Challenge Icon Comp
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Topic: Challenge Icon Comp
Posted By: jalonso
Subject: Challenge Icon Comp
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 6:52am
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Pixeljoint is looking to update the Weekly
Challenge Icons used on the gallery's main page every week and ask you to come up with new ones. If yours is picked as the new versions you will get a Gold Star on your profile and your work will be on the front page all the time  Post your pixel/suggestion on this thread for consideration, commenting and help from others. You can either post all 3 together as one piece, we'll splice them. Specs 50 x 50 pixels No Transparency No color limit Must include the word 'challenge' but Pixeljoint is not needed if you wish. You may use; 'weekly challenge - challenge voting - challenge winners' instead. ../2010/05/17/3131/Pixel_Art_Challenge-_Ze_Isomobile.htm">  The Challenge Post../2010/05/17/3130/Challenge_Voting-_Why.htm">  The Voting../2010/05/17/3129/Challenge_Awards-_Unpaletteable.htm">  The WinnersFor the Winners Icon you may use http://i46.tinypic.com/2cncyz9.png - Larwick's Ribbons as refs but do not RIP. ------------- |
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Posted By: Leath
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 8:27am
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I find "the winners" icon the worst. They look like gravestone, but the rest is pretty neat. The voting one could be an urn. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 9:57am
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We want to see your comment in pixel form. Like you make NEW challenge icons, see? The 'commenting' refers to c+c on what others make not the current which we want totally new ones. ------------- |
Posted By: Mis-BUG
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:14pm
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I feel really uncomfortable trying to change such a graphic pillar of pixeljoint... Anyway... here you have my suggestions (and take them as I defined them: suggestions)..  |
Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:46pm
| Mis-BUG i actually love that.. the cartoonish feeling to it it's great :) I would only change the red outline to a silver like the plaque |
Posted By: DawnBringer
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 12:51pm
A quick try (wip) with the medals/awards/ribbons... |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 1:12pm
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Originally posted by Mis-BUG Good ones! Originally posted by Dawnbringer Just the 3 challenge icons not the ribbons, we love those ;) ------------- |
Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 2:06pm
 Just some doodles, more to give other people ideas than as finished pieces. Thought it could help, though! DawnBringer: I'm really digging those, different is good. ------------- http://sj-gfx.com"> 
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Posted By: Elementy
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 2:53pm
I made two versions of the first:
 
I tried to make a fire BG but i didn't work so I tried to do a minimalistic design. And, don't know what version I chose. And the voting one, I'll try to make the hand in http://www.wiiwii.tv/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/a-votes.png - Everybody Votes Channel |
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 3:22pm
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its me or the zoom function still blurs the images?
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Posted By: [thUg]
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 3:52pm
I made this "Challenge Post" & "Voting", they are unfinished and I'm not sure I can finish them but I tried to keep Larwick's style. Like you can see I hate drawing hands, the "handshake" icon of Lawrick is really better. @Metaru: Don't know but zoom doesn't blur for me. |
Posted By: Justincrdibl
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 5:30pm
What do you guys think of this idea for the Winners Icons?: I know it's really big, but I can adjust that. @Metaru: Yeah zoom doesn't work for me on these forums, but it works for me on the main site... |
Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 6:10pm
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Originally posted by jalonso For the Winners Icon you may use Larwick's Ribbons as refs but do not RIP. ../pixelart/52742.htm">  ../pixelart/52746.htm">  ../pixelart/52807.htm"> ../pixelart/52795.htm"> 
Oh come on jal, half the internet's done it already, why shouldn't we?  On a serious note: Do you guys have any screenshots of the new layout(s)? Because making icons for the new site without knowing what it's going to look like is basically playing 'pin the tail on the donkey' if you know what I mean. In my opinion the new icons should match the new looks, if there's going to be lots of circles then the icons should be circle(ish), if it's going to be wide and short then the icons should be wide and short, etc... -------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 8:06pm
So far I've just got the challenge icon. I plan to use the same frame for each one, like the original. Objections?
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 8:25pm
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Originally posted by iMoose So far I've just got the challenge icon. I plan to use the same frame for each one, like the original. Objections? No, keep going :) @All, just the 3 icons for the challenges NOT the ribbons. The ribbons are there if you want to make the 'winner' icon using ribbons. ------------- |
Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 8:54pm
Alright, right now this is what I've got for all three. The last one especially is kind of rushed. But I have no more time today. I'll work on it more in the days to come.
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Posted By: Mis-BUG
Date Posted: 20 May 2010 at 11:25pm
| @iMoose: they are really nice concepts and I really like the style of the borders, but imho you should light a bit the inner section of every icon... il looks dark... |
Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 1:14am
Guh
   <-- ribbon colours thief'd from Larwick's medals.
wtf tinypic uses Captcha now :O Argh now the first one looks crap @_@ |
Posted By: darchangel
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 4:32am
| Nice ones iMoose, but I agree with Mis-BUG, do change the background to a lighter color...even a single colored background. It will make them stand out more. |
Posted By: DawnBringer
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 5:41am
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Many nice icons already! :) Here's a try of my own...  |
Posted By: Hatch
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 6:24am
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Suggestion for all: try giving each icon a distinct color scheme. The originals are very easy to distinguish between for this reason, at least for those of us with good color vision.
Elementy: I love that! Please make the other two :D ------------- |
Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 7:50am
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I've edited the first post for clarity. Many people seem to be thinking that we want the badges remade too. Just the challenge icons.
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Posted By: DawnBringer
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:05am
Oki, made the other two...still a bit rough. Tried to keep it simple and with seperate (bkg) colors. |
Posted By: Elementy
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 10:48am
Ive done the voting ones.
