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CHALLENGE 7/22/2013: Pet It Black

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Topic: CHALLENGE 7/22/2013: Pet It Black
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 7/22/2013: Pet It Black
Date Posted: 22 July 2013 at 12:01am

CHALLENGE: Pet It Black

Create an original image depicting a pet creature (realistic or fantasy) that isn't supposed to be domesticated.

Canvas Size - Max 250 x 150.
Colours - Max 24.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

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=1355' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/79677.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Basilisk Rider by /p/21045.htm' target='_blank'>a3um
/pixelart/79656.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>A Fun Day Out by /p/33723.htm' target='_blank'>ThePixelKnight
/pixelart/79663.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Man's Best Friend by /p/26118.htm' target='_blank'>Night


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

/pixelart/79591.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Good Boy Charlie by /p/39015.htm' target='_blank'>CooliePixel
/pixelart/79692.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The Meow of Cathulhu by /p/42312.htm' target='_blank'>Emperor_Pixel
/pixelart/79672.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Grub worm by /p/43051.htm' target='_blank'>Muxaun
/pixelart/79653.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Domestic Chimera by /p/43467.htm' target='_blank'>Maak
/pixelart/79693.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bad Pet by /p/43694.htm' target='_blank'>P0int
/pixelart/79659.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Feeding Time by /p/43698.htm' target='_blank'>NoodleWings


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Posted By: Juniorps
Date Posted: 22 July 2013 at 7:04am


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Posted By: blakeye
Date Posted: 22 July 2013 at 6:43pm
Great concept!

Looks like the top of the beak/head has lost some of the ferocity of the original. the flatter top made the screech more visceral and the jagged shadows make the beak more wicked looking. Don't clean it up so much!

It really looks like a huge, scary, dirty bird!
Can't wait to see how it goes!
Do I use too many exclamation marks?!
PROBABLY!!!!!!! ;\

Posted By: Ailaik
Date Posted: 23 July 2013 at 10:43pm

Edit:

What I'm working on.. it will have a person (probably a child) next to the bowl to make the shark look bigger.
Any tips/ideas? I feel like such a pixel-n00b :P

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Posted By: Spot
Date Posted: 24 July 2013 at 5:04am
Originally posted by blakeye

Great concept!Looks like the top of the beak/head has lost some of the ferocity of the original.


I agree, the latter versions seem to be closer to yawning than screeching.

Daresay that'll change as the pixel progresses though.

Posted By: Maak
Date Posted: 24 July 2013 at 2:49pm

Chimera.

Posted By: Juniorps
Date Posted: 24 July 2013 at 3:20pm
Ideas to complete the scenario / hawk?


Posted By: Mr.Fahrenheit
Date Posted: 24 July 2013 at 4:02pm
I think the wings added a lot to it.

Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 24 July 2013 at 8:47pm
Originally posted by Juniorps

Ideas to complete the scenario / hawk?


I have to agree with Spot that on current version it looks more like it is yawning.

maybe put it into an aquarium bowl? or place on the sofa.

hawks are domesticated by the way - they are widely used for hunting.

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 25 July 2013 at 12:40am
basilisk rider wip


Posted By: Ailaik
Date Posted: 25 July 2013 at 3:16am
@a3um: Awesome composition and colours, looking forward to the finished version.

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Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 25 July 2013 at 9:38am
@a3um: this is just outstanding. I wish to see how you are choosing the colors.


Here is a sketch of mah piece. Trying to practice with glossy things.
I am not yet sure if I will really finish it.
Background is a huge problem. Shadows are too.


Posted By: Mr.Fahrenheit
Date Posted: 25 July 2013 at 9:54am
I really like how you did the highlights muxaun! Maybe add some reflected lights on the back of his body

Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 25 July 2013 at 10:17am
Originally posted by Mr.Fahrenheit

I really like how you did the highlights muxaun! Maybe add some reflected lights on the back of his body

Thanks.
reflected lights are needed for sure, but it is difficult to apply them without background.
At first I thought that I will use just a flat surface for background. But a3um's piece has proven again that proper background can make any piece better (though I know that background should have been planned from very beginning). So I would rather spend a day thinking about what to draw here.

Posted By: a3um
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 2:58am
Thanks:) wip2 (actually, 4 or 5):



@Muxaun - The process is completely intuitive:)

Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 3:37am
@a3um: looks like the beak has inproper highlight. Maybe covering it with deeper shadow will make it look better. Or maybe it's just me.


here's my WIP2:
I tried to understand the texture so the lighting is broken a bit.

I know that there are no self-shadows and reflected lights. I will add them later after final positioning of these legs and head.
The primary problem now is that it looks just bad overall.


Tried adding the background, but it looks too messy.



Posted By: Night
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 8:34am
Started on something.

Posted By: Dastal
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 10:42am
Night> This looks awesome.

Posted By: Night
Date Posted: 26 July 2013 at 3:54pm
Thanks Dastal.
Some more progress.

Posted By: Dastal
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 7:25am
Dunno If I can finish it before the timer run out.

Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 27 July 2013 at 9:29am
WIP3:

I dont' see anything I can change here to make it better.


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