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    Posted: 09 July 2012 at 12:00am

CHALLENGE: Helio-Monster

Pixel an original monster that lives on the surface of the sun.

Your image needs to use this colour - #FF6600:



Canvas Size - Max 100 x 100.
Colours - Max 16. Must include #FF6600.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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.

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.

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 :)

CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Helio-Monster pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Hellio by Victor Rojo
sun octopus by ripatti
True Form of the Sun's Dark Spots by a3um


Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!

Sunblorg portrait by Nevercreature
mitosis by marat
Flare Dragon by aeveis
From the Sun by Night
Helio Monster by Gavralcraw
Prominence dragon by sjhwi1a
StarKitty by AlexHW
helio-monster by albaz2000eg
Shitty lava bug thing by Kanonsis
Bioflama by Benjiro
Solar jellyfish. by Whisper Heart
Weekly challenge - Fireman by Shanx
Fire Fish by Dredlockz
Phantom HE17 by Pirata
Sun Squizzard by dpixel
Summoners Handbook #7: Sun orb by MrBeast
Hell/Sun Demon by MatWarner
Helio-Monster by curvedlines
Behold! Sun people. by Mandrill
Heliskull by Allefws
Telefonear al Sol by ui_
Sun Serpent by Levaunt
Kzect - Guardian of the Sun by Danori
Sun Monster by Eurritimia
sunmonster by mrduke
Heat Ape by Heavy Metal
Solar Abomination by zlocish
Sun Exploration Bot by sirvander
Molten Marauder by Sublyme
Solar Gate by ||||
Weird Heliosaurus by Fanton
Helio Monster by albertov


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Quote Gamamoto Replybullet Posted: 09 July 2012 at 2:00am
This sounds very interesting !
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Quote Whisper Heart Replybullet Posted: 09 July 2012 at 6:09am
That started ...


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Quote ShdwFrg Replybullet Posted: 09 July 2012 at 6:27am

By shdwfrg at 2012-07-09

Not sure how I'm supposed to shade this thing...
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Quote Fanton Replybullet Posted: 09 July 2012 at 12:55pm
It is a sort of dinosaur, I want to add some ridges and/or some wings. Anyway the violet line rappresents an hypothetic horizon. I'm not sure I'll make a BG.

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Quote Sublyme Replybullet Posted: 09 July 2012 at 4:47pm

A very early WIP :P
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Quote Danori Replybullet Posted: 09 July 2012 at 10:03pm
Here is mine, just working on lighting right now and then going to make his arms, then adding texture.

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Quote Adam Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 5:18am
Concept:
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Quote Dredlockz Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 8:05am
Since it is the sun, and there is no real surface to walk on, I went with a fishy creature made of fire.

The fin animation is done, I plan on animating the side arms and doing a trail of flame (tricky part )

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Quote AirStyle Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 8:57am
you plan on making that bigger? you have 10,000 (100 x 100) pixels to work with.
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Quote Dredlockz Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 10:17am
Originally posted by AirStyle

you plan on making that bigger? you have 10,000 (100 x 100) pixels to work with.


Maybe.
100x100 is the max, but it can be smaller right?
If I finish the fish just the way I like it I can work on some background and ambiance stuff.
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Quote Graindolium Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 11:15am
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Quote Danori Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 12:15pm
Originally posted by Graindolium




That is absolutely amazing, but I dont see a monster :o
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Quote curvedlines Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 12:57pm


So far making the cosmos in the back ground has been the most chalenging part. But I think I'll be able to make it look awesome.
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Quote Benjiro Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 1:39pm
light or shadow below the floating flame?
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Quote imnumberfour Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 1:40pm
It must be difficult being the only living thing on the Sun. Everyone thinks you are a monster! D:
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Quote curvedlines Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 2:14pm
@benjiro I say light. Looks more dynamic.

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Quote Danori Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 4:27pm
More progress:
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Quote curvedlines Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 4:37pm


My first draft. I'll come back to this later with fresh eyes. It's looking a little too busy for me. I might come back in and smooth it out a bit.
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Quote Fanton Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 6:18pm
Can I rappresent more than one monster? Of the same specie of course, not another original one.
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Quote Dredlockz Replybullet Posted: 10 July 2012 at 9:52pm
Some progress with the fire.
I have moved those pixels around for so long now to make up for the fact that the fish is moving. Also the top of the fish is a bit too static, need to fix that.




@curvedlines : wow dude, that looks fantastic!


update: Used the whole 100x100 pixels in the end, but I think it just ended up adding too much noise and taking away from the original, but oh well, all in good practice.




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Quote Night Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2012 at 6:04am

Started something, not really sure about this.
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Quote Friend Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2012 at 6:33am
Originally posted by Night


Started something, not really sure about this.


Reminds me of the monster "pitch black" from the old handheld series skannerz. In other words, it looks ******* awesome
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Quote Gavralcraw Replybullet Posted: 11 July 2012 at 3:32pm
 
This is pretty average so far. I think I'm going to need to break the animation down more logically... Was thinking a flaming eye.

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Quote AirStyle Replybullet Posted: 12 July 2012 at 9:12pm
I didn't want to do this just yet, but I feel like I'm going the wrong way.

How's this look so far?
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Quote a3um Replybullet Posted: 12 July 2012 at 10:02pm
dark spot interpretation. wip



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Quote albaz2000eg Replybullet Posted: 14 July 2012 at 1:44am


here's my noob trial
I am still learning pixel art so any advice is welcome
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Quote Grimm_Dingo Replybullet Posted: 14 July 2012 at 1:53pm


5 quick ideas O: any good? started a bit late, just noticed the challenge, intended to enter last weeks too but didn't find time._.



Edit: DAMMIT just lost alot of challenge related pixels program crashed, only like the 2nd or 3rd time this year
http://i.imgur.com/jll8A.png < is what I was working on, some whale like creatures and phoenix like flame birds coming out of the surface of the sun, didn't save them once before that crash I was cropping the canvas down to 100x80 when it crashed :/

*what's up with the hyper linking?

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Quote MatWarner Replybullet Posted: 15 July 2012 at 7:11pm
BTW im new here :)
Heres my WIP i guess i have to finish :P

Edit:
Poorly Pillow Shaded..

Dont have any idea on how to do the head...

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