Pixel Joint Forum: CHALLENGE 12/1/2008: Casting Shadows

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   CHALLENGE: Casting Shadows
Challenge winner vierbit challenges you to pixel a scene which features objects casting shadows. The scene can depict anything; humans, animals, cars, trees, geometric forms etc... as long as the focus is on shadows and shadow play.

some examples:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_hasselbom/2247470354/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifemagic/381701981/
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/8842.htm
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/15376.htm

Colors - exactly 8
Transparency - No
Canvas Size - exactly 150x150
Animation - allowed but not necessary.
CHALLENGE RULES
Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
Only new pixels allowed.
Open to all members.
Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.
CHALLENGE JUDGING
Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
Winner announced the following week.

CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
No matter what happens you get challenged :)
CHALLENGE VOTING
Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!
CHALLENGE AWARDS
The Casting Shadows pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Anakin's Shadow - Star Wars - Weekly Challenge by JinnDEvil
NIGHT TERROR!1! by geminoid
simone shadows dream by Rhamnys

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! 

Casting Shadows: Keep your hands where I can see 'em, pretty boy by Phrozen
Shadowed by skeddles
Beauty Queen by NotlikeTheOthers
Shadow Play by xx-Zero-xx
Pretty in Pink by cthulhu
Shadow Puppet by Jeremy
The Real Bush by Jeremy
Dark and light. by fawful

