CHALLENGE 9/6/2010: Into the Time Machine
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Topic: CHALLENGE 9/6/2010: Into the Time Machine
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Subject: CHALLENGE 9/6/2010: Into the Time Machine
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 12:01am
CHALLENGE: Into the Time MachineCreate a new and original human character (full body not portraits) and show that particular character through four stages of his or her life:
Place each version of the character (full body) above the age listed on the bottom of the canvas. You may modify the template slightly, but please keep the sizes of each section the same.
CHALLENGE RULES
CHALLENGE JUDGING
CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
CHALLENGE VOTING/pixels/poll.asp?id=1206' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!CHALLENGE AWARDSThe Into the Time Machine pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:/pixelart/55969.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Age Challenge by /p/25752.htm' target='_blank'>lumi-mae /pixelart/55899.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>Warrior's life cycle by /p/21045.htm' target='_blank'>a3um /pixelart/55975.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Confectioner by /p/29334.htm' target='_blank'>Ichitoko Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! /pixelart/55967.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The life of a Jew by /p/26146.htm' target='_blank'>KingOfTheTrolls /pixelart/55953.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Future Disappointment by /p/17034.htm' target='_blank'>KORCHA
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 12:32am
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So it has to be human and the ages are set at 10 20 40 80? Can it be something, like oh say... Mario? 8-bit Donkey Kong Mario > 32-bit SNES Mario > 3D rendered Wii Mario > some far off hologram future Mario at age 80? Just crazy ideas, you know how I can get.  -------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 2:16am
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original human character |
Posted By: Theoden
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 4:30am
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Cool theme, I got an idea and I am in. |
Posted By: Fingerfoods
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 7:36am
| Oh, man. I have amassed a ridiculous amount of original characters over the years. This challenge is about to get spammed. (In a good way I hope.) |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 7:54am
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new and original. I'm sure you have it in you to create just one more original character :P ------------- |
Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 9:16am
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Human? Damn D:
Humans are so boring. |
Posted By: Fingerfoods
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 9:23am
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Originally posted by skamocore
new and original.I'm sure you have it in you to create just one more original character :P Curses! 
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Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 3:39pm
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I'm sure there will be lots of anatomy issues with this challenge. I don't know where I'm going with this, but I had some time today. It's a start? Maybe pregnant at 40? lol Any c+c would be appreciated. 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 5:05pm
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@All, it seems challenge entries MUST be full body and not portraits. Some convo on that in the gallery news item. Found a good ref/example http://tysonhesse.blogspot.com/2010/04/awkward-aging.html - HERE - http://caterpillarpublishing.com/?p=445 - HERE ------------- |
Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 6:28pm
| do you have to see to the feet? What about to the knees cause I did two portraits already and if I reduce them by 50 percent I won't have to start over but I can't fit the whole body in just to the knees. |
Posted By: Ichitoko
Date Posted: 06 September 2010 at 6:49pm
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I like this challenge. :'D
Still messing with shading and poses. P: 
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Posted By: mashimi
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 12:16am
| @Ichitoko I really like your age 10! i wont be surprised if you win :D |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 3:28am
Tryin' out a 16 colour palette for the other challenge... (Hoping the 80's version is full-body enough?) |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 3:37am
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Well, full body is full body. Looking good so far though. However, the 10 year old's shirt seems a bit messy. ------------- |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 3:59am
| 'Kay. I'll screw with the proportions a bit (more). |
Posted By: Taki
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 7:23am
 gave up already, not motivated enough |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 9:58am
Yep. It's going to be 40 and pregnant. 40 is the new 30.
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Posted By: lumi-mae
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 2:47pm
Am I doing it right?  I feel it's kind of incomplete, any comments on it? :3 |
Posted By: Ichitoko
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 3:22pm
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@Mashimi: Lol~ Thanks! :'D
@Lumi-Mae: Ohh, OC always on the move! Awesome. O: Maybe add more to the background to give some more life to the piece? |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 4:54pm
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@Lumi-Mae: Looks great; 20's lifted leg seems a bit short though. Also, nice background colours, they look a lot better than mine.
