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Topic: CHALLENGE 11/17/2014: Mandelbrot

Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 11/17/2014: Mandelbrot
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 12:01am

CHALLENGE: Mandelbrot

To celebrate what would be Benoit Mandelbrot's 90th birthday on the 20th november, this week's challenge features a Mandelbrot Set shaped canvas:

No theme, just create something within the canvas. You may flip or rotate the canvas however you want (as long as you stick to 90 degree angles).

Canvas Size - Use the template above.
Colours - Max 26.
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=1424' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/90447.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Great A Tuin by /p/17621.htm' target='_blank'>Jinn

/pixelart/90471.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>perfectly normal boar demon abomination by /p/6236.htm' target='_blank'>tomic

/pixelart/90440.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Keep on Smiling by /p/34829.htm' target='_blank'>Mandrill

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

/pixelart/90493.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Mendelberry by /p/42396.htm' target='_blank'>Strawzzboy64

/pixelart/90416.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Samus in trouble by /p/49536.htm' target='_blank'>HZoltan

/pixelart/90423.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>magical girl metamorpher by /p/27033.htm' target='_blank'>Papermoon

/pixelart/90432.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Mandelbrot apple by /p/44567.htm' target='_blank'>kedume

/pixelart/90418.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Mangleface by /p/41908.htm' target='_blank'>vimmel

/pixelart/90446.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Monstelbrot by /p/42590.htm' target='_blank'>peyj

/pixelart/90480.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>ALIEN by /p/41268.htm' target='_blank'>Eggy

/pixelart/90520.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Bloodseeker (Mandelbrot challenge entry) by /p/49537.htm' target='_blank'>TheEpicBurrito

/pixelart/90483.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Would you like anything else, madame? by /p/44942.htm' target='_blank'>Otto

/pixelart/90436.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Mandelbrain by /p/49540.htm' target='_blank'>Gigawicket

/pixelart/90450.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Big Mouth Multi-Eyed Green Ghost Rapper w/ Bling by /p/18872.htm' target='_blank'>Pajama-Sam

/pixelart/90456.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Some Guy by /p/45086.htm' target='_blank'>eigenbom

/pixelart/90502.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>demonic heart by /p/43678.htm' target='_blank'>RolandMelvinZ

/pixelart/90448.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Air Dancer by /p/35609.htm' target='_blank'>landsharkRAWR

/pixelart/90492.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Apparition of Majora by /p/18267.htm' target='_blank'>fawful

/pixelart/90495.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Waterbrot by /p/42049.htm' target='_blank'>TombReaper

/pixelart/90461.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>weekly challenge by /p/49424.htm' target='_blank'>DoubleSBS

/pixelart/90466.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Purple Bulbrot by /p/49362.htm' target='_blank'>Fusionnist

Replies:

Posted By: Drazile
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 1:29am

Yay, I finally get to do one of these :D
This will be tough, though.

Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 4:28am

Well, this one is rather obvious.

Posted By: Alvarop
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 9:33am

I'm in. This is going to be my first :)
The shape has a majoras mask vibe. However, I think I'm flipping this guy around to make a sumo!

Posted By: Mega_19
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 9:42am

ooooh! interesting,
i have some ideas on my mind already!

Posted By: iLKke
Date Posted: 17 November 2014 at 7:48pm

Haha true, my first reaction was "Betty Boop!"

Clever challenge tho

Posted By: tomic
Date Posted: 18 November 2014 at 4:53pm

doc, something is wrong with me..

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pixel suit up!

Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 19 November 2014 at 1:16am

No sir, you're a perfectly normal pig demon abomination.

Posted By: Otto
Date Posted: 19 November 2014 at 12:28pm

I'm not sure I'll be able to finish this, but at least I'll give it a try!

(in case that you are wondering, the woman in the right is supposed to be holding a broom)

Posted By: Otto
Date Posted: 19 November 2014 at 1:51pm

By the way, I don't want to be a nitpicker, but the top of the heart like shape is supposed to be like 2 (image below) not like 1.

