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CHALLENGE 10/25/2010: Melloween

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Topic: CHALLENGE 10/25/2010: Melloween
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 10/25/2010: Melloween
Date Posted: 25 October 2010 at 12:03am

CHALLENGE: Melloween

As Halloween is just around the corner, we want you to make something scary. Not just anything scary though, we want you to present something mundane or pleasant in a scary way. So for example, an evil grandma or a man-eating goldfish.

Try to be as imaginative as you possibly can - this means you should attempt to avoid common horror motifs such as evil dogs, creepy clowns or scary pumpkins etc...

Credit for the challenge idea goes to http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/2621.htm - Cure .

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 13.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

CHALLENGE RULES

  • Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to /pixels/submit_icons.asp'>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 /forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=8'>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

/pixels/poll.asp?id=1213' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Melloween pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

/pixelart/57060.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>mellowbus by /p/19364.htm' target='_blank'>Red_Mist
/pixelart/57000.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>mr. rabbit by /p/21750.htm' target='_blank'>Sasajun
/pixelart/56956.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>In soviet Russia by /p/18617.htm' target='_blank'>Photocopier


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

/pixelart/57026.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Teddy bear by /p/30050.htm' target='_blank'>wimpy80
/pixelart/57044.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bushballoom by /p/29919.htm' target='_blank'>Dweller
/pixelart/56970.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>pixeled mutant potatoe by /p/29942.htm' target='_blank'>licnep
/pixelart/57003.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Melloween - Toilets by /p/30109.htm' target='_blank'>TeaR
/pixelart/57081.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Murder Book by /p/30093.htm' target='_blank'>Wootai
/pixelart/57034.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Patakana by /p/22678.htm' target='_blank'>Relix
/pixelart/57058.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>BloodyMoon by /p/30070.htm' target='_blank'>fairyvilje
/pixelart/56963.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Vanilla Cake by /p/29697.htm' target='_blank'>NezzyMcleod
/pixelart/57063.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Scary Snail~ by /p/17275.htm' target='_blank'>Satsume
/pixelart/56922.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Lay Your Head To Rest by /p/30028.htm' target='_blank'>Mallonee
/pixelart/56981.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Pussycat by /p/28313.htm' target='_blank'>Duchnois
/pixelart/57070.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Doomflies by /p/24313.htm' target='_blank'>pkjo
/pixelart/56921.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Scary Shroomz by /p/28472.htm' target='_blank'>yaomon17
/pixelart/56976.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>MAN SMOKING JOINT..dundundun by /p/26211.htm' target='_blank'>greengun


Replies:
Posted By: yaomon17
Date Posted: 25 October 2010 at 6:55pm
I am done!

Posted By: Oreo0000
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 2:01pm
For somthing like this I figured everyone would be doing ghosts, ghouls, and monsters. I wanted to take a different rout, Pshycological fear. Heres a draft.

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:08pm
we want you to present something mundane or pleasant in a scary way

Fear is already scary, k?

Posted By: Wootai
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:15pm
Havent Seen alot on this competition yet, but i thought i would show off my WIP as it is now.
Keep in mind: the animation does need to be smoothed out and some other things need editing i know, but i thought i'd check to make sure i am interpreting the theme correctly. My mundane item would be a touch screen cell phone with apps.




Edit: having trouble posting image...
Edit: GOT IT!

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 27 October 2010 at 10:34pm
@Wootai - try uploading the image again using imgur.

edit: looks like you just fixed things up. Anyway, it seems to be heavily suffering from compression artefacts. Do you have a non compressed version of the image?


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Posted By: Wootai
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 7:27am
That's probably mostly from when I had to convert it from the 25 colors i had originally been working with to the 13 that the challenge allows. I have to now go in and re-work the colors and key frames to work with the limited pallet but i'm just trying to see if there are any critiques on the composition, or interpretation of theme.

Posted By: Numberplay
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 7:30am
I've found this on the Internet. It's not mine but i find it funny that it fits well with this challenge. Not sure if it's pixel art though.

Posted By: Wootai
Date Posted: 28 October 2010 at 2:12pm
@oreo I'm sorry but i am having such a hard time trying to figure out exactly what yours is. can someone help me out?
It looks like a tunnel entrance that is crying, or something else that is crying. I'm really not seeing the horror of it.

Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 29 October 2010 at 11:51am
If I draw an octopus, will it count as something mundane? Probably not. Just wondering though. Because I'm drawing a scary octopus. Heh.

Posted By: Oreo0000
Date Posted: 30 October 2010 at 4:17pm
Ok, so mine is kinda a take off of the Jon Burgerman sketches, but heres something a bit different(Dr. Jekarot). Suggestions?


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