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Posted By: mashimi
Date Posted: 07 September 2010 at 10:31pm
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@lumi-mae I really like the concept of that piece, I really like 20 and 80 because there both really happy (not saying the others aren't) keep it up and don't change the whole thing to much! :D |
Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 1:33am
| @Lumi-Mae: sooo cool! |
Posted By: squint
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 2:30am
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@Lumi-mae - thats beautiful everyone elses are really cool, frightened to show mine now! |
Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 2:40am
I think I'm gonna enter. Not sure if I'll finish this in time but whatever... WIP
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Posted By: Nessiah
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 3:58am
I'm not sure if I did this right...before moving on (more specifically 80 years old) But oh well! |
Posted By: fawful
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 8:12am
This is my entry Man,i am so freaking awesome at pixel art. ------------- |
Posted By: Night
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 9:10am
| WOW this is so amazing all the details and those amazing colors,this one gonna win for sure ;). |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 11:03am
Maori Warrior - WIP ------------- |
Posted By: shampoop
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 11:19am
Hey jalonso, I'm not seeing a big difference between age 20 and 40. I guess this is a good thing because I am 30  . Maybe some more grey in the 40 year olds hair.(the receding hairline helps)
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Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 12:39pm
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Ten years old looks too old.
And... This isn't really as good as most of your work. But again, its just a WIP, so I will give it some time. |
Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 1:00pm
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There should be a rule about mod's not entering! He's going to rig it so he wins! ehh he's going to win anyways, thats some sick pixel art he's working on.
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Posted By: fawful
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 1:06pm
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Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 1:14pm
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Originally posted by Adcrusher524 There should be a rule about mods not entering! He's going to rig it so he wins! ehh he's going to win anyways, that's some sick pixel art he's working on.
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean; how would he rig it so he wins? Staff members have the exact same voting power as any other member. ------------- |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 1:33pm
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Originally posted by Adcrusher524 There should be a rule about mod's not entering! He's going to rig it so he wins! ehh he's going to win anyways, thats some sick pixel art he's working on.
Yeah, he's going to win because he's that good.... I know... Another one of these for me:    Anyway. Another WIP. I'll see if I can finish. Again, any c+c would be helpful.  ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 1:59pm
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99% chance I won't win because there is a 99% chance I won't enter :p Y'alls may think I can do no wrong, but, I fail at sprites and anatomy as it relates to pixelart. This has always been my weakness. I over pixel and hands never seem to work out well. I do take most opportunities to try and improve my spritin' and that's all I was doing here. ------------- |
Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 2:07pm
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Originally posted by skamocore Originally posted by Adcrusher524 There should be a rule about mods not entering! He's going to rig it so he wins! ehh he's going to win anyways, that's some sick pixel art he's working on.
Sorry, I don't understand what you mean; how would he rig it so he wins? Staff members have the exact same voting power as any other member. I was kidding about Jalonso rigging the challenge. sorry for the misunderstanding. anyway, here's mine so far.  The kid needs a lot of work. I've been mainly focusing on the knight so far. I plan for age 40 to have him mounted on a horse, and age 80 maybe an old king. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 2:12pm
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Originally posted by Adcrusher524 I was kidding about Jalonso rigging the challenge. sorry for the misunderstanding. I knew that ;) Did they have that kind of clothing(on 10 year old) in the Middle Ages? Maybe more 'raggy' looking. Hair on 20yo is too stiff/wierd. ------------- |
Posted By: Berserk
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 2:24pm
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dpixel: I think a more identifiable face would make it more interesting. I notice that a lot of the other entries have disproportionately large heads and focus more on the face than your realistically-proportioned work does.
Also, I feel like you should include her husband--most people don't dance alone, most people don't get pregnant alone, etc. Maybe she should have her kid/husband by her side in the last frame? |
Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 2:31pm
Still gotta reduce it to half its size and trace over it... But here's what I have so far.
