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CHALLENGE: Cyborg Wildlife
Create a standalone sprite of a non-human animal with some of its body 
replaced by man-made parts. You should depict just the animal without 
any background.

Canvas Size - Max 128 x 128.

Colours - Max 16.

Transparency - Required.

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 Cyborg Wildlife pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Elephantastic! by MashPotato
Sneak-a-petting by Lanarky
More coffee, please by 00Lucas00

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

Kangaroo Mouse by BaconusMaximus
Cyber Gorilla by kaze19th
Puppy Bomb by protectrix
Tran-squirrel-mers by Addybruh
Cyborg Donkey Kong by Cdore
Jet Eagle by TheChannel
Radio Snail by Pheno
Turbo Snail by adamSrgnt
The Real Swordfish by Hermit
Sloth by AirStyle
Cyborg_Battle_Bear by Skypehopert
Hungry Giraffe by YellowLime
it's baddd by Dont
askal:the cyborg dog by SturmgewehrKreuz
Still beating by Ellian
Cyborg Shark by guskooyman
Robotic Owl by Geoglatico
Thunderbolt by Assyrius
pusakal:cyborg cat by SturmgewehrKreuz
Cyborg werewolf by crozier
Steampunk Wolf by Noburo
Watchdog by Assyrius

Edited by skamocore - 31 December 2012 at 8:49am

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 12/31/2012: Cyborg Wildlife Posted: 31 December 2012 at 12:00am
	CHALLENGE: Cyborg Wildlife Create a standalone sprite of a non-human animal with some of its body replaced by man-made parts. You should depict just the animal without any background. Canvas Size - Max 128 x 128. Colours - Max 16. Transparency - Required. 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 Cyborg Wildlife pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Elephantastic! by MashPotato Sneak-a-petting by Lanarky More coffee, please by 00Lucas00 Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Kangaroo Mouse by BaconusMaximus Cyber Gorilla by kaze19th Puppy Bomb by protectrix Tran-squirrel-mers by Addybruh Cyborg Donkey Kong by Cdore Jet Eagle by TheChannel Radio Snail by Pheno Turbo Snail by adamSrgnt The Real Swordfish by Hermit Sloth by AirStyle Cyborg_Battle_Bear by Skypehopert Hungry Giraffe by YellowLime it's baddd by Dont askal:the cyborg dog by SturmgewehrKreuz Still beating by Ellian Cyborg Shark by guskooyman Robotic Owl by Geoglatico Thunderbolt by Assyrius pusakal:cyborg cat by SturmgewehrKreuz Cyborg werewolf by crozier Steampunk Wolf by Noburo Watchdog by Assyrius Edited by skamocore - 31 December 2012 at 8:49am
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yaomon17 Commander Joined: 28 May 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 136	Posted: 31 December 2012 at 1:37am
	Will try to enter this one for sure!
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MrBeast Midshipman Joined: 01 January 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Posted: 31 December 2012 at 2:34am

