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   CHALLENGE: Optimistic Occupations
Challenge winner, Jeremy wants you to use the palette shown below to depict someone doing the job that you wanted to have when you were younger. For example, if you wanted to be a paleontologist when you were younger, then you would create an image of a paleontologist doing thier job.
It does not strictly need to be realistic, nor does it have to be entirely truthful - It's not like we can read your mind! ...yet.
Canvas Size - Min 150 (width) x 100 (height); Max 300 (Width) x 200 (height).

Colours - Max 16. Use only colours from this palette (sourced from the SEGA Master System):

Transparency - No.

Animation - Optional.
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 Optimistic Occupations pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Joe Pass 1929 - 1994 by mambazo
I wanna be an attorney at law! by [balder]
The News by Phones

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

Loading ready zzz by inphy
surgeon by Bovkoun
[BJ] Bad Boys, what u gonna do. by B_j0k3r0
Vroom vroom! by JediDude
Garbage man by bonehead11
Last human alive by Photocopier
Mangaka by Nemils
ice cream~ by TheRobinHood
Space Walk by tsoccer93
king of the slimes by kevink
Future Work by htdreams
Dream Job by Manupix
Dentist by snowk

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 2/22/2010: Optimistic Occupatio Posted: 22 February 2010 at 12:00am
	CHALLENGE: Optimistic Occupations Challenge winner, Jeremy wants you to use the palette shown below to depict someone doing the job that you wanted to have when you were younger. For example, if you wanted to be a paleontologist when you were younger, then you would create an image of a paleontologist doing thier job. It does not strictly need to be realistic, nor does it have to be entirely truthful - It's not like we can read your mind! ...yet. Canvas Size - Min 150 (width) x 100 (height); Max 300 (Width) x 200 (height). Colours - Max 16. Use only colours from this palette (sourced from the SEGA Master System): Transparency - No. Animation - Optional. 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 Optimistic Occupations pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Joe Pass 1929 - 1994 by mambazo I wanna be an attorney at law! by [balder] The News by Phones Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Loading ready zzz by inphy surgeon by Bovkoun [BJ] Bad Boys, what u gonna do. by B_j0k3r0 Vroom vroom! by JediDude Garbage man by bonehead11 Last human alive by Photocopier Mangaka by Nemils ice cream~ by TheRobinHood Space Walk by tsoccer93 king of the slimes by kevink Future Work by htdreams Dream Job by Manupix Dentist by snowk
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Robinhood Commander Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:10am
	Blaergh, hate specific palettes :( I doubt I'll enter on this one, but we'll see :P
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Ambient Midshipman Joined: 02 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 75	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 12:02pm
	Male doctor who checks women for breast cancer- "Hmmm... I'm not sure, you'll have to make another appointment." I'll try to get this done...
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inphy Commander Joined: 24 June 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 116	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 12:22pm
	¯\(°_o)/¯ jiipm: Yeah, I'm planning to animate this and show some action on the screen. Edited by inphy - 27 February 2010 at 4:14am
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orenshtiv Commander Joined: 28 May 2009 Location: Israel Online Status: Offline Posts: 146	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 1:11pm
	@TheRobinHood - me too xD but if you want youy can use the black\gray\white and make a non-color pic ^ ^ ,I wanted to do it but I have no idea,everytime when someone asked me what I want to be when I grow up I sed... "I dunno" <(Oo)>
	░▒▓█▓▒░ ◘The power is in our hands!◘░▒▓█▓▒░
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M. Lucanius Seaman Joined: 14 April 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 2:35pm
	*Originally posted by inphy* 10 print 'LOL' 11 goto 10 RUN LOLOLOL
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Manupix Commander Joined: 05 November 2024 Online Status: Offline Posts: 771	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 7:29pm
	@ TRH, oren: you are *required* to do something. Palette challenges are the best. Even more so with this palette, looks so deliciously boring.
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snowk Seaman Joined: 02 June 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 8:09pm
	I also like the idea of a specific pallette. I've never tried one before but it sounds like such a fun thing to do! it would seem like it makes you go outside you comfort zone and grow as a artist. I am defenately entering this! time to go look up pictures of teeth.....
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 8:18pm
	This may be of some help Agreed with Manu :D (Was originally suggesting the XP Paint palette, like it better now? ;D ) And I've found that working small with this palette is easier...
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TalesOfFan Seaman Joined: 11 February 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:57pm
