CHALLENGE 2/25/2008: A Real Work of Art
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Topic: CHALLENGE 2/25/2008: A Real Work of Art
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Subject: CHALLENGE 2/25/2008: A Real Work of Art
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 4:18am
CHALLENGE: A Real Work of Arthe lovely MashPotato challenges you to pixel a sprite that would be at home in a non-stop-action-packed, side-scrolling 2D platformer... taking place in an art gallery!Pick a famous sculpture or painting and bring it to life by transforming it into an enemy or hero sprite People paintings do not have to stay in their canvas. For example. the Mona Lisa can have leg and arms and does not need to be in the frame. Animation: required; must be an attack, idle, walking, or death animation Transparency: required Canvas Size: no restrictions Colours: 24 (includes transparency) References: please link to the original artwork, regardless of how well-known you think it is. CHALLENGE RULES
CHALLENGE JUDGING
CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
CHALLENGE VOTING/pixels/poll.asp?id=1074' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!CHALLENGE AWARDSThe A Real Work of Art pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:/pixelart/30202.htm' target='_blank'>  Daliclok by /p/3794.htm' target='_blank'>Larwick/pixelart/30114.htm' target='_blank'>  American Gothic by /p/11308.htm' target='_blank'>panya/pixelart/30213.htm' target='_blank'>  Warhol's Campbell Soup by /p/9118.htm' target='_blank'>6dofThanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! /pixelart/30146.htm' target='_blank'>  Primitive by /p/9697.htm' target='_blank'>Metaru/pixelart/30084.htm' target='_blank'> Salvador Dali's "The Eye" Fighter by /p/10713.htm' target='_blank'>PixelSpy/pixelart/30214.htm' target='_blank'> The Laughing Cavalier by /p/14997.htm' target='_blank'>Jacky-Boy/pixelart/30063.htm' target='_blank'> Muncher Screams! by /p/15077.htm' target='_blank'>ProgZmax/pixelart/30193.htm' target='_blank'> /bɔs/ Approaching! by /p/3504.htm' target='_blank'>orbofwisdom/pixelart/30242.htm' target='_blank'> Heroic Musashi by /p/11738.htm' target='_blank'>Salvage/pixelart/30106.htm' target='_blank'>
Celebes (Weekly Challenge) by /p/12680.htm' target='_blank'>PresidentLeever |
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Posted By: Fuzzyleaves
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 6:38am
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wow great idea.. mash
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Posted By: surt
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 6:53am
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Haunted gallery: Munch's Screamer, da Vinci's Moaning Lisa, Venus de Malice
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Posted By: Qbi
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:09am
| Does my sprite has to be similar to original - I mean can it be in comic style for example? |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:32am
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yes, creativity and originality are always highly desired ;)
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Posted By: Christoballs
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 11:14am
| I'll go for the disc thrower animation lol. I can just imagine him, a right fool... |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 2:38pm
 Tried animating it, failed miserably. Will try again soon. Hope it's satisfactory. -------------  http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 3:54pm
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I went with one of the most singularly annoying paintings I've ever seen, Munch's Screamer. I just think the idea of an enemy that looks like the freaky sectoid/alien thing he painted would be great. Anyway, here's the current version I have, at 63x100x10 colors (including transparency): The Muncher screams at you!  Not sure if I'll have time to work on it more or not so I'm posting it now. ref: http://neveryetmelted.com/wp-images/Scream.jpg |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 4:15pm
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Hey Prog that's sweet. :) I didn't think your reference looked right, i don't think it's the original, i believe http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/%7Ecema/courses/CSE3325/images/lect1/munchScream.jpg - this is though. I've looked at your sprite so much now it's starting to really freak me out. Perfect. :P ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 4:25pm
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Munch did a few versions of the painting. You can find the two most seen here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scream If you go to the gallery you'll see the one I used, although the image is brighter (the one that was stolen in 2004). I chose the reference image because it seemed like a better photo :). I'm glad it scared you, I wasn't sure if it looked freaky enough or not...but considering the source, I guess I was wrong! :D |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 4:27pm
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Haha i learned something today. :) Thanks for clearing that up. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: MashPotato
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 5:32pm
Great to see some entries being started already! Terrific stuff, ProgZ and Larwick  ------------- http://theindiestone.com - the INDIE STONE |
Posted By: DJD
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 7:57pm
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Holy crap larwick make a game with that please. This competition is a great idea, looking forward to some awesome entries. |
Posted By: Terley
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:35pm
Prog im going to have nightmares 
awesome.