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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 August 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 31 December 2012 at 8:28am
	"Create a sprite of a non-human animal with some of its body replaced by man-made parts." I read sprite as a game asset and MrBeast and another pixel already submitted don't seem to be 'sprites' to me... I am going to get the challenge Mod to clarify this.
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Delicious Rear Admiral Joined: 18 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 273	Posted: 31 December 2012 at 10:09am
	Transparency is required, thus no background should be allowed. It does say sprite, therefor the pixel that has been submitted and MrBeasts' current work do not follow the rules. That's just my opinion.
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Bokeblender Midshipman Joined: 16 October 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89	Posted: 31 December 2012 at 10:25am
	Sprites can be very large. Plus the max canvas is 128x128, so... Tee hee I know what I'm making.
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MrBeast Midshipman Joined: 01 January 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 17	Posted: 31 December 2012 at 3:48pm
	it is a sprite, the background is just so I don't have the distracting grey/dark grey checkerboard pattern. The mist was just to see, won't be included in the final picture. Edited by MrBeast - 31 December 2012 at 4:08pm
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maganegorap Seaman Joined: 12 March 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 38	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 6:13am
	I'll do an animation. It's a bison/buffalo.
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Cdore Seaman Joined: 01 January 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 12:34pm
	This is my first day on this forum and seems like the perfect chance to introduce myself with this contest.
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Delicious Rear Admiral Joined: 18 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 273	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 12:51pm
	*Originally posted by Cdore* This is my first day on this forum and seems like the perfect chance to introduce myself with this contest. Welcome. I look forward to seeing whatcha got. ;)
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NixMillenium Seaman Joined: 25 March 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 3:08pm
	Hey, I'm new to pixel art too and wanted to have a go at this. Could you help me out? I'm not entirely too sure what is meant by transparency in pixel art and was wondering if someone could explain it to me. I'm sure it's something easy, I just can't find a proper explanation anywhere!
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Noburo Commander Joined: 10 June 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 279	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 3:13pm
	Taking a break from other projects to do a weekly challenge. Hopefully I'll have time to finish this one up, along with a walk animation.
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 August 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 4:55pm
	That means a transparent background like this piece shows. Edited by jalonso - 01 January 2013 at 4:56pm
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kaze19th Seaman Joined: 05 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 6:13pm
	I have a question : when it's wrote "with some of its body replaced by man-made parts", it means that it must be a part already existing of his body (for exemple an arm or a leg), so we can't add something like wings, am I right ? I ask it because I started a winged-gorilla, so I don't want to be too frustrated to have worked on it if I can't submit it when I'll finish ^^ Edited by kaze19th - 01 January 2013 at 6:14pm
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fersteger Seaman Joined: 16 May 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 6:51pm
	I'd say a winged gorilla is just right for this one.
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Peyton Midshipman Joined: 16 January 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 47	Posted: 01 January 2013 at 8:50pm
	VERY rough sketch of my entry. I am redoing it since the old one sucked. They never said the parts had to be mechanical!
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Nikonani Midshipman Joined: 20 March 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 42	Posted: 02 January 2013 at 4:07am
	*Originally posted by peytonisgreat* VERY rough sketch of my entry. I am redoing it since the old one sucked. They never said the parts had to be mechanical! If this is turned down (once it's finished, obviously), I'll be upset -- I personally got a kick out of this idea Edited by Ashbad - 02 January 2013 at 4:08am
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JerryPie Rear Admiral Joined: 19 September 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 228	Posted: 02 January 2013 at 10:38am
	I'm not sure I can finish this...It's a mechanical bull. I really don't like how the metal looks though. Figured I would just post to show how far I got before I gave up lol.. I'm pretty sure it exceeds 128x128 as well. Edited by FlyGuy - 02 January 2013 at 10:39am
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kaze19th Seaman Joined: 05 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Posted: 02 January 2013 at 4:35pm
	*Originally posted by fersteger* I'd say a winged gorilla is just right for this one. Okay, finally I don't really know what I'll do as man-made part, I'll see later So here's my sketch, my first gorilla ever, so start I'll put the majority of the work on the lineart. Also I like the different ideas of entries, I'm in a hurry to see how it will progress. @FlyGuy : I like your idea, but indeed your picture's too big... Otherwise I like the texture and the colors of the metal but I think that it seems a bit too straight, wereas the legs are very fluids. Edited by kaze19th - 02 January 2013 at 4:41pm
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driftingwood Seaman Joined: 20 March 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 02 January 2013 at 7:27pm
