CHALLENGE 2/27/2012: Seeing Diamonds
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Topic: CHALLENGE 2/27/2012: Seeing Diamonds
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 2/27/2012: Seeing Diamonds
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 12:00am
Replies:
Posted By: philippejugnet
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 2:29am
| does the template color has to be black? |
Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 3:14am
A random portrait WIP for practicing lighting and portraits in general.
            
I've been pretty much inactive these last few months, heh :/ |
Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 5:05am
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I missed you mrmo :)
I might even join myself! |
Posted By: philippejugnet
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 8:16am
  I think I am gonna post both of them
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Posted By: Voltali obscur
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 10:30am
When the wagon mine is going crazy...  Don't know if I have to modify things or leave it this way...? |
Posted By: Trick17
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 11:10am
| Already great WIPs! |
Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 11:40am
What! 
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Posted By: fil
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 11:46am
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Originally posted by Voltali obscur When the wagon mine is going crazy... Don't know if I have to modify things or leave it this way...? Add something in background? :) |
Posted By: Dastal
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 11:53am
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Ahah, nice work there.
I try to sprite an alien. 
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Posted By: Nevercreature
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 12:40pm
??? |
Posted By: orange08
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 5:27pm
Submitted this one(without the WIP stages ofc):  And I'm working on a 2nd entry with a butterfly and candle:  |
Posted By: kantankerousmind
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 6:45pm
this is my first entry, I am new to this... what do you guys think?
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Posted By: 9_6
Date Posted: 27 February 2012 at 6:50pm
Wanna try and go 3 colors but will probably cave in and add more. |
Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 2:09am
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whoa, totally forgot that the 13th 'color' must be transparency :/
Oh well, here's a more or less finished portrait: 
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Posted By: Long
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 4:50am
Made this template using L-shaped clusters in case anyone is interessted.
Warning, the "grid" is highly irregular. 
This more or less accidently happened during the process, will probaply be my "backup piece" in case I don't get a decent Idea. |
Posted By: baah
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 5:29am
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@Voltali obscur: Cool idea... Some diamonds maybe in the back. @mrmo: superb as usual! @Nevercreature: it's crowded in here, nice. @9_6: 3 colors=9-6, and wow! When seeing the theme i wanted to join in and try to make a boulderdash remix. So i'm currently working with 8x8 tiles, here's a small preview. I'll try to have the diamonds glow on the surrounding tiles... The layout is same as level 3 on the commodore 64. (http://www.boulder-dash.nl/down/maps/PeterLiepa/BoulderDash01.html) EDIT:
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Posted By: orange08
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 6:20am
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@kantankerous mind Looks nice, almost as if it was going to be an entry in the previous challenge (noise), cuz the guy is holding his ears.  I've changed around a few things, how's it look? :) 11 colors including the purple background around the diamond. |
Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 7:43am
My first attempt using diamond (cross) pixels and using 4 colours: I used this template:  Kind of really bad. Can anyone even mildly recognize what is portrayed? Honestly I'm not even going to submit it because it's horrible. @orange08 - Your idea of diamond pixels is way better, may give that a go instead. ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 8:25am
| Is it the chick from The Ring? |
Posted By: orange08
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 11:54am
 My 2nd entry seems about done now... any suggestions/critiques? |
Posted By: Forme.
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 1:33pm
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first challange to me!
here's my work :D 
too simple? |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 2:27pm
| yes |
Posted By: Nevercreature
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 2:57pm
Finally I've submitted this picture. I'll do another one the weekend if I have time... |
Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 3:08pm
Well here's something.
