CHALLENGE: Plants have feelings too!

Aren't you tired of all those vegetarians eating those poor veggies, and fruits. "How many plants had to die for your salad, you heartless bastards!!!"

This challenge consists of casting life into any plant of your choice. The plant chosen can be depicted as some sort of humanoid, or alien-esque creature. The point is to depict them filled with as much emotion as a human is capable of (yes, it is known that plants are alive, just not in the common man's eyes), with an attached emotion or sub-emotion, such as anger, sadness, humor, confusion, etc....

Example: Pixel a Rose who resembles a woman that is dancing (excitement, romance), a giant redwood tree-beast/barbarian that terrorizes lands (anger), or a Bonsai Tree who is meditating over a sunset (tranquility, calmness), etc...

Rules:

• Colors: No restrictions. 
• Canvas Size: 200 x 200 max.
• Transparency: allowed (www.iaza.com or giffy.com is your friend, children)
• Animation: If you're a glutton for pain, then sure, It's allowed.
• Can be a single character, or character in a scene, as long as the plant creature is the focus of attention.
• There must be a banner,sign, or caption anywhere in the piece that indicates the feeling the plant is emoting.
• Fruits and vegetables can't be used by themselves as the centerpiece. However the plant or tree from which they derive from can.
• Plants must be an actual plant of this planet,  with species in the description (any real life plant or shrubbery is fair game.). NO fictional crap.

Tips: Wikipedia.org is a good reference.

Challenge by B.O.B. winner of B.O.B Challenge a.k.a Mr.Vain

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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 Plants have feelings too! 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!

With plants it means ANY kind of plant.
Mushrooms aren't technically plants, by the way.

I have an idea! A crying carnation, since carnations are a typical "funeral flower" in france
WIP
WIP

Edited by Mindsreturn - 27 May 2008 at 2:37pm

@Prozone, I like the picture, but that right leaf looks all bumpy, is it supposed to be that way?

Oh, alright, it just has that look too it. but its better then what i could do.

Update

I wonder how hard it would be to make vegetables convey a whole gamut of emotions without ever resorting to giving them faces or any human feature other than the emotion. Would that even be possible? Like, sort of mimic emotive gestures with their shapes or something. The only thing I could imagine there would be like, love, with two flowers (probably roses) entwined as if they were kissing.

Edited by FrankieSmileShow - 29 May 2008 at 2:10pm

thanks for giving me an idea frankie.

doubtful?