (it got kind of jumbled up when I reduced it's size) it a shot looking up in a forest with the solar eclipse visible through the break in the trees.
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 12 April 2011 at 11:45pm
	yeah, cool concept no doubt, but definitely not a sunset
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3856	Posted: 13 April 2011 at 9:22am
	@Mrmo Tarius; holy crap. You don't only push me to join, but also tell me I'm not going to win :D
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 13 April 2011 at 10:53am
	Do not let my rather-noisy-uses-too-many-colors-totally-rips-off-iLKke-wip discourage you! Give it a shot :D
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 13 April 2011 at 1:23pm
	*Originally posted by Mrmo Tarius* You have stepped up your game lately o.O
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 13 April 2011 at 1:39pm
	Thank you very much! It may have something to do with me having finally found an amazing, intuitive and totally pixelart-oriented drawing tool (yeah, that'd be Grafx2) :D I'm saving the final 20 or so wip-steps as a suprise, hehe :)
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shampoop Commander Joined: 12 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Posted: 13 April 2011 at 4:31pm
	Hey, here is my wip. I know it's not impressive yet but I have to start somewhere. I like this challenge because I can focus on pixel placement and shading without dealing with the complexity of color. c + c Edited by shampoop - 13 April 2011 at 7:49pm
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W M Commander Joined: 08 November 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 132	Posted: 13 April 2011 at 6:40pm
	DAMN YOU CLOUDS, YOU KILLED MY FATHER AND NOW YOU'VE COME BACK FOR ME. Also, I'm aware that the palette I'm using has 17 colors. One of them will not be used / omitted.
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 14 April 2011 at 12:35am
	New concept wip; much still needs to be added:
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Xamllew Midshipman Joined: 22 August 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Posted: 14 April 2011 at 2:34pm
	Chibiwing, looking good. I like the windows, the hills seem kinda noisy though. My WIP
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 14 April 2011 at 2:38pm
	Okay, I doubt I'll work on this any more, so here's the complete wip process. You will notice that I occasionally forgot to save often (for example, when drawing the spaceships) so the wip-phases are kinda lacking there. Any c&c before I submit this one?
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Xamllew Midshipman Joined: 22 August 2009 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Posted: 14 April 2011 at 2:54pm
	Came out great, I thought the planet was huge before you added the guy though. Also, I just realized that the shadows suggest that the sun is very close. Still, great work.
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 14 April 2011 at 3:28pm
	Either that, or the view angle is extremely high :D edit Anyways... phew! I submitted it. Added a rudimentary frame, and called it a day. Or five :) Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 15 April 2011 at 1:35am
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 8:55am
	Update! I'm almost certain I've made the poisoned wine/mead too shiny, but it was late and my judgement was off. ^_^' Never really drawn shadows like this before, so I'm just guessing a lot on this thing. >_< Edited by Chibiwing - 15 April 2011 at 8:59am
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Miumau0 Commander Joined: 26 January 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 118	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 9:40am
	chibiwing, your poisoned wine looks like jelly. Make it look more like liquid. here's one reference. http://www.bonappetit.com/images/magazine/maar_FrenchWomenDrinkWine_01_v.jpg
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 9:54am
	Thank you, thank you! I went through four or five different styles of shine before a quit; now I can adjust it to look non-jammish.
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Miumau0 Commander Joined: 26 January 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 118	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 10:15am
	It really does not need that much shining. I like how you managed to make the glass of windows. Sun could be more white.
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AG182 Midshipman Joined: 04 April 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 43	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 10:58am
	That was my first experience like this, but still, I hope it's a good thing to start off with.
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Excalibur Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 2:15pm
	Ok, Here's my WIP. I hope I can get it done in time.. Anyone recognize the city? ;)
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shampoop Commander Joined: 12 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Posted: 15 April 2011 at 2:54pm
	Rio?
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Excalibur Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Posted: 16 April 2011 at 12:13am
	Yup! One of my favorite cities :)
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TheSan@BieL Seaman Joined: 16 April 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 16 April 2011 at 4:20pm

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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 16 April 2011 at 4:53pm
	*Originally posted by TheSan@BieL* I see in the queue that you have other submissions with this hero, which if I'm correct you've been working on for a while. All weekly challenge art must be made the week of the challenge. Plus its not really a sunset, k. Welcome to PJ :)
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 16 April 2011 at 5:51pm
	Treachery: A metaphorical and literal sunset! Nearly complete.
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 16 April 2011 at 6:42pm
	The wine looks better now! :)
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 16 April 2011 at 10:26pm
	Yay! Your piece looks amazing, by the way. <3
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TheSan@BieL Seaman Joined: 16 April 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 12:08pm
	*Originally posted by jalonso* *Originally posted by TheSan@BieL* I see in the queue that you have other submissions with this hero, which if I'm correct you've been working on for a while.All weekly challenge art must be made the week of the challenge. Plus its not really a sunset, k.Welcome to PJ :) Okay, just to clarify, everything need to be original and never created before, right? so, copying landscapes is not that original =) I said it because it's a little bit hard to define itself, because it's very partial and sided for the side of who is looking. Like this thing, but does't matter, I'm saying it just to point that what everybody know but nobody care to write here. I think next time I'll look at one image and redraw it like the image above, in steps, so, may, it can convince everybody (or fool on everybody) =] thx and nice to meet you.
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 3:18pm
	English doesn't seem to be your first language, so I'm not one-hundred percent on exactly what you're saying. I think that a lot of us didn't look off of a photo for our lanscapes (I know I didn't, at least). Even if we did look off of a photo it would be fine because we're still having to create that picture by hand, out of pixels. What they meant was that the pixel art should be original work just created this week for this contest, which the sprite you had made before this week wouldn't qualify for. I also can't really find a sunset in what you posted (which is a cool piece). : )
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Jinn Rear Admiral Joined: 15 June 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 5:57pm
	This is a sprite set from RPG Maker VX Does anybody recognize the first one? hmmm Edited by Jinn - 17 April 2011 at 6:11pm
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tanuki Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 333	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 6:39pm
	whoa, rpg maker vx copied TheSan@BieL! also here's my wip- Ignore the top half of the sky for now... and most other things too. It'll be better later!
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Chibiwing Commander Joined: 02 June 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 122	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 10:05pm
	I hope you can finish it in time! Based on what you did with your wip from last week, I'd say it'll be something to look forward to. :D
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tanuki Commander Joined: 01 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 333	Posted: 17 April 2011 at 11:31pm
	Well I finished, but it ended up a bit different than I planned since there's no clouds in the final. I just barely met the minimum color count. Without the color I used on 8 pixels for AA on the sun it'd be 7 colors, but it actually does make a visible difference to have that color there. Edited by tanuki - 17 April 2011 at 11:31pm
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