I struggled with the rocks, namely giving them a good texture and getting depth between the foreground and background ones. The whole thing is a little flat, actually. I think I'll try again :| How might I improve this one? Oh and I used this palette, with a few colors omitted to fit the challenge: http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12795 |
Posted By: Voltali obscur
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 8:19pm
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Added some simplified rock patterns in the back. Which version looks better for the colors please?  or  ? |
Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 9:07pm
 
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Posted By: bgraybr
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 9:50pm
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VERY WIP. So ignore the fail colors. I just wanted to share my idea lol. It's a Minecraft cave with a diamond block at the center. Will probably add Steve and a creeper. I decided not to use evenly sized blocks because I felt it limited the shape of the room too much, and there's not much space.  Later: got some colors, added a torch and tried to shade it so that it looks shrouded in darkness. I need to move the torch and have another go at it, but now I'm off to bed (lava was replaced by water so no light from that).  |
Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 9:59pm
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@cure - Well at least it was partially readable then. =| Gave up on the diamonds though:  Hair is unfinished and I haven't touched the BG but added some AA because the jaggies were pissing me off even though I know I still had to fill in that area. =D @Voltali obscur@ - I honestly don't like the weird rock texture as it kills the depth of the image. @Graindolium - Add some damn purple in there man! @Mrmo Tarius@ - Damn that's awesome! @iMoose - Removes i from name... I mean... rocks generally look better when they don't feel smooth. Imagine them made up of flat surfaces. ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: Nevercreature
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 10:33pm
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Originally posted by bgraybr VERY WIP. So ignore the fail colors. I just wanted to share my idea lol. It's a Minecraft cave with a diamond block at the center. Will probably add Steve and a creeper. I decided not to use evenly sized blocks because I felt it limited the shape of the room too much, and there's not much space.  It is a very good idea... |
Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 28 February 2012 at 11:43pm
Think I will call this done now: Unless anyone has any critique? ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 1:07am
I've only just started. At first I was going to make a window, but then I thought it'd be interesting to make something leaning. The basic plan is a mario style castle, but maybe with something to show that it's leaning. Maybe someone falling off the top. |
Posted By: orange08
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 6:08am
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Originally posted by Voltali obscur Added some simplified rock patterns in the back. Which version looks better for the colors please? or ? I can't see any difference whatsoever :0 |
Posted By: failureboy
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 6:11am
Won't win, but this will get me to level 2! Wanted to do some heraldry for a while. Suggestions welcome. |
Posted By: 9_6
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 12:17pm
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Originally posted by administrator
ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART. So what happens if I edit my submission? |
Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 12:21pm
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you can edit things up until the deadline, but not after once voting starts. I think the thing about final art is that all submissions, whether for the contest or not, are supposed to be finished works. The second rule of submitting work here says "No works in progress (WIPs). We're not too strict on this one...just don't submit half finished pieces." Of course this very thread is meant for the unfinished works for this contest. :)
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Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 12:52pm
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Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:13pm
Here's another idea. I dunno. |
Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:24pm
member_profile.asp?PF=25184&FID=1 - iMoose , AAAH that beauty !!  better than all the crap of shi_t previous ! |
Posted By: offwhite
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:28pm
I shouldn't be doing this! Especially since I don't have the faintest idea what I'm doing... But still, I did this |
Posted By: Nevercreature
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:39pm
I don't like it very much. But this is another "diamond" I've done. |
Posted By: tanuki
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:45pm
| offwhite- looks good but transparency can only be used outside the diamond, not inside. :) |
Posted By: uvegla
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:52pm
Thought I give it a try, thats what i came up with.
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Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:54pm
Here's an update to my first one. Still not sure. Originally posted by Graindolium
better than all the crap of shi_t previous ! Nonsense 
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Posted By: offwhite
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 2:57pm
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@tanuki: yeah, I know, so I just chose the pj default gray. It started out as a square manhole-ish thing so the gray border would be where the cover would fit. Then I thought it might be fun if it looked like the pic was outside the diamond. Kinda like an easter egg :P @iMoose: looks lovely! |
Posted By: PixelSnader
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 4:32pm
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Are you aware that the template is lopsided?
