CHALLENGE: Gates of Heaven/Hell

Challenge winner cocefi challenges you to pixel a scene showing the grand doorway to the other world. The scene must contain an entrance gate or doorway of some sort.

A lone staircase leading up to the sky or down to darkness doesn't count (but the door to your brother's hellish room does!).

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colors - Maximum 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.

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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 Gates of Heaven/Hell 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!

No. No it won't. Go for it! 

lol..
I'm thinking something like, biblicial... Been looking at da vinci and some other artists..
don't know whether i'll participate.

I love this challenge, i'll participate <3

Edited by susuwataris - 01 June 2009 at 8:50am

Maybe I'll make something biblical aswell, not sure, got alot of work since im professional now

Thinking Dante for this challenge but not sure yet... 

so it's not literal sense.. More of an innuendo for you.
Also, not for controversial reasons.. just it's not exactly that clear i don't think

All up to you. ;]

anyway a vagina isn't a "scene" in its true meaning... he's just provoking us :P

The vagina is only the entrance. There will be a scenery around it! (don't push me into pixeling it ;D)

This is what I have so far, what do you guys think about it? 8I

Quick sketch, going to add some cool lighting effects over the gate and detail the clouds.

I'm sure you could probably have both next to each other. It doesn't specify against it.

I like the perspective, making it larger than life, but it still looks like any old door.  What makes this door special?

Edited by AdamPlays - 03 June 2009 at 10:03am

The door should be more angled at the bottom. The top part of the opening door is angled to make it look like it's opening, but the bottom isn't.

Here's mine,hope you like it :]


Edited by orenshtiv - 03 June 2009 at 1:11pm

I think this is a great idea, but you may want to rework your perspective in there.

For instance, if the two things at the top of the gate are supposed to meet in the middle, it should be located at the position marked in blue by this image:



(Sorry for the jpg)

The same idea could be applied to the separations between the different bars, and optimally also to their thickness. Not to mention that there should always be the same amount of bars at each half of each gate.

Just a quick hint, and keep it up!

Yuji


Edited by yuji - 03 June 2009 at 9:07pm

Hi everyone,

Sorry for dropping in late. There're some really fantastic stuff going on here. :)

Just to clarify the rules a bit, it's required for the scene to have a gate/door structure thingie. It's fine if the gate is designed to look like a... *ahem*... vagina, but it doesn't count if you just drew a person lying there with legs wide open. :P

A simple hole on the ground doesn't fit the requirements unfortunately.

Portals are OK as long as there's a solid gate-like structure supporting it (something like the Stargate portal).

It's best if people knows where the entrance leads to just by looking at the scene. You can have it "ambigous" and leave it for viewer's interpretation too if you think you can pull it off well. :)

Hope that helps!

Wow!,amazing!..
you get really well..

Dithering is what you've done to show a blend of colors. Like the lights on the door. Making the skull blend in and not need an outline can be done with dithering.
Pillow shading (a bad thing), is lighting anything 'head-on' instead of off-center even minimally. I don't see any pillow-shading on you piece.
Take a look at the noobtorial thread in the resource section for quick explanations of pixel art techniques.

E: I love how orenshtiv gives you no chance at #1       ...          


Edited by jalonso - 04 June 2009 at 6:22am

still a loooooong way to go :S



le quick update (now with somekinda gate thingy)...




Edited by eldiabolito - 04 June 2009 at 4:24pm

Thanks for support!

I have uploaded the image to the gallery now. I will unfortunately not be able to work with it any more until Sunday.

Eldorn:
Heh, I like the idea of a random door leading to hell :P
But maybe you could add some more detail to it, like a telephone beside the door, or a picture.

Lucas Irineu:
I like it, but it's hard to see that it's a door :P
Maybe you could make it look more like a structure, with steps up to the door.

Eldiabolito:
Your devil is great!

Btw, I like the idea, Greenbucket. =P

scary,but nice :]
hwo knows,maybe I'll vote for you :D

you can always take inspiration from a photo