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   CHALLENGE: Etch A Pixel
Recently the creator of the Etch A Sketch, André Cassagnes, passed away. 

This week, as a tribute, create an image using Etch A Sketch 'restrictions' - ie. using the canvas size and colours shown below:

Optional Bonus Challenge: Make sure that all dark grey pixels are connected, similar to all lines being connected in a real Etch A Sketch.

Canvas Size - Exactly 240 x 180. Either horizontal or vertical.

Colours - Exactly 2. Use only the two colours shown above.

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

EtchA.Cassagnes by Sapei
the monkey head-icopter (pixel thin storyline) by tomic
La gitana hipnótica by ||||

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

eeeeeek! by ehtd
drink-a-sketch by YellowLime
1 Bit Guitar Player and or Mob by crozier
ef: A Sketch of Memories by ultimaodin
Kaley Cuoco? by Hermit
Brave by Whisper Heart
Apreture Science by Beeblebrox
Etchy Sketch by CakeDrake
13x13 Android by MIERDINSKY
You can hang me in a bottle like a cat by GameBoy
Scott Pilgrim by lfdf
Magic Etch-A-Sketch Screen by Lambtea
Etch_trio_critical by luigi_mu
Broken Lenses of Cassagnes by T1mePiece
Etch a Fort by Salomon
Behind the hill by Hapiel
Bombs Away by adamSrgnt
Making impact by anodomani
Ancient Monument by kaze19th
Books by Mishok

