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Topic: CHALLENGE 9/1/2014: Rust
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 9/1/2014: Rust
Date Posted: 01 September 2014 at 12:00am

CHALLENGE: Rust

Create an image that shows something that has been rusted. It can be a standalone object or it can be incorporated into a scene.

Canvas Size - Max 128 x 128.
Colors - Max 20.
Transparency - Optional.
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=1413' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/88787.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>If these people by /p/12198.htm' target='_blank'>Redshrike
/pixelart/88767.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>Patron Saint of Undead Fighters by /p/48314.htm' target='_blank'>jtfjtfjtf
/pixelart/88730.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Sentinela by /p/47358.htm' target='_blank'>Omentis


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

/pixelart/88744.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Man's Iron Mask by /p/29378.htm' target='_blank'>DoctorDRG
/pixelart/88807.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Memories of Humanity by /p/39015.htm' target='_blank'>CooliePixel
/pixelart/88812.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Rusty Pickaxe submission by /p/48744.htm' target='_blank'>Arctic Mango
/pixelart/88710.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Rusty Sword. by /p/47521.htm' target='_blank'>Skab
/pixelart/88799.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>rusted_robot by /p/46820.htm' target='_blank'>ranska
/pixelart/88815.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Lone Tree by /p/48735.htm' target='_blank'>Killapeanutz
/pixelart/88712.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Lost crown by /p/47552.htm' target='_blank'>Chuchuchuso
/pixelart/88794.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Rusted Armor by /p/48365.htm' target='_blank'>Froste
/pixelart/88684.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Violet Fear [Rusted] by /p/18633.htm' target='_blank'>BlackZero
/pixelart/88784.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>greeen and rust by /p/45617.htm' target='_blank'>bluedxca93
/pixelart/88808.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Toxic-city by /p/48133.htm' target='_blank'>BlackDragon555
/pixelart/88803.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>"not again!" by /p/48694.htm' target='_blank'>Groggeneral
/pixelart/88750.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Ye olde friend by /p/44729.htm' target='_blank'>derSteiner
/pixelart/88732.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>corroded by /p/33190.htm' target='_blank'>Dont
/pixelart/88764.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Rust by /p/10492.htm' target='_blank'>felchqueen
/pixelart/88768.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Mechanical Grapple by /p/40523.htm' target='_blank'>Temessis
/pixelart/88813.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Rusty Kris by /p/48485.htm' target='_blank'>LTPATS
/pixelart/88771.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Statue of hope by /p/47591.htm' target='_blank'>TheInternetsGirlfriend
/pixelart/88737.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Proud Robot Owner by /p/48582.htm' target='_blank'>PansPixelPuder
/pixelart/88727.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>The Rusty Hoo by /p/48708.htm' target='_blank'>k_kitmur


Replies:
Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 01 September 2014 at 6:37am


a work-in-progress. It uses only 6 colors till now. So i can add 2 to foreground and two-three to background. I do know that i have to correct the leaves and rust a lot. But thats possible in a week ;).

Posted By: Evidence
Date Posted: 01 September 2014 at 6:36pm
Just something

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Posted By: Daimoth
Date Posted: 01 September 2014 at 7:06pm
Good rust references I found, figured I'd share:

http://www.colourbox.com/preview/1549702-602813-closeup-photo-of-the-large-rusted-metal-chain.jpg - http://www.colourbox.com/preview/1549702-602813-closeup-photo-of-the-large-rusted-metal-chain.jpg

http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/rusty-axe-stub-10962010.jpg - http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/rusty-axe-stub-10962010.jpg

Posted By: DoctorDRG
Date Posted: 02 September 2014 at 5:44am


WIP corroded ball mask in rusty water?

Posted By: CaptainDesk
Date Posted: 02 September 2014 at 11:11am
First post, first time trying pixel art. Challenge sounded fun so I gave it a shot (I have no idea what I'm doing).
It's a robot stuck into a cliff face gathering rust and vines growing on him.

120x120, 9 colors including white.


4X http://i.imgur.com/b6QZQZZ.png

Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 2:56am
Oh my. I can't understand any of these. All I see is brown and blue. Looks like my fathers truck.

Posted By: DoctorDRG
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 3:52am


Limes has raised a bit of a concern. Is this readable?
I wanted to go for something that wasn't glaringly obvious, and was a little abstract.

Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 4:01am
I think it would be more readable if I knew wtf a ball mask even was.

Edit:0.00008 seconds after posting.

Oh like a mardi gras mask?


I understood the water part and how that was rusted but not the object(mask) that is in the water.

It red abstract really strongly to me, which might be risky considering rust is something that happens to an object unless you take it a a figurative term like the man was old and rusted.

Posted By: DoctorDRG
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 4:13am
Aye, mardi gras mask.
Still working on rusting it up, but it's going to be difficult adding detail and maintaining readability. Thanks for the comments.

EDIT:


10 colours

Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 6:06am
doctordrg, im sure it will become less a problem as you continue refining and adding detail.  All you need is more context for both water and mask and rust.  We need detail to immediately know it's water, perhaps refracted web-like waves, or a sun spot.  For the mask, maybe add something else associated with a ball, but not so much that it takes away from the importance of the mask.  Maybe like a ball ticket or entry stub right before the water, with a corner dipping into the water etc

Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 11:49am
Hi, yeah doctordrg please work a bit at the maskl under the water. I didn`t recognize it at first and did understood it after reading posts. we will  see thats it is a ball mask then.

http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=48225&FID=1 - CaptainDesk   has poste an interesting picture, but the robot needs reworking ( tought of a teddy bear at first )= )  and schould also use more space on the canvas.

