The Guardian

The Guardian

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The Guardian



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Title: The Guardian
Pixel Artist: MrBeast  (Level 3 Dryad :: 6304 points)
Posted: 6/18/2012 06:21
Palette: 18 colors
Statistics:  12 comments    5 faves    0 avatars

  Originally I just scribled that stone creature, and as always I was posting WIPs in the Pixelation IRC channel to get early feedback, and Arne (the androidarts.com guy) was asking me "Who is he engaging?". He suggested me to give the whole thing a context, to tell a story with it. At first I was reluctant because it basically trippled the scope of the piece, but boy, it was worth it. Maybe my best piece by now.

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Alian (Level 1 Rookie) @ 6/21/2012 16:53

Never ending story!


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prof4d (Level 3 Stalker) @ 6/18/2012 13:00

Too monotonous lighting, lack of shadows and dithering.

But overall a very pleasant and interesting work!

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iMoose (Level 6 SWAT) @ 6/18/2012 12:03

 There is quite a bit of pillow shading going on, if not for that this would be absolutely fantastic.  Even so, this piece is super stylish and nice to look at. I love the curly patterns on the rock textures. It looks almost like a children's book illustration, which is really nice. I love the colors in the sky.


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Kravvon Nar'roth (Level 4 Ensign) @ 6/18/2012 11:56

Not so, if the edges are dark that implies light is coming *only* from the front (if it were coming from the side or from behind, the edges wouldn't be dark, because the light would be hitting them). With ambient light, you'd have more variety in your light sources, but ambient light doesn't mean darker edges. ;)

That said, apart from the pillow shading, this is a very interesting piece. The stylized textures are particularly nice. :)


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Sneep29 (Level 4 Deputy) @ 6/18/2012 10:54

Hey, this is nice. I like it. : )


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philippejugnet (Level 6 Hitman) @ 6/18/2012 10:00

too much pillowshading does not work, I am working on a small edit for you.


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MrBeast (Level 3 Dryad) @ 6/18/2012 09:46

 It's not pillow shading, in a open environment there is light coming from all sides which resuls, amongst other things, in edges beeing darker.


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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 6/18/2012 09:11

A bit too much pillow shading but a courageously large piece overall.


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Neela (Level 3 Private Eye) @ 6/18/2012 08:43

This is great! You can feel the tension. Get that door open! :-O

And btw. I saw a thumb on the preview. :) 


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MrBeast (Level 3 Dryad) @ 6/18/2012 08:14

 Thats fine, let the people see what they want.


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Jarlaxe (Level 1 Rookie) @ 6/18/2012 08:00

hahahaha is true!


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AngelOTG (Level 1 Rookie) @ 6/18/2012 07:58

 I'm sorry but the far right preview looks like a penis.


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