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CHALLENGE 3/28/2011: Chiefly Tribal

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Topic: CHALLENGE 3/28/2011: Chiefly Tribal
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 3/28/2011: Chiefly Tribal
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 12:03am

CHALLENGE: Chiefly Tribal

Pixel a full-body sprite of a human http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_chief - chieftain from a fictitious primitive tribe.

Remember to consider what sort of clothing or accessories distinguishes the chieftain from other members of your fictitious tribe.

Canvas Size - Max 100 (width) x 120 (height).
Colours - Max 16.
Transparency - Required.
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=1235' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/60655.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Horny Chieftain by /p/9270.htm' target='_blank'>iLKke
/pixelart/60722.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>Mighty Chieftain by /p/15403.htm' target='_blank'>llshadow
/pixelart/60651.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Muchaka by /p/8988.htm' target='_blank'>jamon


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

/pixelart/60576.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Chief Grey Eyes by /p/20879.htm' target='_blank'>Assyrius
/pixelart/60758.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Chief Og by /p/2621.htm' target='_blank'>cure
/pixelart/60690.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>war chieftan uhuw by /p/32108.htm' target='_blank'>wuhu
/pixelart/60591.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Tribal Chieftan by /p/32324.htm' target='_blank'>Advarsky
/pixelart/60684.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>部落首领 by /p/30821.htm' target='_blank'>marple
/pixelart/60592.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Сhieftain by /p/28313.htm' target='_blank'>Duchnois
/pixelart/60606.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Whatamagic! by /p/30024.htm' target='_blank'>luisniel
/pixelart/60618.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Chief by /p/28472.htm' target='_blank'>yaomon17
/pixelart/60757.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bee Chieftain by /p/29150.htm' target='_blank'>Everet
/pixelart/60602.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Lord of a Desert Tribe by /p/32323.htm' target='_blank'>Dwimorí
/pixelart/60667.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Monkey chief by /p/29694.htm' target='_blank'>Almir
/pixelart/60609.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Lilliputian Chief by /p/32234.htm' target='_blank'>Cyangmou


Replies:
Posted By: Fud0
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 12:58am
And by “fictitious”, do you mean something that has already made presence in works of fiction such as books, films, games etc.,  or entirely left to artist's imagination, like a chief of telepathic bipedal seagulls from another solar system, for example?

Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 1:07am
It should be human. I would assume that by "fictitious" it should simply not be a real tribe.

Posted By: Fud0
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 1:47am
How do you know seagulls aren't considered human in a different solar system?
Anyway, it would be nice to hear the official answer.

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 2:04am
You should be creating a chief from your own invented human tribe.

Do you really need someone to explain to you that seagulls aren't human?


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Posted By: Fud0
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 2:12am
Thanks for clearing things up.

And if it's all the same to you, i'll plead the fifth on your second question.

Posted By: Cyangmou
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 7:55am

wikipedia:

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The most common types are the chairman of a council (usually of ' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elder_%28administrative_title%29 - elders ') and/or a broader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_assembly - popular assembly in 'parliamentary' cultures, the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_chief - war chief (may be an alternative or additional post in war time), the hereditary chief and the politically dominant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicineman - medicineman (in ' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocracy - theocratic ' cultures).

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I think all of them are chieftains. So is it meant to draw anyone from them or just the "real" chief (e.g. the Native American guy who wears the mane like feathered headdress) I understand the "fictitious"

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 28 March 2011 at 6:53pm
Chieftains exist outside of the pop culture depictions of Native Americans, in all sorts of cultures around the world.
Pixel a chief from a technologically primitive culture. The head honcho of a tribe. He could be a warrior-chieftain, he could be a chieftain due to his ability to commune with the gods of the tribe, etc. So long as he is a tribal monarch, it should be fine. Just remember that he is first and foremost chieftain and leader.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3470/3738868634_bdb15d2eb3.jpg - Here http://kirbysattler.sattlerartprint.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/nativeamericanart.jpg - are http://www.unique-southamerica-travel-experience.com/images/retratojefe-Bora-Liborio.jpg - just http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/10546487_c6aea11604.jpg - a http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3741596891_ecdbc74f89.jpg - few http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2598504307_0b9ca01e94.jpg - ideas http://adamant.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2266548naga_the_great_head_hunterstate_o.jpg - from http://www.ourpacificocean.com/samoa_village/c1910,Samoa,Samoan%20Chief,Ornate%20Head%20Piece.jpg - google.

Remember that the tribe is fictitious, no Comanches or Cherokees.

Posted By: esloc03
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 2:53am

Umm.... i've tried twice to add enter my work into the challenge but for some reason it isn't letting me :/ and it told me to post something on the Resources/Support page, so here i am :) i need some support please kind people


Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 8:08am
It sounds like your work requires revision before it'll be approved. Cure already made some suggestions for it in this thread of yours- http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11915 - LINK

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 8:16am
it=cure
http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=6 - this is the resources/support forum
http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 - this is the tutorial I was directing you towards

your art suffers from quality issues that prevent it from being accepted (hence linking you to the tutorial), but beyond that, you saved as .gif in a program that doesn't support .gif (probably paint). in the future, save as png. you could also save as bmp and convert to gif using iaza.com or giffy.

Posted By: Night
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 9:18am
Well here is a WIP still thinking about the palette..

any suggestions any thing you think could make this picture better?

Posted By: Delicious
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 7:38pm
Looks great so far, LBpixels. Colors seem a bit washed out though.

Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 31 March 2011 at 8:12pm


Wolf Tribe chieftain. They are a nomads who follow the migrating caribou herds in the far north. I made that up just now.

I want a more interesting pose, but the canvas size isn't giving me a lot of room. >_>

The palette will probably change because while sketching he transformed from a half clothed jungle man wearing tiger skins to a fully clothed arctic man with deer leather and wolf skins, so I don't think the orange will suite it too well at this point.

edit-

I've been looking at photos of inuit.



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I haven't seen anyone else include something other than just the person, but I assume it's fine for me to have his latest kill behind him.



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haven't done much on it today because of other things going on. The wolf hat is what identifies him as the "pack leader" of this hunting tribe.




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It's turning out badly and I won't have time to finish... X_X

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 03 April 2011 at 10:56pm
but it was lookin' so cool :(
finish after the challenge and submit as a regular piece, anyway


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