CHALLENGE: Iconic Photo

Challenge winner pain challenges you to pixel your own version of a famous picture/photograph.
Easily recognizable photo preferred. For example the Tianemmen Square tank, the WWII kiss,
Che Guevara's portrait, etc. You shouldn't look at your ref picture at all while pixelling.
Study the original and only begin pixelling once you have it committed to memory.
Honor system, you cheating, lazy bums.

Canvas Size - up to 320x240
Colors - 32 Max
Animation - No
Transparency - No

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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 Iconic Photo 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!

This is my first time doing a competition here and i chose Einstein.
It's nearly done, just the hair and i'll explain in my Description why i never made the different colours blend in together.

how famous do they have to be??? Cuz I think Light from death note is famous and everyone knows Master Chief.

I have always been against racism and when I found this picture I thought I would do this... But can we change it around a little? Like instead of white and colored I can put Martian and human?

Just started. My WIP:



Edited by missingno - 07 July 2008 at 12:14pm

I'm gonna try this one. So can I clear something up first?

Am I allowed to sketch over this, scan it, and then use the sketch as a lineart?

I abhor tracers  (unless of course you're tracing your own sketch)

ohh ok ...that a famous picture is here...me no racism ok!!!X-Y---Link-http://z.about.com/d/history1900s/1/0/N/A/1/hitler52.jpg.....also...link---http://weblogs.marylandweather.com/laikalogo.jpg....or...Link---http://students.umf.maine.edu/~hartwenr/webquest/teacherpage/titanic%20in%20dock.jpg.....

"You shouldn't look at your ref picture at all while pixelling."

Naturally, but the rules call for it that you specifically pixel from memory.

I think what pain wants is that you try to recreate the original picture as best as possible, without adding your own additions.

Ultimately what I think he is going for with this challenge is to test people's ability to pixel something from memory, ultimately strengthening the super important skill of being able to recall imagery without a reference. If so, this challenge is especially cool because it not only encourages people to pixel something good but it's teaching them a very useful art skill.

Er.. Everyone is saying different things. 

Honor system >(

I'm having troubles with who will be on each side... Here is what I got. On the "Dominant" side is White, Rich, Handsome, Healthy, Strong, Christian, Men.  And on the "Ressesive" Side I have, Colored, Poor, Ugly, Un-Healthy, Weak, Non-Christian or Women. Now I don't want to be racist or sexiest, and I don't know what to leave or add, and I'm stuck. I know Christians aren't "Dominant" but I put them on there. I also want to make a second pixel with everything on 1 Sign and 2 fountain are 1, no longer separated. CC?


Edited by Yellow Snow - 07 July 2008 at 11:37pm

where did you get that?

Challenge winner pain challenges you to pixel your own version of a famous picture/photograph :\

Off to bed.

People seemed to have misunderstood what I was asking :P Doesn't matter, I've got my answer.

Also, finished the basic lineart of my entry. I don't know what to add to make it my own, maybe some aliens in the background :P



C+C? Everything on the spacesuit looks too empty.. Maybe I'll go look at some pictures of them.

This would look so cool as a strategy game mockup:

Edited by Adam - 08 July 2008 at 11:56am

wip

Sorry 4squares, that is not pixel art... just auto aa-ed text. Make some evil character or something, mocking or scolding at you. Or, an animation of a virus taking over, then the screen shuts off. Just giving you ideas. If you wanna participate in the challenge, make some art! And try to make your own font =) Trust me, users here at Pixel Joint frown upon default texts.

Edited by BlackDragon - 08 July 2008 at 3:58pm

oh noes, jpg?

Rooster: That's not a photograph... unless you drew that from a photograph
Pixelart's4Sqaures : That not a photograph


I don't really get this challenge, because it says pick a famous photo, but I have never even heard of any photo's that were famous. Any help?

Edited by skeddles - 09 July 2008 at 9:46am

I've done a lineart for this week's contest.


I hope I'll have time to do the rest before sunday

Reference 1 is  Xteriors VII by Desiree Dolron (for general idea, the clair-obscure atmosphere, dress and cold tones palette; I just love this dutch photographer... she's very well known in Europe)

Reference 2 is  A Young Lady by Petrus Christus (I just love this painting and it's iconic, even if it's less famous than Van Gogh... The model in Desiree's photo is very resemblant with this one...)

Reference 3 is The Music Lesson by Jan Vermeer (for the perspective)

Will that be accepted?

sorry, i probably misunderstood what you were getting at

@Irozumi Urado
Thank you for clearing my point.