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CHALLENGE 9/15/2008: Fairy Tales

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Topic: CHALLENGE 9/15/2008: Fairy Tales
Posted By: administrator
Subject: CHALLENGE 9/15/2008: Fairy Tales
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 12:02am

CHALLENGE: Fairy Tales

../../../../p/9092.htm - Lollige challenges you to pixel a scene of an existing (well known or perhaps even obscure) fairy tale.
Post fairy tale name in the description of your entry.
For inspiration search for Russian fairy tale art or Disney movies,
better yet share one from your own culture and people.

Rules:
Size: 160 x 120 or 120 x 160
Palette: Must use all 8 colors:

Transparancy: Allowed
Animation: Allowed

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=1103' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/35810.htm' target='_blank'>Fairy Tale - Weekly Challenge by /p/17621.htm' target='_blank'>JinnDEvil
/pixelart/35811.htm' target='_blank'>Hey diddle diddle humpty dumpty! by /p/1148.htm' target='_blank'>Jaeden
/pixelart/35847.htm' target='_blank'>Corn Woman by /p/474.htm' target='_blank'>Morganne


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

/pixelart/35815.htm' target='_blank'>Dopey's Adventure by /p/18291.htm' target='_blank'>ismfof_rulz
/pixelart/35817.htm' target='_blank'>Puente del Inca by /p/14128.htm' target='_blank'>Delfos
/pixelart/35829.htm' target='_blank'>Red Hood at Night by /p/18218.htm' target='_blank'>PumaYui
/pixelart/35849.htm' target='_blank'>mermade by /p/18303.htm' target='_blank'>jimmylee
/pixelart/35789.htm' target='_blank'>Puss in boots by /p/17594.htm' target='_blank'>DoomDoom
/pixelart/35836.htm' target='_blank'>The Trolls of Skurugata. by /p/18054.htm' target='_blank'>Claes
/pixelart/35703.htm' target='_blank'>Bearskin by /p/16635.htm' target='_blank'>fucbillgates
/pixelart/35796.htm' target='_blank'>Challenge Entry: Jack and Jill by /p/16320.htm' target='_blank'>Ndsfreak
/pixelart/35832.htm' target='_blank'>Little Red Riding Hood by /p/2552.htm' target='_blank'>Kren


Replies:
Posted By: Vic
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 2:06am

these colors are really hard to use..

Posted By: DoomDoom
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 4:04am
Nice work
but with this color palette i think "The Frog Princess" is the more easy work (3 Greens no white no black or skin colors)

Posted By: Moments
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 4:40am
Originally posted by -ViC-


these colors are really hard to use..




Still just playing around with dithering.  I'm thinking about either throwing in more components of the story or making it a less literal image and more symbolical.

We only get to put in one submission per challenge right?

Posted By: DoomDoom
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 5:26am
yes i think like you moments...just symbolical i try one thing...
And i think it's possible to put  more than one submission (no limit???)

Posted By: Charr-X
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 10:42am
May I do the swiss "Schellen-Ursli"?
 
I'm not quite sure wether you can call him afairy-tale figure, but he certainly is a non-existing Good-Night-Story Character.

Posted By: old_flick
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 11:12am
A list of online fairy tale reference http://books.google.com/books?&q=fairy+tales&um=1&ct=property-revision&as_brr=1 - books from Google.

Posted By: Charr-X
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 12:17pm
Well, he's ofteen counted in to fairy tales so...
 
Here's a WIP. Not a lot of work in it yet.
Any suggestions?
 
I know it isnt working yet...

Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 1:08pm
It's about a prince who fall in love with a witch XD

Posted By: Kren
Date Posted: 15 September 2008 at 3:31pm
I like the idea, I don't think it is hard.. the palette is really cool except for the blue D:

Posted By: whiterabbit
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 1:55am
does alice in wonderland count as a fairy tale?

Posted By: Moments
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 4:54am
Wow, I'm learning a lot from the WIP getting posted this week, as well as the color restrictions-- Thanks!



