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Admiral ![]() Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0 |
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CHALLENGE: April Fools Gallery VWelcome to the 5th April Fool's Gallery challenge. For this challenge we want you to take a look at the gallery of another PJ member and try to emulate their style. Can you fool us into thinking your work is theirs? Well...can you? For inspiration, have a look at the entries for the previous four April Fool's Gallery challenges [1] [2] [3] [4] CHALLENGE RULES
CHALLENGE JUDGING
CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
CHALLENGE VOTINGVote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!CHALLENGE AWARDSThe April Fools Gallery V 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! ![]() ![]() |
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smk
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April Fool's Gallery challenge 4 is bugged :P
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bitswitcher
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yeah, :P
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Strakosvski
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Verry cool. I think i'am go to start with Arachnes Monster style.
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bitswitcher
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Cool, nice start. but you have to iimitaded his style complete. i hope yiou finish. maybe somebody imitates my style, haha :D
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Robinhood
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![]() Lol, doing bitswitcher :D rough wip |
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bitswitcher
Midshipman ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45 |
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haha, nice start. maybe, if i find time, i got to fool your style :P
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Tarenken
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![]() Trying to emulate BlazeAce's style. http://pixeljoint.com/p/16805.htm Colors are too saturated, needs more AA... might work on it again when I get bored or just submit it. :P |
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bitswitcher
Midshipman ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45 |
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nice entries, but ''vivien'' you should add more light at your picture…
The edit you post me, is nice :) Edited by bitswitcher - 29 March 2010 at 12:50pm |
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ellie-is
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Wasn't this the 4th April's Fool challenge? :P
I would love to join but I can't think of anyone who's style I would be able to mimic X] |
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Manupix
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Tarenken: looks good. The main problem is shoulder anatomy: try to sketch yourself in the mirror with this pose.
Hair might need a little attention too, that yellow 'horn' looks like... a horn. |
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Strakosvski
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@bitswitcher: Yes, if have done some changes. I post it later!
So. I think i have to edit a other color between the black! ![]() Edited by Strakosvski - 30 March 2010 at 1:53am |
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bitswitcher
Midshipman ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45 |
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okay. add a second color, than its perfect. i think!
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skamocore
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I'm not sure what's going on here, but I noticed both you and Strakosvski share the same IP. But what I find really odd about this is that Strakosvski is from Russia, yet has a German IP address, the same German IP address as yours. I certainly hope there's no foul play going on here!
So, would either one of you care to enlighten me a bit on this situation. |
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bitswitcher
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wtf, i dont know o_O
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bitswitcher
Midshipman ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45 |
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is it possible, that she can copy my IP adresse?
i mean, im not this girl, im bitswitcher from germany. and why i should vreate a new user, if i could post it on my bitswitcher account? no, im not that kind of human… Edited by bitswitcher - 30 March 2010 at 7:31am |
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skamocore
Admiral ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 December 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3865 |
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I've done some looking around and it seems as though there are several other users also sharing your IP address too. Please do explain.
And I can think of many reasons people would want to create multiple accounts. Most of these other accounts don't have any artwork in them anyway, just lots of favourites and comments. |
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bitswitcher
Midshipman ![]() ![]() Joined: 26 November 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 45 |
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But why favorites, if rating are count?
I really dont know either what all these accounts do. Why i should to that? Im verry sorry about that, but im not these accounts. i dont knwo how i can show you that. |
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Ruban
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I can't see these "multiple accounts" If that is what they are... Being to much of a problem, unless they seem to always favorite and rate 5 stars bit's artwork.
About the contest, I might try to do Turtlechan;s style, if I have time. |
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Adcrusher
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I'm trying to imitate ThereIsNoCure's style. So I'm going to make more of those terrifying monsters. I'm planning on making 3 or 4 of them. I used the base of his monsters so mine would have the general shape. Is that allowed?