	Seeing as I still wish to be a anthropologist, and am only 1 year away from college; I will go with that.
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Petrichor Midshipman Joined: 09 October 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 59	Posted: 23 February 2010 at 7:16pm
	I am probably not going to get around to finish this, but anyway: Never worked with any kind of harshly-restricted palette like this... it was an education, even if I end up not finishing. I will try to get back to it :P And before anyone says something about the shape of the foot, it is in homage to these: shoes from the amazing-but-totally-insane-and-unwearable-alien-themed show Alexander McQueen did last year, god rest his brilliant but totally batsh*t soul.
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jiipm Seaman Joined: 27 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 4:18am
	I wanted to be like Indiana Jones, a treasure hunter. I think I'm going to do a Indy-scene by using yellow and red. What you think? I'm going to do a character hanging from a cliff and we see the endless pit. I'm going to do a Indy-game mockup. Something like Fate of Atlantis. @Petrichor: Make sure you make the skirt 3d-like. Draw attention from the other female on the background. Maybe do her with only 2 colors and avoid detail? I don't think you need black in this one. The purple works fine as the darkest shade. @Jeremy: That rasterized palette is brilliant! I might use some of those for yellow and red :) @inphy: I like your choice of colors. Just might look a bit boring with only the computer's screen drawing attention. Might want to make the screen have some interesting detail? Maybe use yellow(opposite of purple)to draw something to the screen? @Ambient: Hah :D Be careful with balancing between humorous and just creepy perverted :P Edited by jiipm - 24 February 2010 at 7:22am
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Robinhood Commander Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 2:00pm
	*Originally posted by Manupix* @ TRH, oren: you are *required* to do something. Palette challenges are the best. Even more so with this palette, looks so deliciously boring. You're so forceful ;_; But fine. I'll try.
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htdreams Midshipman Joined: 06 September 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 7:53pm
	Hi there! I'm joining this time to the challenge, let's push some pixel muscle! :D This is my "future work vision" when i was a kid, or at least, one of them... Pure wip, but i have more or less all elements i want in the image... now to define lines and coloring. @Jeremy: that mixed color table will be very usefull to choose combinations, thanks! :-D Codec off Edited by htdreams - 24 February 2010 at 7:55pm
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snowk Seaman Joined: 02 June 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:16pm
	hey! everyone's looking good here! Well im here to request some advice on my shading; particularly on the mask. Iv'e been expirementing and I can'tget it to look good enough! anyway.....it was hard as butt to get the face done (for me). And if it wasn't clear enough I wanted to be a dentist EDIT more shadin' Edited by snowk - 24 February 2010 at 10:13pm
	-Snowk
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JediDude Seaman Joined: 21 September 2009 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 24 February 2010 at 9:48pm
	Ugly WIP, feedback?
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Dr D Midshipman Joined: 14 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 12:30am
	@htdreams - You wanted to levitate tetris blocks when you were little??
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jiipm Seaman Joined: 27 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 13	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 3:32am
	*Originally posted by JediDude* Ugly WIP, feedback? Needs more dark to the canvas. Kinda needs black outlines. Green surface is too boring. Could use some blending of aqua/cyan to it.
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A.B. Lazer Commander Joined: 21 July 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 310	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 4:08am
	*Originally posted by JediDude* Ugly WIP, feedback? Not very fancy. The form is not balanced and proportionate enough. Look at profile of real car that you took as inspiration and see how lines and in which manner (maybe they make any figure?) are continued throughout the whole body. And how placing of wheels relates to those lines. If any element placed at the same height as any other see and think if it was on purpose. All those relations usually meant to make car beautiful. Edited by A.B. Lazer - 25 February 2010 at 4:10am
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mambazo Midshipman Joined: 21 November 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 4:33am
	Wanted to be a musician when I was younger, as I grew older I got into Jazz, so this is a tribute to the late Joe Pass (1929 - 1994). Starting with the grays first to get the volumes down, then I might play with the colours. C&C Welcome :)
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htdreams Midshipman Joined: 06 September 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 6:46am