Top corner is at X46, bottom at X45, left at Y46 and right at Y45. I think the template should either be 89˛ or 91˛, or have doublewide corners - to make it symmetrical. ------------- ▄▄█ ▄▄█ ▄█▄ ▄█▄ |
Posted By: CPearson
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 4:51pm
How can I quickly check if this has 13 colours? |
Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 5:01pm
So I think this one's done. Don't want to put too much in it and clutter it all up. @CPearson: I always use http://hivemind.in/pj/specs/ - this. By the way that looks awesome. |
Posted By: CPearson
Date Posted: 29 February 2012 at 5:14pm
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14 colours. Damnit. Should be 13 now.  Looks less nice unfortunately. |
Posted By: V_Royo
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 1:46am
My window spined! |
Posted By: marquandDance
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 3:58am
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This challenge seems to lend itself well to portraits, all looking really good, in particular I like - Voltali obscur and the little guy in the wagon cart Nevercreature and all the facey blobs orange08, that candle and butterfly reminds me of the spectrum, in a good way kantankerousmind, could be general zod in the phantom zone, which was my original idea. bgraybr, I like the isometric idea. failureboy, the heraldry is also nice. So far I have -  Very much WIP and I think I may need to go through the rookie tutorials (edit - again) to make this good enough to call finished. |
Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 4:14am
 
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Posted By: 00Lucas00
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 7:02am
I finished my first piece of this challenge
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Posted By: fay
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 4:53pm
This is my first challenge entry  and already so many entries!The diamond shape seems like a challenge itself, the first thing that came to mind was stain glass window, here it is so far. 
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Posted By: royser
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 10:53pm
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Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 01 March 2012 at 11:56pm
  calling motivation : Nevercreature  , offwhite  , philippejugnet , baah  , tanuki  , cure  , Mrmo Tarius
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Posted By: AirStyle
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 12:01am
| I have to say, Grain, that since you've been collaborating with the other members of PJ, your art style has really flourished past that of elaborate placement of triangles. Congratulations on working hard to develop your own sense of style, and being uniquely inspired by the world and it's people to create shocking, mainly weird-looking (:P), works of art. |
Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 2:25am
| Those three pieces... awesome! Especially the last one O_O |
Posted By: baah
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 10:39am
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Got this today (start of cave L in BoulderDash II): The anim is going too fast and i'll try to add glow around diamonds... Making an animation is a bore, otherwise a run through the whole level would have been cool.
Not very good, but was fun to do (8x8 tiles is really tiny) and might lead me to level 2 (hi FailureBoy ;p )... C&C welcome.
@iMoose: your diamond shine is so much better!
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Posted By: Dastal
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 2:16pm
Another Work in progress based on the contrast giant/small
Yes Shadow of the colossus. |
Posted By: failureboy
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 5:40pm
Bah. Tough to decide. Please give some input. Been working on the background details and trying to tweak. I like the diamond shapes but it blurs the animals. Blargh! |
Posted By: 00Lucas00
Date Posted: 02 March 2012 at 6:40pm
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Posted By: baah
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 3:34am
| @failureboy: i prefer the 2nd one. Red background on 3rd one is good. |
Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 7:41am
13 is very sad    |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 12:02pm
| @failureboy: I like the second one myself. The first is a bit boring, the third is a bit busy, and the fourth reminds me too much of default "transparent" backgrounds in some software. |
Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 3:22pm
   failureboy _ 3 |
Posted By: failureboy
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 5:01pm
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Thanks for the advice, guys. I'll probably do a combination of 2 & 3.
@cure, lol I didn't even think about the similarity to the default BG. Funny. |
Posted By: 00Lucas00
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 5:34pm
I've finished my second piece =D
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Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 03 March 2012 at 10:01pm
 new  palette |
Posted By: ultimaodin
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 5:46am
What I have for my second entry thus far: Inspired by this quote from Friendly in Joe Abercrombie's novel 'Best Served Cold': The dice came up two and one. Three years ago today, Sajaam bought Friendly’s freedom from Safety. Three years he had been homeless. He had followed three people, two men and one woman, all across Styria and back. In that time, the place he had hated least was the Thousand Swords, and not just because it had a number in its name, though that was, of course, a good start. I'm thinking of having the BG to show a silhouette of three guys (one being Friendly) and a girl walking away from a prison. ------------- The world is but a shadow of emotion, cast in shades of grey. |
Posted By: Graindolium
Date Posted: 04 March 2012 at 8:36pm
 lack of time   |