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Topic: CHALLENGE 3/12/2007: Ides of March
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 3/12/2007: Ides of March
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:35am

CHALLENGE: Ides of March

In honor of the Roman Empire and the death of its most famous and arguably best leader, Julius Caesar. This week's challenge is limited to 3 colors, red, yellow and black. Size and scope is up to you. Sample things include, Gladiators, warships, chariots, daily life, animals, scenes, weapons, architecture or anything else as long as it retains a Roman 'look'.

PS: It can be any shade of red, yellow and black even default MSPaint colors \o/

Let the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ides_Of_March - almighty Wiki be your guide!

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=1027' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/19118.htm' target='_blank'>Emperor by /p/3182.htm' target='_blank'>Perciv@l
/pixelart/18998.htm' target='_blank'>Et tu, Brute? by /p/7226.htm' target='_blank'>Adam
/pixelart/19077.htm' target='_blank'>Rome War... by /p/5071.htm' target='_blank'>MichaS


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

/pixelart/19113.htm' target='_blank'>It's over, Marcus! Put the sword down and step away from the president! by /p/1616.htm' target='_blank'>HMC
/pixelart/19035.htm' target='_blank'>Orgy! by /p/3674.htm' target='_blank'>Souly
/pixelart/19075.htm' target='_blank'>Take this sword by /p/5929.htm' target='_blank'>Hairyu
/pixelart/19014.htm' target='_blank'>All Roads Lead To Rome by /p/8355.htm' target='_blank'>CircleOfTheDarkOnes
/pixelart/19090.htm' target='_blank'>3-bit Currency by /p/7038.htm' target='_blank'>Genesis
/pixelart/19044.htm' target='_blank'>SPQR by /p/9270.htm' target='_blank'>ilkke
/pixelart/19082.htm' target='_blank'>Constantine by /p/8445.htm' target='_blank'>-Fizz-
/pixelart/18963.htm' target='_blank'>RoboCaesar by /p/9491.htm' target='_blank'>bozer
/pixelart/19094.htm' target='_blank'>Goddess of Victory by /p/4535.htm' target='_blank'>Dra_chan
/pixelart/19061.htm' target='_blank'>Fatty Roman by /p/7910.htm' target='_blank'>AwesomePossum
/pixelart/19015.htm' target='_blank'>Just blame it on the Christians! by /p/7791.htm' target='_blank'>DarkfalzX
/pixelart/19068.htm' target='_blank'>A gladiator by /p/6527.htm' target='_blank'>Sampe
/pixelart/19062.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Temple by /p/9092.htm' target='_blank'>Lollige
/pixelart/19078.htm' target='_blank'>Cesar.. the emperor of the world by /p/5252.htm' target='_blank'>zamb
/pixelart/19086.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Soldier by /p/9313.htm' target='_blank'>ui_
/pixelart/19036.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Soldier by /p/8049.htm' target='_blank'>Varock Shade
/pixelart/19109.htm' target='_blank'>Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant! by /p/4628.htm' target='_blank'>FrankieSmileShow
/pixelart/19112.htm' target='_blank'>SeaGuardian by /p/7478.htm' target='_blank'>drZool
/pixelart/19027.htm' target='_blank'>eyeds of march by /p/7682.htm' target='_blank'>eckered
/pixelart/19059.htm' target='_blank'>Gladiator Vs Lion by /p/7950.htm' target='_blank'>KilledBySuicide
/pixelart/19054.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Helm+Sword by /p/8843.htm' target='_blank'>Mini
/pixelart/19043.htm' target='_blank'>challenge entry - Caesar Captain! by /p/7290.htm' target='_blank'>Spider Boy
/pixelart/18979.htm' target='_blank'>GREAT BALLZ OF FIRE by /p/7604.htm' target='_blank'>FlyGuy
/pixelart/19119.htm' target='_blank'>Julius*unfinished* by /p/2195.htm' target='_blank'>Scruffs
/pixelart/19117.htm' target='_blank'>Antonia Minor by /p/1419.htm' target='_blank'>Lawrence
/pixelart/19063.htm' target='_blank'>Roman sword #03 by /p/8823.htm' target='_blank'>sausage
/pixelart/18978.htm' target='_blank'>Blood-stained Dagger by /p/1366.htm' target='_blank'>BruceJuice
/pixelart/19050.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Sword #02 by /p/8823.htm' target='_blank'>sausage
/pixelart/18981.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Soldier 2 by /p/5398.htm' target='_blank'>Tomas
/pixelart/18961.htm' target='_blank'>Broken Roman Sign by /p/1343.htm' target='_blank'>Ensellitis
/pixelart/19072.htm' target='_blank'>Evil Roman Dinosaurs Are Here by /p/5847.htm' target='_blank'>Jumpseri
/pixelart/19110.htm' target='_blank'>go rome! by /p/8024.htm' target='_blank'>skeddles
/pixelart/19007.htm' target='_blank'>pixelcezar by /p/8772.htm' target='_blank'>kostik92
/pixelart/19022.htm' target='_blank'>Veni, vidi, vici! by /p/864.htm' target='_blank'>grave
/pixelart/19051.htm' target='_blank'>On the name of Jupiter! by /p/912.htm' target='_blank'>inkspot
/pixelart/18974.htm' target='_blank'>...No,my brother,don't die now! by /p/2606.htm' target='_blank'>Vital
/pixelart/18980.htm' target='_blank'>Roman Sword by /p/8823.htm' target='_blank'>sausage
/pixelart/19053.htm' target='_blank'>hedonism-bot by /p/8234.htm' target='_blank'>klav
/pixelart/19115.htm' target='_blank'>Romen by /p/9621.htm' target='_blank'>Nameless one
/pixelart/19084.htm' target='_blank'>Lion! by /p/2761.htm' target='_blank'>Opacus
/pixelart/19030.htm' target='_blank'>Roman battlehelm by /p/5752.htm' target='_blank'>Johannest85
/pixelart/18995.htm' target='_blank'>For the Glory by /p/5200.htm' target='_blank'>grim666


