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CHALLENGE 8/1/2016: Sportrait

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Topic: CHALLENGE 8/1/2016: Sportrait
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 8/1/2016: Sportrait
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 12:01am

CHALLENGE: Sportrait

Well, it's Olympics time again. So this week, create a portrait of any sportsperson or athlete, past or present.

Canvas Size - Max 64 x 64.
Colours - Max 16.
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=1513' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/106660.htm' target='_blank' class='winner1'>Max Schmeling by /p/34829.htm' target='_blank'>Mandrill
/pixelart/106610.htm' target='_blank' class='winner2'>Yuri Boyka by /p/48975.htm' target='_blank'>dami1310
/pixelart/106513.htm' target='_blank' class='winner3'>Nikolai Andrianov by /p/83681.htm' target='_blank'>vazovski


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

/pixelart/106612.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Milo of Croton by /p/72626.htm' target='_blank'>BigPotato
/pixelart/106651.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>40 Love by /p/9784.htm' target='_blank'>Stickman
/pixelart/106671.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>CIELO by /p/32655.htm' target='_blank'>Geoglatico
/pixelart/106643.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Golda Apache by /p/107974.htm' target='_blank'>saby
/pixelart/106556.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Davenport: Champion Logroller by /p/66367.htm' target='_blank'>Blueschist
/pixelart/106620.htm' target='_blank' class='winnerx'>Daiane dos Santos by /p/79391.htm' target='_blank'>gabemartes



Replies:
Posted By: vazovski
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 1:45am
Can I draw few portraits and put them into one entry? Or I have to make several entries?


Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 2:55am
One portrait per entry. And you can enter as many times as you like.

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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 6:46am
This is a portrait challenge



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Posted By: saby
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 9:07am
Pray, how come #2 and #3 on top row aren't caricatures with their clearly exaggerated facial features, while the examples under "caricatures" are very faithful to the facial features although with deformed body proportions?

I do not understand.


Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 1:03pm
The bottom caricatures have full bodies so they are not portraits.

Some of the top row of portraits are caricatures too but for the purposes of PJ challenges where terms come from game assets portraits never have a full body (sprite) and are never just a the face (asset).
My point was that entries should be the face and the indication of the body (neck, shoulder, some chest area, etc)

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Posted By: saby
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 1:07pm
Oh okay. Thanks for the clarification.


Posted By: Blueschist
Date Posted: 01 August 2016 at 5:49pm

Yesterday was the final day of the Lumberjack World Championships, this was the female logrolling champ.
I'd like to get around to doing the male one too, but I can't find any pictures of him.
All crits are appreciated.

Update:
Finished, at least for the night. Might return to it before the week's out with fresh eyes.


Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 03 August 2016 at 11:21am
Originally posted by jalonso

All art by Jinn


You're spoiling me <3


Posted By: awestsecurity
Date Posted: 04 August 2016 at 5:49pm


Workin' on it. Demolition derbies are the sportiest.
All advice accepted.


Posted By: saby
Date Posted: 05 August 2016 at 2:41pm


Pretty pleased with this one, will do a bit of AA, general polish, and make a prettier border.

As for the chosen athlete: he's Golda Apache 75 SH, the first A class (107 cm or shorter) Shetland Pony ever to break the two-minute ghost limit on a kilometre with his world record of 1.59,3. 172 heats, 120 victories.

Citation for his accomplishments and some photos (which I used for refs) at http://www.sukuposti.net/hevoset/golda-apache/76829

By the way can anyone find the #1c1c1c that PJ Image Specs claims is in there somewhere?


Posted By: saby
Date Posted: 06 August 2016 at 10:21am
Originally posted by administrator

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  • Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict).

So uhhh does this mean 00:00 as in the first minute of Sunday (i.e. entries must be submitted before Sunday), or the first minute of Monday (i.e. Sunday 23:59 is the last minute you can submit your entry)?

Also, does "Pacific" stand for PST/UTC-8?


Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 06 August 2016 at 5:29pm
Look on the front page. You have to submit your entry before the countdown timer reaches zero.

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Posted By: saby
Date Posted: 06 August 2016 at 5:44pm
Well this is embarrassing. Shows how rarely I visit the front page ;>___>



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