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Topic: CHALLENGE 11/21/2011: Hidden in Geography

Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 11/21/2011: Hidden in Geography
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 12:01am

CHALLENGE: Hidden in Geography

Use these simplified shapes of France and Sweden to create something using either http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/23265.htm - Manupix 's or http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/16472.htm - Noet 's http://www.pixeljoint.com/2010/09/10/3266/16_Color_Winners.htm - award winning palettes.

In the red corner, we have Manupix's palette, from France.

And over in the blue corner we have Noet's palette, from Sweden.

Special thanks to http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/17621.htm - Jinn for the idea of using country shapes as a pixel art canvas. Here are two examples to illustrate the idea.

Canvas Size - Use one of the templates above. You may rotate or flip the canvases as long as you don't distort any pixels while transforming the shape ie. you need to just stick to rotating at 90 or 180 degree angles.
Colours - Max 17. Use only colours from your country's palette shown above (plus transparency). So, if you pick Manupix/France, use the first palette; if you pick Noet/Sweden, use the second palette. No palette swapping.
Transparency - Required. Must only be used outside your chosen country's shape.
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=1269' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/66666.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Peace, Bro by /p/17621.htm' target='_blank'>Jinn

/pixelart/66684.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>The Wanderer by /p/21045.htm' target='_blank'>a3um

/pixelart/66642.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>The Conqueror by /p/21045.htm' target='_blank'>a3um

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

/pixelart/66734.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The scholar by /p/34215.htm' target='_blank'>Arkan85

/pixelart/66667.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Grandpa Radiation by /p/23859.htm' target='_blank'>Xamllew

/pixelart/66685.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Sweden Lizard with Ghost by /p/8297.htm' target='_blank'>Ego

/pixelart/66668.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Peaceful day for sunbathing by /p/35623.htm' target='_blank'>xoLz

/pixelart/66765.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>I didn't think turbans were French by /p/35824.htm' target='_blank'>Future endeavours

/pixelart/66728.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>France Underwater by /p/20306.htm' target='_blank'>dpixel

/pixelart/66742.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Valkyrie by /p/4343.htm' target='_blank'>vierbit

/pixelart/66687.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Cool hat , bro by /p/11429.htm' target='_blank'>The_Merc_FCS

/pixelart/66747.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Göran the Prince of Pop by /p/25143.htm' target='_blank'>ErekT

/pixelart/66743.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>not a good day for froglegs in france ... by /p/35477.htm' target='_blank'>codewarrior

/pixelart/66706.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Heads by /p/32857.htm' target='_blank'>xxmantisxx

/pixelart/66741.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The Aztecs and Conquistadors by /p/26118.htm' target='_blank'>LBpixels

/pixelart/66691.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>In the jungle of Sweden by /p/34932.htm' target='_blank'>Super17

/pixelart/66649.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Get Thou To Bed, Or No Presents For You! by /p/26713.htm' target='_blank'>Kravvon Nar'roth

Replies:

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 12:48am

w00t, I'm in;)

Posted By: sasuke91
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 1:16am

so we can just draw anything but just using 1 of thse canvas? or do u have to draw something realated to that country

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 3:37am

France has some real ugly corners...

@sasuke: yup

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 3:45am

@Jeremy: I really like the mask in the top left corner of France.

And which of the two of Sasuke's choices did you say "yup" to?

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 4:03am

@Airstyle - it can be anything you want.

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Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 10:26am

Of course I had to try Manupix's palette.

WIP:

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hehe (ಠ_ಠ ) o_- :p

Posted By: Kravvon Nar'roth
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 12:29pm

My first time using a restricted palette. I'm so horribly lost. :/ But I really want to learn to use palettes better, so I'm trying to tackle it as best I can.

Posted By: Night
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 2:12pm

Mehh, I'll probably not finish it anyways. :P

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 3:19pm

wip

Posted By: Xamllew
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 3:55pm

@LBpixels: Please do finish it, it's looking good.

