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   CHALLENGE: Isometric Alien Building
Create an isometric building that you would expect to find on a strange alien planet.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Maximum 32.
Transparency - Required.
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 Isometric Alien Building pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Desert building by Sev_4
Something is wrong! by Calv
Solar-Renaissance by Zenobia

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

Isometric : Dumbell Alien building by Arylic
Isometric Alien Apartment Block by mogeeoh
Alien Dog's Home by Antiboton
Invader Building by SUPAFLOW
Alien House by Platnium
Sunnymoon Estate. by Stickman
bulding ALIEN by Spirou
Iso alien competition by GuiZ
Alien Building by mach
Isometric Alien Parking Building by Jeremy
Alien Building by JoPix
aliens ... by Canty

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 1/26/2009: Isometric Alien Buil Posted: 26 January 2009 at 12:11am
	CHALLENGE: Isometric Alien Building Create an isometric building that you would expect to find on a strange alien planet. Canvas Size - Unrestricted. Colours - Maximum 32. Transparency - Required. 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 Isometric Alien Building pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Desert building by Sev_4 Something is wrong! by Calv Solar-Renaissance by Zenobia Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Isometric : Dumbell Alien building by Arylic Isometric Alien Apartment Block by mogeeoh Alien Dog's Home by Antiboton Invader Building by SUPAFLOW Alien House by Platnium Sunnymoon Estate. by Stickman bulding ALIEN by Spirou Iso alien competition by GuiZ Alien Building by mach Isometric Alien Parking Building by Jeremy Alien Building by JoPix aliens ... by Canty
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.:Exar-kun:. Seaman Joined: 05 June 2007 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 3:43am
	We must use transparence = We must draw only the building and not the background ?
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 3:51am
	yes
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Club Beuker Commander Joined: 29 January 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 513	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 4:13am
	Ooooowyeah! Can't let this one pass!
	Without me, it's just aweso
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MaladeMental Seaman Joined: 27 July 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 10:04am
	A wip from space! let's take place in one of those yellow building!
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skooba-dude Commander Joined: 24 October 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 104	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 5:56pm
	WIP, might need help with the glass l8ter

