CHALLENGE 8/16/2010: Ssslimy
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Topic: CHALLENGE 8/16/2010: Ssslimy
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 8/16/2010: Ssslimy
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 12:01am
Replies:
Posted By: KingOfTheTrolls
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 1:43am
How's it looking? |
Posted By: snowk
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 7:53am
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alright kingofthetrolls here are some tips. when the thing that crushes him comes down, make it faster, but keep it the same speed going up. this will give a sense of gravity. add some lighter shine to the creature to make him look more slimy. you also might want to make that explosion more clear. also it looks like you might have reused the grass and stone from your avatar. remember that everything has to be made the week of the challenge. i might enter thins one just for the challenge of animating a fluid creature. might be hard. and to make sure we can go anywhere below 80 by 100? ------------- -Snowk |
Posted By: jazcks
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 8:17am
some mutant lollipop... :P |
Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 12:37pm
slime boar!  ill probably make an idle animation and background. Should I take the tusks off and call it a pig? |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 1:00pm
Slime swamp creature WIP. There will be more slime. ------------- |
Posted By: HCGamer
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 3:12pm
Initial mockup. ------------- This is not a sig, look away now. Go on, get. |
Posted By: jazcks
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 7:24pm
update with some color testing... --> edit: new one:  |
Posted By: Buddy90
Date Posted: 16 August 2010 at 7:34pm
 Death Slug, WIP. CnC pl0x. ------------- http://ps3trophycard.com/profile/vilocon"> 
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Posted By: vertig0zone
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 1:19am
I've been trying to nail down the whole transparencty thing, and failing at it. It's more difficult than i thought. Nice challenge. I'm having trouble conveying trancelucency and depth in the smaller areas. I have no idea how i'm going to handle the mouth and eyes. and the shins look horrible. |
Posted By: FrostPumpkin
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:53am
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So much time I didn't pixel anything ! My wip for the challenge, a pumpkin jellyfish.  Crits highly appreciated. |
Posted By: Erowel
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 1:40pm
Just a WIP (that's hideous ><). FrostPumpkin, the right part isn't finished ? Edit : New version : -> 
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Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 2:38pm
update with animation  three frames so far. |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 2:55pm
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Hanny's Voorwerp. Vertigo: you're making it too small, that's why it's hard. Make better use of the canvas. FrostP: awesome! Erowel: good start, I like the simple shape. |
Posted By: EdJr
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 3:13pm
I started it without seeing the maximum size, btw that's the WIP:
I am making it smaller now, and don't worry, I'll modify the eyes. The initial idea is of a "Leaf Village conch" (referencing Naruto anime), and it will make a very slow Jutsu. If someone has a good idea about this, tell me. =D (And sorry for my bad english) |
Posted By: FrostPumpkin
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 4:32pm
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Thanks Manupix (: Adcrusher : I really like it ! Needs to be smoother though.  |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 4:39pm
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FrostPumpkin, That really looks good!
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Posted By: EdJr
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 5:03pm
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Looks really beautiful! Is it finished?
Mine, again but resized and a little bit modified: 
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Posted By: StepDragon
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 6:09pm
| EdJu, Reminds me of AHH!!! Real Monsters... If anybody knows the reference. as for the jutsu you could make him turn into a headband, with a green strap. |
Posted By: Jaker Pot
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:31pm
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Wow, that pumpjelly is really amazing! Ok, now's mine... I've done it really quick, its a blobfish monster kind of thing :) I need help with the pallete btw...  |
Posted By: jazcks
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:48pm
well, i think it's ok for my first challenge entry...  pd.FrostPumpkin , very nice jellyfish 
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Posted By: HCGamer
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:52pm
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Originally posted by Jaker Pot
Wow, that pumpjelly is really amazing!Ok, now's mine...I've done it really quick, its a blobfish monster kind of thing :)I need help with the pallete btw...
