CHALLENGE: HUBRIS

Challenge winner Emanu challenges you to use this picture to create an animated sprite, NOT A PORTRAIT.
Use the reference picture as the basis for the character. It may be cartoony, realistic or as used in a video game.
Based on the character as you see it (pictured below), then animate it somehow.
Dancing, idle stance, fighting, shooting, whatever goes with your interpretation. Creativity as always, is key.

Rules:
Canvas Size: 150x150px max
Animation: required, 3 frames minimum
Colors : 16
EDIT: CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION
Up to 16 colors may be used. One color is transparency.
Transparency: If you can do so then please do(this mean yes). Get Giffy from FAQ page or some online utility like www.iaza.com is also good.

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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 HUBRIS 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 jalonso - 22 November 2008 at 8:00pm

Wow, jalonso. Looks really great! And it definitely resembles that guy.


I kind of need help with the pants. When the character is done, I'm going to think about the animation.


Edited by Chace - 18 November 2008 at 5:16am

This is my WIP.
C&C will be really appreciated, however I don't even know if I'm going to finish, 'cause animating isn't really my best.

thats my crappy WIP so far.... keep checking for the version ill put on with body movement cause i'll certainly need help with it (if i get the time on saturday that is)

lol

I decided to give him a massive ear, since it is the most distinctive feature of the image. He's purple for no particular reason.

 Also, I’m clearly not entering this. Just making this because I’m having a break from working on other stuffs. =3

Salvador Dali much

Thats quite awesome -ViC-!
and looks almost finished already!

Here's mine 

Oh crap. After looking at this topic I suddenly feel stupid. 

I thought you were supposed to take THAT PICTURE and turn it into PA.

I feel retarded, very, very, retarded.

Backgrounds are NO this time.
The color count was not made clear so UP TO 16 colors with transparency counting as one color.

Get giffy from FAQ page to make transparent.
use www.iaza.com to animate the frames (up to 16, I believe).

Others may suggest some other free animation software too,
I hear unFreeze works well and is possibly free :|



Edited by jalonso - 22 November 2008 at 4:43pm

uh, UP to 16...D: and I went and made mine exactly 16

I was under the impression that 16 meant 16 no more or no less...I thought that the whole single number thing was cleared up already in other challenge discussions.

Soo...wait..

OK, cool, thanks

I think your problem after seeing your file is that you have too many frames going on (198).
The file you made with iaza is all set to 'no delay' on each frame.
I changed every frame but the tongue action to 0.02sec and left the tongue at 0sec (no delay at all).
Because it still looks kinda slow the its your animating that's an issue. Less frames and certain frames with 'action' drawn in usually work with this kind of thing. Like action lines on the tongue, for example.
I suggest a quick fix be that you remove a sh*tload of frames so the fly moves quickly instead of 2 pixels at a time as you have now. The toungue can be 1 or just 2 frames ?
All animation is about timing, ya noes.

*All that said your file looks fine and you can let it be too, it works!*

http://www.thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free/
http://www.artoonix.com/en/index.html
http://www.jansfreeware.com/jfgraphics.htm#movies
http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/
http://www.callmeandiwillgiveyouamassagetoo.com



Edited by jalonso - 22 November 2008 at 11:13pm