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Posted By: Elwin
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:45pm
| This one's gonna be fun :) |
Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 6:47am
| Does anybody know of a free animation program? |
Posted By: Elwin
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 7:21am
| Unfreez :) |
Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 7:25am
| Thanks, Ill try it |
Posted By: Elwin
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 7:39am
| No problem ;) |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 10:29am
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Cheers guys. DJD, i'm finding it hard just animating the idle, let alone what'd be needed for a game, eheh. Maybe you should. :P  ...meh. Gunna touch this up later, the limbs are really lame atm.------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: Acherhar
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 2:46pm
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Oh that is so cool Larwick, it'd be really nice if you added a background! ------------- |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 3:28pm
Well since you asked so nicely, i started a WIP. Eheh. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: 6dof
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 4:44pm
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This is my entry: the most diabolical monster...the ANDY WARHOL CAMBELLE SOUP CAN. frightened no?  It is not completly done yet. I will finish it to spit up soup as an attack.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Warhol-Campbell_Soup-1-screenprint-1968.jpg - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Warhol-Campbell_Soup-1-screenprint-1968.jpg
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Posted By: DJD
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 4:47pm
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I would love to see Mr. Clock going through a surrealistic world. Just think of the environment and gameplay possibilities. :F Prog that's an excellent rendition of the scream. If my art knowledge serves correctly though, it'd be interesting to note that it isn't necessarily the character that is screaming but that this was an experience he had. The two people in the picture were his friends and for some reason he had dropped behind. Suddenly the sky turned a blood-curdling red, as if the sky, nature itself, had screamed out. He covered his ears to block out the scream of nature. :) |
Posted By: leel
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 5:11pm
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Aw these are all so cool already! Way to go guys : D *shamefully hides in a corner until next week* ------------- |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 5:32pm
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6dof, brilliant idea! DJD, yeah i know what you mean, i could include objects and scenes from many of dali's works... Leel, do the david! Doooo himm. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: LandShark
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 7:54pm
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Originally posted by Larwick Tried animating it, failed miserably. Will try again soon. Hope it's satisfactory. aw, that was the first thing that came into my mind when I saw the challenge :] too bad it's taken.. |
Posted By: orbofwisdom
Date Posted: 26 February 2008 at 9:06pm
nuts. i started a campbell's soup can before 6dof posted his. oh well. I have a new idea in the works, but here's what i had so far: it was going to be a sentry gun enemy ): and i think it uses the same number of colors as 6dof's  ------------- 
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 4:12am
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Guys, i shouldn't worry about doing the same idea as someone else, since you're going to give it your own concept and stylings. If anything it'd be really interesting.
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Posted By: LandShark
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 2:09pm
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Originally posted by Larwick Guys, i shouldn't worry about doing the same idea as someone else, since you're going to give it your own concept and stylings. If anything it'd be really interesting. oh, I'm not :D I actually found something even more interesting, in my opinion. but it's not even presentable yet, so you'll see it later. |
Posted By: 6dof
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 2:19pm
All i can say is wow...
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Posted By: orbofwisdom
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 4:22pm
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yeah, i have an idea that i like better now, no need to worry about me, larwick :o although having like 5 campbell's soup can entries would be in line with the whole mass-reproduction pop art thing that warhol was all about 
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Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 27 February 2008 at 8:53pm
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DJD - From what I read, I thought Scream was supposed to be Munch's way of expressing the buildup of anxiety in today's world, but I'm by no means an expert on the subject -- I just know I always hated the painting and it was the very first thing that came to mind for this challenge so I went with it :D. |
Posted By: 6dof
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 2:59pm
Well...Here is my final work. Photobucket does not upload this ammount of frames in an animated GIF and I did not want to open an account an another page that I will never use;so sorry for the big sprite sheet!
 Any final comments of critiques before I submit it?
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Posted By: hotnikkelz
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 6:42pm
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wow, that looks really good man. I have a few questions for you since i am interested making animated gifs I use photoshop to create the graphics but what free easy program can i use to put in teh frames and make the animated gif. Keep in mind i want to make very long gifs that can take up to 1000 frames. Mostly with stick figures though and very little colour. |
Posted By: Acherhar
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 6:48pm
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Larwick, I look forward to seeing that background finished =)
6dof, that is an awesome animation, instead of uploading to photobucket, why don't you upload straight from your computer?
P.S. Photobucket let me load a 40+ frame animation, I don't see how it's not letting yours load up.
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Posted By: LandShark
Date Posted: 28 February 2008 at 6:53pm
| use Imageshack. No account needed. |
Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 2:10am
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Posted By: hotnikkelz
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 7:05am
| get photoshop |
Posted By: Fuzzyleaves
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 7:25am
i never got to try this challenge because of my viral sickness 
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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 8:51am
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Originally posted by hotnikkelz get photoshop Um.. I already have 7 and CS2, so.. hush. ------------- |
Posted By: Acherhar
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 2:17pm
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Wow Skull, that just sucks... Out of curiosity, what painting did you do? ------------- |
Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 3:34pm
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Originally posted by Acherhar Wow Skull, that just sucks... Out of curiosity, what painting did you do? http:// - I was doing this by Monet; http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7983/monetbridgelgye3.jpg The lillies around off-center-left, I was going to have a soilder emerge and shoot his gun.. Maybe I'll start again later. ------------- |
Posted By: Acherhar
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 3:37pm
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Oo, I wish it wasn't lost :/ ------------- |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 29 February 2008 at 8:33pm
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Originally posted by Skull email it to me and I'll probably rescue it for you, I do have a mac ;) ------------- |
Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 5:58am
 http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/30202.htm - http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/30202.htm bleh. Done! Don't have time to do the background, sozzors Acherharhar. ------------- http://larw-ck.deviantart.com">
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Posted By: orbofwisdom
Date Posted: 02 March 2008 at 3:12pm
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http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/30193.htm - http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/30193.htm ): -------------
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