Pixel Joint Forum: CHALLENGE 1/20/2014: Ace of Base

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   CHALLENGE: Ace of Base
Create a sprite base and at least 4 different versions with costume/hair/feature/equipment variants (for a total of 5 sprites). The base doesn't have to be human and/or anything conventional.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.

Colours - Max 32.

Transparency - Required.

Animation - No.
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 Ace of Base pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

single-seated spherically shaped tank by yaa
Goblin and Sullivan by Adarias
Rather Large Cuboid Sprites by Mrmo Tarius

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

Dress up creature by Kyata
Super Duper Power Girls by Pixelart_kid
elfs elit by UndeadKnight
A wild naked dude appeared! by Voltali obscur
Wasteland Wardrobe by vrine
Goblin General by Iscalio
Cute golems by Buch
Sprite Challenge by FlyGuy
Robot needs Job by Wyeth
Robin Williams portraits by showtime
The Fantastical 5 by ADrawingMan
A Small Army by Boxcar
All your base by pavanz
PC by marat
Customized voodoo dolls. by Mutley
Ninja by dbgtz
sprites by Qbi
Gladiators by Gecimen
Louloups by Sev_4

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 1/20/2014: Ace of Base Posted: 20 January 2014 at 12:01am
	CHALLENGE: Ace of Base Create a sprite base and at least 4 different versions with costume/hair/feature/equipment variants (for a total of 5 sprites). The base doesn't have to be human and/or anything conventional. Canvas Size - Unrestricted. Colours - Max 32. Transparency - Required. Animation - No. 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 Ace of Base pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: single-seated spherically shaped tank by yaa Goblin and Sullivan by Adarias Rather Large Cuboid Sprites by Mrmo Tarius Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Dress up creature by Kyata Super Duper Power Girls by Pixelart_kid elfs elit by UndeadKnight A wild naked dude appeared! by Voltali obscur Wasteland Wardrobe by vrine Goblin General by Iscalio Cute golems by Buch Sprite Challenge by FlyGuy Robot needs Job by Wyeth Robin Williams portraits by showtime The Fantastical 5 by ADrawingMan A Small Army by Boxcar All your base by pavanz PC by marat Customized voodoo dolls. by Mutley Ninja by dbgtz sprites by Qbi Gladiators by Gecimen Louloups by Sev_4
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 20 January 2014 at 6:15am
	Lol @ unrestricted canvas size :) These are fun to make :D update will make more :D Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 21 January 2014 at 4:21am
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jalonso Admiral Joined: 29 November 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13537	Posted: 20 January 2014 at 6:32am
	rofl
	PJs FAQ <•> Sticky Reads
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Buch Seaman Joined: 05 November 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5	Posted: 20 January 2014 at 10:32am
	My very first weekly challenge... Here's my WIP: Edit: updated WIP Edit2: Edited by Buch - 21 January 2014 at 9:55am
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3856	Posted: 20 January 2014 at 6:29pm
	*Originally posted by Buch* My very first weekly challenge... Here's my WIP: @Mrmo, very creative, as always. Edited by Gecimen - 20 January 2014 at 6:30pm
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MtL Seaman Joined: 19 October 2013 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 21 January 2014 at 12:14pm
	@Mrmo Looks amazing. Love the style and the colours. @Buch I love it, my favourite is the one with the balloon. Great job. I don't yet have the skills to enter any challenges at the moment, hopefully I can enter some in the future ;) Edited by MtL - 21 January 2014 at 12:15pm
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showtime Commander Joined: 14 May 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 21 January 2014 at 10:54pm
	Can someone help me? I'm trying to create a Robin Williams base but after staring at this for so long I can no longer tell whether I'm making it look more, or less like him. Also I think my lack of proper shading skills is showing. The hair is just a stand-in, I've exclusively been working on the face. @MtL: part of the point of the challenge is to be challenged, you should totally give it a shot! Edited by showtime - 22 January 2014 at 8:55am
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Lehmure Midshipman Joined: 01 May 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 22 January 2014 at 9:51am
	Nah, the first version is better, i don't think his head is that fat. Well, still don't have any ideas of what i gonna do.
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skittle Commander Joined: 20 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 350	Posted: 22 January 2014 at 11:19am
	Okay, so I may actually finish a challenge for once. Still toying around with it. Edited by ADrawingMan - 22 January 2014 at 11:20am
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crozier Commander Joined: 08 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 22 January 2014 at 12:54pm
	Looking good so far, Showtime. For me, the second one bears his likeness a little bit more. Can't wait to see the Jumanji and Mrs. Doubtfire costumes! And drawing man, that's looking pretty fine :p
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Mrmo Tarius Commander Joined: 12 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 367	Posted: 22 January 2014 at 3:01pm
	@Showtime, maybe a BIT less-wide smile, I guess? Kinda looks odd to me :) It does look like RW tho :) I like what Buch and ADrawingMan are making! Keep at it guys :D
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showtime Commander Joined: 14 May 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 22 January 2014 at 3:11pm
	Thank you for the tips! Much appreciated. Ended up making his chin bigger. The reason it was so small before was because I was trying to accentuate the size of the forehead, but I think he looks a bit healthier this way. The one to the right is a very miniscule edit making his smile less wide, didn't see Mrmo's post until just now :) Faces are hard.