Other than that your drawings are great

Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 19 November 2014 at 3:18pm

Noticed the same in both tomic and tarius pieces:

Posted By: tomic
Date Posted: 20 November 2014 at 2:07am

totally weird - seems that in both grafx2 and irfanview the template has "our" shape there, but web and photoshop show 2 more pixels

~~i'll check that deeper when i'm home. maybe there where 2 blacks in the palette or something..~~

edit: template has an alpha-channel which slightly differs to the placed pixels (2 pixels in the gap on the top + 3 pixels on the bottom-bobble).

so if you open the picture in an enviroment, which uses the alpha as transparency (like photoshop or the browser) you get an different fractal compared to opening it in an (8 bit-) enviroment, like grafx2, which simply loads the placed pixels. i stick with the pixels :)

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pixel suit up!

Posted By: fawful
Date Posted: 20 November 2014 at 12:29pm

Is anyone doing Majora's mask because I might

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Posted By: eigenbom
Date Posted: 20 November 2014 at 3:58pm

Hey, awesome stuff Mrmo and tomic.

For the next little while https://twitter.com/Pixel_Dailies/ - Pixel Dailies is hijacking pixel joint's comp theme every thursday. Here are some of the https://twitter.com/search?q=%23mandelbrot%20%23pixel_dailies&src=typd&mode=photos - submissions .

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 November 2014 at 4:12pm

OH! a whole new pixel goal.
Now anyone could get a Challenge ribbon, a Monthly Top10 and a pixel daily with one pixel.
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First PJer to get all 3 in any challenge gets a special badge :)
*Top3 in challenge, Top10 in Monthly and a daily win in the same pixel.

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Posted By: jenninexus
Date Posted: 20 November 2014 at 5:54pm

I'm new, friends.. just wondering.. can submisisons / pixel art on this site be edited / altered photos ? Or do they always have to be strictly hand-drawn? I'm doiong 8 colors pixel art but starting off w/ pix I took. Thanks for any replies. <3 Love the art I'm seeing - so inspired, and learning so much here & via tuts. I'm open to tips !

http://jenninexus.smugmug.com/Fractals/ - http://jenninexus.smugmug.com/Fractals/

Posted By: TombReaper
Date Posted: 20 November 2014 at 6:56pm

Hello! Back from a year with no personal internet connection. Eager to return to my PJ activities. For this challenge I'm workin on this

I'm aiming for a water temple-ish piece. Hopefully (if I have extra time) I'll animate it. The bottom part is supposed to be some sort of jewel. Any advice is welcome.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 November 2014 at 6:03am

Originally posted by jenninexus

... can submisisons / pixel art on this site be edited / altered photos ? Or do they always have to be strictly hand-drawn? I'm doiong 8 colors pixel art but starting off w/ pix I took...

The short answer is pixels in PJ are hand made.
While there are different takes on pixelart the PJ gallery focuses on control on the pixel level and even though you use your own images (skirting any plagiarism issues which is great) this entry you show and the other two you had also submitted rely far too much on the CGd reduction as the base.
All these issues have been discussed and can be found in the forum. If you have not already seen the stickied posts in the link in my sig, they should be helpful and answer some questions you may have.
Asking questions here is always welcomed and don't be shy to ask away.

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Posted By: fawful
Date Posted: 21 November 2014 at 2:43pm

Already submitted so I may not make any changes, but I thought I'd post anyway.

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Posted By: Alvarop
Date Posted: 22 November 2014 at 10:47am

I'm terrible at this, but I tried. Won't post it to the gallery, for obvious reasons :P

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 22 November 2014 at 12:49pm

Originally posted by Alvarop

I'm terrible at this, but I tried. Won't post it to the gallery, for obvious reasons :P

Don't be silly. Practice and confidence is the best thing to combat 'terrible'which you are not.

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Posted By: Lortsy
Date Posted: 22 November 2014 at 4:37pm

It's really hard to describe my actual vision. Two guys being sucked into some kind of vacuum cleaner (right one pooped his pants). It would've had some visual effects to blank errors in perspective, but... Btw that face is perfect as it is.

Other idea I had in my mind:
http://s30.postimg.org/48jfivvu9/lambheart.jpg

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 22 November 2014 at 6:28pm

Originally posted by Lortsy

That can read well too if you have the guys being inflated by something.

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Posted By: Ozcr
Date Posted: 29 November 2014 at 2:27am

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