CHALLENGE 3/24/2008: Ancient Chill-Out
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Topic: CHALLENGE 3/24/2008: Ancient Chill-Out
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 3/24/2008: Ancient Chill-Out
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 4:21am
Medusa's Entanglement by /p/14815.htm' target='_blank'>mobichan
Splish Splash... by /p/4718.htm' target='_blank'>Tremulant
CHALLENGE: Ancient Chill-Out; "Eris" by /p/474.htm' target='_blank'>Morganne
Medusa's new make-up by /p/8898.htm' target='_blank'>Miumau0Replies:
Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 5:56am
 saturn, the god of time, just realizes how much he wasted on a second-hand puzzle. much will be changed if i decide to get this to a submitable state. ------------- http://sj-gfx.com"> 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 10:37am
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Greek and Roman Goddesses and Gods Greek Name • Roman Name • Title Zeus • Jupiter • King of Gods Apollo • Phoebus Apollo • God of Light Hermes • Mercury • Messenger of the Gods Poseidon • Neptune • God of the Sea Ares • Mars • God of War Hephasstus • Vulcan • God of Fire Dionysus • Bacchus • God of Wine Pan • Pan • God of Woods and Pastures Eros • Cupid • God of Love Hades • Pluto • God of Underworld Athena • Minerva • Goddess of Wisdom Artimus • Diana • Goddess of the Hunt Aphrodite • Venus • Goddess of Love/Beauty Hera • Uno • Queen of the Gods Demeter • Ceres • Goddess of Grain/Crops Heroes and Creatures Heracles • Mightiest mortal;son of Zeus; given 12 labors to complete Oedipus • Hero of Thebes; solved riddle of the Sphynx; married his mother Perseus • Son of Zeus; slayer of Medusa Medusa • Gorgon who changed people to stone Jason • Led Argonauts to search for Golden Fleece Theseus • King of Athens; killed Minotaur Minotaur • Half-human,half-bull who lived in the labyrinth on Crete Atalanta • Fastest mortal, hunter of the Caladonian boar Bellerphon • Mortal who rode Pegasus Pegasus • White-winged horse Pandora • First woman; opened box of evils Atlas • Giant who supported earth on his shoulders Narcissus • Beautiful human who fell in love with his image Orpheus • Greatest musician married to Eurydice Eurydice • Wife of Orpheus; comdemded to underworld Titans • Giants who ruled before the Olympic gods Cyclops • Monster with one eye Midas • Richest human; everything he touched turned to gold Persephone • Daughter of Demeter; goddess of spring; kidnapped by Pluto ------------- |
Posted By: ScarredShadow
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 12:12pm
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Perhaps a few more could be added: Achilles: Greeks greatest warrior Odysseus: greatest Greek warrior after Achilles, thought of the Trojan horse Prometheus: God of creative fire, created humans chained to a rock and had an eagle eat his liver (for ticking off Zeus). Epimetheus: Pandora's husband, co creator of humans Hecatonchires: Hundred handed, fifty headed humans that threw mountains at the Titans during the war between Gods and Titans. I think there's more, just give me a while to think. I LOVE classical mythology. |
Posted By: hotnikkelz
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 12:18pm
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stupid question #1 The challenge says choose hero or god fromg greek mythology. Jalonso's post has creatures in the mix as well. So, my question is...can i use ANYTHING i want from greek mythology or am i restricted to hero/god and the creatures posted above? |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 12:27pm
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We'll let mobichan settle that, but I see no reason why those creatures and heroes can't be allowed. They provide much better options, me thinks.
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Posted By: Pandora
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 12:49pm
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It is a shame they have to be doing something domestic, because I would love to do this:
http://www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/photoshop/pandora/pandora_large.jpg It'll be a fun challenge regardless... |
Posted By: hotnikkelz
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 1:58pm
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Pandora from the looks of it, that pic seems VERY allowed. The rules say they just need to be doing a 'private' scene, domestic is not a necessity. What your pic represents is very ideal. Go at it i say it's awesome. I would like to see how you do it with 12 colours :) Considering how things flowed in other challenges they advocate originality and creativity, so i assume anything pretty much goes as long as you insert the mythological being in it somewhere and it's 128 X 90 with 12 colours. My idea is going to be very different. The only mythological thing about mine will be the minotaur. |
Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 5:30pm
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Well I think the box should be something else, cause otherwise it's just pandora. The idea is to put them in a "chill-out" scene. So maybe if she's opening a toilet that might be amusing. XD Or maybe she could be opening a drawer. :P Trouble is, pandora's one of those types of characters that are hard to recognize without her "box". |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 24 March 2008 at 9:24pm
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like pegasus without its wings e_e
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Posted By: Mad Bear
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 6:08am
| the challenge does mention creatures.. i would like to go for a cyclops.. |
Posted By: Miumau0
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 7:16am
| Im in, Im going for medusa, Front of the mirror freezing itself to stone. :D |
Posted By: Mad Bear
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 8:24am
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i'm sorry this may sound really stupid but how do i place my WIP images into the post.. dun understand the insert image thingy.. |
Posted By: mobichan
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 9:20am
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My original intent was to get people to make something other than the typical interpretation of Greek mythology as well as add some humor. The idea of making a "chill out"moment was to add another limit so people could concentrate on the idea of the piece. I wasn't expecting people to make steampunk minotaurs or sexy aphrodite pinups, but if you can think of a way to make the viewer relate to that sort of image, then more power to you.
