Pixel Art Challenge: Ballon Bestiary


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Balloons will stay with us for one more week.

Draw 3 sprites of different balloon animals.
By a balloon animal I mean a sculpture made with a very long and thin balloons by dividing them into segments, and tying these segments into recognizable shapes. I do not mean premade balloons which already have shapes of animals, or normal shaped ballons with animals painted on them. Each one have to be made with different colour baloon. You have to use the Magnifiso19 palette made by Irenaart.



Your web image browser will give you plenty of fantastic results for "baloon animals", from a most basic poodle to a very sophisticated, mindblowing creations. You can adapt any design you find or use it as inspiration. I will give only one example here ;) but it is just to inspire your creativity. Keep in mind that your animals have to be a single colour baloon each


https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e4e1ad0d558382b2890a0ce0165d62873edbbf2a/0_0_6000_4000/master/6000.jpg?width=880&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=823abf4f20cd935da123b414cc39a177

Canvas size: max 300x200.
Colours: max. 20 (19+transparency).
Transparency: required.
Animation: no.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

Posted by gawrone @ 6/24/2024 00:58  |    9

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berdates (Level 5 Trash) @ 6/25/2024 02:12
yay! probably the coolest balloon art out there
cant wait to see what people come up with

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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 6/25/2024 01:22

Ok, so this challenge is more about shape and volume and less about colour, that is why I want each animal to be made of the same balloon. Becasue you cannot use many different colours to convey different shapes.

That's why a frog like this will be accepted:

 
 
But not like this one:


user
gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 6/25/2024 01:12

Yup, it is the same artist Masayoshi Matsumoto.


user
gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 6/24/2024 22:26

I will search for it later. I'm sure I saw the name when I picked this one :)


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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 6/24/2024 22:20

"One color balloon" not one colour from the pixel palette. this means you can use as many colours you like to shade one balloon. But the second animal needs a different colour ramp. Mix up colours as much as you like, but don't mix up balloons in one animal. I hope that makes sense.


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berdates (Level 5 Trash) @ 6/24/2024 20:38

im almost certain about the img in this post coming from a specific balloon artist but i cant verify it. anyway website of balloon animals for ones perusal


user
n0mzat (Level 4 Button Man) @ 6/24/2024 13:43

So each animal gets to be only one color?


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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 6/24/2024 09:24

Of course. Just remember that each one have to be made of different colour balloons. For example hedgehog - brownish/tan, turtle - green, armadillo - purple. It really doesn't matter which one is which, because it's balloons :) Turtle can be red.

And remember about the transparent background, which separates all 3 sprites.


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bitspace (Level 2 Wolpentinger) @ 6/24/2024 08:25

can i use hedgehog,turtle,armadrillo ?


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