Posted By: Trick17
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 4:11pm

Nobody using Sweden yet?

wip

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 4:28pm

@Super17 Oh my gosh!!! That's looks amazing! I would have never saw that shape inside of Sweden!!! VERY nice work!!

Posted By: Jarlaxe
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 5:03pm

WIP

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 5:31pm

i couldnt help it--when i looked at the shape of france i saw this huge guy with his 50-th haircurl and the hillariously small feet.. either needs to go pee (therefore holding his belt) or trying to make a fancy dance pose ;)

He's just roughly colored to lock the shapes. Dont know if i have the time to finish him, but for the sake of it.. posted ^.-
and hopefully noone in france feels insulted.. as this version doesnt make the country look very heroic... =)

Posted By: Xamllew
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 6:14pm

WIP

"My hat is ruined!"

Posted By: Leath
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 6:28pm

Here is some inspiration. Long image:

http://i.imgur.com/zPbfk.jpg

Really nice stuffs so far.

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 7:45pm

@Xamllew Oh, that's a good one! I like that a lot! The chin is funny!

Posted By: offwhite
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 7:51pm

WIP

French revolution theme.

So many great WIPs already! :D

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 7:52pm

wip2

Posted By: offwhite
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 8:06pm

@a3um

I'm speechless...

Posted By: wuhu
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 8:26pm

wah..good quality wips all round so far

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 9:54pm

Posted By: ehtd
Date Posted: 21 November 2011 at 11:39pm

WIP - The Sworden

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 1:28am

Don't know what to do with green area:[

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 1:30am

Perhaps a swirling cloud effect? It'll be small, but at least it'll fill the spot.

Posted By: Calv
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 2:38am

I think incorporate the green into the design, maybe armour on his shoulder and an axe/weapon on his back for the green on the right.
All Looking good so far, I wanna do something for this challenge but, I don't think I'll have time.

This could be a running theme going through all the countries.

Posted By: Trick17
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 5:04am

@AirStyle: Thank you!

Originally posted by Calv

This could be a running theme going through all the countries.

That would be very nice

Posted By: Trick17
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 8:40am

wip2

I just have problems with the white holes. Maybe I put some leafs there or more lianas.

Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 8:51am

There's a lot of finger pointing going on.

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Posted By: offwhite
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 9:21am

@a3um: Maybe you could have some wreckage in the background? He looks like someone who's good at wrecking stuff.

Posted By: Slemsvampf
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 11:04am

This palette hates me. I can't fix the face. I just can't F finish the face.

Posted By: Kravvon Nar'roth
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 12:05pm

Bleurgh. :(

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 1:09pm

Viva la "Robolution"!

..and now they march to turn your country into a sea of fire.. >.>

Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 2:59pm

wip:

I'd really like to work in some of the red more. Any ideas?

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Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 3:12pm

What about some coral in the left?

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 3:12pm

@ dpixel:
how about "corals" lots forms of them have tones from orange to red. And it would fit the water-theme u started. Not to mention they'd prolly offer good transitions to the other adjacent colors as of their colorvaration and shapes.

Speaking of the shapes those might also be usefull to fill the uneven free spaces / the country shape.

f.x. >

Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 4:03pm

Thanks guys. That's a pretty good idea. Whether I can pull it off is another story (At least making it look like coral). *Off to do some research*

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Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 8:14pm

Noet's palette looks interesting - going to try Sweden:]

Posted By: Slemsvampf
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 8:17pm

@ member_profile.asp?PF=20918&FID=1 - a3um :

I'm not only struggeling with his palette, Sweden has got a difficult shape too. If I weren't from Sweden myself I'd go with France. Gotta reprecent, you know.

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 8:46pm

@Super17: How about an elaborate headdress? Just throwing ideas around...

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 22 November 2011 at 11:08pm

@Slemsvampf - haven't tried the palette yet, but the shape is difficult indeed...

update

Posted By: Kravvon Nar'roth
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 8:28am

Oh man, I am soooo getting my butt handed to me in this challenge. :P dPixel and a3um in particular just seem to work the palettes with incredible ease. Great work all around!

