can the candle produce sparks, then those sparks, in turn, create light?

How about the candle lighting other candles?

Just want to cover all my bases, here...

Edited by AirStyle - 05 September 2011 at 6:06am

I guess you could only make a candle... dunno if that's better though

ok I started this:



and I think I'm coming along pretty well (don't expect to win though =P)

Haha greenee22, that looks exactly like what I've first tried to sketch for this challenge :)
I've since abandoned the concept, instead trying to make a portrait-type piece :P

Will show WIP tomorrow (currently too unfinished to showcase)

Mario with fireball.Caricature!!!

there are some pretty liberal interpretations of 'candle' here so far

CELS - XD

Hm, this is odd. I would have thought Tarius would be finished by now :)

Here's my WIP. Just posting a very early version, in case I've made some critical errors already. If I have, please be so kind as to point them out.

nice, mrmo, you're brilliant!

here's another wip:


posting these is keeping me motivated =)

Chibiwing, keep on it. I like it because you've actually used contrast here :D

Here's some modified, creepy copypasta:


I'm trying not to use any references (though I have seen quite a few skulls in my time), thus the face&skull anatomy probably sucks. But who cares! :D

*edit* added moustache because everyone should wear one.

Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 06 September 2011 at 4:05am

Halleluja! Thank you for the feedback.  <3

Awesome... ;_;

Some great WIPs here, I see Mrmo Tarius is showing off as usual lol. ;)
Anyway here's my wip still in it's early stages but I'm getting there. :) Is a scene were a man is looking through a magnifying glass at a tiny man.



Edited by ThePixelKnight - 09 September 2011 at 3:25pm

@Mrmo Tarius his right shoulder looks to flat, otherwise good work :)
Btw, do you want to do a collab with me? =P

Edited by Alex Pang - 06 September 2011 at 1:49pm

make it brighter methinks. bring in more saturated oranges

however i have absolutely no idea how colour works

I told myself I wouldn't do another one for this week, but I just couldn't help it. :)

Here's my very, very early WIP. The entire left side is unfinished, but I'm sure you can understand it. This would have been animated if I had the time, with stuff coming from both sides. Maybe after...

Oh, and you didn't specify that it had to be a normal candle, so there you go. (Don't go stealing my idea! I mean it! :) )

Updaet tiem!
*edit* final update for today, busy busy busy


Edited by Mrmo Tarius - 07 September 2011 at 4:29am

Holy cheesecake are you guys insane O_______O?!
*feels like a 2 year old child with her work right now*
Even your WIPs are looking better then my stuff X'D

welcome to the internet =P
 practice makes perfect

Aww, I was looking forward to seeing how you'd solve the problem of the magnifying glass. Seems like it would have been fun to pixel, as it warps everything you see through it.

And thanks. Yeah, those will probably be arches. I guess the character is in some kind of dungeon. The perspective was all wrong, I just put something up quickly.



Some further changes. I'm especially interested in feedback regarding the face. It's my first time pixelling a face at this scale.

@PixelKnight : Thx man, a bit lost on what to do with the floor though, was thinking of attempting your wood effect coz it looks great
@CELS : Thx man, the two candles in front are supposed to have their heads turned a little to the side. Yours is turning out great


Edited by wuhu - 07 September 2011 at 10:30pm

@Chibi : It looked like kung pow's tongue when i started out .
Could you elaborate on 'choppy' do you mean jagged ?

Okay, really long post!

First of all, I don't think anyone noticed the shadow dragon in my piece. I'm not going to shade him in at all (since he IS a shadow creature) so should I perhaps darken him as well as making the outline transition smoother? The final piece is going to be an irregular circular shape instead of the rectangle, by the way. (Oh, and I'm not sure how I should do the girl's face. Should I just leave it, or somehow figure out a way to do a determined expression in a really small space? I mean, which would look better artistically?)

And what else do you think I should have/add/change in terms of random details?

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Also, here are my views on everyone's pieces so far!

greenee: Pretty nice so far, I like how the candle casts sort of a circular area on the ground, but honestly, it's a wizard with a candle. There are a lot of things you could add, like a background, something to make it more exciting.

baah: Ahahaha that's awesome! Not really a candle, but if you can finish it and shade it properly, it'll look wonderful!

maganegorap: Looks a little rough, but then again, it's only your first draft. Keep going!

GreyScale: I really like the idea! You should still make it so that he's obviously a candle, maybe put something large in the background along with a table, so that he appears to be the size of a candle. The first one looks better to me, but you should finish it off first so that there's the context to look at.

CELS: I like it. :) The candle just looks a little small and sort of the wrong colour to be lighting up such a huge area, though. If you put something yellow-brown under a bright white light, you'll notice that it appears to become paler instead of retaining its saturation.

Mrmo Tarius: Wow, nice! How long have you been doing this?

Chibiwing: I like it so far. The candleholder needs a little more definition and/or contrast though, it seems a little flat compared to everything.

a3um: This could definitely be one of those desolate, empty scenes with that one (maybe animated) candle flickering in the distance. Nice so far.

ThePixelKnight: Love the wood texture. Gotta see this finished.

Felix: I can't really tell what that is... Is it a rock, or a cave, or Stonehenge?

wuhu: Cute picture. You should dither the ground instead, and maybe tone down the brightness of the candlelight.

I'm not sure I have the skill to alter the Galaga candleholder much more... ^_^'  I noticed the dragon in the background.  You won't be able to make it round because transparency isn't allowed for this challenge.

Edited by Chibiwing - 07 September 2011 at 10:14pm

Made slight changes everywhere.



Can someone please tell me how to improve the hands? I can tell that they're not good enough, but not sure how to fix them. Also not sure how to improve the lighting on the face.

@Lathien: That's exactly the kind of feedback I was hoping for, so thanks a lot for that. I've tried to address some of the issues in the latest version.
@Wuhu: I know they're turning to the side, silly. It's possible to tell whether or not a face is symmetrical, even if you're viewing at an angle. For example, the candle in the bottom right seems to have his entire mouth to the left of his nose. His mouth isn't wrapping around his candle-head, as you have done with his eyes.
@Chibiwing: Looking good, but I think it looks a bit flat right now. I think the table should be somewhat brighter at the center than at the edges (except for the parts covered in shadow). Similarly, the closest edge of the chest should be brighter than the distant surfaces.
@PureAwesomeness: I saw the dragon when you posted it, but I refrained from commenting because cure commented elsewhere that the challenge was to make something with a candle, not torches, fireballs or sticks of dynamite. And at the risk of sounding defensive, if my candle is too bright, you should take a look at your own nuclear-powered candle!  In my opinion, the whole idea of this challenge is to work with a single, weak light source. Saying "hey, this is a magic candle shooting a five foot flame" seems to go against the spirit of the challenge.
With that said, I've tried follow your advice to tone down the brightness of my own candle, and will continue to do so. I did experiment with decreasing the saturation on the robe, as you recommended. Let me know what you think.
@Tarius: Thanks. I'll definitely be using more AA, and I've already tried to use some on the hood. I'm not very good at dithering, but perhaps I'll try using small amounts.


Edited by CELS - 08 September 2011 at 3:50am