CHALLENGE: Haiku Pixels

Haiku poems require the precise and thoughtful picking of each word, making sure that each is carefully placed to give the desired effect. In this way haiku are similar to pixel art. Therefore skamocore challenges you to pixel a scene based off one of the haiku from the list provided below.

Colours: 17 max
Canvas Size: exactly 50(height) x 70(length)
Transparency: No
Animation: No

Haiku to choose from:
• 1. An old pond!
A frog jumps in-
The sound of water.

• 2. No one travels
Along this way but I,
This autumn evening.

• 3. Clouds appear
and bring to men a chance to rest
from looking at the moon.
(by Matsuo Basho)

• 4. A mountain village
under the pilled-up snow
the sound of water.
• 5. A lightning flash:
between the forest trees
I have seen water.
(by Masaoka Shiki)

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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 Haiku Pixels 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 the base linework for mine

I'm also doing haiku number 3,
This is just a quick sketch (the height doesn't match), but I hope you can see that the clouds are trying to cover the moon with their arms.
Too bad that animation is not allowed.

started grass and road
shaded tree trunk

I choose the cloud & The moon (N°3)

i'd try with a waterfall... ;)

Thanks for the idea zlajonja, sometime the obvious isn't obvious enough :) I agree with artnat:
DoomDoom's clouds <3

Dro man jerr that tree will be awesome!
Killanotha1, I'm not sure if this helps - some more shading near the chin (where the head pops up from the neck) and a nose..
but but but as I said, not sure if this will help at all :)

Good luck everyone _o/