CHALLENGE: Pixelebrity

Create a new and original avatar depicting the portrait of a celebrity.

Optional bonus challenge: Use the avatar during the voting week.

Canvas Size - Max. 64x64.
Colours - Max 9.
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 Pixelebrity 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!

If anyone knows of a good one, could someone post a helpful page about anatomy and the basics of pixelling a head?

im going gaga thats the fact

I'm going to do Hopsin probably.

Edited by SJL - 29 April 2013 at 12:51pm

Of course. C3PO is a bigger celebrity than many :)
Anything goes as long as you can call him/her/it a celebrity.



New and original goes for most challenges.
New: nothing that you've done or started prior to this week.
Original: you can't steal someone else's piece or copy an image from the web one on one.
Simple rules really.


Edited by Gecimen - 29 April 2013 at 4:09pm

Currently 9 colours plus transparency, will probably ditch the blue and replace it with the yellow so that I don't need to make a BG. (I don't think I have time for that as well) Again using colours from my custom 16 colour pallet.

If you don't know who this is, then either I'm a bad pixel interpreter - or you're not very well versed.


I might just call this done as is:



Edited by ultimaodin - 29 April 2013 at 8:57pm

Is it KC Armstrong?

@Shaface - Nope, Adam Baldwin.

I am disappointed in Pixel Joint today. This man is a true hero. He's got a folk song and everything.

About 2 hours or so Dx Could use some contrast color-wise but im liking the dull-ness

Edited by Hiuru - 01 May 2013 at 11:33am

It will become 2pac ^-^

ref



One question, does transparency count as a colour? :?

Edited by JuninTKD - 01 May 2013 at 2:58pm

http://tinypic.com/r/6rn2x1/5

So this is what I got so far, however I still don't feel 100% about it. Specially in the chin and mouth+lip areas.

Any help / suggestion will be welcome =)

Ref img



http://imbere.com/IMG/jpg/Tupac-Amaru-Shakurknown-by-his-stage-names-2Pac-Pac-and-Makavel34.jpg

I edited mine to look more like Alan Dx idk what to do!!

Original: Edit:

Hey, here is my WIP of Lou Costello. I have done little to no dithering and had a bit of trouble with the right side around the hat area, where can I improve, what should I change, am I on the right track?

Here it is


Ref

I never get these things in on time, but here's my WIP...


And RI...

kratos can be considered a celebrity? if not, I'll use this as avatar anyway haha.

My WIP (Critique/help requested)



Reference: http://www.venturemag.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/AC2-1.jpg

I got a late start on this, I haven't been on this site in forever!

Anyway, here's my WIP. It's looking a little grainy and I'm not sure how I can get a nice reflection on the glasses without a complete banding thing going on. Any suggestions?



and my ref (scaled down so the quality's not great):



Can you tell who it is?

Edited by greenmango99 - 05 May 2013 at 11:06am

Guess some last minute feedback is in order.

@shaface - Somehow missed yours sorry. One thing I like to go when it comes to greyscale pieces is to look at the reference and try and work out the darkest sections. SO for example his hair, his pupils, the cornerzsof his mouth, the left (our right) nostril, the band across his shoulder and a small chunk of the bowler hat's band all feel like they involve the darkest part. I'd start by pixelling nose aspects in the black then move onto to the next level brightness. Another point I'd just like to quickly make, hair that is short or pushed back from the scalp often shouldn't have a darker outline between it and the head as the hair tends to blend in (get less dense) towards the forehead before ending completely.

@Kanea2 - You seem to have two versions here, but my first main crit is lighting. How it's lit feels rather creepy. What I wrote to shaface may be helpful to you as well. The skin lacks contrast are the eyes and mouth stand out blaring in comparison to it.

@greenmango99 - First off, I like your name. Secondly - this overall isn't that bad of pixelling. What I feel is letting this down is your colours. Colours don't just ramp perfectly through the same hue. In pixelart hue shifting is important. Try moving your shadows closer towards a blue/purple and your highlights closer to a yellow/orange. Also, underneath the chin you have a bit of banding. Lots of tutorials here mention the negatives of banding and how to effectively make Anti-Aliasing (AA) instead. I highly recommend Cure's pixelart guide for a read.

@amerup - I'm not sure what the thing up the top right corner is. It looks like you're going with a more caricature version of Obama, I'd personally make his ears a little bit bigger. One point 'd like to make is that it feels like you've missed a few pieces of AA - the forehead especially around the hair line. In that small patch of light there no AA and looks quite jaggy to the rest. The yellow could also be used to AA around the lips to the teeth. Overall it's quite nice in its simplicity and the colours are neat as well.

Wow,rounded it face shape to exemplify the solution, when the voting is over editare for myself what the portrait.

Thank you