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Topic: CHALLENGE 9/16/2013: Sprite Sprite

Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 9/16/2013: Sprite Sprite
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 12:00am

CHALLENGE: Sprite Sprite

Sprite a sprite of a sprite*

*that is a small mythical creature, such as a fairy, imp, pixie, etc...

Canvas Size - Max 48 x 48.
Max Colours - Max 8.
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=1363' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/80817.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Cerberus by /p/22910.htm' target='_blank'>T-Free

/pixelart/80833.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>Faerie by /p/41986.htm' target='_blank'>LiquidIce

/pixelart/80845.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Pixie-L by /p/42312.htm' target='_blank'>Emperor_Pixel

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

/pixelart/80762.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bukoban - Tree Spirit by /p/38318.htm' target='_blank'>CarstenVania

/pixelart/80769.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>old little spirit of the forest by /p/36499.htm' target='_blank'>moondrome

/pixelart/80734.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Fizzy Fairy by /p/43752.htm' target='_blank'>jat250

/pixelart/80748.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Sprite Imp Sprite by /p/44280.htm' target='_blank'>ZiggytheNinja

/pixelart/80742.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Jungle Pixie by /p/41268.htm' target='_blank'>Eggy

/pixelart/80812.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>A Pixie of Pixels by /p/20938.htm' target='_blank'>Nyno

/pixelart/80732.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>fire Inside by /p/38590.htm' target='_blank'>w4rlock

/pixelart/80873.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Fire Sprite by /p/40673.htm' target='_blank'>Bryroz

/pixelart/80837.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Spriteness by /p/44455.htm' target='_blank'>devilfish2187

/pixelart/80739.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Mojo The Fairy King by /p/44260.htm' target='_blank'>Arpo78

/pixelart/80836.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Red Gnome by /p/37250.htm' target='_blank'>Yielmo

/pixelart/80839.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Spinning Dance Sprite by /p/44402.htm' target='_blank'>Rydido

/pixelart/80778.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Forest fairy by /p/33715.htm' target='_blank'>deadpixelteam

/pixelart/80860.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Fairy Sprite by /p/35157.htm' target='_blank'>Ellian

/pixelart/80790.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Evil Imp by /p/37776.htm' target='_blank'>Worriedcat

/pixelart/80823.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Blue slime that looks like a blue worm. by /p/37859.htm' target='_blank'>Lehmure

/pixelart/80880.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Gloomy Gloom Fairy by /p/41268.htm' target='_blank'>Eggy

/pixelart/80810.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Berta The Pixie Warrior by /p/44260.htm' target='_blank'>Arpo78

/pixelart/80861.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Sylph by /p/28527.htm' target='_blank'>albertov

/pixelart/80755.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Small pixie man by /p/44411.htm' target='_blank'>kooow

/pixelart/80785.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bob The Fire Imp by /p/44260.htm' target='_blank'>Arpo78

/pixelart/80830.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Gross-bellied dwarf by /p/44411.htm' target='_blank'>kooow

/pixelart/80779.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Fairy in a doll. by /p/44234.htm' target='_blank'>RendyanHunter

/pixelart/80829.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Sprite Cocktail by /p/33723.htm' target='_blank'>ThePixelKnight

/pixelart/80872.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Leprechaun by /p/38170.htm' target='_blank'>Gamamoto

/pixelart/80791.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Will'o the Wisp by /p/38298.htm' target='_blank'>sgtcrispy

/pixelart/80803.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Red Haired Fairy (Warning: Nudity) by /p/8659.htm' target='_blank'>Jools64

/pixelart/80824.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Ice Fairy by /p/27195.htm' target='_blank'>Killermachine

/pixelart/80844.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Sprite Familiar by /p/43389.htm' target='_blank'>Lenh

/pixelart/80782.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Gus the Gnome by /p/38298.htm' target='_blank'>sgtcrispy

/pixelart/80733.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Demon imp by /p/43306.htm' target='_blank'>Tricxta

/pixelart/80799.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Dragon hunting fairy by /p/44444.htm' target='_blank'>BatElite

/pixelart/80859.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Goblin by /p/42907.htm' target='_blank'>Samiboula

/pixelart/80857.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Not Fairing So Well by /p/43953.htm' target='_blank'>Nutcase

/pixelart/80735.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Spunky Sprite by /p/38793.htm' target='_blank'>peytonisgreat

/pixelart/80876.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Garmr by /p/44463.htm' target='_blank'>taynisquared

/pixelart/80843.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Spriggan out of breath by /p/44408.htm' target='_blank'>Umatomo

/pixelart/80754.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Whirlwind Sprite by /p/42966.htm' target='_blank'>DatMuffinMan

/pixelart/80879.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Imp Sprite by /p/35046.htm' target='_blank'>failureboy