A hippie! |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 4:22pm
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Originally posted by Berserk dpixel: I think a more identifiable face would make it more interesting. I notice that a lot of the other entries have disproportionately large heads and focus more on the face than your realistically-proportioned work does. Also, I feel like you should include her husband--most people don't dance alone, most people don't get pregnant alone, etc. Maybe she should have her kid/husband by her side in the last frame? Thanks for the input. You're probably right. Compared to the others, mine isn't all that interesting. A disproportionate large head is something I haven't done before. I'll have to practice that. I might skip this challenge now that I see the competition mounting. ------------- |
Posted By: KORCHA
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 5:23pm
I'm also gong to participate. Wanna see how far I can take this.I managed to finalize the poses really early, so all that leaves me with is to purty it up, also the current colors (and jaggy lines) aren't final. by the way would it be OK if I used something like this as a preview? The portrait was originally intended for 40's, but after checking the rules a second time I realised it said full body.. Don't know how I missed it, anyways I promise it won't be too misleading! 
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Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 5:38pm
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Originally posted by Berserk
Also, I feel like you should include her husband--most people don't dance alone, most people don't get pregnant alone, etc. Maybe she should have her kid/husband by her side in the last frame? What if she got pregnant after going to a dancing party alone(and stayed pregnant for 20 years)? :P |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 6:10pm
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@Korcha, I don't see a problem with a portrait for a preview for this. OT Originally posted by lucas_irineu What if she got pregnant after going to a dancing party alone(and stayed pregnant for 20 years)? :P @Lucas, You are on one serious comedy roll  ------------- |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 6:38pm
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@Korcha, really liking your piece so far, can't wait to see it finished.
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Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 8:36pm
WIP2. "Age 20" slightly inspired by Sanada Yukimura of the Sengoku Basara anime series.
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Posted By: lumi-mae
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 9:06pm
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Originally posted by lumi-mae Progress:  @Ichitoko: I added some clouds! It's very simple, but I didn't want to draw the attention from the characters.. How is your entry going? @skamocore: Thanks, I fixed her leg! I'm not sure if it should be a little larger.. @mashimi: Thank you! :3 She has grown up running and smilling her whole life! :D I wish I could be like that (specially running... u___u') @Petra: Thx! :) @squint: show us show us! \o/ |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 08 September 2010 at 9:35pm
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@a3um, that's coming out great! @lumi-mae, I love that you added some depth in the BG but I just don't know that that much dithering serves the piece. Maybe color 1st panel using the 2nd panel's color. The 2nd panel using the 3rd panel's colors, etc. The clouds seem to take away being that prominent too. Your piece is great, but I think you may need to edit yourself a bit. Maybe you/others disagree? ------------- |
Posted By: squint
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 12:45am
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well i think I've messed up with the brief but im having fun getting to grips with spriting again. Yep its a mess, I probably wont finish or be legible but hey its the taking part Love what i'm seeing from everyone so far.  |
Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 1:08am
WIP3. "Age 40" has kind of a spartan look:[ Yet I have no idea about how should my character look like at 80 *sigh*
Update WIP4. 
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Posted By: squint
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 5:44am
changed tack, wip : |
Posted By: Berserk
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 11:43am
| dpixel: I definitely don't think you should scrap the whole thing! It's still worth finishing! I think it would be a good piece even if you ignored the suggestions--I was just trying to give some ideas/input. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 11:48am
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Originally posted by Berserk dpixel: I definitely don't think you should scrap the whole thing! It's still worth finishing! mhmmmm! Padaung Woman  ------------- |
Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 4:00pm
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Awesome idea. Really really awesome idea. Shoulders look way to broad though. Finish this!
