CHALLENGE: Pixeljoint Tales

"Long ago, there were tales of a monster, who lurked the meadows of the scared inhabitants of the Pixel joint Village. Unfortunately, it only came out during the nighttime. And at that time, the myst and fog tends to flood the air, so a sharp eye was never cast upon it. However, though many lives it's claimed, some have survived to live and tell of the ghastly sight.
   A soldier who tried(and failed) to exterminate the beast, said it had 4 legs, and a hairy tuft upon it's back, shoulders and head. Almost like a Lion's mane!
   A disgruntled farmer whose cows and sheep had fell victim to the beast, claimed it's eyes were dormant and bright blue when hazing, but as soon as he raised his shot gun to fire at it, it's eyes turned a bright red, and it's mouth frothed with madness. He also said it had THREE horns protruding from it's head, where as smoke emptied from it's nostrils.
  Finally, the crazy old woman of the west said the beast is a calm beast if not disturbed, and enjoys the smells of her potted plants, which he visits some nights. She claims it does have giant, hairy arms, but only has 3 fingers for each hand, with one finger carrying a giant, sharp claw on each hand as well. Not to mention, it tends to sometimes knock over her plants with it's tentacle-like tail, making her believe it to be slightly clumsy.
   None the less, this beast has never been fully captured or seen. Maybe a brave soul can one day find and show us just what exactly haunts our meadows this time of year!!"

   Alright, so your mission is capture this beast with your trusty camera, and bring it back to us, so we can see just what exactly this thing is! The challenge is to pixel a piece of how this monster looks like, by using the above story and anecdotes as the monster traits, while at the same time making it look as if it's a photo, that was taken. As long as it doesn't conflict too much with the description above, it's look is totally up to you!
Rules:
size: 200x200 max
colors: 32 max
animation: no
transparency: no

Your entry has to be a scene since it's supposed to look like a photo, capturing the monster. Bonus for making your entry look like a photograph :)

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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 Pixeljoint Tales 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!



Edited by jalonso - 27 October 2008 at 5:52am

OOOOK! :)

I love this idea. :)

Hope I'll have time for this one. It's a very tough one but also something to show people skills too. :)

Must...! Pixel...!

this is my first time working on a challange here, So I hope I won't disappoint


First the monster design


And the line art

sounds like a gar from terry good kinds sword of truth series lol.

WEll, I like it :P not that I see anything :P

My Wip... all right?

or maybe someone took a photo but covered the lens with their thumb...

or you could have a ripped up version, a very not visible creature and a magnifine on the ripped strip.

Looking ok there pipe... :)

I was under the impression that front legs counted as arms.:/

That is correct. I said it had big arms, and 4 legs. One could say the front legs were the arms, or that it had 4 legs, and a set of arms as well...again, I did this to leave room for the imagination...don't worry about rules, you guys, just follow the description AS BEST AS YOU CAN, and pixel the scene....again, it's totally up to how your mind sees it.

OMG, MY LINEART IS HORRIBLE!



Edited by Igor K. - 30 October 2008 at 5:31pm

here's my Update, I think I'm going too slow

CaTZ: do not ever save pixel art as a jpeg...or if you're saving it as a bitmap in paint, don't do that either. Save only as a png or gif.

Yeah, sorry about that, since it was just for the WIP, I though it won't matter :P

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loved it Opacus! please, finish it. (with this "smoke", will you do BG?)

I know that is from the nose, i am trying to say (my english is bad), that is hard to do a BG and a translucent smoke.

I recommend for you, do a black BG and only put the shadow.



still wip

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edit:

FINAL (Maybe)


PREVIEW


what should I do? (haven't post yet)


Edited by Igor K. - 01 November 2008 at 11:36am

hey has the countdown ticker factored in the daylight savings fall back? i thought the ticker was on Pacific Standard Time, but it's saying we only have till 11pm.

eh?

-pv

I submitted a minute too late.... I got up at 6 am to finish this piece and I did the same mistake again... Well I guess you cant  wait until the last second
Well anyway here is my entry:



Edited by pipe - 03 November 2008 at 12:16am

thanks
now I feel better :)