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CHALLENGE 2/9/2015: So Far Away

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Topic: CHALLENGE 2/9/2015: So Far Away
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 2/9/2015: So Far Away
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 12:01am

CHALLENGE: So Far Away

Depict a long-distance relationship between two characters, both of whom are non-humanoids.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 14.
Transparency - Optional.
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=1436' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/92632.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>a gift by /p/43051.htm' target='_blank'>Muxaun
/pixelart/92644.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>CACTEO and MARGARIET by /p/51002.htm' target='_blank'>ero
/pixelart/92554.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Distance relationship. by /p/47521.htm' target='_blank'>Skab


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

/pixelart/92641.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Snail Love by /p/48949.htm' target='_blank'>Volrak_Rutra
/pixelart/92636.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Sunset by /p/44577.htm' target='_blank'>SpeedyCube
/pixelart/92550.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>So close yet.. so far by /p/49431.htm' target='_blank'>Lindion45


Replies:
Posted By: BathMaster_2000
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 5:12am
I foresee some ...interpretive... pieces being made for this piece.

Posted By: Volrak_Rutra
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 9:25am
no canvas limit what? i foresee insanely huge canvases.

Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 1:50pm
Originally posted by Volrak_Rutra

no canvas limit what? i foresee insanely huge canvases.


there are few who can really benefit from large canvas.
like Mrmo Tarius.


BTW. here's the first thing that came to my head.

bu maybe I'll go for something completely different

UPDATE
http://i.imgur.com/qhjs1gd.png
now i don't like it. This looks more like a rope in rather than entangled tentacles.

UPD2
played with colors, redone the tentacles.


UPD3

Looks too messy.
I don't like how the stratosphere is done, but don't know how to make it any better.

Also the intended point of attraction (the flower) doesn't attract the eye.

Posted By: TrojanMonkey
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 3:26pm
I...Might actually be able to spawn an idea with this concept...

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 5:25pm
Originally posted by Volrak_Rutra

no canvas limit what? i foresee insanely huge canvases.


Just because it's unrestricted, doesn't mean you need to make something enormous.


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Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 9:12pm


Here is a good example by fool.

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I use GraphicsGale

Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 09 February 2015 at 11:59pm
Well... yes :P
The "non-humanoid" thing also reminded me of good old Cthulhu :)



*edit* updated the squiddy guy, I need to work on the squishy guy next :)


Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 10 February 2015 at 1:08am
Cthulhu and a shoggoth? Cute.


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Posted By: Mrmo Tarius
Date Posted: 10 February 2015 at 1:17am
Yes ♥

Posted By: Mr.Fahrenheit
Date Posted: 10 February 2015 at 5:38am
lol I think everyone had the same idea as mrmo and muxaun, I know I did

Posted By: TrojanMonkey
Date Posted: 10 February 2015 at 12:08pm
I actually thought about doing something with chemistry / physics, with covalent-bonds representing the "long-distance relationship" in some manner or an other.

I thought it could be funny to have an H2O group with its 2 hydrogen particles fuss about in a love-triangle regarding whom gets the honors of bonding with the oxygen's electron first, but since this isn't about love-triangles I had to scrap it. =P

P.S: It's amusing to see how everyone went for the highest echelon in the interpretation of "long-distance" as "celestially-long"

Posted By: RyanCCole
Date Posted: 10 February 2015 at 12:11pm
sketch WIP


not too sure if I should swap out the arrows for animation. I plan to make them less awful-looking in the final, but maybe some motion would work better...

Posted By: Limes
Date Posted: 10 February 2015 at 10:11pm
There go my chances at coming in first and/or second :D. mrmo and max are probably going to take them. Should be fun though.

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I use GraphicsGale

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 11 February 2015 at 1:52am
that root-system looks pretty humanoid imo, but I'm not sure how far the mods will bend the humanoid rule.

Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 11 February 2015 at 8:48am
Humanoid= looks like a human
So the question you must ask yourself is:
Are farm animals and motor vehicles human?

Posted By: TrojanMonkey
Date Posted: 11 February 2015 at 2:37pm
@Technos I don't think that makes any sense, and the max colours you can use are 14.

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 11 February 2015 at 3:48pm
Humanoid - anything with the basic structure of a human. Think head, legs, arms, and torso (in a similar configuration to a human).


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Posted By: Volrak_Rutra
Date Posted: 11 February 2015 at 6:17pm
Originally posted by TrojanMonkey

@Technos I don't think that makes any sense, and the max colours you can use are 14.


mutual hatred is a relationship, isn't it?

Posted By: dragfly
Date Posted: 13 February 2015 at 1:34pm
Hi,
here is my idea for this challenge:




The two little owls have a 'distant' relationship, as their parents don't let them play together. I agree this is rather a short distance...

Unfortunately, I won't probably have the time to work on it before the challenge's deadline.

Posted By: SpeedyCube
Date Posted: 14 February 2015 at 2:30pm

Does it all look okay so far? I haven't added the ldr part yet

Posted By: Drazile
Date Posted: 14 February 2015 at 7:45pm
Originally posted by SpeedyCube


Does it all look okay so far? I haven't added the ldr part yet
That's a rather unusual sunset.

Posted By: SpeedyCube
Date Posted: 14 February 2015 at 8:02pm
How should I fix it? It's hard to know what I did wrong with a comment like that.

Posted By: Drazile
Date Posted: 14 February 2015 at 8:13pm
-accidental double post-

Posted By: Muxaun
Date Posted: 15 February 2015 at 2:16am
Originally posted by SpeedyCube

How should I fix it? It's hard to know what I did wrong with a comment like that.

what is it?

Posted By: Drazile
Date Posted: 15 February 2015 at 1:56pm
Originally posted by SpeedyCube

How should I fix it? It's hard to know what I did wrong with a comment like that.


The removal of the ring around the sun should help.

Posted By: SpeedyCube
Date Posted: 15 February 2015 at 2:26pm

Here's a much more complete version I had and edited the sun in. any better?


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