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Top Pixel Art - May 2011 (#1)
I don't know what to say. That background alone is already mind-blowing enough.
GOD,no words can imagine what i experince when i see it :O
Small mistakes? Really? This is just amazing. Best art I've ever seen.
:|.... no words... in few years in future, ppl will ask... "this guy really did that, he really exist???", automatic legendary status. Im glad to see this and the wip teach ppl that's real pixel works! :D
Pretty good, surprised you could take so much time on one piece. I can barely take 5-6 hours on a piece.
YOU ARE FUKING GENIUS ! I cannot say anything bad about it ... I hate all that damn talented people like you !
You poor shell of a human being. This is the best pixel art I've ever seen in all my years of spriting.
This is serious? I've never seen something so perfect, my god I have no word to describe how much I'm impressed.
I can't believe this. Absolute epic work. 410 hour...man thats dedication. Top score of course, leaves me speechless.
Congratulations on the first place, though it was inevitably going to get it. ;)
Saw the link posted by mathias in pixelation. This is awesome and mighty impressive but! if you do have some time and the drive to get back on it in the future, just a few clean up what like the others have mentioned would be great.
This pixelart is stunning. And very inspiring to see works like this especially for someone like me just starting out, so thank you!
Aeusserst fett Monsieur. Bei soner Graphic kommts imo net drauf an obs PA ist, wobei ich mir eh net im Klaren drueber bin was die PAkirche derzeit als Definition ausgibt.
Anyway Superfett mit Fleisskaertchen mit Schleife.
I couldn't believe this was a sprite at first. Stupendous.
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This leads me to my main reservation. It sounds like you went through a lot of hardship while working on this piece. Maybe some of it was partially caused by the art. I know it's hard to give a relationship time and attention when I'm obsessed with an artwork.
In the end, the piece doesn't seem that indicative of your personal struggle. It's a dragon based on someone else's generic, derivative design from one of the most popular video games the world has seen. The piece appeals to me as a pixel artist who can appreciate the sheer herculean amount of effort and technique you devoted to its creation, but it doesn't speak to me as a human.
I don't think that every piece of art needs some grand message, but when an artist sinks 400+ hours into something, I have to ask why. The piece displays masochistic virtuosity without taking ownership of the subject matter. Are you that big of a WoW fan that you’d spend this kind of energy making a tribute?
I do love this pixel work, I’m just a little confused by it.
Congratulations! Seeing this piece to completion takes a lot of discipline and skill! Your color choice and understanding of light and shadow demonstrate mastery.
I can't resist listing some minor crits. I like the way the dragon's front right leg interacts with the stone. The claws look like they are tearing a chunk out of the pedestal. In contrast, the other two visible legs look like they're gently floating on top of the rock. The rough, aliased dark patches on the stone below the rear leg look a bit unintentionally unfinished.
I realize you're probably sick of working on this, but it might be cool to add a little knight or something to the piece. Having a tiny human would help set the scale (awesome) and give the dragon a target for its angry flame. The execution of the piece is lovely, why not take it another step and tell a story with it?
Wow man, inspiring!
I left pixel art for a while, mostly by work, but this just makes me want do more and more pixel art!
Thanks for sharing this amazing work.
My jaw literally dropped when I saw this, can't believe how incredible this picture is. Masterpiece.
No words could express what im feeling when im seeing this A=M+AZ-I+G
Saw you post a wip of this a long time ago somewhere. still get kicks off all these little details and how you tackled the difference in the skin, rocks, lava, sky, fire..everything, looks awesome, great job.
It's ... is ... beautiful ! God chose you as master of Pixel Art !
You are the chosen one ! 
some little issues, but a real great piece. I like the colors and the rendering - an epic piece
If I would have been sitting on a chair I would have fallen off of it
Was following this on pixelation, and was amazed even before the finalizations came about. It was stunning in it's ground work, and stunning in it's finale. I think the long running pattern of top-pixel art dragons has been trumped. Fantastic job, Elk!
@Stratto, this year?????? EVER!!!!!!!
congrats!!! the best i've ever seen! and thank you very much for the wip!
Words cannot describe. difinitely number 1 in top 10 everything this year :)
Hm yeah, it's decent wo-UUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHKK! *thud*
This came out very very nice, and it kills every demoscene dragon pic vallejo copy ever.
The tail and the bottom left rocks look a bit rushed and I think you should spend the 5 extra hours it would take to tighten those up.
Top marks anyway :)
I... uhhh...bluhh.......
Speechless. This is 100% the best piece of pixel art ever! Not even an exaggeration; I am completely blown away
Holy crap this is amazing! I can't imagine having the patience to pixel this.