And the other one too, so you can get two awards. |
Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 09 September 2010 at 8:01pm
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Originally posted by Berserk dpixel: I definitely don't think you should scrap the whole thing! It's still worth finishing! I think it would be a good piece even if you ignored the suggestions--I was just trying to give some ideas/input. It wasn't your suggestions, although I do agree with them (except I don't think a husband would be allowed in this challenge...lol). It was more seeing some of the great WIPs made me rethink my approach and my style. We'll see though. I might make some modifications. ------------- |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 6:01am
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@jal: Nice stuff! :D The tats move around a bit from age to age, maybe make the oldest http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Rs53-MPsJaI/SntTSQruonI/AAAAAAAANt8/gq1b-a-ymnQ/s400/Maori-tattoo.jpg - really heavily tattooed . Another thing for the 80 year old could be a http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/images/stories/treaty/tw-045.jpg - kiwi feather cape? EDIT: The above was of course for the Maori warrior :P UPDATE:  |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 10:30am
Mursi Woman @Jeremy, just playing, not entering. ------------- |
Posted By: T-Mind
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 11:31am
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Originally posted by lumi-mae Lumi-mae, I really love this, if you colour the black outline I think it will improve a lot... This is a quick touch to see what I'm talking about, hope you like it:  |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 11:46am
http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/index?tags=tusika - PokeMAN  For Jinn :) ------------- |
Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 12:54pm
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Another nice shot, Jal! You should submit one of those! |
Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 6:00pm
| Jal, you should submit every single one of those. After finishing, of course. And then get some sort of badge like "Most challenge entries in a weekly challenge". And also win the first 3 prizes. |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 6:23pm
jal submit. 
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Posted By: mashimi
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 9:52pm
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Originally posted by lucas_irineu Jal, you should submit every single one of those. After finishing, of course. And then get some sort of badge like "Most challenge entries in a weekly challenge". And also win the first 3 prizes. I'll rofl if he gets 1, 2, 3  |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 September 2010 at 10:04pm
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Originally posted by mashimi Originally posted by lucas_irineu Jal, you should submit every single one of those. After finishing, of course. And then get some sort of badge like "Most challenge entries in a weekly challenge". And also win the first 3 prizes. I'll rofl if he gets 1, 2, 3 The most pieces was Metaru with something like 12 one week. I did 7 pieces for se7en's challenge. I think pain won 1-2-3 one week. I'm not entering any this week. I just keep messing around cuz this challenge has so many easy ideas to tell age. Maybe I'll make some huge 'It's a Small World' thing with every tribe I can find...I also have aborigines and an Amazon jungle tribe half doodled...may post :p ------------- |
Posted By: mashimi
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 1:03am
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Originally posted by jalonso Originally posted by mashimi Originally posted by lucas_irineu Jal, you should submit every single one of those. After finishing, of course. And then get some sort of badge like "Most challenge entries in a weekly challenge". And also win the first 3 prizes. I'll rofl if he gets 1, 2, 3 The most pieces was Metaru with something like 12 one week. I did 7 pieces for se7en's challenge. I think pain won 1-2-3 one week. I'm not entering any this week. I just keep messing around cuz this challenge has so many easy ideas to tell age. Maybe I'll make some huge 'It's a Small World' thing with every tribe I can find...I also have aborigines and an Amazon jungle tribe half doodled...may post :p sorry to make a spam pyramid (lol) but could you send me a link to the 1-2-3 win by pain? if you can find it? :) |
Posted By: lumi-mae
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 11:02am
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@jalonso:yeah I'm not quite happy with the background dithering too.. I'll think in something else.. (by the way your studies are awesome, really clever way of showing time passing!) @T-Min: wow I luv it! Thank you for taking your time! I'll definitely try it! |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 3:18pm
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@all: Pain got a 1-2 victory in the calendar contest, but it was found that he colour reduced some of his pieces (and lied about using references, etc.). So he's banned :P Yours truly got the 12-entry, in that same contest funnily enough. Jumping on the submit bandwagon, jal :> |
Posted By: mashimi
Date Posted: 11 September 2010 at 8:11pm
| pain is banned? for ever? oh-my. (never really knew that guy) |
Posted By: Ichitoko
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 12:02am
Lol. Don't think I'm going to make it. >__>;; And 40 looks like she's more suited to 80. 8D;
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Posted By: ev149
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 12:07pm
| http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/challenge_item.asp?id=1067 - Here 's pain's 1-2 win. He never had a 1-2-3. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 12 September 2010 at 7:00pm
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I stand corrected :p @Ichitoko, you piece is really cute and so well pixelled!, Hope you get to finish it :) ------------- |