/pixelart/80729.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Imp by /p/41805.htm' target='_blank'>Darnok

/pixelart/80809.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Imp by /p/40780.htm' target='_blank'>yoshirider4

/pixelart/80863.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The Sprite of Tomorrow, Today! by /p/44309.htm' target='_blank'>Anonzs

/pixelart/80764.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Liana - fairy by /p/29919.htm' target='_blank'>Dweller

/pixelart/80773.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bubble fairy by /p/44052.htm' target='_blank'>zsoltbartok

/pixelart/80802.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Pixie by /p/21974.htm' target='_blank'>AlexHW

Replies:

Posted By: Anonzs
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 5:01am

Just a question, would the pixls from Super Paper Mario be counted as sprites? Could I use them as inspiration or are they not really the type of sprites we're going for?

http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/31300000/All-The-Pixls-super-paper-mario-31302577-500-500.jpg - Super Paper Mario Pixls

Posted By: DatMuffinMan
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 6:11am

Not sure what the challenge means.. are we making a new sprite based on another one?

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 6:26am

@Anonzs: Drawing inspiration from those seems fine.

@DatMuffinMan: You are making a small mythical creature, such as a fairy, imp, pixie, etc...

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Posted By: CarstenVania
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 7:32am

Interesting challenge :) This is what I came up with so far:

Would like to add a lantern or something, but i'm out of colors :D

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 7:46am

Originally posted by CarstenVania

Interesting challenge :) This is what I came up with so far:

Would like to add a lantern or something, but i'm out of colors :D

You are not out of colors you simply have not chosen the right 8 colors ;)

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Posted By: EviLsEyE
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 8:20am

Originally posted by DatMuffinMan

Not sure what the challenge means.. are we making a new sprite based on another one?

Your confusion is based on the fact that the word "sprite" has multiple meanings:
One of them is the "sprite" as we know it from games, as a 2D bitmap..
Another meaning is for a legendary creature like a troll, fairy or elve..

So this challenge wants us to create a sprite (first meaning) that shows a sprite (2nd meaning) ;)

Posted By: kaze19th
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 9:04am

Originally posted by EviLsEyE

Originally posted by DatMuffinMan

Not sure what the challenge means.. are we making a new sprite based on another one?

Your confusion is based on the fact that the word "sprite" has multiple meanings:One of them is the "sprite" as we know it from games, as a 2D bitmap.. Another meaning is for a legendary creature like a troll, fairy or elve.. So this challenge wants us to create a sprite (first meaning) that shows a sprite (2nd meaning) ;)

Thank's for your comment, I had a question but you already answered it ! Everything is clear now (English is not my native language).

Posted By: CarstenVania
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 12:09pm

Edit: got rid of the purple to make room for other colors.

Posted By: DatMuffinMan
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 12:38pm

Thanks for the help guys. I came up with this, not sure if I want to add anything (like a pet) before I clean it up. Thoughts?

It's at 2x, since it's a bit unreadable in its current state.

Edit -

Posted By: Bryroz
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 12:56pm

An early wip I have. Supposed to be a fire sprite :P

Yes I know transparency is is required, I will add that later.

Update:

Posted By: DatMuffinMan
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 1:44pm

Edit -

Posted By: DatMuffinMan
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 7:14pm

Final Sprite -

On a side note, the sprite has a 2-frame animation, but on imgur it doesn't loop. Will it do so on PJ?

Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 16 September 2013 at 11:29pm

Messing around a lil...making a dragon... who would have thought! gonna make his full body move too...

Posted By: Zeenkw
Date Posted: 17 September 2013 at 11:46am

It's intresting,i think i should join.

My art skills has been changed.

Here's the current result:

Mods/admins please can you accept non-transprent sprites,please? i don't have a proggram for it,i only have Microsoft paint.

Thanks.

Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 17 September 2013 at 12:13pm

Zeenkw, your result is 47x57, which doesn't fit the requirements

Posted By: Nutcase
Date Posted: 17 September 2013 at 6:57pm

Any suggestions? I feel like there's problems with it that I can't quite put my finger on.

Posted By: crozier
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 6:31am

@Zeeknw- You can use ezimba.com (iaza.com) to make images transparent. It's free and you don't have to download anything. Just select your file, upload, then create transparency (plain transparency.) You have to select your color that you want to use for transparency (in your case it is white), then it will let you export/save the transparent version. And keep working on it- you have all week. The lines are very unrefined (messy with sharp unoptimized angles).

Posted By: deadpixelteam
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 7:17am

Is it 8 colors and transparency or is the transparency one of the colors ?

I'm making fairy for this challange, haven't been in one for a while ...

Posted By: CarstenVania
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 7:52am

As far as I know, transparency always counts as a color.

