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CHALLENGE 9/28/2009: Life After People

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Topic: CHALLENGE 9/28/2009: Life After People
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Subject: CHALLENGE 9/28/2009: Life After People
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 12:01am

CHALLENGE: Life After People

http://pixeljoint.com/p/11794.htm - Dex 's challenge idea comes from the History Channel's popular TV Show, Life After People. The idea is to pixel a famous location as it would look years after humans have left the earth. You need to make sure this area is a historic or known location.

You can pick any number of years or days from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_After_People - this list. Pixel how your chosen location would be affected by Mother Nature. Some ideas are: A shrub-infested Lincoln Memorial, the collapse of Stonehenge, or the San Fransisco bridge after being abandoned for years. Be creative!

Canvas size - Max 320 (width) x 240 (height).
Colors - Max 32 Colors.
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=1157' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

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

/pixelart/46931.htm' target='_blank'>Golden Gate Bridge in some years by /p/23917.htm' target='_blank'>TioLuko
/pixelart/46881.htm' target='_blank'>Paris... by /p/10924.htm' target='_blank'>crusader333
/pixelart/46961.htm' target='_blank'>Where's the head? by /p/19957.htm' target='_blank'>GuiZ


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

/pixelart/46979.htm' target='_blank'>Egypt in tundra by /p/18047.htm' target='_blank'>Quake
/pixelart/46913.htm' target='_blank'>But... what about the hookers? by /p/8928.htm' target='_blank'>Club Beuker
/pixelart/46879.htm' target='_blank'>Fenway Park...Giant Green Toilet by /p/20306.htm' target='_blank'>dpixel



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Posted By: Club Beuker
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 12:28am
I have this most spiffy idea... But I'm not sure if I have the power to do it 

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Posted By: orenshtiv
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 4:05am
@Club Beuker - try it,i think you can do this,c'mon :]

[i think] my idea is making the Eiffel after like 5000 years :3


Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 4:40am
@ Oren: 5000 yrs? Nuttin' at all, not even windblown rust! It's got to be painted over every 10 yrs or so, otherwise it would rust away in no time...
Story is, good ol' Gustave never thought it would last long, it was built only for the 1889 int'l exhibition (it was used as a radio antenna shortly afterwards and that saved it). He chose to use an excellent but highly rustable quality of iron...
Funny thing is: it's been so much painted over that it won't be able to bear add'l layers of paint much longer, so it'll have to be scraped first... but older paints contain lead: you can't do that in the open!!!
It will have to be safely encased first, and no one is sure how to do that... so it might well crumble away even if we don't go, haha!


Posted By: Club Beuker
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 4:51am
@orenshtiv: Already started it 

My idea? A deserted city of Amsterdam shown from an alley in the Red Light District!


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Posted By: GuiZ
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 8:14am


30 min job, the statue of liberty about 5-10 years after the dissapearnce of humans.

A question only, can you have other forms of life in the pic like birds and such?


Posted By: OnWalls
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 10:17am
I wanted to ask if I may make for example something like alternative forms of life? :)
@Manupix
Who told that you must make something that could really happen? ;)

@Edit
Can I pixel this - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Yokohama_MinatoMirai21.jpg - district Yokohama in Japan, that's kinda famous I guess ;) Btw. what we take as a famous place - when word doesn't underline it's name or when it's in wikipedia/google or something else? ;)


Posted By: orenshtiv
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 1:09pm
Done with mine! (first as always,lol)

Paris in 5000 years from today :]


Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 1:12pm
Originally posted by orenshtiv

Done with mine! (first as always,lol)

Paris in 5000 years from today :]


that's hawt xD i wanna try to enter but SOOO lazy.. and how do u get double lines?


Posted By: orenshtiv
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 2:20pm
Originally posted by RollerKingdom

Originally posted by orenshtiv

Done with mine! (first as always,lol)

Paris in 5000 years from today :]


that's hawt xD i wanna try to enter but SOOO lazy.. and how do u get double lines?

double lines? i think you mean the AA...you just need to learn how to do it right,and...*POOF* there you have it,bold lines,lol


Posted By: Manupix
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 3:12pm
Well, what about some *POOF* on the typo? ;D

Stainless steel Eiffel tower... Poor Gustave!


Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 6:37pm
Originally posted by orenshtiv

Originally posted by RollerKingdom

Originally posted by orenshtiv

Done with mine! (first as always,lol)

Paris in 5000 years from today :]


that's hawt xD i wanna try to enter but SOOO lazy.. and how do u get double lines?

double lines? i think you mean the AA...you just need to learn how to do it right,and...*POOF* there you have it,bold lines,lol


there are also ways that you can AA without leaving it with bold lines..


Posted By: orenshtiv
Date Posted: 28 September 2009 at 11:00pm
Originally posted by RollerKingdom

Originally posted by orenshtiv

Originally posted by RollerKingdom

Originally posted by orenshtiv

Done with mine! (first as always,lol)

Paris in 5000 years from today :]


that's hawt xD i wanna try to enter but SOOO lazy.. and how do u get double lines?

double lines? i think you mean the AA...you just need to learn how to do it right,and...*POOF* there you have it,bold lines,lol


there are also ways that you can AA without leaving it with bold lines..

idk how to do that,but i rather to make it with bold lines,much,much better :]


Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 12:17pm
that bold line "aa" is just ugly and doesnt cause any effect instead of making it more ugly than it would be with bold lines....*syntax error.


Posted By: orenshtiv
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 12:56pm
Originally posted by onek

that bold line "aa" is just ugly and doesnt cause any effect instead of making it more ugly than it would be with bold lines....*syntax error.

what do you mean? :/
you don't like my pic? :P


Posted By: slym
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 1:01pm
The AA on the right side could improve a little. Right now it looks a little choppy. Just needs a darker shade for it. 2009 + 5000 = 7009. Lol sorry I had to point that out.
 
anyway, I don't even know if CC is ok in a challenge thread.
 
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If I can think of something to do I would do it, but its hard to come up with unique ideas.


Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 6:13pm
i just think theres a lot of room for imrpovement,.... the contrast is way too low, the composition isnt rly balanced, and it lacks of depth, i would remove the font, because it doesnt support the atmospere at all... its the end of human life!! make up some a dramatic scenery... since u already got the desert theme why dont add the sun, casting long shadows for example, like in those western movies, ...maybe u could also add more of those tentacles to add depth and a certain uncannieness... and after 5000 years the construction would have taken more damage aswell i guess...

heres an edit


Posted By: AngelOTG
Date Posted: 29 September 2009 at 9:02pm
@Onek:

That edit is hawt.


Posted By: orenshtiv
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 6:19am
sorry,but i don't have time for somethin' like this :P


Posted By: Club Beuker
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 8:00am
Just want to give you a little teaser:



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Posted By: onek
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 8:58am
it was only about 45 mins work,.. out of 10080 minutes (which is a week),that isnt too much i guess


Posted By: smk
Date Posted: 30 September 2009 at 1:25pm
@onek:

Well yeah, it would take only 45mins with your skills ;3


Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 4:22am
just a quick sketch, 2012


Posted By: crow
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 6:48pm
extremely sick ELk


Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 7:44pm
Originally posted by Elk

just a quick sketch, 2012


JUST A SKETCH >_<
I wouldn't be able to do this..
OMFG dude.. >:l
Got my vote LOL the colors are awesome..



Posted By: NeThAcKeD
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 8:38pm
I'm new In Pixel Art:
:P


Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 02 October 2009 at 8:46pm
Originally posted by NeThAcKeD

I'm new In Pixel Art:
:P


Skewing the piece of the bridge like you have done is not pixelart and not allowed. Pixel by hand, no shortcuts, be patient.


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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 03 October 2009 at 4:10am
Very nice, Elk. One of these days I'll figure out how you get such great ideas.

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Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 03 October 2009 at 6:34am
Elk, from what I can see on your piece, it shows the end of the world. But aint the challenge supposed to be about what happens after the world has ended?
Pretty amazing anyway.


Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 03 October 2009 at 7:53am
Who said it would be the end of the world :P?
its just a rain of fire!


Posted By: ellie-is
Date Posted: 03 October 2009 at 8:33am
Alright then. =P


Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 04 October 2009 at 9:36am
Idea I just got:
Why am I not human?





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