I'm doing my very first house from the ground up...  Try and get myself out of this pixel "rut" I'm in.  Lately I can't do anything right, so I decided to do something very complicated and detailed.

I had posted a copy here and on DA, but I decided to take the one here down because I noticed I kinda messed it up...  The animation I had was totally bypassing building steps and I didn't add some of the original deatils I was going to do.  So I went back to the drawing board, luckjily since it was animated I could just delete some frames and go back...  Here is where I am:


The foundation


My hardwood floor...  God I miss having hardwood...


The basic framing...


Roof trusses...


This is where I am right now, wiring the whole thing up...

Not much into it right now.  I have a good idea on how the house was built, I had to watch it everyday as it was being built since I had to pass it to go to work, so I am trying to remember how they had everything.  I'm going to finish the wiring and then try to add basic plumbing then try to get some visible nails...

An animation of course...  The idea started when I got an email from someone looking at my pixel art on my site asking:

"hey dooshbag, howd yu make dem pixel houz?  tell me!!!!!!!!!"

So I started doing this and I was going to send him the final animation, but instead I just ignored him and I decided to make something good out of it...  =)

Oh,

Wiring is done.  =P

hey dooshbag, wut aboot tha plumbing??!!! How'm I spose to poo?!!

Crap!!!  Plumbing!  I told you I need to go to bed...  

Demon: the insulation that was used on that house was foam board, it was pink, but it was compacted down to 1/2" sheets and laminated on both sides...  Made repairing a wall I busted out during my wild days much more tolerable. 

Awesome project. They make me put the studs 16 inches apart, though. dont do it in yours, it would look far too cluttered.

And its a good thing it's not "cotton candy" insulation. Poor pixelblink may get a little confused and use it to clean up after his outdoor poo. The funny part is, people I know have actually done that.

As far as I remember, the floor is put in after the walls are up. Otherwise you muck up the flooring while you put up the walls.

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The studs were faaaaar from being set to code...  Hell, the reason it burned down is because of using 220 with 110 breakers...  

But you are right about the floor, I will have to take those out when I get ready to animate...

Ok, only got 4 hours of sleep...  So I did some altering.  

If you look at the older pieces, I added logos to the insulation, as suggested on another forum.  I also split the top siding into 2 pieces like I think it was on my old house.


Then I added the doors and windows.  Since I want this to be true pixel art, I actually had to do the view of looking into the windows by hand, no opacity, like I usually do...  SO that added on some 1 1/2 hours trying to find the right colors...


Then the trim...

For the most part, I have completed it.  I am going to go back now and tile the roof, or atleast try.  I have never been able to do that very well.  So if anyone has any suggestions, PLEASE pass them this way. 

Haven't done the landscaping yet.  But at my old house I didn't have any flower beds or a mail box...

I forgot to tell you all this is based off of my very first house I had...

Thats awsome. I love it. Can't wait to see it finished.

Version 2...



C&C the crap out of it people!!!

I think that the grass could be longer in places, especially those hard to mow areas around the edges of the house.

And I'd love to see some shadows from the house on the grass
and maybe a few cobble-stones out of place, or some grass within them

I think you will have to decide whether to go for a "perfect" exterior with pristine grass, perfectly placed cobblestones, and a brand new coat of paint OR a REAL exterior with patchy grass, kicked cobbles, and perhaps a few scratches or peeling.

which will it be? I'm full of ideas for both!

You do lay grass. Haha. Have you ever seen a house being built? I live in a neighborhood that there still building, so I see it all the time. The have a dirt ground, pour the foundation, build the house, then lay the grass.

it would be more work, but I think it would look even cooler if you made the 2X4s go in individually. Kinda even more step by step, like you did with the trusses.

HAHA! yes! do the sign!

The layer that's added on to the foundation is one solid peice of wood. Add some lines to break it up into boards of realistic dimension. Same with the layer between the walls and the roof trusses.

Texture on the roof would be fun.

That's all I've got. Well friggin' done thus far, man!

Looks great so far. Now the fun part...landscaping.

Holy! Nice shadows!

but I don't see what you've changed with the rafters.. or what you plan to change.

It's maybe a plan to change, haven't decided yet...

That's kind of a pointless addition..

Very impressive! I wish I was atleast half as good as you 

OMHCFC*!! That's very nice! =D But yeah, I say the nails is an pointless addition too... I love the roof!

*Oh My Holy Cow's Frickin' Crap


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