Kraken vs. Vikings :: Pixel Art Detail

thats just plain awesome...

 

5/5 great stuff

The reason I love pixel art is because it can be so much like other art forms, or it can be simply childish. Both look fantastic and require lots of skill.

This a great peice of art and it makes me smile.
Great work on the waves

HAHAHA love the guys face when the kraken has him!

The exclamation mark detail amuses me. I like the fantasy/myth theme.

Mega Awesome! Great detail with the water!

I come back to look at this piece fairly often. There are so many neat little details to focus on.

The fact you managed to pull this off with only 13 colours is already worth commending alone. Kickass!

That is an epic win of the highest degree.

what a cute animal XD

Thats pretty cool to say the least,it's like..chibi epic!

That is the best 1 so far

This makes my heart smile, dude.

WOW!!!this is the best pixel art i have ever seen.And you are probably best pixel artist on this site.Btw lost viking game is awsome.

cool remember me lost vikings!

wow coolest scene i ever saw =D

I love that game!

You've put a lot of work into this, i can see

Amazing style love it.

it is looking very cool, i like it!

well cartoonish look! :)

Haha, Awesome, like the style.

this is wat we call art

Funny and cool. I like the water.

The Lost Vikings :D

I like it

 

i remember this on pixelation, came out great :D

Made me lulz ^^ Good work.

lol, yeah. Reminds me of Metal Slug. Well done. :D

very nicely done would work well as a game

lmao, look at the one vikings face as he's being grabed by the squid.

Awesomeness!

Reminds me of Lost Vikings.

PA HA HA HA HA HA lol i like this 2 of the vikings dont even know whats happening

another one of my fav.s cure

Great idea love the work. Its so funny. You couldn't improve even if you tried

Excellent work here. The level of detail in the water in particular is very well done.

I love this picutre :D

Does one of the Vikings know he lost his oar or is he just paddling air?

The vikings also reminds me of The Lost Vikings--that really old game by Blizzard before they went on to make Warcraft (they were then called Silicon & Synapse)... Baelog and Olaf didn't see their unfortunate friend Erik get *loved!

funnny!   =)

This is so awesome. You're style is so unique and detailed.

omg i luv this pic! ive loved giant squids since i was 5 lol

Boat: $800

Swords: $125

Helmets: $50

Expression When Grabbed By a Kraken: Priceless

poor vikings, they be getting plundard!!

Awesome work, man! Depthy. Funny, too.

Incredible. The atmosphere is really well portrayed in this piece

this is a great piece. deserved that first place.

Super cool. Looks like a screenshot from Vikings of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest 

congratulations with your prize! I also thought you deserved it.

I really like this  piece of art, the lightning, the sea... brilliant

I forgot all about that.  I honestly didn't think it'd stand its ground so well, but the feedback has been more than I ever could have asked for.

2 weeks, then i believe i will have some fanart comin'

Pretty nice                      

the guy who´s rowing the boat, i love the expression on his face. great picture!

I agree with jalonso. I forgot to mention how much I like the lightning and moon under cloud.

My other comment on this is an inside joke. I wish to add a serious comment now.
There are many great pieces in Pixeljoint. There is a smaller group of truly inspired pieces. This, piece, imo, really belongs in the even smaller group of pixelart masterpieces.

Hehe! I really like the cartoonish style of your pixel art! Good palet choice and I really like the final result! Good work!

This turned out great, it's excellent.

Absolutely awesome. Great use of dithering, nice detail, and very, very well used colours.

Seems like it could turn out that way, Souly.  Thanks to EVERYONE for all the tremendous feedback, its made the time put into this piece worth every minute.

<333 Seems you owe ens some fan art.

The sea on this piece is jus spectacular. Infact I really can fault it. The scenery and sprites seem to match perpectly. Deffo reminds me of the lost vikings game, but this is far FAR better. Well done, great job.

Congrats by me as well. This is wonderful.

Man.  This has come a long way.   Nice fmood you have got going on.  And, you managed to not take it too far as far as cramming too much stuff in.  An Exceelent piece of work. 

Awesome, no doubt. I would have liked to have seen some land with like maybe a castle on it

Fantastic piece! It's been a lot of fun to watch this progress from start to finish. I'm looking forward to your next piece.

Sweet looking, somehow reminds me of MetalSlug?

totally sweet. I think the exclamation mark is just brilliant

This is great! I. too was following the progress thread. I love how you've rendered the characters -- reminds me of the Settlers (if you know that game). The black outlines work very well. If only this could be a game...

Brilliant, beautiful. I loved it from the outset, and the final product is pure sex (assuming, of course, that sex is made up of thousands of tiny, masterfully arranged squares... which it is, right? ...guys?)

Its weird how it's in the newest pixel-art box and the wekkly showcase :D, that shows how fast this has been rated and awaited for completion by so many members. totally deserved.

i love how this came out at last

This is a truly beautiful piece. 7/7 and a fav from me.

Great work !!! The characters are great despite their very small size ! The sea is excellent as well. I would have only 2 critics: the sail could have been more dynamic, and the clouds could have been less static too, but that's already a great pic !

13 colours is amazing for a picture of that cartoony style. Really cool, funny, well-made... waht more can you ask?

flaber, I'm surprised someone would crit this so heavily now after having so much time in two threads Anyways, looks amasing!!

I love the contrast between the cartoony characters and the realistic sea. Fantastic.

great stuff! that sail bugs me a bit too, but hey...

my only bits are that the sail looks out of perspective... more front on when it should be more sideways
and it is too hard looking - not fabricy looking at all the lines and scuffs and such look like they are more textur-esq to a rock or something hard
the highlight on the front of the boat is too much of a gleam (personally) - seems more plasticy
wood is alot more natural - doesnt have that fine crisp perfect look about it.. a few more imperfections, slightly different lighting on each plank, etc, could help
the clouds are just too bland for me.. maby personal taste
lastly all i can say - the body of the kraken is too flat.. its not rounded - it appears to have 3 flat sides indicated by shadow colour, base colour and highlight... kind of like a trapazoid almost. So only thing i can say with that is to round the shading and dithering more to give a more cylindrical feel to the squid.

honestly - the pic looks really good!!
all my above statements are probably more stylistic choices and suggestions on texture.
thats about it..
your water is awsome
very nice picture to look at

/drool You have an amazing eye for color. 

really nice work cure, its very beautiful.  I really respect the way you take in so much critique from others and channel it towards the greater good, cheers =)

Hey, yea, I've enjoyed watching this. Sweet job being the first Pixelopolis to go into the Vault.

Very nice, love the waves and, well, the whole thing :D

the only thing that i think can possibly detract from the piece is seeing it so much because you took the time to get all the wondeful critique from the boards. this piece is at a level far beyond that of your other works.

Amazing work for only 13 colors!

And it is complete.  Simply fu**ing amazing!

It's beautiful. I'm not a huge fan of the colours, I enjoyed it much more when you used the mspaint pallete. I really did.

Excellent work, it's truley a superb piece.
How long hs this been a WIP?

Well done man, a fine achievement!

Yesss, love this one! It's some impressiv work. Glad to see it finally submitted! :D faved, 5/5 stars

Yes the sea is really great and it just does not look like 13 colors only. Well done.

Excellent!