Posted By: Night
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 8:35am

More progress so far, any suggestions?

Posted By: MrBeast
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 9:56am

Horrible, I know.

The palette is good for very small sprites I think, but at this size the other palette gives way more depth and possibilities.

Posted By: dpixel
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 12:01pm

@Kravvon - Thanks for the complement, but it's not easy for me at all.

Corral Added:

It seems to look better at 2X. Still working at it though.

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Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 12:53pm

And the space has been filled!!!!

AirStyle: Congratulation on your success!

dpixel:Oh, thank you, thank you!

Posted By: Zeratanus
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 2:46pm

Well, still VERY rough above and below the head, but here's my WIP. hoping to actually finish it sometime. I dont enter enough of these challenges (this will be my 2nd, and ive been here a while lol)

Darn that palette for having no reds though. I'm going to have a heck of a time making that read as a giant leg of meat with a bite in it.

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 2:50pm

@Zeratanus: I don't get what's going on above it, though. Is that a waterfall or something?

Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 3:24pm

I think it's a big porkchop :)

Posted By: Zeratanus
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 3:26pm

Yup. just have to do some... major tweaking. Still really dont know what im doing with his legs at all even. just kinda... something i'll figure out as i work lol

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 8:34pm

yet another wip

Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 8:53pm

Nice perspective!

Posted By: sabrok
Date Posted: 23 November 2011 at 9:42pm

first challenge I've ever attempted, very noob to pixelling

comments, suggestions?

doing all on laptop on ms paint

Posted By: Gecimen
Date Posted: 24 November 2011 at 3:02am

The composition is fine. Just add some details.

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 24 November 2011 at 10:41am

@ dpixel: you got the look of the corals really good interpreted. really nice so far =)

Posted By: tuaarita
Date Posted: 24 November 2011 at 3:48pm

Nevermind.

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I'm running in the desert,
running in to the sun,
running out of blood
and I'm going numb.

Posted By: Future endeavours
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 8:40am

First pixel piece I've ever posted, for some reason the challenge inspired me to create an account and give it a go:

Probably not the best pallet to practice with, since I am kind of a newbie. I think I hit a road block with the beard, and I think that the duck on top is going to be harder than I though. Maybe I should wait until the challenge is over to start up a wip thread and spend some time to properly practice lol.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 8:43am

Originally posted by Future endeavours

...Maybe I should wait until the challenge is over to start up a wip thread ...

NO. keep at it and challenge yourself!

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Posted By: Lathien
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 2:32pm

I've gotten this far but now I really need some help to clean it up. Especially need help on the hat. Oh and I haven't actually started on the beard/moustache yet.

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 7:22pm

WIP 2:

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 7:25pm

@codewarrior: Wow, amazing texture on that frog!! Just amazing... Never thought of turning the country upside-down...

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 7:28pm

@ airstyle:
thanks a lot =)
just flipped it until i saw halfways fit for the frog.

think some of the others did that too.

Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 25 November 2011 at 7:49pm

@codewarrior: Yeah, I see that now. Still cool frog, though.

Posted By: ErekT
Date Posted: 26 November 2011 at 9:38am

Wow, lots of sweet entries here!

The Sweden palette looked extra interesting so I went with that. Here's Göran the Prince of Pop, WIP edition:

Posted By: codewarrior
Date Posted: 26 November 2011 at 10:41am

Update:

Posted By: Future endeavours
Date Posted: 27 November 2011 at 7:24am

Okay, haven't been working on this as much as I probably should have but the damn duck and beard have been giving me so much grief.

I'm starting the think I should lighten up the face a bit since there's now two sections of birght orange. Hopefully nothing needs any major re-vision at this point. Also, I tried to dither parts of it, I was dead against dithering but I think somethings needed smoothing out and I wasn't sure how else to go about it.
Man, this is so frustrating and fun at the same time.

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