Pixel Joint Forum: CHALLENGE 7/13/2009: Tall Bunyan

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   CHALLENGE: Tall Bunyan
Create a scene using tall pixels that in some way depicts the giant lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Remember, tall pixels mean that every pixel is twice the height of a regular pixel. Example of tall pixels.

The grid below has been provided to help you place your tall pixels. Feel free to modify it to suit your canvas size. 

Canvas Size - Portrait canvas (the height of the canvas must be greater than the width).

Colours - Max 32.

Transparency - No.

Animation - No.
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 Tall Bunyan pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Paully Buns by StickyTape
tall bunyan by onek
American Giant by Perkele

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

bunyan by birkwood
Tall Bunyan Circus by Manupix
BABE the "BLUE" Ox by NotlikeTheOthers
The Cow Tried to Jump Over the Moon by AtomicMushroom
He's OK by Jeremy

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 7/13/2009: Tall Bunyan Posted: 13 July 2009 at 1:23am
	CHALLENGE: Tall Bunyan Create a scene using tall pixels that in some way depicts the giant lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Remember, tall pixels mean that every pixel is twice the height of a regular pixel. Example of tall pixels. The grid below has been provided to help you place your tall pixels. Feel free to modify it to suit your canvas size. Canvas Size - Portrait canvas (the height of the canvas must be greater than the width). Colours - Max 32. Transparency - No. Animation - No. 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 Tall Bunyan pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Paully Buns by StickyTape tall bunyan by onek American Giant by Perkele Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! bunyan by birkwood Tall Bunyan Circus by Manupix BABE the "BLUE" Ox by NotlikeTheOthers The Cow Tried to Jump Over the Moon by AtomicMushroom He's OK by Jeremy
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susuwataris Midshipman Joined: 15 September 2008 Online Status: Offline Posts: 48	Posted: 13 July 2009 at 7:22am
	Does he have to be in the scene? Or for example, there could be some of his giant tools or his giant footprints.
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 13 July 2009 at 8:02am
	Yes, at least enough so that he is identifiable; could someone look at the image and think - "ah, that's Paul Bunyan"? But don't let this stop you from being creative! Edited by skamocore - 13 July 2009 at 8:01am
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Perkele Midshipman Joined: 22 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 13 July 2009 at 10:31am
	Early and ugly WIP, inspired by "American Gothic"
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AtomicMushroom Midshipman Joined: 27 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 75	Posted: 13 July 2009 at 4:46pm
	A quick sketch. Need to fix anatomy. Ref: http://www.nationalwestern.com/nwss/media/downloads/rodeo/bull%20rider%206.jpg
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RollerKingdom Commander Joined: 11 January 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 388	Posted: 13 July 2009 at 7:10pm
	Good luck to everyone entering, this seems hard especially for me that still a noob
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AtomicMushroom Midshipman Joined: 27 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 75	Posted: 13 July 2009 at 10:54pm
	Update.
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Photocopier Midshipman Joined: 08 July 2014 Online Status: Offline Posts: 41	Posted: 14 July 2009 at 12:25am
	that bull's legs make no sense,
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Dirteater Seaman Joined: 15 July 2007 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 27	Posted: 14 July 2009 at 6:06am
	The bulls legs sort of make sense, its jumping, or at this stance half way in the air? Id of thought his back was more bent when hes or she is at this stance? Awesome start btw :D
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AtomicMushroom Midshipman Joined: 27 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 75	Posted: 14 July 2009 at 10:11pm
	Note: The shading isn't tall pixel'd yet because I just want to block out the basic shapes first.
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Perkele Midshipman Joined: 22 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 3:25am
	Seriously, I'm not very happy with it. Is there anyone except from Mushroom and me entering?
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JoshFTW Seaman Joined: 08 July 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 4:28am
	Guess I'm in, expect something... Crap. :)
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AngelOTG Commander Joined: 28 February 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 258	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 9:51am
	Haha, I think it's totally cute Perkele. Perhaps the cows head should be a little less tall, though? Mushroom, the pose of the bull is really bugging me. It looks like you're trying to make him be like a bucking bull, but as-is he looks like he's just hovering. And, I don't really have any advice on how to fix it. Look at some references from rodeos? ; _;
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 12:38pm
	It looks to me like the bull is bouncing on a trampoline
	Polly Pickle
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AtomicMushroom Midshipman Joined: 27 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 75	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 2:53pm
	I tall pixel'd everything (I hope), and changed the shading a bit. BTW, to everyone saying the pose looks weird, look at the reference picture I had in my first post: http://www.nationalwestern.com/nwss/media/downloads/rodeo/bull%20rider%206.jpg Edited by AtomicMushroom - 15 July 2009 at 2:55pm