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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 6:03pm
	Working on a semi Organic, semi High tech building thing Just wondering if the people/spaceships'll be allowed if a landscape isn't (Plan to animate)
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 6:24pm
	Yes spaceships and people etc.. are fine. Just keep the focus on the building that's all :P
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 26 January 2009 at 8:01pm
	Here's my work in progress. It kind of looks like a thumb-tac in a thumb-tac. I seem to be having a problem with transparency though. I'm using Graphicsgale(free edition) Can transparency be done with that? Edited by dpixel - 26 January 2009 at 8:03pm
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 27 January 2009 at 12:23am
	If you're having trouble with transparency you could try Iaza.com
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ProgZmax Seaman Joined: 23 February 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 12	Posted: 27 January 2009 at 2:12am
	I haven't done anything in ISO in a long time. I might just give this a go!
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 27 January 2009 at 5:31am
	" If you're having trouble with transparency you could try Iaza.com " Thanks, That works great!
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 27 January 2009 at 5:07pm
	I've done everything I think, now for animating!
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Arylic Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 27 January 2009 at 5:50pm
	well i am gonna work on this on form the next 4 days... its a alien or space building/factory/home. Ill add more details this is just 1 days work.
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 27 January 2009 at 8:50pm
	Gah, it's a little hectic but I'm tired of looking at the thing already
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Arylic Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 12:48am
	My second wip still lacks a lot of details.
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Oren_shtiv Seaman Joined: 27 October 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 6:14am
	Wow great job Arylic!, even my account is disabled i still can write stuff in the forum so i will comennt your stuff ok?. if i could login so i would be happy to join this callenge! because i really love aliens...and i did one and its really smoote...in 2 years or 1 year i will be happy to post it on PJ. good-bye! and good luck with the challenge!.
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Oren_shtiv Seaman Joined: 27 October 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 6:15am
	oh and another thing....i think the second place is Jeremy's work!,really cool!,but the other stuff are good too :P and 3rd place is dpixel's job,really cool (even i still didn't saw the reall one..) Edited by Oren_shtiv - 28 January 2009 at 6:16am
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 9:40am
	Everything is looking real good here! This is almost complete. I'm kind of lost for more ideas. I guess I'll kind of just let it be the structure and shadows. This is my first pixel art challenge, so I'm looking at this as an experience. Edited by dpixel - 28 January 2009 at 10:22am
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 10:29am
	dpixel: you should take a look at some of the iso tutorials we've got to help you determine where you might have gone wrong with this. The concept itself is cool, but I'm afraid it doesn't add up to typical iso proportions
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 10:45am
	I though isometric was 3d represented in 2d. I looked at a few tutorials and it looks like I have a few isometric cylinders. And the whole thing minus the shadows could fit in an isometric rectangle. Could you give me a link to an iso tutorial to show more of what I'm not seeing? I won't submit this if it doesn't fit. Thanks. Edited by dpixel - 28 January 2009 at 11:08am
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 1:50pm
	I made a tutorial yesterday for future reference on how to create Iso-Circles. It's based on something done in Technical Drawing but it's not as exact Your circles ATM aren't quite isometric Edited by Jeremy - 28 January 2009 at 1:57pm
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 2:03pm
	dpixel: http://pixeljoint.com/pixels/links.asp?id=2254
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 2:37pm
	Ok. I see. It's from the angle you view it...that's why my circles aren't right. I actually tried to fit them to match the others after tweaking them. I'm actually a programmer who has made city building sims using a 2-pixel then step up..another 2 pixels, etc...maps. I'm new to this pixel art thing and should have thought more exacting; like a programmer. That's too bad. I put a lot of time into this for the challenge...My own fault though. I won't submit this. Thanks for the "How to create iso-circles" tutorial.
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 4:05pm
	dpixel, you still have plenty of time, don't give up! Yours looks futuristic, like something out of the Jetsons. On another note, I've submitted mine and changed the timing so it's not so jerky
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 4:27pm
	Thanks for the encouragement Jeremy. If I can find some more time I might submit something else. This one would be time consuming to convert to something isometrical and have it come out right. I'm new at this and it probably takes me a lot longer to create pixel art than most for now. There's always seems to be weekly challenges here anyway. Thanks again
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Metaru Commander Joined: 03 February 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3305	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 4:41pm
	*Originally posted by Arylic* well i am gonna work on this on form the next 4 days... its a alien or space building/factory/home. Ill add more details this is just 1 days work. The shading makes absolutely no sense. you really need to go and read some basci concepts about Isometric PA arylic.
	I ate leel's babies
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Arylic Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 28 January 2009 at 6:57pm
	@ metaru - i exactly understand your quires and it also has a reason behind it. There is not only one source of light in that particular atmosphere such as earth and thus there are also more buildings beside it so basically i made a unknown shading based on a unknown building...
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Arylic Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 12:59am
	Ok here is my my third wip.
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Metaru Commander Joined: 03 February 2020 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3305	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 2:23am
	please, show me your lightsources in that image. bet you have no idea what you're talking about.
	I ate leel's babies
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.:Exar-kun:. Seaman Joined: 05 June 2007 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 1:49pm
	http://i38.servimg.com/u/f38/13/38/08/96/ccpjal10.png [EDITbyLarwick: Censored image. There are some people who might not want to surprised by a dick on their screens.] Edited by Larwick - 01 February 2009 at 8:54pm
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dpixel Commander Joined: 03 February 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 564	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 2:17pm
	Holy phallus! LOL
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Arylic Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 5:19pm
	Am i wrong or that was a dick ?
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 7:35pm
	@Exar: yucky >.< Are you saying that a guy's body is an alien planet? Update:
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Arylic Midshipman Joined: 15 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45	Posted: 29 January 2009 at 7:54pm
	submitted mine.
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Slemboll Midshipman Joined: 13 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Posted: 30 January 2009 at 3:19pm
	*Originally posted by Arylic* Ok here is my my third wip. to get a little variation in the picture why not rotate some off the "watch" towers it would look a lot better :)
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.:Exar-kun:. Seaman Joined: 05 June 2007 Location: France Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 31 January 2009 at 9:36am
	submitted
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Antiboton Midshipman Joined: 20 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 88	Posted: 31 January 2009 at 1:36pm
	One more time I decided to enter to the week contest. And after 2 days finally I finish this: Questions or comments? ^_^ Hope you like it. I will submit it to Kenneth Fejer, Isocity's page, too. Edited by Antiboton - 31 January 2009 at 1:38pm
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Ricki Midshipman Joined: 06 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 52	Posted: 31 January 2009 at 1:53pm
	Very nice and smooth work :) ..I like it :)
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SUPAFLOW Seaman Joined: 10 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 31 January 2009 at 6:25pm
	Here's my WIP.
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 31 January 2009 at 6:59pm
	Awesome What is it, an alien apartment building? The one thing I'm not liking at this point is the bright green radar things
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mogeeoh Seaman Joined: 10 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 31 January 2009 at 8:38pm
	This is my first challenge entry and I've just realised everyone has been posting WIPs. Wish I'd kept a log of my work to show you guys but live and learn I suppose. I'm doing some Iso work for my Honours year and was recently in a bit of a lul of ideas. I saw this challenge and thought I'd give it a bash. I think it's an apartment building of some kind with a comunal garden on the roof. oh and orange goo powers everything for some reason. All comments and Critique welcome and encouraged.
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Antiboton Midshipman Joined: 20 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 88	Posted: 01 February 2009 at 9:33am
	I'm not sure about the curve in the hot liquid at top. But almost everything looks nice.
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SUPAFLOW Seaman Joined: 10 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 6	Posted: 01 February 2009 at 2:24pm
	10 h and my building is not approve...
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 01 February 2009 at 5:31pm
	Don't worry, you still have plenty of time. The voting doesn't usually start until all challenge pieces are out of the queue.
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Antiboton Midshipman Joined: 20 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 88	Posted: 01 February 2009 at 6:54pm
	Calm, surely it will be in the contests. I like your retro composition.
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