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skamocore
Admiral ![]() ![]() Joined: 22 December 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3865 |
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Alright "Bitswitcher",
I'm going to posit that you are ex-member Lahra. You act like him, make the same grammatical errors as him, have an inability to follow rules like him. Also, you're both from Berlin and has a similar IP addresses and use the same ISP. He was banned for submitting RIPs and colour reductions and had a very similar 'style' to you. Several people have already suggested that you are Lahra. Including someone who seems to know you (is that an admission!?):
You also seem to share an IP address with many other accounts as I mentioned earlier. Here's some (I wouldn't be surprised if there are many more): Lorenz - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26201.htm PAkistan0 - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26415.htm Rythm - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26695.htm Umviuu..0 - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26416.htm Chinagirl123 - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26896.htm Asphyxia - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26204.htm Strakosvski - http://pixeljoint.com/p/27075.htm Junkiee - http://pixeljoint.com/p/26673.htm Notice how they all conveniently have piles of your work as favourites. Some seem to exclusively comment on your pieces, all praise - never any criticism; like this. Also, these accounts seem to have slightly fewer ratings than you have pieces. Looks like these members just exist to give ratings, favs and comments. Most don't even have any pieces in the gallery. In fact the only one that does have something in the gallery (which has now been sent back), is Lorenz, who submitted a colour reduction. You chimed in pretty damn quickly. An attempt to score a RIP spotter award??? You ask: But why favorites, if rating are count [sic]?Then what's stopping you from using those accounts to give out ratings. This, I believe is what you are doing. Now, let's look at your gallery. One thing I've noticed is that you always seem to skirt around showing references for your images and instead play coy by posting irrelevant images or pretending that you used no reference at all. does this look familiar? Of course it does: ![]() Also, several members have complained about the strange and inconsistent nature of your work. Especially your ability to create almost perfect lineart, but with an inconsistent quality of shading. And what about just simply taking Jeremy's shading on the turtle? One member comments that you posted this image one day after this one. "Such a vast improvement in one single day? Neither bitswitcher nor anybody else could successfully do that." Not to mention of course, all of your suspicious 'abstract'/cropped avatars. You know the ones I'm talking about, the colour reduced ones. And of course the other ones which you mysteriously deleted. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Conclusion: from what I can see you are always looking for some scheme, whether that be taking someone's lineart without credit, submitting rips, colour reduction or creating multiple accounts for ballot stuffing and other disingenuous reasons etc... How about practicing and working on areas you feel you might be weak in instead of ripping and resorting to disingenuous practices. Read through critique, study other people's work and keep practicing; don't just immediately try to find the sneaky way around. That's my advice to you. But unfortunately you'll have to find some other site for that because I am banning you, again. You and your fake accounts too. Sorry everyone for derailing this thread; this is not an April fool's joke. If anyone wants to discuss this further you can use the contact form or PM me personally. |
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tomic
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yey! my gut instincts always told me that something is fishy with her pixels..
thanks a lot skam! |
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pixel suit up!
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AngelOTG
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 28 February 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 258 |
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Is it even worth mentioning that the entry she was planning to submit was a rip?
Edited by AngelOTG - 30 March 2010 at 11:58pm |
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Delicious
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Excellent work Skamocore, and nice find AngelOTG. It's a great shame, especially since the artist did get so much recognition as majority of the challenge entries are using Bitswitcher's style.
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onek
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Nooow?!..... how cheap is that?
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griffsnuff
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Oh wow.. Does this affect the ones who entered with his (Bitswitcher )style?
I mean im sure noone will vote for them now |
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Grug
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Arrrgl, I was working on a Bitswitcher style picture…
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Dignitas
Seaman ![]() ![]() Joined: 16 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
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Originally posted by griffsnuff
Oh wow.. Does this affect the ones who entered with his (Bitswitcher )style?I mean im sure noone will vote for them now As long as you don't slip into that whole colour reducing thing I don't see any problem in there, haha. ![]() But you could be right according to the fact that no one will vote for that one ... at least if you don't make it a carricature or something, but that would be sort of against the rules. So yeah, you probably better take another artist as your reference. Anyway, I got to say I saw this coming. This is his or her 4th account now that got banned due to ripping and cheating and it almost allways happened like this. People start believing his lies and soon don't even doubt only parts of his pictures or master,pieces as he would probably call them ( ![]() ![]() |
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Manupix
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I don't see why pple wouldn't vote for Bitsw-inspired pieces. It's the submission that's judged, not the inspiration.
If the vote was now, I'd definitely vote for one of the Bsw pieces. @ AOTG: thanks for the link, this is one step towards the image search engine of my dreams. |
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Dignitas
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But isn't it kinda weird to win with a picture that is inspired by a ripped or color reduced one? I mean sure, you didn't know it was when you pixeled it, but now that you know - at least for me - there is no desirability left to it. Of course it still is an artwork, but ... I don't know. To me this feels wrong in way. Anyway, I'm not the whole community so if you feel alright doing it just go for it.
But basically, I must confess, you're right. It's about what you do and show yourself, not what the origninal artist did. I guess I should leave all that rest behind and focus on the actual quality of the picture ... otherwise it wouldn't be quite fair. |
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Manupix
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I have to agree with the 'weird' feel, but I wouldn't say 'wrong'.