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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:40am
and AGAIN im going to say im going to enter, this time AGAIN it will be easyer than last time cos I can make an isometric building... Im gonna practise with Dithring alot 

Is transparant allowed?

Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 2:02am
Oooooh, limited palette goodness.  Can't wait to get started.

Is transparency allowed oh challenge creator?

Posted By: pixelblink
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 2:14am
I didn't write this one up, but I'd say it's a go for transparency.
3 colours is gonna be a bitch of a challenge. Thinkin' I might actually take part in this one.


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Posted By: 0xDB
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 2:42am
What exactly does "limited to 3 colors...", "...it can be any shade of red, yellow and black" mean?

Does that mean the palette is limited to 3 entries of which each individual entry can be any shade of those or does it mean that the palette is not limited in its' entries and that participants can use as many shades of red, yellow and black as they please?

(not saying that I'm going to participate, just curious)


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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:06am
I think its just 3 colors, and you may choose those colors yourself (however they must be yellow, red and black, but you may do Dark red, very light yellow and white too.....

Im working on this temple, but there is something wrong.... How do I get it right?? I think I am totally going to redo it


Posted By: Mini
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:24am
I was gonna enter this still might if ive got enough time after school camp :/
this is where i got up to

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5462/romanswordul5.png

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 4:27am
Red (any shade, just one) Yellow (any shade, just one) and black. Total 3 colors. Transparency and animation OK.

@ Lloliage, no white


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Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 8:00am
Originally posted by administrator



PS: It can be any shade of red, yellow and black even default MSPaint colors \o/


Lol there is written: Any shade of red, yellow and black.. and white is a shade of black isnt it?? However im not planning to use white (or gray) anyway :p



I think im this time isometricly right :)


Gladly im allmost finished with those lines.. but I think the colors will be alot harder

Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 11:32am


...wip


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Posted By: lilhawk2892
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 12:28pm
i think i may participate in a challenge for the first time... i just need my self an idear...

Posted By: Adam
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 12:53pm
Hi there!
Do these colors qualify as shades of red and yellow?
(early wip)
Also if someone has tips how to select the colors to make the text more legible, please share them. On the LCD I'm currently sitting at some of them are a bit hard to read.

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:03pm

WIP, something whipped up, We'll see if Im going with it. Oh, is that too brownish BTW?