I'm done for today, I'm not sure what to do next.  I feel like the background is too sparse but the objects are all so close that I'm not sure what to put in that would be intelligible.  Plus the contrasts might throw off depending on what color I use back there.  Maybe using the shaded green to show some kind of wall, maybe a window?

Not too crazy about guy's pants either.  Or some of the hands.  Or the helmets.  Ick, have to fix the 'we're.'  Embarrassing.

Also, anyone interested but still needing to refresh themselves on some of those stories: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fairy_tales

Posted By: Fenne
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 8:34am
Originally posted by JinnDEvil

It's about a prince who fall in love with a witch XD



Wow, great start dude!

Well, I want to join, but I have no idea what fairy tale I can make.
I know there are lots of them though :')

Posted By: Charr-X
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 11:17am
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There, now it works.

Any suggestions on this one (I know it sn't really "good")

Posted By: Kren
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 4:10pm
I am going to make Little Red Riding hood, I already made a thread :D I hope some people help me .

Posted By: Chaos Design
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 4:40pm
Any comments?

Horrid Pallete.




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Posted By: Moments
Date Posted: 16 September 2008 at 9:17pm
Chaos; I'd think about changing your lightsource to a more encompassing angle so you can handle the value on your body more naturally.  It seems like you're using the light right now to define the form; but you're not being consistent in all parts of the body.  Notice how the back of the arm is in shadows and the tail and back of the leg isn't.  I think introducing a texture in the yellow fins with red is a good idea, but it needs to feel less deliberate.  All the striations in the tail have three pixels of red, and the rest of the limbs have two, in the same places.  Play around with some more random arrangements until you find one that works.

I'd also think about reconsidering where in the picture your figure is sitting; as it is you have a lot of plain, blue space that isn't helping him occupy space, just sit on top of a field.  I'd also reconsider the color choices used for the bubble.

Posted By: zlajonja
Date Posted: 17 September 2008 at 4:24am
I hate it when i don't get the time to finish a piece and I show just an early work here... I'll just shut up now and when I come close to an end I'll unreveal what I've done...

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Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 17 September 2008 at 8:56am
Hey, thanks member_profile.asp?PF=9121&FID=1 - Fenne ! 
Here's another step...

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 17 September 2008 at 11:05am
Ah Jinn, you just keep getting better and better :3

One thing I would change though is the guy's hair, maybe try mixing the dithering around a bit:




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Posted By: zlajonja
Date Posted: 17 September 2008 at 12:58pm
i dunno jin... there's something weird about the pic. It looks amazing. But, maybe you should change the angle of his hand holding the hag?


And here's mine... has loads of work yet, but I'm getting somewhere...



it's gonna be animated.


BTW BTW... I really love that castle hidden behind them :)


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this is what I've got so far.. the roof is killing me.. the red is too strong.. dunno what to do to make it correctly... any c&c would be more than welcome? pls? :D


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Posted By: Jaeden
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 7:44am
Nursery rhyme characters and stories, are often incorporated into fairy tales...  Can we do one of their stories as well?

Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 18 September 2008 at 9:08am
Originally posted by Jaeden

Nursery rhyme characters and stories, are often incorporated into fairy tales...  Can we do one of their stories as well?

If it tells a story (like most Nursery rhymes do) I allow you to do a nursery rhyme


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Posted By: Jaeden
Date Posted: 19 September 2008 at 4:32am
You just made my day.

Posted By: Thebullet
Date Posted: 19 September 2008 at 7:49am
I will start the scene this weekend. I hope finish just in time.

Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 20 September 2008 at 6:03pm
Thanks member_profile.asp?PF=10332&FID=1 - skamocore and member_profile.asp?PF=10161&FID=1 - zlajonja for the tips!
I think I finished the piece ^^

You can see here:
HTML clipboard ../pixelart/35810.htm - http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/35810.htm

Posted By: zlajonja
Date Posted: 22 September 2008 at 12:51am
I have a problem, I've finished my piece but had my net down for the weekend so couldn't submit it... whom my i contact if it is possible for me to submit?

btw. here it is:




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