Take it like this: these entries are what Bsw could have done in this interesting style he/she found, had he/she been honest about it. Edited by Manupix - 31 March 2010 at 8:10am |
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skamocore
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Just a quick note: You may continue to submit Bitswitcher inspired pieces - obviously as long as it fits the rules of the gallery. I think to disallow them would just be unfair to everyone else.
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Leath
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This challenge is great, but I find the biggest problem will be the judging part.
Say, some artist tend to call more attention than others (ie: Fool), so if someone could mimic Fool's style 60% might have a better chance to win than if you fully mimic a lower tier artist. And a question, it says clearly you "want [us] to look at the gallery of another PJ member and try to emulate their style", but are we really restricted to PJ members? Can we mimic some famous pixel artist like Henk Neiborg, who is not a PJ member? ![]() How about attempting a CG artist into a pixel style fake, like Hyun Tae Kim, or Vovo Tzeng? ![]() probably too hard haha ![]() |
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a3um
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I'm gonna try buloght's style.
Here is WIP: ![]() Edited by a3um - 31 March 2010 at 9:13am |
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jalonso
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Originally posted by Leath This challenge is great, but I find the biggest problem will be the judging part. Say, some artist tend to call more attention than others (ie: Fool), so if someone could mimic Fool's style 60% might have a better chance to win than if you fully mimic a lower tier artist. And a question, it says clearly you "want [us] to look at the gallery of another PJ member and try to emulate their style", but are we really restricted to PJ members? Yes! that way it makes judging easier since its all here. We find the cream always rises to the top, as it should be. Just emulating someone well known means nothing. Originally posted by Leath Can we mimic some famous pixel artist like Henk Neiborg, who is not a PJ member? ![]() How do you know he isn't a member? he might well be one of those countless silent types. I happen to think he is :p Anyhoo, for this week its best not to choose someone not in the gallery that can be linked to. There's plenty to choose from. Originally posted by Leath How about attempting a CG artist into a pixel style fake, like Hyun Tae Kim, or Vovo Tzeng? ![]() probably too hard haha ![]() You are always welcome to send in challenge ideas to your fave Mod. Edited by jalonso - 31 March 2010 at 10:13am |
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TheHatterxCore
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AngelOTG
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Originally posted by Manupix @ AOTG: thanks for the link, this is one step towards the image search engine of my dreams. LOL, no problem. They even have a Firefox add-on that makes it so you just have to right-click an image and click "Search on TinEye" to check for rips. It's a pretty useful feature round' these parts. ^^; |
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Robinhood
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@ ATOG - I remember seeing that before. Thanks for sharing! I had completely forgotten about it.
And blegh. Now I have to find someone else's style to emulate... I'm thinking Phones. |
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TheHatterxCore
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I don't see the feature..
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Robinhood
Commander ![]() ![]() Joined: 18 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 245 |
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@TheHatterxCore - What feature? Oh and your entry has to be completely new. Like new, new. Like you started it after the challenge began.
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TheHatterxCore
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The one AOTG just said, and okay. Thanks.
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Ruban
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OH! the irony, that in trying to imitate a style I have found my own.
I guess. My turtle looks nothing like turtlechan's style. ![]() (Maybe you guys can help me out here, is there anybody's art who look similar to mine?) Also, I know the contrast/colors are bad. |
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Onichi
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It's been a while since I took part in a contest, and this one looks fairly easy.
WIP: ![]() Mimicking Leroy's style: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/48888.htm About the bitswitcher thing, someone should really make an example of them to all the would-be rippers. Edited by Onichi - 31 March 2010 at 11:18pm |
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kevink
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*spam* at all previous comments, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH..wait.. haha that was funny. *spam*
![]() stuff I just sketched out, let's see if I can finish them this time :D |
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Elk
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shame I can't enter this, gonna be over at my boyfriends this easter
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kevink
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Originally posted by Ruban
OH! the irony, that in trying to imitate a style I have found my own.I guess. My turtle looks nothing like turtlechan's style. ![]() ![]() Your biggest problem are the colors. He uses red and purple shades and an extreme "highlighted" color. You should take a look at abysswolfs palettes as well, they will give you a good idea of what I'm talking about. Edited by kevink - 02 April 2010 at 2:17am |
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Elk
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Yeah...turtlechan should imitate Ahruon...wait...hes already doing that!
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Justincrdibl
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Finally finished:
![]() I decided to go with the bitswitcher style. The piece is 100% my own, just inspired by bitswitcher's methods |
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Elk
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I hate dithering... you wont get my vote
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Onichi
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Throw in some AA and I think you got it.
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