In my head, I guess I see more humorous or ironic scenes of these characters. Like Medusa brushing her hair in the morning or the minotaur reading a map because he is lost in his own Labyrinth. Oh, and creatures are ok, as long as they are decidedly from Greek myth (ie, NOT an excuse to make dragons).
Good Luck!
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 9:51am
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Originally posted by Mad Bear i'm sorry this may sound really stupid but how do i place my WIP images into the post.. dun understand the insert image thingy.. First off you need to have an image host like Photobucket, Imageshack, Tinypic, or Xs. You can use the IMG command like so... [imgX] your image URL goes here [/img] Just remove the X from the command. or... Click on the image button "  " then enter the URL of your image.-------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: Miumau0
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 12:21pm
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Medusa's new make-up |
Posted By: Mad Bear
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 3:25pm
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My WIP..
     Thank you greenraven :) really appreciate the help..
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 25 March 2008 at 5:07pm
No prob, happy to help. 
------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Adam
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 3:17am
| Just a quick hint: posting jpegs on a pixelart forum is not really favourable. Even if WIPs. |
Posted By: Mad Bear
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 4:13am
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Originally posted by Adam
Just a quick hint: posting jpegs on a pixelart forum is not really favourable. Even if WIPs. alright i'll take note
 which formats would be better? |
Posted By: Blueberry_pie
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 4:43am
| PNG and GIF are considered the best formats for pixel art. |
Posted By: Reo
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 6:36am
 wip of drunk cupid.
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Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:19am
| If I participate I will do what Athena, the goddess of wisdom, really reads when she's alone :P |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:35am
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@Dra, pron is not allowed, mkay.
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Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 10:40am
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Originally posted by jalonso @Dra, pron is not allowed, mkay. |
Posted By: mobichan
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 2:13pm
| Mad Bear: Cool idea. Are you going to animate it? |
Posted By: psycore
Date Posted: 26 March 2008 at 4:16pm
WIP: Cyclops Eats Icecream |
Posted By: Mad Bear
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 7:50am
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Originally posted by mobichan
Mad Bear: Cool idea. Are you going to animate it? hahaha.. thanks.. yep i'm currently animating it now.. gonna make more changes to it..
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 8:33am
Dra, do it! DO IT! DO IT!!!  Mad, that looks pretty good, kinda cute looking. ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:05am
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Originally posted by Mad Bear hahaha.. thanks.. yep i'm currently animating it now.. gonna make more changes to it..
I would pull it away from his face, it doesn't look like he's knitting so much as eating something. Also, you need two knitting needles to knit and you usually hold them like so:  |
Posted By: tuaarita
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:30am
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Aw you knitting expert. It's fine :D ------------- I'm running in the desert, running in to the sun, running out of blood and I'm going numb. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:37am
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Originally posted by Aleiav ...I would pull it away from his face... cyclops don't have depth of field so they would actually hold item as close as possible. ...way back when, I had a friend who was a cyclop and he was always 'all in ma face', ewwww ------------- |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 11:30am
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Originally posted by jalonso cyclops don't have depth of field so they would actually hold item as close as possible. Lies!   ------------- "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Posted By: Aleiav
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 2:15pm
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Originally posted by jalonso cyclops don't have depth of field so they would actually hold item as close as possible. ...way back when, I had a friend who was a cyclop and he was always 'all in ma face', ewwww LOL They wouldn't need to hold it that close. I only see out of one eye and it's not THAT bad. |
Posted By: Mad Bear
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 3:17pm
hahaha.. alright i ought to clear up that matter.. the cyclops is actually short sighted.. a subtle hint with the eye test chart hanging on his wall in the background  lets just put it as my poor attempt at wit..
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Posted By: warleygp
Date Posted: 27 March 2008 at 10:16pm
My participation; Zeus waiting to use the toilet!
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Posted By: Dra_chan
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 1:10am
Early wip. The book wont be porn, just a filler. 
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Posted By: YouCrumb
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 8:32am
 and i got a good, relative title, too: "Governor of Olympus" |
Posted By: happy bacchus
Date Posted: 28 March 2008 at 4:44pm
"Jupiter's debility: Wine" /-or-/ "How Bacchus became a god" I got this idea out of a dream, a very weird dream... |
Posted By: Ricki
Date Posted: 29 March 2008 at 10:01am
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My next challenge try.... I think it isn't too good now, but when it was?!. So back to image. I called it:
"Do you know real true about Orfeus?"and it maybe final version...here it is: http://rf.ic.cz/fg-372bf62b72d24e14467cdbe1a7692a7c.PNG"> 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 29 March 2008 at 1:35pm
Atlas bowling : / ------------- |
Posted By: hotnikkelz
Date Posted: 31 March 2008 at 12:16am
FUK!!! i didn't make it in time since i didn't make it, i guess i'll finish it with more colours or something sometime |