CHALLENGE: Old Dead Tree

It's the end of the International Year of Forests; so, to close things off for the year, this week's challenge is to create an image depicting at least one dead tree.

Canvas Size - Max 200 x 200.
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
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 Old Dead Tree 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!

  

Ah Organic forms, my mortal enemy

Graindolim, why not making a snow made of these polygons? That would make it look seared by some sort of metallic rain.The upright-downleft direction looks interesting: together with the colours, it does not look too "onward-and-upwardly": nice effect!


Edited by MyO - 26 December 2011 at 12:17pm

looks simple, try doing a big thing with much detailes

A stump or a log doesn't count as a dead tree does it? does it have to be a standing dead tree?

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Edited by Graindolium - 27 December 2011 at 2:17am

wooked stool is not a tree...

My pic still need some detailes



Edited by philippejugnet - 27 December 2011 at 7:48am

Here is my Dead Tree WIP

My plan is to make a night time scene with a moon in the background. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

Does the tree on the right count as a dead tree?

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Early progress

what I have so far:

I didn't realize the size restriction at first, so it started off quite a lot wider

Here's what I had first:



Trying to make it work in a smaller space:






Edited by CPearson - 28 December 2011 at 4:08pm

 

@CPearson: I think it's looking great. The smoke doesn't look like it's coming out of the mouth though. Could be darker in the back of the mouth, and add some AA or dither.

Here's my heavy WIP. Going to a petrified tree leaking lava. Not sure where to go with the BG.

Wow, I can't do foliage at all.

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It's probably a horrible time to start something. But, it's better then never I guess. :P

Thanks Jalonso. =)
And I've finished it! :D

Look on the bright side. You have the rest of the year >.<

I wonder if I'l get it finished, there's only so much a man can rush.

Made marginal progress, but I'm homing in on the finish line.
Crits or whatever are welcome, I know that the geometry of the top branches isn't completely Euclidean, right now I'm just bluffing the shapes to look good, rather than to solidly adhere to the lighting model. I probably won't fix it before the challenge is over.

CPearson, your tree looks more like it sleeps that is dead.

>your tree looks more like it sleeps that is dead.

I think it'll be obvious enough that it's actually meant to be dead, considering the name of the challenge.

If you have advice on the distinction between dead and sleeping, I'd like to hear it, however.