This is supposed to be an original creature. You copied a real animal, the blobfish.  ------------- This is not a sig, look away now. Go on, get. |
Posted By: HCGamer
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:54pm
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Originally posted by jazcks
well, i think it's ok for my first challenge entry... pd.FrostPumpkin , very nice jellyfish
If I saw this in a candy store, I'd buy it. It's definitely my favorite piece so far. ------------- This is not a sig, look away now. Go on, get. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 7:58pm
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Good catch HCGamer. Jaker Pot please adjust to create an original creature. Being inspired by a blobfish is cool but make an original creature...on the bright side, this solves your whole pallete question  Originally posted by Adcrusher524 slime boar! ill probably make an idle animation and background. Should I take the tusks off and call it a pig? No call it a Chia Pet  ------------- |
Posted By: Jaker Pot
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:01pm
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Hum, ok, sorry =p I will do a new one, no prob :) What do you mean Jalonso? Should i do it brighter? I'm looking for a style that can merge blue, green and pink, that's why it is so 'clean'. I don't really know what to do. Something like http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/33605.htm - this or http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/27175.htm - this but smooth like http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/34404.htm# - this Not talking about quality, just about smoothness and color combination (you can't play the 'fool' right?) |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:06pm
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Its no big deal or a problem if you misunderstood the rules call for creating an original creature. What I meant was that now that you have to modify the art itself the color palette is not yet important. If you want its skin to have many colors like a shell has or a pearl you'll most likely want to use a lot of dithering so you can smoothly change from one color to another. Using a neutral color will help, see the feature interview with adarias to further understand this or check out what Jinn does with dithering...©Dithergasmic. ------------- |
Posted By: Jaker Pot
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:08pm
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Yeah, i saw the Adarias interview, its great, but thats not what i wanted. I updated the post with some examples. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:18pm
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Well that's all about color choices mostly but the first 2 depend on
dithering to further combine colors. Why don't you work on your piece so
it fit the rules and lay in colors that are near the shades you want to
have and roughly where they will go. Post it here (or make a WIP
thread) and I'll help you develop the palette for it :) (not tonight tho, I'm off to bed soon...tomorrow.) _hey! you're the underwater forest guy, hehe. You pixel well but as you know its your color sense and color selection that seems to be the biggest obstacle for you. ------------- |
Posted By: HCGamer
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:36pm
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Originally posted by jalonso
Good catch HCGamer. Yes! I finally did something right on here! :P ------------- This is not a sig, look away now. Go on, get. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 8:49pm
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Originally posted by HCGamer ...I finally did something right on here! :P You have never done anything 'wrong'. You are new to pixelart, Pixeljoint and the ways of the pixel and are going thru what everyone else has who enjoys pixelart and wishes to improve has to. Everything in life has a learning curve and whether you go slow or quick nothing is wrong as long as you behave and respect others, which you do. We all like helping and supporting each other...really :) I generally hate going OT but I'll make an exception here: You try and try and on that alone I respect you. However, you are slightly spastic and still run on the quantity vs. quality. Not anyone else's quality but your own quality as it is today. Pixelart by its nature is a detailed activity, rushing pixelart when you are new to it is a stumbling block. Patience is the key to it, you have yet to make this discovery. Taking some care to choose colors is important too when Pixelart is about low color counts, not every green is the right green. You have to experiment and try new things all the time. All these hurdles should be a fun learning process. Until you make some of these leaps in progress you may encounter resistance and rejection. Ignore it and move on taking knowledge with every piece. You'll get there if you try. We have all been there. ------------- |
Posted By: Jaker Pot
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 9:08pm
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Originally posted by jalonso Well that's all about color choices mostly but the first 2 depend on dithering to further combine colors. Why don't you work on your piece so it fit the rules and lay in colors that are near the shades you want to have and roughly where they will go. Post it here (or make a WIP thread) and I'll help you develop the palette for it :) (not tonight tho, I'm off to bed soon...tomorrow.) _hey! you're the underwater forest guy, hehe. You pixel well but as you know its your color sense and color selection that seems to be the biggest obstacle for you. YES I am. I would apreciate your help! I will start it tomorrow at night. I will study better the colors and try to keep it slimy. Thanks!! |
Posted By: HCGamer
Date Posted: 17 August 2010 at 10:55pm
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Originally posted by jalonso
Originally posted by HCGamer You have never done anything 'wrong'. You are new to pixelart, Pixeljoint and the ways of the pixel and are going thru what everyone else has who enjoys pixelart and wishes to improve has to. Everything in life has a learning curve and whether you go slow or quick nothing is wrong as long as you behave and respect others, which you do. We all like helping and supporting each other...really :)I generally hate going OT but I'll make an exception here:
...I finally did something right on here! :P You try and try and on that alone I respect you. However, you are slightly spastic and still run on the quantity vs. quality. Not anyone else's quality but your own quality as it is today. Pixelart by its nature is a detailed activity, rushing pixelart when you are new to it is a stumbling block. Patience is the key to it, you have yet to make this discovery. Taking some care to choose colors is important too when Pixelart is about low color counts, not every green is the right green. You have to experiment and try new things all the time. All these hurdles should be a fun learning process. Until you make some of these leaps in progress you may encounter resistance and rejection. Ignore it and move on taking knowledge with every piece. You'll get there if you try. We have all been there. Thanks, but I only said that as a little joke. I already know I'm not the best nor worst artist on here.  ------------- This is not a sig, look away now. Go on, get. |
Posted By: Sham
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 12:20am
http://www.radikal.ru">
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Posted By: ev149
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:28am
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No! Not a JPEG!
Also, way too many colors and that background should probably be transparent, since it doesn't do anything for the piece. |
Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:05am
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Originally posted by Sham http://www.radikal.ru"> Also, please don't link images, it interferes with the click-zoom. Link text if you have to. Looks like a good idea so far. |
Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:13am
 What yah's think? The hole is meant to be a mouth and the orb was originally going to be an eye but the pupil made it look horrid. I'm not too good and I just got my net back again. Oh and I didn't dither, In fact I used no single pixels what-so-ever all pixels are attached to at least one other of the same colour. ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: HCGamer
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:26am
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Originally posted by Sham
http://www.radikal.ru"> Very very cool. ------------- This is not a sig, look away now. Go on, get. |
Posted By: Delicious
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 3:18pm
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Looking great, guys. I really like that pumpkin jellyfish.