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 12/1/2008: Casting Shadows Posted: 01 December 2008 at 12:08am
	CHALLENGE: Casting Shadows Challenge winner vierbit challenges you to pixel a scene which features objects casting shadows. The scene can depict anything; humans, animals, cars, trees, geometric forms etc... as long as the focus is on shadows and shadow play. some examples: http://www.flickr.com/photos/peter_hasselbom/2247470354/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifemagic/381701981/ http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/8842.htm http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/15376.htm Colors - exactly 8 Transparency - No Canvas Size - exactly 150x150 Animation - allowed but not necessary. CHALLENGE RULES Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox. Only new pixels allowed. Open to all members. Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART. CHALLENGE JUDGING Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged. Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries. Winner announced the following week. CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy. Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet. 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter. No matter what happens you get challenged :) CHALLENGE VOTING Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge! CHALLENGE AWARDS The Casting Shadows pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Anakin's Shadow - Star Wars - Weekly Challenge by JinnDEvil NIGHT TERROR!1! by geminoid simone shadows dream by Rhamnys Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Casting Shadows: Keep your hands where I can see 'em, pretty boy by Phrozen Shadowed by skeddles Beauty Queen by NotlikeTheOthers Shadow Play by xx-Zero-xx Pretty in Pink by cthulhu Shadow Puppet by Jeremy The Real Bush by Jeremy Dark and light. by fawful
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greenraven Commander Joined: 08 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2598	Posted: 01 December 2008 at 6:32am
	Hmm.... seems interesting. Must enter.
	"pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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Quake Commander Joined: 03 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 190	Posted: 01 December 2008 at 3:23pm
	Does the shadow created, need to be a reflection of the thing that made the shadow? So, like.. if it's a tree.. Do i need to do the shadow as a tree, or can i make it look like something else? I'll most likely be entering this :D Awesome Competition, good excuse for me to do some pixeling.
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 01 December 2008 at 3:44pm
	I took the term shadow "play" to mean whatever you want. My shadow will definitely be skewed.
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 01 December 2008 at 8:53pm
	Something I'm working on, literally shadow play :p Thoughts?
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vayde Seaman Joined: 24 November 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 02 December 2008 at 10:28am
	Running out of ideas for this Maybe some bases for the pillars, or detail on the cornices.. thoughts?
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 02 December 2008 at 12:11pm
	*Originally posted by Jeremy* Something I'm working on, literally shadow play :p Thoughts? actually that is considered a silhouette. Try again :)
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Sibix Commander Joined: 12 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 200	Posted: 02 December 2008 at 2:36pm
	haven't done any pixels forover a year now.. but i liked the idea :P PB Edit: fixed your img tag Edited by pixelblink - 03 December 2008 at 6:26pm
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 02 December 2008 at 3:06pm
	I like it.
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geminoid Commander Joined: 04 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 121	Posted: 02 December 2008 at 6:29pm
	DISREGARD THIS. I SUCK CO- erm...you get the idea Edited by geminoid - 03 December 2008 at 5:43pm
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AdamPlays Commander Joined: 06 March 2018 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 169	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 12:20pm
	Why are you guys posting links? Why can't you just post the image?
	And now for something completely different...
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geminoid Commander Joined: 04 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 121	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 3:38pm
	lol i tried to. For some reason or another It posted as a link. Copied the IMG code from photobucket, and it came out as an http
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Adam Midshipman Joined: 26 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 85	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 5:07pm
	Concept:
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 5:11pm
	*Originally posted by geminoid* lol i tried to. For some reason or another It posted as a link. Copied the IMG code from photobucket, and it came out as an http which is frigging hilarious because the image is on imageshack also, why are you and sibix positing the SAME image? Edited by pixelblink - 03 December 2008 at 5:15pm
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 5:23pm
	Guess he copied the right one from PB, and then copied sibix's imageshack link for some reason. But I could be wrong.
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geminoid Commander Joined: 04 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 121	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 5:42pm
	Yeah I must have accidentally copied the wrong link. Lol. I feel like a nub now. Heres the correct link
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cthulhu Seaman Joined: 11 November 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 10:46pm
	Giggidy... Edited by cthulhu - 05 December 2008 at 11:05pm
	Artist formerly known as "herbert_west"
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geminoid Commander Joined: 04 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 121	Posted: 03 December 2008 at 11:07pm
	dude, thats rad
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jukebox14 Seaman Joined: 03 December 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 8:38am
	I so have to Enter this! ok i know that may sound random compared to everything else ^_^ lol oh well im in
	I keep the beat goin' ~Jukebox~ ^_^
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pixelblink Commander Joined: 19 February 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2865	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 1:00pm
	guys, there is a difference between casting a shadow and having a silhouette. please don't waste time pixelling the latter as it will not be accepted into the challenge. There challenge is clear and even shows examples so I don't understand how some of you are getting it wrong.
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AdamPlays Commander Joined: 06 March 2018 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 169	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 1:10pm
	An image of a silhouette casting a shadow. Pixel the SHADOW not the SILHOUETTE!
	And now for something completely different...
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Adam Midshipman Joined: 26 July 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 85	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 3:27pm
	Cleaned it up a bit (damn, I left a bit more defined version at my workplace): What do you guys think: Is it understandable with the shadow cropped?
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AdamPlays Commander Joined: 06 March 2018 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 169	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 3:30pm
	I'm sorry but all I see is a penis.
	And now for something completely different...
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 4:08pm
	LMAO! I think that is the point! I dig it.
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jukebox14 Seaman Joined: 03 December 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 4:27pm
	lol it does
	I keep the beat goin' ~Jukebox~ ^_^
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cthulhu Seaman Joined: 11 November 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 9:08pm
	*Originally posted by pixelblink* guys, there is a difference between casting a shadow and having a silhouette. please don't waste time pixelling the latter as it will not be accepted into the challenge. There challenge is clear and even shows examples so I don't understand how some of you are getting it wrong. From the Merriam-Webster dictionary: Shadow: partial darkness or obscurity within a part of space from which rays from a source of light are cut off by an interposed opaque body Silhouette: a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in
	Artist formerly known as "herbert_west"
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Kren Midshipman Joined: 18 October 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 9:19pm
	*Originally posted by Adam* Cleaned it up a bit (damn, I left a bit more defined version at my workplace): What do you guys think: Is it understandable with the shadow cropped? hmm seems like a ripoff from this:
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greenraven Commander Joined: 08 September 2016 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2598	Posted: 04 December 2008 at 9:24pm
	Not really a 'rip off'. More of a reference pic, and it's just that, because it's not even traced.
	"pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 05 December 2008 at 8:52am
	*Originally posted by cthulhu* Giggidy... Hey cthulhu! It seems you may need to give her a shadow on the back wall or it will not be accepted...
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 05 December 2008 at 8:56am
	[/QUOTE] hmm seems like a ripoff from this: [/QUOTE] It's not a rip off, just inspiration. Totally different angles and emotion from the ladies. Why is everyone sooooo into calling people rip-offs? The great thing about art is being inspired by others, by nature, by life.
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Kren Midshipman Joined: 18 October 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 89	Posted: 05 December 2008 at 3:08pm
	hmm sorry, I though ripoff was nearly the same than inspiration >_> my bad.
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cthulhu Seaman Joined: 11 November 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Posted: 06 December 2008 at 2:21am
	WIP for possible second entry:
	Artist formerly known as "herbert_west"
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xx-Zero-xx Seaman Joined: 30 November 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 06 December 2008 at 6:46am
	hmm... I think i should still fix this up a bit. btw its 8 colours excusing the border Edited by xx-Zero-xx - 06 December 2008 at 6:51am
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Saboteur Commander Joined: 29 January 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 888	Posted: 06 December 2008 at 10:01pm
	@Cthulhu You'll probably still get red-flagged for that, simply because it's attempting to be realistic but is impossible. The only way you'd get as clean a shadow as you've portrayed there is if you had an ENORMOUS spotlight (bigger than the chick herself) projecting light straight at her, at an incredibly high intensity. Or if she were like an inch away from the wall. What I suggest is keeping the same idea (naked chick shadow) but playing it in a different way. For example, pretend the girl were walking in front of her window with a light on inside, casting an enormous shadow of herself on a nearby building. Or keep what you have now, but make an animation that pans to the right to reveal that the shadow is being caused by a towel hanging off a broom or something. I don't actually have the power to say "You can't submit that for the competition", but I'm just going by the hunch that you won't be allowed to.
	"I was minding my own business and walking across a pebbled path, and a Duck started giving me the business."
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geminoid Commander Joined: 04 June 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 121	Posted: 07 December 2008 at 1:02am
	Really, if the original image of the woman were partially visible, so as to give the illusion that she is indeed really close to the wall, then the sharpness of the shadow would be accurate. I would totally give that one the benifit. But thats just me
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xx-Zero-xx Seaman Joined: 30 November 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 07 December 2008 at 12:05pm
	Well Finshed
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