Posted By: sgtcrispy
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 11:43am

Here's a little gnome I'm working on. Any advice/comments/scorn would be appreciated.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 12:48pm

Originally posted by sgtcrispy

Here's a little gnome I'm working on. Any advice/comments/scorn would be appreciated.

He reads a little big for a sprite, sprite. Maybe thinner and a better anatomy will help a lot.
Technically dithering like you use on the beard here is not the best technique.

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Posted By: RendyanHunter
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 12:49pm

Is it looks okay and match the rules?
Some kind of fairy in body of plush doll.

Posted By: Adcrusher
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 1:57pm

Not bad Rendyan. I would suggest taking out the dithering on his stomach/neck area, mainly the shadow dithering part. You got a lot of banding going on there because of it.

Posted By: RendyanHunter
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 2:03pm

I tried to avoid dithering over there, by it came awful, I disliked its look. It was really sloppy. What should I do? D:

Posted By: RendyanHunter
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 2:21pm

DOUBLEPOST! Found some way to fix. Bettah?

Posted By: sgtcrispy
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 3:27pm

He's Gus the Gnome. The big burly cousin of David.

Slimmed down and sans the checkerboard beard.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 3:59pm

Now you need some contrast on your colors so it defines and implies details too small to pixel. Also, others viewing on darker colored themes will see those light grey pixels around the shoes as 'wrong' or an error.
You might also clean up the sloppy bits her and there like the shoulder on the right where it 'steps' all ugly and the side of the beard thats just a straight line.

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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 5:10pm

i want critique too :(

Posted By: Nutcase
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 8:48pm

Originally posted by Elk

i want critique too :(

This.

Posted By: crozier
Date Posted: 18 September 2013 at 11:32pm

@Nutcase- The fairy's face could be a little less cartoony. Perhaps have the head/face anatomically correct/ smaller. Slotted oval eyes instead of messed up circles, give her a nose, etc.I do like your colors and shading style.

@elk- I think your grammar could be a little better. It is also a rule of thumb, in pixel art, to capitalize your "i"s. And frowny faces are kinda cliché. Hope that helped ;)

(But elk it is looking good so far. Do you have a more current wip?)

Posted By: CakeDrake
Date Posted: 19 September 2013 at 11:23am

I thought I would post this real quick

Just a quick idea that I wanted to almost finish :) I came up with another idea, like a robot "sprite". Will that count?

Posted By: Nevercreature
Date Posted: 19 September 2013 at 2:07pm

Just an idea.

Posted By: AlexHW
Date Posted: 19 September 2013 at 3:34pm

here's mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hrEL8VxV68 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hrEL8VxV68

Posted By: failureboy
Date Posted: 19 September 2013 at 10:33pm

want to animate. may not have much time.

Nevercreature, your piece is uncharacteristically bright!

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 September 2013 at 11:10am

Originally posted by Elk

i want critique too :(

You're ugly :p

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Posted By: Rydido
Date Posted: 20 September 2013 at 6:20pm

Oh man! I didn't know transparency counted as a color! I almost went over the limit! xP

current WIP, and planning on animating:

She's sort of a water sprite ballerina. if you look really closely, you can see that the hair is transparent in places.

Posted By: Stronghold257
Date Posted: 20 September 2013 at 6:34pm

I started to make an imp, but it got too big, and I also feel like there's something wrong with it, besides that, that I just can't figure out. Any help?

(Yes, I know that I'm supposed to add transparency. I'm doing that later on.)

Posted By: Rydido
Date Posted: 20 September 2013 at 8:11pm

Well, I'm no expert, but I'm a bit confused as to what's going on with the dress(?). Is it form fitting, and the person is chubby, or is it flowy and that roundness on the left side is a flowing piece of fabric?

Posted By: Nutcase
Date Posted: 21 September 2013 at 8:47am

Any tips for the underside of the back leg where I have the dithering? Can't seem to get it right.

Posted By: Rydido
Date Posted: 21 September 2013 at 9:03am

Hmmm... maybe try dithering together the light and dark skin colors instead of the dark skin color and the black?

EDIT: Or maybe making it a solid color. I don't really know a lot about dithering atm.

Posted By: taynisquared
Date Posted: 21 September 2013 at 12:07pm

Garmr, the fearsome hound of Norse mythology.

Posted By: serrival
Date Posted: 21 September 2013 at 12:17pm

Originally posted by taynisquared

Garmr, the fearsome hound of Norse mythology.

Hehe, I chuckled. The outstretched tongue is a nice touch!

Posted By: taynisquared
Date Posted: 21 September 2013 at 12:56pm

Originally posted by serrival

Originally posted by taynisquared

Garmr, the fearsome hound of Norse mythology.

Hehe, I chuckled. The outstretched tongue is a nice touch!

Thank you! :P

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