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AngelOTG Commander Joined: 28 February 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 258	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 3:17pm
	Your pose and the references is much different. Notice the arch of the back, how close the hooves are, how much more his head dips down, etc. Your's just needs some tweaking here and there before it looks great. :3
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khobby Seaman Joined: 27 September 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 5:53pm
	"I tall pixel'd everything (I hope)" ...Peach pupil of the blue beast!
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 15 July 2009 at 7:39pm
	Now for something completely different ;D @Perkele: looking great, at this rate you'll deffo get a prize! :D [EDIT] Meh, gonna pack it in for the night Edited by Jeremy - 16 July 2009 at 7:03am
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 16 July 2009 at 9:31am
	woot. Yours has some tall pixel issues too:
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 16 July 2009 at 3:06pm
	Thanks heaps, ska. That woman looks like a Christmas tree XD
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 16 July 2009 at 3:25pm
	WIP... up for some C+C edit(oh yeah) I stole the palette from 1ucas, Rusty Website Menu. http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/4552.htm Edited by NotlikeTheOther - 16 July 2009 at 3:26pm
	Polly Pickle
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 16 July 2009 at 3:41pm
	@NLTO: Make sure you put Paul in there somewhere and not just Babe. Also, your image appears to be a jpeg, this can happen if you upload a bmp to photobucket. I'll be able to comment further and check your tall pixels if you upload a png/gif of your image. @Jeremy: XD
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Lahra Seaman Joined: 14 May 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 37	Posted: 16 July 2009 at 11:50pm
	Hi, Is that right so far? Finished:// Edited by Lahra - 17 July 2009 at 12:21am
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Dr D Midshipman Joined: 14 August 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 94	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 12:58am
	Lahra, that's definitely not all tall pixels, actually, a large portion of the picture is comprised of single pixels. There can not be any single pixels at all. each pixel must have an identical pixel either above it or below it (according to the grid). Ska, you missed a pixel when checking Jeremy's piece, down at the bottom, in the grass. Just saying.
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 3:17am
	Thanks DD :D @Lahra: The challenge calls for a scene, ie with a background. As DD said there's heaps of nondouble pixels, mostly in the lines themselves.
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 8:34am
	@skamocore Thanks! I didn't know why it kept doing that jpeg thing. I will redo after more work. I have been working hard at keeping the pixels tall.. we'll see though, won't we?
	Polly Pickle
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 2:14pm
	Ok. Here is my revised piece. Saved .PNG, so I hope it works for the tall pixel check. C+C? Would like the grass to look better, not sure on that technique. THANKS!!
	Polly Pickle
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 3:06pm
	well done, almost entirely error free. Just a few here and there: Clever idea. Although it could've been taken a bit further, you could've somehow shown the relative size of his grave. For example his grave could be shown as the same height as some buildings. Also, I think the grave is a bit over-dithered and some of the text doesn't seem straight. Babe's nose seems a bit flat and he seems to have pillow shading on his arm. I would also try and pick a nicer sky colour. Otherwise, looking nice; the grass seems fine too. If you still want to try and improve it a bit more have a look around the gallery for examples of grass - this is a good example. Good luck in the challenge heh.
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NotlikeTheOther Midshipman Joined: 18 November 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 70	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 3:43pm
	@skamocore Whew! I am relieved by the lack of single pixels! Thanks for your help and advice! I will work on it more before the deadline
	Polly Pickle
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Perkele Midshipman Joined: 22 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 4:08pm
	Bloody hell, I'm just too slow.. That'll ne two days full of work. @ Jeremy Thanks a lot, your comment made me work on
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jeremy Rear Admiral Joined: 08 April 2021 Location: New Zealand Online Status: Offline Posts: 1694	Posted: 17 July 2009 at 7:52pm
	No problem, it looks great :) Tallpixel is indeed time consuming, and I did some other pixeling inbetween and kept using it XD Finished.
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Brod Seaman Joined: 10 August 2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 16	Posted: 18 July 2009 at 10:00pm
	Man this is really eating up my time, I hope I'll be able to finish before the deadline .__. Fun stuff though, hope you guys like it. Edited by Brod - 18 July 2009 at 10:05pm
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skamocore Admiral Joined: 07 April 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3866	Posted: 19 July 2009 at 1:38am
	Cool style; hope you finish it D:
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Perkele Midshipman Joined: 22 April 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 65	Posted: 19 July 2009 at 6:42am
	Finished, weehu
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