Posted By: skeddles
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:16pm
Originally posted by drZool


WIP, something whipped up, We'll see if Im going with it. Oh, is that too brownish BTW?


i would consider it brown


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Posted By: klav
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:19pm
Originally posted by Adam

Hi there!
Do these colors qualify as shades of red and yellow?
(early wip)
Also if someone has tips how to select the colors to make the text more legible, please share them. On the LCD I'm currently sitting at some of them are a bit hard to read.

this is funny.... and the colors read fine to me.

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:20pm

WIP is this color ok?

Posted By: alkaline
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 1:56pm
Originally posted by Adam

Hi there!
Do these colors qualify as shades of red and yellow?
(early wip)
Also if someone has tips how to select the colors to make the text more legible, please share them. On the LCD I'm currently sitting at some of them are a bit hard to read.


parts (the menu) ripped from final fantasy tactics advance? it's a nice head, maybe you should design your own menu though.

Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:02pm
So far this is waht I have..
 
The line art still needs detail, which I am working on..but I cannot find the right shades of red/yellow/black to make the image perfect.. Also can anyone please give me any pointers on a good dither/shading/lighting style. 3 colors is a new thing for me..this is very hard.
 
Thanks for your time guys..
 
Basically those are flaming boulders flying over the sky above the soldier. as the fire balls get farther away, the flames slowly turn into big smoke clouds! (will detail face later)
 
(WIP)
 

Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:08pm
Originally posted by drZool


WIP is this color ok?
 
I think that definately represents a shade of red. I also think the last color that you thought looked brown was still a shade of red. Hopefully the judging will be semi lenient on the shades of the colors due to the fact that you can only pick the 3. I think this picture matches the greek art style very well. Kudos!
 
(Kudos from the Greek κύδος kydos) <-- on topic, kinda funny

Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:12pm
Originally posted by jalonso

Red (any shade, just one) Yellow (any shade, just one) and black. Total 3 colors. Transparency and animation OK.

@ Lloliage, no white
 
1. wouldnt transparency be more than 3 colors in the end though?
 
 
2. im not to smart on the computer side of graphics...can we hand make our transparency in MSpaint? or does it have to be done in a program that makes the transparency for us?

Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:13pm
mspaint doesnt have transparency

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Posted By: Adam
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:30pm
Originally posted by alkaline

parts (the menu) ripped from final fantasy tactics advance? it's a nice head, maybe you should design your own menu though.
 
It was meant to be a FFTA mockup. Though maybe I'll come up with an original menu.

Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 3:53pm
Some really creative looking solutions so far! Adam's works really well. I like that there is so much variety to this challenge.

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Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 5:26pm
Originally posted by Ensellitis

mspaint doesnt have transparency
 
I know it doesnt.. I guess I worded it wrong.
 
I mean can I hand pixel my transparency using MSpaint? I realize that it does not feature a transparency function. But I feel that if someone else is allowed to use it just because they have access to PSP, am I allowed to do it by hand in MSpaint? (This would technically be using more than 3 colors though)

Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 7:58pm
then no, you cannot.  you can get someone to do it for you, but it is red, black, yellow, and transparency only


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Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 10:00pm
alright thanks alot..

Posted By: BruceJuice
Date Posted: 12 March 2007 at 11:33pm
Originally posted by FlyGuy

 
I know it doesnt.. I guess I worded it wrong.
 
I mean can I hand pixel my transparency using MSpaint? I realize that it does not feature a transparency function. But I feel that if someone else is allowed to use it just because they have access to PSP, am I allowed to do it by hand in MSpaint? (This would technically be using more than 3 colors though)


There are free programs out there that allow you to add a transparency to a gif. Pardon the plug, but I typically use 'Giffy.' It can convert .BMP to .GIF, .GIF to .BMP, as well as add a transparency to a .GIF file.

http://www.hultshome.dk/b_b_makers/vej_blink_not_psp_en.htm

there's also GifAnimator on that site too. It's a simple program that makes animations...but if you're just looking to add a transparent background to an image, just download giffy.

Posted By: Spider Boy
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 3:24am
 
Unfinished Piece...

Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 5:14am
Can I get some tips on how to improve it?

Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 6:25am
Originally posted by Adam

Hi there!
Do these colors qualify as shades of red and yellow?
(early wip)
Also if someone has tips how to select the colors to make the text more legible, please share them. On the LCD I'm currently sitting at some of them are a bit hard to read.

Thats really slick, I love it.