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Mr.Fahrenheit Commander Joined: 01 April 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 238	Posted: 22 January 2014 at 4:48pm
	pff large sprite are overrated.
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3856	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 7:49am
	Any crits on the body? Not sure about the legs.
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skittle Commander Joined: 20 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 350	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 11:50am
	Okay... here's my progress. I'm still trying to fit more stuff on the sword dood. @Gecimen I looks awesome. I think the thing with the legs though is that the left thigh on him is sticking out to much. Maybe pushing it in one pixel might fix it. @Mr.Fehrenheit You're such a rebel :P @Showtime, the face you got going right now rocks! @Buch I can't wait till you post them! Edited by ADrawingMan - 23 January 2014 at 11:54am
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pavanz Midshipman Joined: 04 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 23 January 2014 at 11:54am
	Ok I'm doing this This is still unpolished, I'm trying to adjust the anatomy Edited by pavanz - 23 January 2014 at 12:12pm
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vrine Rear Admiral Joined: 16 May 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 225	Posted: 24 January 2014 at 2:24am
	My WIP so far! Quite a few things need a bit of touching up on mine.
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Damian Commander Joined: 24 February 2023 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 455	Posted: 24 January 2014 at 8:34am
	*Originally posted by Gecimen* Any crits on the body? Not sure about the legs. The abs look odd to me, like one side is longer than the other. You will notice it more when you look at them in relation to the pectoralis(boobies). I also think that lack of a defined rib cage looks odd. About the legs, the one calf looks way to big to me. A reference will go a long way I think. The head, chest and the characters right arm look great! Edited by Damian - 24 January 2014 at 2:14pm
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skittle Commander Joined: 20 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 350	Posted: 24 January 2014 at 11:38am
	New stuff I think I'm going to go with the first blue guy instead of the second, the arm is better I think. All that is left is some tweaking on the knight and the chief and it'll be close to done I think. Not 100% happy with them though. @Pavanz and vrine You guys have some sweet stuff going on there! Edited by ADrawingMan - 24 January 2014 at 1:23pm
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pavanz Midshipman Joined: 04 February 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 24 January 2014 at 1:54pm
	Hm, i tried to fix the body but the feet still look weird Here is what i did so far. Any critique is very welcome.
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Pixelart_kid Midshipman Joined: 01 April 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 78	Posted: 24 January 2014 at 2:46pm
	My Wip for the challenge!! :3
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Nevercreature Commander Joined: 04 July 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 164	Posted: 25 January 2014 at 5:18am
	I'll add some character.
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skittle Commander Joined: 20 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 350	Posted: 25 January 2014 at 6:21am
	*Originally posted by Nevercreature* I'll add some character. Welp, I guess the bar has now been raised :D
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Voltali obscur Midshipman Joined: 20 May 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 25 January 2014 at 9:03pm
	Wow lots of promising stuff around :D @Showtime you're doing great with the face so far, can't wait to see the rest! @Pavanz: like the pose you've done, it gives a dynamic feel :) One thing I'm not 100% sure about though is the wrist area of her raised hand (maybe a couple of pixels too long?) I also tried a little something, not sure if I'll have time to do more it's been monthes since my last pixel thing, feeling so slowww - but then maybe I should have done an easier static pose, ugh headbutt into a wall
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showtime Commander Joined: 14 May 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 105	Posted: 25 January 2014 at 9:59pm
	Aah, I got myself in way over my head!
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Gecimen Admiral Joined: 17 October 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3856	Posted: 26 January 2014 at 7:43am
	@showtime; not at all. everything's very clear. @pavanz; the pose doesn't bother me at all but you could add some saturation and contrast to the colors.
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Mutley Seaman Joined: 21 January 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 26 January 2014 at 6:31pm
	Finally i send my pixel art xD This challenge is being competed well... So much good pixel arts xD
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Iscalio Commander Joined: 29 March 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 224	Posted: 26 January 2014 at 6:40pm
	First time posting here, just found your site. I usually do 3D sculpting, but am now working on a pixel game so time to improve... Hat (edit: erm Hair I mean) version below. 128x128, so far about 15 colors. We don't have presets right we can choose our own? Wanted to give him a hat that was one of those little dogs licking it's nose. Any input is appreciated. edit: Costume edit: Base, Costume, Hair. Added mustache, combover and ear hair... edit: Equipment edit: Feature (still not quite sure what that means but people seem to be freeforming pretty heavily...) Went with a vincent price vampire theme... Edited by Iscalio - 26 January 2014 at 11:39pm
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