CHALLENGE: A City in the Clouds

Show us a scene depicting an original city that resides on or just above the clouds.

Canvas Size - Max 175 x 225 (either horizontal or vertical).
Colours - Max 25.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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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.

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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.

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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 :)

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The A City in the Clouds pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



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



Edited by skamocore - 23 May 2011 at 5:20am

Dunno how to continue or how to detail it...

Also, question; is it allowed to use old assets (that you've made yourself) in the challenge piece or does it have to be all new? The clouds there are "old" assets.

Indeed. Have a look over here.

*updated!



Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 23 May 2011 at 6:57am

Gah.

scetch.

wip2



colors are inspired by Rob Alexander's Serra's Sanctum

Cool stuff I suppose I'm going for something more cartoony.



Edited by Arcan - 24 May 2011 at 2:17am

My insomnia has produced another piece:

another early WIP:

Another super quick piece:

I think I'm done but i'm not sure if there is anything else I can do to improve on this before I submit it.

I'm thinking of doing a piece where the clouds in question are actually clouds of smoke (ex: "the clouds of smoke" from somebody smoking a cigarette.)  Would this interpretation of the word "clouds" be alright for this challenge?

Sooo yesterday evening I got tired of waiting for a response regarding whether I could interpret "clouds" as "clouds of smoke" and I've been working on this:




hehe I was kind of peeved earlier when I saw this piece because I don't want it to look like I stole Chibiwing's idea of putting a face on a cloud... anyway, I've never made a mock-up before, and I'm having a lot of trouble with it.  I want the city to both appear to be in the background, yet have enough contrast to be visible, and I want the entrances (exits? : P) to be very clearly NOT a part of the background.  As in, it should be clear for the player that they can interact with the doorways, but that they cannot interact with the buildings in any other way.

I also attempted to make a sprite of a little character for the first time and it's a lot harder than it looks!  I'll have to keep trying.

EDIT: I can't tell if this is any better or not




Edited by showtime - 26 May 2011 at 11:51am

well im new here as a member but am a frequent browser so i figured i would join in the fun in this challenge.

my WIP :

http://imgur.com/mr5xp Here is my temporary entry. I might change it.

That's really pretty, Xlem.

Edited by Chibiwing - 29 May 2011 at 1:16pm