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Posted By: Adam
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 7:26am
Thanks!
Some progress:
The BG is 99% done. Just the characters and some final touchup left. And maybe a new menu...
I hope I'll have time during the weekend to finish it.

Posted By: AdrianJensen
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 7:50am
consitering entering...

my sister's birthday is on the ides of march :)

i want to see somebody do an iso colosseum http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Colosseum-2003-07-09.jpg - :o



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Posted By: Zenobia
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 10:32am
Originally posted by AdrianJensen

consitering entering...

my sister's birthday is on the ides of march :)

i want to see somebody do an iso colosseum http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Colosseum-2003-07-09.jpg - :o

 
Oh damn... now I will have to try that of course.
I'll never make it in time ^^; But it might get me bonus points for Latin at the end of the year.

Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 12:14pm
Will someone do me a HUGE FAVOR! Turn the white in my challenge entry into transprent? I only have MSpaint so I can't do it. Thanks a ton!
 

Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 12:23pm
Originally posted by FlyGuy

Will someone do me a HUGE FAVOR! Turn the white in my challenge entry into transprent? I only have MSpaint so I can't do it. Thanks a ton!
 

AWESOME!! I thought they where different color shemes, but they are just 3 colors!! here is the transparant version!

Posted By: AdrianJensen
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 12:30pm
flydude, that is so sweet.

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Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 12:34pm
Thank you so much

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 12:53pm
And i thought i was Quick to the jump!
And my Work Sucks!
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/18980.htm - http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/18980.htm  <-- lol,    Stupid 3 colour pallette.
Needs to be 255 Colours availiable

Posted By: Genesis
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 1:26pm
I have never worked with a 3 color palette before but I assured myself that the colors would not be arguable. Feedback please?



A more appropriate shade of red..

Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 1:36pm
I like the bottom one the best... looks great Genesis

Posted By: Adarias
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 2:56pm


simple to begin with, may enlarge and detail and rework quite a bit though.  right now i really havent used all 3 colors effectively

Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 3:14pm
Originally posted by Adarias



simple to begin with, may enlarge and detail and rework quite a bit though.  right now i really havent used all 3 colors effectively
 
What is it?

Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 3:29pm
Originally posted by Lollige

Can I get some tips on how to improve it?



change the colors.  right now they are painful to the eyes


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Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 3:57pm
I have decided I will do something depicting the roman gods 

EDIT: ok, I am going to draw the Goddess Victoria, whom the Romans worshiped after their victories in battle.


I have a question, the black color must be pure or can I soften it a bit?


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Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 4:00pm
flyguy:  www.iaza.com for all your transparency needs.

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Posted By: Hairyu
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 4:07pm
Geez you all came with this top notch more-colours-ilusion thing and I'm posting this:
Is it roman enough?Suposed to be gladiators fighting.

Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 4:27pm
Originally posted by Hairyu

Geez you all came with this top notch more-colours-ilusion thing and I'm posting this:
Is it roman enough?Suposed to be gladiators fighting.


Hairyu, you have until Sunday to do this, i would suggest working on it a little more


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Posted By: AdrianJensen
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 5:30pm
wow...
looking at all the other stuff in here, suddenly i'm not all that confident about mine.

EDIT:  oops, i used the wrong black down there in the bottom part, i had better fix that


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Posted By: JerryPie
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 6:55pm
Originally posted by AdrianJensen

wow...
looking at all the other stuff in here, suddenly i'm not all that confident about mine.

EDIT:  oops, i used the wrong black down there in the bottom part, i had better fix that
 
A+ man

Posted By: khorin
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 7:03pm
WIP!

Wow, this will be my second pixel art piece that I will have completed. Just thought I'd do this to see if I can make the deadline. I decided to do a magazine cover for "The Roman Woman". The front cover features the "flavian" hairstyle popular among the elite women around the time of Emporor Hadrian. I drew this from a photo of a bust from my art history book. The hair is going to be the most difficult but I'm having trouble deciding what kind of dither pattern I should use for a smooth surface. Any suggestions?

The finished product will have the title as well as captions or whatever you call them. :-)

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 7:34pm
Great stuff from everyone, really creative stuff. AdrianJensen you have nothing to fear there, its great already.