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 2/4/2013: Etch A Pixel Posted: 04 February 2013 at 12:02am
	CHALLENGE: Etch A Pixel Recently the creator of the Etch A Sketch, André Cassagnes, passed away. This week, as a tribute, create an image using Etch A Sketch 'restrictions' - ie. using the canvas size and colours shown below: Optional Bonus Challenge: Make sure that all dark grey pixels are connected, similar to all lines being connected in a real Etch A Sketch. Canvas Size - Exactly 240 x 180. Either horizontal or vertical. Colours - Exactly 2. Use only the two colours shown above. 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 Etch A Pixel pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: EtchA.Cassagnes by Sapei the monkey head-icopter (pixel thin storyline) by tomic La gitana hipnótica by \|\|\|\| Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! eeeeeek! by ehtd drink-a-sketch by YellowLime 1 Bit Guitar Player and or Mob by crozier ef: A Sketch of Memories by ultimaodin Kaley Cuoco? by Hermit Brave by Whisper Heart Apreture Science by Beeblebrox Etchy Sketch by CakeDrake 13x13 Android by MIERDINSKY You can hang me in a bottle like a cat by GameBoy Scott Pilgrim by lfdf Magic Etch-A-Sketch Screen by Lambtea Etch_trio_critical by luigi_mu Broken Lenses of Cassagnes by T1mePiece Etch a Fort by Salomon Behind the hill by Hapiel Bombs Away by adamSrgnt Making impact by anodomani Ancient Monument by kaze19th Books by Mishok
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shaturu711 Seaman Joined: 01 January 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 2:55am
	Wooh, first post! :D This is my WIP. I know that the canvas must be 240x180, but yeah this is just for viewing purposes when I haven't added anything yet. This breaks a few rules, but I'm not submitting this just yet and this is just for C and Cs. And if you're wondering, yes, this is made like FF sprites. Any suggestions too to anything else I can add in that BIGG canvas not to waste space? I could just enlarge the sprite...but... :( Any thoughts or help? Many thanks!
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philippejugnet Commander Joined: 21 April 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 459	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 6:52am
	here I go, I guess it can be connected diagonally. WIP´
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Salomon Seaman Joined: 03 October 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 1:31pm
	Wow, Philippejugnet your WIP promises to be interesting. Here is my WIP :
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tomic Midshipman Joined: 21 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 93	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 2:34pm
	.. and on top there was an elk-crow.. an elk-crow, dude, true story. Edited by tomic - 04 February 2013 at 3:05pm
	pixel suit up!
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 4:51pm
	Behind the hill
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yaomon17 Commander Joined: 07 September 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 136	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 5:04pm
	Good thing I've been messing around with my TI84
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 04 February 2013 at 10:54pm
	@Salomon - Looking great; however, watch those single pixels. Each pixel needs to connect to the rest either from the sides or from the top and bottom. @Philippsjugnet - Have to see the end result, but this looks like it's going to be a bit overly busy for readability. @tomic - that is looking damn impressive so far. Yay, lets type this all again, WIP: I'm finding that not using dither makes the two colour restriction a lot harder given the canvas size. I watched the entire series of 'ef: A Tale of Memories' yesterday - and decided it was fan-art time. Seriously, if you're an anime fan, and haven't already seen this show, I highly recommend it. Some of the chains are obviously unfinished, plus I want to add some more cracks in them here and there. I'm also trying to avoid using vertical lines for shading as I have and idea of using vertical lines to shade the BG. I'm planning on putting pieces of paper and a paper airplane in the top left (reference to an earlier scene in the anime).
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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shaturu711 Seaman Joined: 01 January 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 1:01am
	Wazzah! This is awsome! It would have been a good game :)
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 8:32am
	Any feedback? Chihiro (the girl) is meant to be the central focus but with a kind of circular motion around her with the chains, paper plane and diary note pae to give the sense of chaos that surrounds her (and the consequential break away from it. The top bars I've used to give it a cinematic feel as well as stop the eye wondering outside the image due to the vertical lines. I'm not sure about the Etch A Sketches everyone else had a s a kid, but mine couldn't do plain verticle lines without connecting to another pixel either directly above, below or to the side; hence the double thick angled lines. So I tried to meet those limitations as well as those instructed in the challenge rules. I'll probably call it done now, unless somebody notices some massive flaw. Also, I did use the actual show as a a reference. ;)
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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luigi_mu Seaman Joined: 01 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 9:28am
	Feedbacks are most welcome ;) Oh, hey guys, I thought we have new pixel emotions on PJ since Oct 2011? Anyway, there u go the WIP piece. Edited by luigi_mu - 05 February 2013 at 7:14pm
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3856	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 9:42am
	*Originally posted by ultimaodin* @Salomon - Looking great; however, watch those single pixels. Each pixel needs to connect to the rest either from the sides or from the top and bottom. While that's very meaningful and true to the nature of Etch-a-sketch, this is not a must for this challenge. (Read: optional)
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 9:48am
	*Originally posted by Gecimen* *Originally posted by ultimaodin* @Salomon - Looking great; however, watch those single pixels. Each pixel needs to connect to the rest either from the sides or from the top and bottom. While that's very meaningful and true to the nature of Etch-a-sketch, this is not a must for this challenge. (Read: optional) Yeah, Already got informed of that on another piece I made a similar comment on - apparently I cannot comprehend the word 'optional'. -_-
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 9:54am
	*Originally posted by luigi_mu* Feedbacks are most welcome ;) Oh, hey guys, I thought we have new pixel emotions on PJ since Oct 2011? Anyway, there u go the WIP piece. Allow me to fix that for you: The blood splatter is well done, I think the muzzle flash would work better as just the middle one as it's using a darker hue than the BG so doesn't read very clearly as a muzzle flash. What else are you planning on adding to the scene? I find my eye is attracted to the floor - maybe some kind of creeper or something will help re-direct the eye towards the figures.
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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Whisper Heart Seaman Joined: 04 December 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 10:17am
	Tell me, what kind of sketch you choose?
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 10:31am
	Finish both of them! They look brilliant so far.
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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tomic Midshipman Joined: 21 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 93	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 4:04pm
	small update.. guybrush threepwood approaching the scene with an monkey-headicopter - bringing in the mandatory monkey island touch :)
	pixel suit up!
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luigi_mu Seaman Joined: 01 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 5:59pm