B.t.w how is my first posted  picture. Is it understandable what it shows. will work at it in some hours agian and post a newer version here..

Its great to see that some new people post  here b.t.w

regards bluedxca93

Posted By: Temessis
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 12:36pm
Simple idea, something like old "mechanical gripper" on scrapyard or factory.

UPDATES:


Using http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12795 - this palette

http://ocdn.eu/images/pulscms/OWY7MDQsMCwxNCwzZTgsMjMyOzAzLDIwOCwwLDAsMQ__/551afefb4e9ffd2390db90e8442b0125.jpg - [Real-life example -

I think I understood a little bit more AA, awesome *-*

Posted By: ranska
Date Posted: 03 September 2014 at 1:59pm
Hi
I like the 'mardi gras mask'.
Here is my 1rst step.
i have difine de the picutre. Now i have to reduce de number of colors,
and improve detail.
Time to clean up !

Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 2:25am



The same wip. now 13 colors. I do use  alot of green and brown colors . Hope i did get the basic clustering right

Posted By: DoctorDRG
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 2:33am


Added a golden ticket to hopefully make the whole ball thing a little more readable. Thanks to http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=33367&FID=1 - Friend , http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=45128&FID=1 - bluedxca93 and http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=46330&FID=1 - ranska.
Everyone's work is shaping up nicely. Loving the robot Blue!

Posted By: ranska
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 4:54am
Hello,
@DoctorDRG thanks for comment.
Yes the ticket give context.
Now it's 20 colors.
I have try to improve and add more details.

maby the grass is to much ?

Posted By: Froste
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 7:07pm

Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 10:00pm
I really like the design froste, idk about that AA I think it is hugging.

Really try to work on making it pop. That is my problem when I draw lines first it comes out flat and is a pain to fix.

Posted By: Froste
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 10:53pm
Originally posted by Limes

I really like the design froste, idk about that AA I think it is hugging.
 
What do you mean by hugging?

Posted By: felchqueen
Date Posted: 04 September 2014 at 11:09pm
Here's my WIP, if I've got time and it looks ok I may add some battle damage style gouging.



Comments gratefully received.



With yeti? marks

Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 12:25am
You know what felch I hade the exact same idea Celt mine was a giant robot with a tiny man rubbing off the rust so half of him was clean. It was a symbolism about cleaning up your act. Or recovering from a rough life.

Posted By: Temessis
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 5:53am
The last thing that I don't know is palette. I don't know which colors I should pick, I thought about this 3 palettes, but this does not convince me...


Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 7:22am
middle or purple.

Posted By: Killapeanutz
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 9:24pm
temessis. I think the far right looks best. I would also like to say props. i didn't even see the people untell i zoomed but that small touch just made it in my opinion. I am in love with this piece.

Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 10:44pm



Hi did now edit it abit and have now 2 color palettes, and i don`t know whixh ones is better. colors are about 12 i think at the moment

Posted By: Killapeanutz
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 10:54pm
Blue i like the top one better. it smooths out the background and takes focus back to the rust. just my thoughts

Posted By: Killapeanutz
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 10:58pm


sadly i just got started tonight. It will be a tree made of metal rusted plateing.

Posted By: Killapeanutz
Date Posted: 05 September 2014 at 11:41pm
not to spam u guys with images but I'm pretty hyped about this one so here is my stoping point for tonight. any tips would be much appreciated i feel some of the plateing may be out of place. I will sort it all out tomorrow but considering this is like my third or fourth piece of pixel art ever i feel its coming along pretty smoothly.


Posted By: Arctic Mango
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 12:03am
Hello guys, I am new to the forums, and to pixel art entirely. This is my first ever completion, although, since I am new, I wouldn't call it complete quite yet. It is a 32x32 sized rusty pickaxe complete with ores. We still have two days left so I want to make the best of it and take into consideration any and all suggestions I get. Thank you


Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 12:50am
http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=48247&FID=1 - Killapeanutz your tree is nice and clean so far . Hope  and think it `ll look good at final version.

http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=48256&FID=1 - Arctic Mango   Nice blending, however think you only have 20 colors, and you need to include the rust aspect a bit more. the pickaxe could also look like that because a fire or ornage light  nearby. Perhaps increase the canvas size a bit to include rusted artefacts.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 4:34am
test

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Posted By: Siikikala
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 7:01am
hmm, fiddled with something like this but it might not be rust centric enough though.

Posted By: philippejugnet
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 7:19am
be careful tho

Posted By: bluedxca93
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 10:11am

greeen and rust
Have now uploaded my picture and send it to weekly pixel art challenge. Doesn`t violate the rules so i hope it will be accepted in actual challenges submissions soon..

Posted By: Killapeanutz
Date Posted: 06 September 2014 at 4:05pm
I hate to post a third picture when I'm not but half done... however i feel things have progressed nicely considering my lack of free time lately... I just want to see if anyone sees any flaws so far. I also am not going to be using these exact colors i am just picking colors at random for the time being.


Posted By: felchqueen
Date Posted: 07 September 2014 at 1:03am
@Killa - I'd like to see a bit more of the trunk and I think the bough that the swing is hanging off could be a bit thicker.

Posted By: Arctic Mango
Date Posted: 07 September 2014 at 7:53pm
Thank you for the advice. I rustified it a bit more c:

Posted By: Killapeanutz
Date Posted: 07 September 2014 at 9:09pm
Thanks felch I really wish i could have applied your comments to the work but i got a job offer today to make 50$ so killed all my work time on it :/ but money is more important than a contest i suppose. anyways i appreciate the second prospective and wish i could have applied it.


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