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   CHALLENGE: Good Bye Old Friend
After 32 years of duty Microsoft is planning to kill off MS Paint with this year's Autumn/Fall Creators Update. I think we can all relate to Paint in a way, whether good or bad.

There is a good chance that your first piece of pixel art was done with the help of MS Paint. For this week's challenge we want you to go back to one of your first pixels and recreate it with all your now acquired knowledge about rendering, colours and AA.

Make sure to put a link to the original artwork in the description.

Canvas Size -  Unrestricted.

Colors - Max. 32.

Transparency - Optional.

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 Good Bye Old Friend pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Wiser man by jeremy
Zombie Pirate LeChuck by Jinn
Obligatory RPG Remake by Doppleganger

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

16-bit Starship REVISED by adscomics
moondrome avatar by moondrome
Island Redo by eishiya
Look Ma! I am a Grown Golem Now! by A2J2TIWARI
Those guys again by Reo
Lilligant redux by OwlMusic
Fire Salamander by Quake
Undead Dragon - Revisted by Otakuhn
Beta Force Tac-Tuk by Adarias
ATARI Power... is the power I'm playing with... by Tobikomi
Mantroid Trooper 2013 -> 2017 by Quady14
Emerald Barbarian by IvoryFalcon
021 by whatareyou
Big mouth mob by GooeyGuru
gold man by giaart186
Eyes and Hats by Howl
Retro Dude by hivernoir
Alien Planet by DexRunner
Elf-bard: redraw by zedOFF
Potato Gnome 2 by PotatoGnome
Technician Class Redo by Firadraco
Tower Shadow by Strazt
L'Homme du Desert v6.1 by d9nis

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 7/24/2017: Good Bye Old Friend Posted: 24 July 2017 at 5:58am
	CHALLENGE: Good Bye Old Friend After 32 years of duty Microsoft is planning to kill off MS Paint with this year's Autumn/Fall Creators Update. I think we can all relate to Paint in a way, whether good or bad. There is a good chance that your first piece of pixel art was done with the help of MS Paint. For this week's challenge we want you to go back to one of your first pixels and recreate it with all your now acquired knowledge about rendering, colours and AA. Make sure to put a link to the original artwork in the description. Canvas Size - Unrestricted. Colors - Max. 32. Transparency - Optional. 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 Good Bye Old Friend pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Wiser man by jeremy Zombie Pirate LeChuck by Jinn Obligatory RPG Remake by Doppleganger Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! 16-bit Starship REVISED by adscomics moondrome avatar by moondrome Island Redo by eishiya Look Ma! I am a Grown Golem Now! by A2J2TIWARI Those guys again by Reo Lilligant redux by OwlMusic Fire Salamander by Quake Undead Dragon - Revisted by Otakuhn Beta Force Tac-Tuk by Adarias ATARI Power... is the power I'm playing with... by Tobikomi Mantroid Trooper 2013 -> 2017 by Quady14 Emerald Barbarian by IvoryFalcon 021 by whatareyou Big mouth mob by GooeyGuru gold man by giaart186 Eyes and Hats by Howl Retro Dude by hivernoir Alien Planet by DexRunner Elf-bard: redraw by zedOFF Potato Gnome 2 by PotatoGnome Technician Class Redo by Firadraco Tower Shadow by Strazt L'Homme du Desert v6.1 by d9nis
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 24 July 2017 at 7:17am
	Contender:
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Firadraco Seaman Joined: 25 September 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 24 July 2017 at 1:03pm
	This is what I will recreate. This challenge is forcing me to finally create a base sprite sheet for a size I like working with just for fun.
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IvoryFalcon Seaman Joined: 10 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 24 July 2017 at 1:35pm
	Perfect timing with this challenge; I was just thinking of remaking some old sprites last week haha. Remaking this: (sorry, native size file doesn't exist anymore) Rough sketch(mostly just pose):
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IvoryFalcon Seaman Joined: 10 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 24 July 2017 at 3:14pm
	Nevermind changing almost everything XD Wat do you guys think about the pose? I kinda like it but still feels a bit odd somehow, not sure exactly what I should change...
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 8:08am
	To above post: I think the pose is definitely better. More action-orientated. I think his left leg is in a bit of a weird position/angle though. Loses some of the power in his stance due to the foot pointing inwards. -------------------------------- Thoughts?
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eishiya Commander Joined: 10 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1021	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 8:15am
	Quake, I think you should try to make the pose more dynamic, like in the original. If you want a more powerful look, you can still achieve it without going for such a plain angle and stance.
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 8:17am
	Quick response! True. I'll have a go at changing it and making the pose more dynamic. Thanks. Are you planning on doing anything? edit: Think I'll finalise on this pose. Don't want to spend too much time on it.
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eishiya Commander Joined: 10 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1021	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 8:45am
	Nope. My first pixel art is gone, so I can't link to it. Edit: I think that looks much swooshier, Quake! Consider making the salamander interact with its environment, perhaps? The original looked like it was climbing on some invisible rocks.
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Mandrill Rear Admiral Joined: 18 August 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 468	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 9:12am
	It doesn't have to be your first. One of your first is good enough. Great wips so far!
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eishiya Commander Joined: 10 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1021	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 10:45am
	I don't know how close it is to being first, but I found some stuff from 2005 o_o I guess I'll try to do something with that.
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 12:56pm
	Thoughts on the shading? Good idea, Eishiya. I'll have a look into doing some rocks. Need to do some fire near the tail as well. Tail is WIP so it hasn't been shaded yet.
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giaart186 Seaman Joined: 20 July 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 7:05pm
	help me !! . I do not know where to start ! because I do not understand much about the topic this week :(
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eishiya Commander Joined: 10 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1021	Posted: 25 July 2017 at 8:24pm
	@giaart186: Remake your first (or close to first) pixel art, applying knowledge/skills you've learned since then. @Quake: It looks very slick and shiny, but there's not a good sense of light source/direction. Maybe block in the fire before you do the shading? Edit: Tossing my WIP here, done for tonight. I am trying to make this a legit tileset since the original was tile-based, but I want to make it more practical and versatile. The corners are more blocky because of this. Need to make the flower tiles and the objects tomorrow.
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 26 July 2017 at 1:45am
	Awesome progress, Eishiya. Added flame and updated shading. Hopefully better now! Thoughts?
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OwlMusic Seaman Joined: 02 January 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 28 July 2017 at 6:24pm
	feedback? i used the pico8 colorpalet
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TropicalSnowcone Midshipman Joined: 11 June 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 29	Posted: 31 July 2017 at 4:46am
	So am I to understand that last weeks challenge has been extended? Or is my computer not displaying correctly?
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