jalonso and greenraven, thx.... i guess the problem is fixed. The best view, is in the Mozilla firefox. I tested the file into IE and Chrome, and both goes slow, but firefox seen like not. Maybe thats help too.

i had a problem with my gif, it goes DAM slow :S and dont know how to fix it... plz if any of you know how, let me know... (checkout my entry to see what im talking about)

Giffy or Iaza to make the gifs, unFreeze to put them together to make an animation.

You can use www.iaza.com for compiling frames.
You can make transparencies with Giffy from the FAQ page or iaza.com will also make transparencies.

2 questions.... it have to be 16 colors or can be less than 16?. An the second question is... any of you know any good program to compile gif files into an animation?. thx

its too hi-res to be jalonso at that age

Hey >:(            

Nah, it's got colours!

wow, that must be quite an old shot of jalonso =)

Thanks Emanu, couldn't have said it better myself...

random white guy? sheesh... ;)

and whats with all this whining? just make up a body, fuck up the proportions, do whatever. Impossible is just a poor excuse for lazy bastards. cheers ;)

Hey you rules/loophole finders. Who says it must even be a human?
Could be a big head with a little body. It can evolve into other forms.
It is probably better if you do break the rules in creative output no
DA RULZ

When was the last time you saw a sprite with those proportions? Usually the head is 1/3 or 1/4 of the whole sprite in RPGs and platformers, though proportions may be a bit more realistic in fighting games.
Let's continue on the "Crono as an example"-line: http://www.videogamesprites.net/ChronoTrigger/Party/Crono/Crono%20-%20Walk%20(Front).gif

And then for a fighter game sprite, notice how they're still "shorter" than 150 pixels:
http://www.sfgalleries.net/art/sf/sprites/birdie.gif

Notice the size of the head compared to the whole sprite. If we go with 1/4 proportions, the pixelcount for the head would be 37 in height. :P

19 pixels for a head is plenty...

This is the overworld sprite for Crono from Chrono Trigger, which I think is pretty readable. That whole sprite is just 34 pixels high. Sprites for this challenge, however, can be about 4.5 times that height.

150x150, and you have to animate?
Plus, most people say humans are 8 heads tall. That equals 19 pixels for a head.

Sorry to bxtch, I don't really even care, I just like to nitpick rules.

Yes. I remember seeing a lot of whining in every challenge's comments.

Seriously, if you believe YOU can't make it or YOU don't like the challenge, you don't need to take part.

[insert whining about the challenge]

is it like this every week? :(

haha.. this is the worst challenge ever.. who the heck is that`?`?`?

Dad!?                         

Even more freedome then Skeddles!
No, but really... with 150x150px as the maximum, as ThereIsNoCure said, it should not be that hard to make something that looks like the image... If someone cant make it with that size, then it wont matter what size it is.

150x150 is WAY more than enough to get the likeness down.

Ya but unless your a pro pixel artist, your sprites head isn't going to look too much like the picture, so the sprite will  look like just some random white guy.

what Claes said.

yeah I agree, as long as the head resembles the picture it's okay. I think I'm gonna join this challenge. :)

Skeddles: If there is no body shown in the image, that does not mean you cant make up one yourself right? Its better like this as we now have more freedome of how the body of the character may look like.

You can't make a sprite based on a face. failchallenge.

i wouldn't be surprised if it was emanu himself, he is what 27 after all

lol, who the heck is that guy?

Why not just display the image? The last challenge had 3 images in the news article...

Added picture to forum.  Sorry for the delay guys.

skamo is right, and bloody hell i wanted to start already

As per usual, the image isn't linking properly...