This is what I have so far, I'm not to crazy on some parts such as the outline on the water. Any suggestions? 
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Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 4:25pm
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@delicoius
looks nice! but not very ssslimy imo.... is it supposed to be like a partial underwater view? if so maybe make the lower body/ tentacles shine through... |
Posted By: Delicious
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 5:45pm
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Thanks. I agree, it doesn't look slimy enough, so I added a bit of slime dripping down from it's body (Sexy, eh?). I also agree with the whole lower body being visible, however I'm trying to figure out how to do that. =P
Anyways, here is the current one: 
I will be updating my gallery as I go along. Edit - kinda like this, maybe? 
Edit 2 - Here is the most current one. 
Improving? |
Posted By: Rostii
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 7:31pm
c & c? < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" =""> |
Posted By: amerup
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 8:33pm
Here's mine so far... I'm not really good with the whole slimy effect, any criticism/advice? Who said slimy creatures couldn't be sweet and loving? |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:38pm
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Originally posted by amerup
the good: Cute, funny and nicely pixelled the bad: The border, the white BG and all that black used in the mouth Maybe use purples for the Bg and make the talk bubble white. Substitute the black for a dark blueish purple thats desaturated. ------------- |
Posted By: amerup
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:43pm
| jalonso: Thank you! Hah yeah the border's just bad.. So I'm gonna take that out, and I'll change the background. The mouth is already dark purple but I guess it's a bit too dark. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 9:54pm
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You are only using 13 colors :) You have everything you need to make the mouth better. Its all the BG.  added more slimytude ------------- |
Posted By: amerup
Date Posted: 18 August 2010 at 10:30pm
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Great edit, thanks :)
And ohh I was wondering how many colors I was at.. didn't feel like counting :P But yeah, I'll definitely do what you said, thanks again :) |
Posted By: coreyh2
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 3:48am
 I'm not sure if I'll actually finish this. I think I should come up with something less gross. |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 5:08am
 that change? |
Posted By: Paulo Peres
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 8:38am
Here's the progress of my entry.
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Posted By: Rostii
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 3:12pm
I changed the colors a tad, and made another slime creature. (I still need to add a fork though.) &  (too lazy to add a detailed background to the second one) < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" =""> |
Posted By: EdJr
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 4:46pm
I would make an animation, but I'm too tired and I know that I don't have chance. But I'll leave the last step of my piece:
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Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 19 August 2010 at 6:15pm
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@Rostii- I actually prefer the first one. @EdJr- I like this however some more yellow in the highlights and blue in the shadow might help it look more slimy. Oh and the hands with the eyes also reminds me of Ahhh Real Monsters. Love that show! ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: FrostPumpkin
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 4:45am
| Guys, keep it mind that dithering makes it looks rough. That's why there's the additionnal challenge. |
Posted By: slym
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 9:57am
This is what I have so far:
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Posted By: Rostii
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 2:28pm
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Originally posted by ultimaodin @Rostii- I actually prefer the first one. Really? I think the second one is better, it seems like it pops more. I made another one with less dithering, and a few edits. Maybe you will agree on this one being the dominate one?  < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" =""> |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 2:57pm
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Originally posted by Rostii Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay Betterrrrrrrrrrrrrr! BG could be touched a bit ------------- |
Posted By: Rostii
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 4:35pm
Edited the background and some areas on the creature that could use work: Should I keep the transparent circles? < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" =""> |
Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 5:15pm
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The new look is definite improvement. I preferred this composition mainly because it didn't just seem stationary but like it was coming at you. I liked the transparent bubbly bag but it didn't do anything for the piece I think some sort of motion lines or some sort of optical illusion promoting the idea of momentum. Just a suggestion though. More chunks of slime falling off like in the top left would also make it more interesting I personally believe. ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 7:16pm
I call him..
Waldmeister ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 August 2010 at 8:33pm
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@Rostii, this week's entries demand you step it up. Check out how FrostPumpkin added smaller versions to add depth and volume. I don't say copy him but think about making the BG part of the scene as opposed to a design/graphic BG, ya noes? @snader, you kill me >.< ------------- |
Posted By: ev149
Date Posted: 21 August 2010 at 8:27am
Any ideas for how it could be improved? |
Posted By: Paulo Peres
Date Posted: 21 August 2010 at 11:24am
Colorized slimy.
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Posted By: Rostii
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 12:35am
Alright, I think I'm done now...  < id="gwProxy" ="">< ="jsCall();" id="jsProxy" =""> |
Posted By: dillinger
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 10:36am
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My WIP
Treasure Chest Burster http://emberapp.com/users/eris0023/images/slimy"> 
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