	*Originally posted by ultimaodin* Allow me to fix that for you: The blood splatter is well done, I think the muzzle flash would work better as just the middle one as it's using a darker hue than the BG so doesn't read very clearly as a muzzle flash.What else are you planning on adding to the scene? I find my eye is attracted to the floor - maybe some kind of creeper or something will help re-direct the eye towards the figures. Actually I'm still thinking how to better construct the picture. Having dark grey floor and light grey sky seem to be able to keep viewer's attention on fighting characters, not sure yet, really difficult with bi-colors. Btw, I don't see changes you've made ;p
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 7:06pm
	I fixed the image so everyone could see it. =) When posting an image use the code {img} insert direct URL here {/img} but with Square brackets [ ] instead. I made it so others could see your WIP - I thought you'd simply made a blunder. ^_^
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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PixelatedCorpse Seaman Joined: 02 January 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 05 February 2013 at 8:57pm
	I am new to pixel art and this is my first time trying out a challenge, and my first post so I know its not great. My idea was to do a mock-up of an RPG for like a watch or something that could only display 2 colors. I also wanted to keep it connected as per the Optional Challenge. But, I reached a point in this picture where I found myself 2nd guessing everything so....heres my WIP. Any advice would be appreciated.
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 3:10am
	Update: Critique welcome :)
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luigi_mu Seaman Joined: 01 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 6:58am
	*Originally posted by ultimaodin* When posting an image use the code {img} insert direct URL here {/img} but with Square brackets [ ] instead. Ah that's true, I got one "/" less after "http:" good point :) Etch... gonna submit it soon. Edited by luigi_mu - 06 February 2013 at 7:16am
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Nevercreature Commander Joined: 04 July 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 164	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 7:55am
	*Originally posted by luigi_mu* *Originally posted by ultimaodin* When posting an image use the code {img} insert direct URL here {/img} but with Square brackets [ ] instead. Ah that's true, I got one "/" less after "http:" good point :) Etch... gonna submit it soon. OMG!
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luigi_mu Seaman Joined: 01 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 8:06am
	OKI, final color adjustment before submitting.
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ultimaodin Commander Joined: 04 May 2010 Location: Australia Online Status: Offline Posts: 162	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 8:51am
	@luigi_mui - Dude, that turned out amasing. The angled frames really emphasis this nicely. I didn't notice this before but the middle guy with the gun has a broken arm. It looks like his back is turned to his foe but his arm looks like it's facing toward the enemy. Otherwise this is really impressive mate. @Hapiel - coming along nicely. I like that you moved it over - fits more into a standard rule of thirds and has much better composition. @Tomic - that just keeps getting better.
	The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey.
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luigi_mu Seaman Joined: 01 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 10:03am
	*Originally posted by ultimaodin* @luigi_mui - Dude, that turned out amasing. The angled frames really emphasis this nicely.I didn't notice this before but the middle guy with the gun has a broken arm. It looks like his back is turned to his foe but his arm looks like it's facing toward the enemy. Otherwise this is really impressive mate. Thanks man! Actually the middle guy is turning his back on his foe, trying to have a weirdo battle style here ;)
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GameBoy Midshipman Joined: 31 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 10:12am
	Inspired by Alice In Wonderland (obviously) and a first line of Tom Waits' song "We're all mad here" from album (guess what) "Alice", which goes: "You can hang me in a bottle like a cat". It may look very sketchy and jagged, because I want to follow the optional rule. I suck at drawing living characters so I need advice how to improve it. Chesire Cat's face looks very flat, which I didn't like too much, but it also looks like he is pressing it against bottle glass,which is cool. Does it looks at least decent?
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 10:45am
	I think for the cat to look like pressing you might need to draw him even closer to the edge. Also you can stick to the optional rule and still clean up all your lines :) Good luck!
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GameBoy Midshipman Joined: 31 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 35	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 11:01am
	Hmm, I'm gonna stick strictly to that device limitation, so every darker pixel must have other pixel to the left, right, top or bottom. Also, I'm gonna move this cat closer a bit. :)
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kaze19th Seaman Joined: 05 January 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 15	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 11:12am
	There are very interesting works here ! @Hapiel : I like your idea and your use of the colours (in ordert to make the shadow behind the hill). I'm in a hurry of see what you'll add, because for now it seems a bit empty... @GameBoy : I agree with Hapiel, draw the head closer to the edge should make it less flat @ultimaodin : I like the render, the chains give dynamism to the picture. Here is my current progress, I don't think I'll connect the dark pixels... A little update : Edited by kaze19th - 06 February 2013 at 2:19pm
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tomic Midshipman Joined: 21 July 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 93	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 3:51pm
	small update on the castle and headicopter; i think about dumping the whole hairdo-part on the right.. or the flying pig at least, suggestions?
	pixel suit up!
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Hermit Seaman Joined: 06 December 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3	Posted: 06 February 2013 at 9:56pm
	Was intended to be Kaley Cuoco aka Penny from The Big Bang Theory, but it doesn't resemble her as much as I'd wanted. Not to worry though. Comments? :)
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\|\|\|\| Commander Joined: 31 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 202	Posted: 07 February 2013 at 12:42am
	____ I'll post the rest soon.. Edited by \|\|\|\| - 07 February 2013 at 12:47am
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 07 February 2013 at 2:49am
	*Originally posted by Hermit* Was intended to be Kaley Cuoco aka Penny from The Big Bang Theory, but it doesn't resemble her as much as I'd wanted. Not to worry though. Comments? :) ~~It needs to be 240x180, not 180x240 dude.~~ NEVERMIND Edited by Jeremy - 07 February 2013 at 2:49am
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gogglecrab Commander Joined: 17 November 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 104	Posted: 08 February 2013 at 3:12pm
	Certainly one of the top rulers in toys! It has hints of his life throughout the picture!
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 09 February 2013 at 6:45am
	Any suggestions from anyone before I submit this?
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luigi_mu Seaman Joined: 01 May 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 09 February 2013 at 7:08am
	@Hapiel Damn that's nice, love mini-structures on hill... but, maybe the shadow at the left is a bit too wide? Edited by luigi_mu - 09 February 2013 at 7:08am
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Hapiel Rear Admiral Joined: 30 June 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3266	Posted: 09 February 2013 at 1:57pm
	Thanks, you are right! That helped me improve it :) It's finished now!
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7heSama Midshipman Joined: 30 April 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 46	Posted: 09 February 2013 at 9:45pm
	Warpzone! Still very much a WIP, need to add some kind of spaceship flying through. Good practice for drawing circles at least.
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