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Title:	Goodbye to the Ancestors
Pixel Artist:	Mrmo Tarius (Level 10 Master Sniper :: 37494 points)
Posted:	4/15/2011 01:27
Palette:	10 colors
Statistics:	29 comments 72 faves 0 avatars
And finally, as the shadows grew longer, Fir-Anu raised his staff to the dim stars to bless the departing of the Ancestor Vessels. The sunset marked the end of another Age. -This is, of course, influenced by some of the great pixelartists we have here, but I think what had actually inspired me to make it was this piece You can see the WIP animation here (it lacks a few steps, as I forget to save often, of course). *I would also LOVE to do some hue-shifting on this piece- I wonder if it's ok to submit the hue-shifted edit as a new one, or re-submit this one after the challenge ends?

Weekly Challenge: Sunset Sans Saturation

Top Pixel Art - April 2011 (#10)

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Brennocaffe (Level 1 Rookie) @ 11/12/2012 10:03

Merecia o primeiro lugar

Friend (Level 3 Hatchikyu) @ 8/16/2011 20:57

masterpiece right here. Are you ever going to add color to this?

EdJr (Level 9 Nidan) @ 4/25/2011 19:38

Deserved first.

piotr.ek (Level 1 Private) @ 4/25/2011 03:33

Masterpiece. Should have won imo :)

Geoglatico (Level 6 SWAT) @ 4/22/2011 11:12

I like it

Ivy00 (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/19/2011 16:52

Beautifully done, such a difficult angle to work with.

antymattar (Level 2 Kukyu) @ 4/17/2011 23:36

I know. I know.

ui_ (Level 4 Deputy) @ 4/17/2011 00:41

another pixel killer from Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro, not fair!, not fair!

Mrmo Tarius (Level 10 Master Sniper) @ 4/16/2011 05:14

@everyone thanks for the feedback! This is my 50th piece here, so I thought I needed to make something special :D

Working in grayscale is something I will definitely explore again- without color, I can improvise and work on the details and shading without much worries.

I understand it may seem a bit noisy and busy- I was, actually, trying to see how much detail I can add to it, and I was always looking at it @2x or more zoom while drawing, so I guess it looks better when zoomed in a bit :)

To make it, I used Grafx2, a downright amazing pixelart-oriented editor.

I'll get to linking a hue-shifted version, as soon as I decide which one to use :)

MyO (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/16/2011 00:12

Which editor did you use for this one?

iLKke (Level 9 Nidan) @ 4/16/2011 00:11

Excellent work, I'm flattered to have inspired it :) Now I have to FAV it!

Also, lovely take on the theme. I'm curious to see the hue-shifted version. Skamocore is probably right, since the challenge is explicitely grayscale perhaps it makes the most sense to just link to the other version from the description.

Delicious (Level 10 Capo) @ 4/15/2011 22:59

Looks like we got a winner! ;)

epoxy (Level 3 Private Eye) @ 4/15/2011 22:39

Wow... amazing work! I almost wish it were huge (like mural-sized), since the composition is so grand. I'll imagine that it is.

r1k (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/15/2011 19:23

the pixel technique is certaintly great. But I feel like all the extra detail you added in at the end is actually detracting from the overall image; it seems too busy now. Great interpretation of the theme.

bobowitzbob (Level 4 Team Leader) @ 4/15/2011 15:22

Nice! I saw this on the forum thread.

Kich (Level 4 Rubbish) @ 4/15/2011 15:22

Incredible :0

epix (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/15/2011 14:46

Wow. Spectacular!

SatTheArtist (Level 1 Rookie) @ 4/15/2011 08:59

I just cried a little O_O

luisniel (Level 5 Killer Klown) @ 4/15/2011 08:59

Got my vote.

Cilein (Level 5 Irish Elk) @ 4/15/2011 07:43

Beautiful pixel mastery

jok (Level 11 Master Assassin) @ 4/15/2011 07:03

nice!

colorlemon (Level 2 Dealer) @ 4/15/2011 06:02

It's Great~

dumbo (Level 4 Mercenary) @ 4/15/2011 04:22

That IS freakin sick!!!

Insta-faved!!!

Hetzer (Level 4 Deputy) @ 4/15/2011 03:12

Wonderful!!!

Damian (Level 10 Operative) @ 4/15/2011 02:21

Someones upped their game. This looks awesome.

Zweckform (Level 1 Intern) @ 4/15/2011 02:20

Great piece.

imbrainy (Level 1 Jukyu) @ 4/15/2011 02:09

Wow, I love it! It's amazing what you can do with just grayscale, eh? :D

Mrmo Tarius (Level 10 Master Sniper) @ 4/15/2011 01:49

Well, yes :) I suppose I could.

skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 4/15/2011 01:47

You could just link to the other version in the description?

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