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Posted By: AdrianJensen
Date Posted: 13 March 2007 at 9:02pm
thanks :)

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Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:11am
I can safely say that http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=8693&FID=1 - AdrianJensen 's one is probably one of the top 3.
I wish i could animate that well......    

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:53am
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/18980.htm - http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/18980.htm
-- UPDATE -- STILL CRAPPY -- BUT ITS BETTER --Lol,  i hope you like this more now.

Posted By: Adarias
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 3:40am
Originally posted by FlyGuy

Originally posted by Adarias



simple to begin with, may enlarge and detail and rework quite a bit though.  right now i really havent used all 3 colors effectively
 
What is it?


Caesar lies dead on the floor of the senate as the sun fades.  Brutus remains with bloodied knive standing in the shadows.

the space is very hard to deal with for 3 colros which is why im thinking of making ti larger (and thereby more clear), especially since right now i havent go room to do much like dither etc so the restrictions are particularly felt.

Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 8:25am
Originally posted by Ensellitis

Originally posted by Lollige

Can I get some tips on how to improve it?



change the colors.  right now they are painful to the eyes


I liked the idea I used the standard MSpaint colors.. but this looks some bether :)

Posted By: Doppleganger
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:28am


I always hated Roman stuff...so it took a bit of effort to even do anything. I decided to recreate the painting in the wiki article due to lack of inspiration.

I just wanted to see what I could do within the limitations. I got bored with it and doubt I'll have the time to finish it but I'm putting it up here anyways.

Ref: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ac/Cesar-sa_mort.jpg

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:54am

WIP, Im gonna redo the statue, plus I need some action in it too, just don't know what yet... perhaps animation.

Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:22pm


Here is my WIP. Still very sketchy. Maybe ill change the palette


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Posted By: alkaline
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:53pm
finally some free time, maybe i can work on this thing :D

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:28pm
Originally posted by Lollige

Originally posted by Ensellitis

Originally posted by Lollige

Can I get some tips on how to improve it?



change the colors.  right now they are painful to the eyes


I liked the idea I used the standard MSpaint colors.. but this looks some bether :)

 
Its not really a shade of yellow anymore,      In my opinion,   as my brown wasnt a red shade ill feel i was treated unfairly for this contest,   but still,  it does look nice,   just make it become more of a shade of yellow rather than Brownish Gray.
 
Just trying to help

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:02pm

WIP update

Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:08pm


Its more yellowish now

I think it is a shade of yellow now:

Posted By: AwesomePossum
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 5:49pm
Does that count? It seems a bit unfair to me. 

Posted By: AwesomePossum
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 10:20pm
Heres mine so far
 

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 12:43am
Originally posted by Lollige



Its more yellowish now

I think it is a shade of yellow now:



I think not , I mean, yes it's a shade of yellow, but it feels like it's not within the spirit of the rules of this weeks challenge.

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 6:03am

WIP another version of the same idea

Posted By: Arthus
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 7:02am
 
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Bah.. I stand no chance at all.. darn your skills, darn them!
Cool challenge, though!
 
EDIT: To be honest.. I'll just make another one.. I'm not happy with the one I made. It bugs me.
Back to the drawing board.
 

Posted By: Ensellitis
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 7:32am
Originally posted by Lollige


I think it is a shade of yellow now:



if its not noticeably yellow, then its not acceptable.  that is part of the challenge. 


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Posted By: Hairyu
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 9:04am
Originally posted by Dra_chan

 
Hairyu, you have until Sunday to do this, i would suggest working on it a little more


Yeah, that was the idea, but I've ran out of ideas for the minimallistic (sp?) style I was intending to portray.Think I'll try something brand new.

Posted By: Adam
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 9:52am
Originally posted by drZool


WIP another version of the same idea
 
WOW! That looks waaaaaaaay more grandiose.

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:31pm

I have a brand new Red/Yellow/Black Sword (MSPaint colours)

But i have a problem with it,   i have it at school,  and have forgotten to upload it online,    So hopefully expect to see it tomorrow.

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:34pm
Originally posted by Adam

Originally posted by drZool


WIP another version of the same idea
 
WOW! That looks waaaaaaaay more grandiose.


The scetch was drawed on a laptop on the train, I guess that was to my favor. (I had a mouse, but still)

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:35pm
Originally posted by Arthus

Back to the drawing board. 