	Go turtle go!.
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JerryPie Rear Admiral Joined: 19 September 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 228	Posted: 03 January 2013 at 2:02am
	*Originally posted by kaze19th* @FlyGuy : I like your idea, but indeed your picture's too big... Otherwise I like the texture and the colors of the metal but I think that it seems a bit too straight, wereas the legs are very fluids. yea it is very stiff..I was planning on making all of those parts move in the end, but it just became very tedious and time consuming so I gave up.. Thank you though. good luck on the challenge
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crozier Commander Joined: 30 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 03 January 2013 at 11:47am
	Well I'm just hoping werewolfs are not classified as humans. critique would be lovely :D
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Hermit Seaman Joined: 06 December 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 03 January 2013 at 10:20pm
	I present, the swordfish. My first time entering one of these. Anyone have any suggestions and/or improvements? Edited by Hermit - 04 January 2013 at 2:23am
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Nikonani Midshipman Joined: 20 March 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 42	Posted: 04 January 2013 at 4:16am
	*Originally posted by Hermit* I present, the swordfish. My first time entering one of these. Anyone have any suggestions and/or improvements? It's a nice step so far -- some suggestions: - First of all, don't AA into the background; there's not supposed to be a background in the first place for this contest, so all you're doing is disqualifying yourself there. - A lot of dithering, but it doesn't really give any fish-like texture right now. I would drop it, shade in flat colors with no transition, and then would try spending some time looking for a good way to represent scales. - Harsher contrast would definitely help it pop out to look much less flat.
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kaze19th Seaman Joined: 05 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Posted: 04 January 2013 at 8:16am
	I think I've finished, someone have any suggestions ? 5 colors *Originally posted by crozier* Well I'm just hoping werewolfs are not classified as humans. critique would be lovely :D I like it but I think the black part looks like more shade than fur, but it's maybe what you wanted to do.
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crozier Commander Joined: 30 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 04 January 2013 at 10:47am
	Thanks for the advice; not too sure how I would approach fixing that though. And I wrote a comment on your image submission,kaze.
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Geoglatico Midshipman Joined: 19 July 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 76	Posted: 04 January 2013 at 11:50am
	my entry into the challenge...
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Hermit Seaman Joined: 06 December 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 04 January 2013 at 7:00pm
	*Originally posted by Ashbad* It's a nice step so far -- some suggestions: - First of all, don't AA into the background; there's not supposed to be a background in the first place for this contest, so all you're doing is disqualifying yourself there. - A lot of dithering, but it doesn't really give any fish-like texture right now. I would drop it, shade in flat colors with no transition, and then would try spending some time looking for a good way to represent scales. - Harsher contrast would definitely help it pop out to look much less flat. I'm pretty sure swordfish don't have scales actually. Thanks for the feedback though. EDIT 2: Further changes. Edited by Hermit - 05 January 2013 at 8:07pm
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co_Opernicus Seaman Joined: 28 April 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 05 January 2013 at 11:42am
	I'm pretty sure swordfish don't have scales actually. Thanks for the feedback though. EDIT: Made some changes. I prefer this one, the color change did much in favor of contrast and the sword now looks much better, one thing I would change is the dark part of the top fin (on the head), looks too dark considering the light. And I would detail a little bit more the eye... anyway, great job! Edited by co_Opernicus - 05 January 2013 at 11:42am
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BaconusMaximus Seaman Joined: 04 January 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 06 January 2013 at 12:21pm
	Hello everyone, first post here. I'm very new to pixel art. I love this site; a friend gave me the link two days ago after I've been beating my head against the wall in trying to make graphics for a game, and after looking over others' art I'm kinda suddenly starting to get it! It is a nice feeling! :D Anyway I thought to try making a kangaroo mouse for this challenge. Any suggestions are welcome. I know the fur really could use a different texture from the metal, but dithering still makes me cry like a little girl.
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victorgrunn Seaman Joined: 29 November 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 06 January 2013 at 4:22pm
	And I was the one who recommended this site to Baconus Maximus! As for me, I decided to quickly throw something together to enter... but I need to learn patience, not to mention general art skill. So, here's the result:
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 12 August 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 06 January 2013 at 7:25pm
	*Originally posted by BaconusMaximus* Many work hard for a while before getting this far...you're doing good. Keep at it :)
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BaconusMaximus Seaman Joined: 04 January 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 06 January 2013 at 9:14pm
	*Originally posted by jalonso* Many work hard for a while before getting this far...you're doing good. Keep at it :) Thanks. :D I've been drawing for a long time before starting on pixel art. A LOT of the skills transfer, it feels like cheating in a way. Being limited in colors and resolution is surprisingly very fun.
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