	*Originally posted by Dr D* @htdreams - You wanted to levitate tetris blocks when you were little?? Not really :) As the image is only an early WIP it could get confusing, but it's a VR headset and gloves, so we are seeing what the engineer is manipulating in 3D space I want to make the tetriminions translucent as if they are "ghosts" to increase it's "virtuality" @snowk: i like the image composition, and the face is fine, but you could draw the shadow of the face in a continuous line over the mask, i mean, all the face and mask are in shadow (right side of dentist), now it seems the face ends where the mask begins, as if it were a toy with plastic parts. As always, look image references of people with masks, don't try to draw all from memory, as you'll lose details. See what i mean here: http://comps.fotosearch.com/comp/RBL/RBL008/male-doctor-or_~b13860.jpg Codec off Edited by htdreams - 25 February 2010 at 7:08am
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snowk Seaman Joined: 02 June 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 11:36am
	OH thanks alot htdreams, You make a really good point there. I defenatly will do what you said. I think I will redo some of the face so that the mask covers the nose. Also, I like the ref image :) @JediDude I think you need a better angle rather that a straight profile. Edited by snowk - 25 February 2010 at 11:40am
	-Snowk
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mambazo Midshipman Joined: 21 November 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 11:44am
	So far so good :) C&C's Welcome!
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Slemboll Midshipman Joined: 13 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 2:44pm
	I always wanted to be a chef from your legs. This is a alien kind of chef steering around in several pots at once C&C`s please
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Robinhood Commander Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245	Posted: 25 February 2010 at 4:53pm
	Weird looking hood and wheels are intentional. Meant to look like a little kid's drawing :D
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ellie-is Commander Joined: 12 September 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 706	Posted: 26 February 2010 at 9:46am
	I wanted to be a super hero. Can I draw a power ranger or spiderman?
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 25 November 2024 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1704	Posted: 26 February 2010 at 11:17am
	sure
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Slemboll Midshipman Joined: 13 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Posted: 26 February 2010 at 2:45pm
	need some critical help, i think iv`e ruined my piece totaly and need some pointers or tips First Second
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Zedeem Seaman Joined: 06 January 2010 Online Status: Offline Posts: 22	Posted: 26 February 2010 at 3:35pm
	Maaaan mambazo that is pure awesomeness!
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mambazo Midshipman Joined: 21 November 2019 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48	Posted: 26 February 2010 at 7:29pm
	Thanks! There have been a number of edits since that, based on advice from some high level members, onek and Manupix. I will probably make a few more edits before the final bell tolls too, to fix the chubby right hand. Progress can be followed here...
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htdreams Midshipman Joined: 06 September 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 26 February 2010 at 9:12pm
	Here is my current wip, i'm not good at coloring and shadowing, so i'm open to c&c :) Do you think the tetris pieces looks like something virtual? By the way, mambazo, your piece looks great! very good dithering :-D Codec off
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Slemboll Midshipman Joined: 13 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 61	Posted: 27 February 2010 at 3:51am
	htdreams to me it looks like some kind of ring that have broken up in smaller pieces. I think it looks great
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Dirteater Seaman Joined: 15 July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 27	Posted: 27 February 2010 at 10:26am
	*Originally posted by htdreams* Here is my current wip, i'm not good at coloring and shadowing, so i'm open to c&c :)Do you think the tetris pieces looks like something virtual?By the way, mambazo, your piece looks great! very good dithering :-DCodec off I'm really looking forward to seeing how this turns out! :D
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snowk Seaman Joined: 02 June 2014 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 34	Posted: 27 February 2010 at 11:55am
	@htdreams the arm on the left looks as if it has a different light scource that the rest of the body. other than that I would shade the holograms in all green dithering to make it look more like a hologram. Good job overall
	-Snowk
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htdreams Midshipman Joined: 06 September 2023 Online Status: Offline Posts: 20	Posted: 28 February 2010 at 6:27pm
	Hi! I've just finished my entry: Thanks for your comment snowk, i fixed the ammount of light on the right arm This was very fun to do, as i'm very noob to coloring and dithering, so it was a very good practice, but i must practice more to learn to use color well (i know it's a hard thing to learn) Here is an animated gif with the wip: I'm waiting to see the other entries :) good luck to everyone! Codec off
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