This is killing me

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:35pm
 Thats really good of on a laptop touch pad,  i have a laptop,  and i HATE Using the touch pad.   

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 1:38pm
Awesome possum,    Your image is simple and nice,     so far...
but whats with the PQRS On the paper thing...?

Posted By: Souly
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 3:18pm
I just submitted my first entry.

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Posted By: Hairyu
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 3:59pm
New idea lineart:



any tips before I start to try and punch the colors in?

EDIT: extra, just messing around to understand how the pallete would work...

Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 9:52pm


Here is my progress so far. Ens taught me how to do directional dither.


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Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 11:50pm
Dra-Chan,   thats starting to look really nice,  xD

Posted By: Saxamaphone
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 2:34am
 
im no good at this but atleast im trying

Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 6:47am
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/19036.htm - http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/19036.htm

My piece for the challenge... It certainly isn't my best work imo, but well... what do you people think of it...?


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Posted By: Sampe
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 10:05am
 
Still a WIP, any critics or comments? :o

Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 10:45am
I'm seeing some incredible work.. great theme.. I only wish I got off my homework bound ass and joined in!!

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Posted By: ceddo
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 1:17pm
Here's how my cycle goes:
- I see the new Challenge thread every monday afternoon after school. I get all excited, thinking up concepts and all that. Finish my homework, get some linework done, go to bed.
- Next couple of days I'm just drowned with homework and can't get anything done.
- See all the fantastic pieces that have come in during the week, just give up seeing as I can't imagine making better. Spend the rest of the week-end lazying around and doing nothing. Feel regret on Sunday afternoon when I feel i should have done something.
- Next week... etc.

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 2:09pm


Okay, I've put some time in my second piece, it feels more dynamic than my first. I need to clean up stuff and change the palette, but Im confident that this version will be my entry.

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 2:20pm
/me Lol's at ceddo.
Looking nice so far sampe.
And good work VarrockShade, i like it!
oh and one last line, DrZool,     im starting to see what it is a bit clearer now,    Looking nice,  now start colouring it!

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 2:22pm

Sampe,  sorry i didnt say this last post,    i hadn't realised until just now,   i dont like the Crowd being Square-Headed....   But wait and see what others think first.

[Edit] Fixed a spelling error.
 
[Second Edit] http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/19050.htm - http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/19050.htm  <-- My second entry.

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 2:25pm
@Sampe, I too think the square heads could be better, you don't even need eyes really. Just hint at a crowd with some selected outlining perhaps. Black is somewhat underused.

@drZool, your looks great :D

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Posted By: Saxamaphone
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 3:47pm
my lame entry but am still okay with
 
anything i could fix?

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 3:49pm
Stop putting yourself down saxamaphone,  i think it is Quite good,   but it hasnt got much there,  but for what it is,  it's good.

Posted By: klav
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 3:56pm


I taught myself how to animate today... this is my entry. it is Hedonism bot from futurama.

sorry about the link, ive been having problems with getting the animation to show up.
http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r113/klav9000/hedonism-bot.gif - http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r113/klav9000/hedonism-bot.gif


Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 6:35pm
Hey Klav!   thats some great stuff!
Hope to see more animations from you,  this is really Quite good for a first animation.

Posted By: khorin
Date Posted: 16 March 2007 at 10:04pm
I don't know if I'll finish this by the deadline but I'll submit it as regular pixel art. One thing I've learned: Smaller is certainly better especiall with the way I work = slow.

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 2:41am
Khorin,     thats starting to get towards loking nice,    but i agree with the smaller is better thing,   so much easier to make.

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 2:43am


Arrrrrrghhh the dithering is tiresome to draw. The helmet needs more shine. Frankly I needs more work all over. This is just a WIP...

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 2:46am
Khorin: It's getting beautiful! About the size, yes smaller is easier, I had to shrink mine from 400x300 to 320x240 to cope with all the dithering this challenge needs. (My thunderstruck entry contains almost no dithering)

Posted By: sausage
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 2:49am
Nice work DrZool,    Each time you post an update it becomes clearer and clearer what it is,  Please make sure you make a WIP Animation.   xD

Posted By: drZool
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 4:21am


Whoho! another update! There will be an WIP animation when Im done :)

Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 17 March 2007 at 6:59am
drZool, its making a lot more visual sense now, good job.

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