 
I decided to use the bar on the right. But now I don't know which one of these two I keep. |
Posted By: antymattar
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 11:45am
Hey scam, why cant I use this:
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Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 1:13pm
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Originally posted by DawnBringer Oki, made the other two...still a bit rough. Tried to keep it simple and with seperate (bkg) colors. really like those because of the simple background :D |
Posted By: Jinn
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 3:05pm
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Did it a long time ago, and there was no other place to show. Those are another trophies, for best EGA, best MS Paint colors and best C64 of the month. And below, an honorable mention for the weekly challenge, maybe a late submission, I dont know...  I know those are nothing to do with this thread, but I wanted to show anyway... forum_posts.asp?TID=10376 - |
Posted By: iMoose
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 7:00pm
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Originally posted by DawnBringer
Oki, made the other two...still a bit rough. Tried to keep it simple and with seperate (bkg) colors.
Those look delicious. Probably the best so far! |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 21 May 2010 at 8:00pm
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Nice job. A little bit too hard to read as 'iconic' tho. Nice and clean but I think the first is confusing. Clean and crisp and read easy. A contender!
Clean and crisp and read easy. A contender! Please try to use the word challenge horizontal so that it reads easy. Pontential but these would need BGs so that user themes don't distract. Because the weekly posts don't say 'challenge' we'll need that added in the icon. OMG, Jinn those are delicious! We'll need to keep those for future usage. I'd love to see icons from you. Guess #2 should say 'voting'?  We can't use this because you misspelled challenge  *PJ nerd is a cool idea but draw your own please* *My thoughts on what's shown so far* ------------- |
Posted By: antymattar
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 5:13am
Ok. I hate my style but at least I have something. I HATE MY STUPIDLY BAD SKILLS!!!!!!!!:
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Posted By: Deefect
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 10:59am
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My vote goes to Dawnbringer for sure. (If we even can vote) Those are just.. Well.. Awesome! |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 11:30am
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@antymatter, its not that bad it just needs to be refined and a set of 3. @Deefect, yes community input will be taken into account. Its y'alls that have to see them every week. ------------- |
Posted By: Peeter
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 12:25pm
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I like Elementy's icons the most.
Edit: Didn't really notice the 2 faces on Dawnbringer's icon, until now  ------------- 
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Posted By: Elementy
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 2:05pm
Finished The winners one.
There is 3 things that I don't know if it's good: The font, the color scheme of the BG on the winers one, and if I put scanlines on the first or remove them on the last. EDIT: Fixed the color scheme thing. |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 4:45pm
Tried to emulate Larwick's style and to remind the current icone, but it's not so good fot the moment =/ C+C please |
Posted By: Ninja Crow
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 5:55pm
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I like Elementy's idea the best.
Each a different colour, Each decorated with only white, Each instantly recognisable for what it is. Elementy, there are some things to address, though, if you don't mind me pointing out: A fiery, tornado ribbon for the background of the challenge one fits, and scan-lines seems to suggest a futuristic digital voting machine, so I would say that the third could be a radial burst to suggest the fireworks of winning. I would also like the third one to only be green and white, if possible, perhaps showing the silhouette of the winner's ribbons (with drop shadow). Can the drop shadows in all three read as the same darkness? (voting one is much lighter than "vs") If you keep a sort of "universal contestant" figure, please make the form less blobby. And is there a way to make the blue one say "vote" and the green one say "win"? (just an idea that I am not very sure of, but since I really like the "vs" I thought I'd throw it out there) Exciting contest! ------------- 
!Strange Atoll - The Amazing Wilbot Game Project! |
Posted By: KORCHA
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 6:02pm
There's some nice icons so far, thought I'd also give it a shot: ------------- 
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Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 7:36pm
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Manjaman that is great :) i reallly like it!! Korcha those are very cute.. i love the mouseee the writing is hard though to read. |
Posted By: KORCHA
Date Posted: 22 May 2010 at 8:26pm
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Yeah I noticed. Sadly I didn't realize until sometime after I posted... Also, I went ahead an scrapped VS, felt it resembled Elements a bit too much.  -------------
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Posted By: Hiuru
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 2:39pm
Had about 10 minutes before i had to go to the movies and decided to try this out.....
Just the basics of how it will look...but idk im digging Korcha's and DawnBringer's lol both look nice and easy to understand. |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 2:58pm
Not sure at all for this one, especially for the colours : Any advise ? Stands better with a black outline :  |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 4:16pm
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Manjaman those are looking great so far. @Hiuru, good ideas and very clean. The color purple may just be too dark for it to read cleanly... ...oh, and its not isometric ... ------------- |
Posted By: Hiuru
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 4:42pm
Thnx  Ha Ha Ha Ha... 
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Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 5:01pm
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Hiuru : haha jal's getting nasty. Jalonso : Thanks, I've just edited the icone with Larwick's pallette, it stands much more and it's much more adapted to his awards icones.  I'm also posting the wip of the third one, now I need to sleep.  |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 23 May 2010 at 7:59pm
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@Manjaman, You have made a great great set and so far is my pick/vote. Perhaps less contrast and some AA on the BG pattern which slightly overpowers the icon. Also, why is the hand green? Why not Flesh colored (Is it because most get green ribbons)? If so, that's clever... ------------- |
Posted By: Calv
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 2:15am
   Thought i'd have a go at some. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 8:48am
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Calv, that's a great looking set! @All, in order to include a new set in the PJv2.5 upgrade we'll need to wrap this up by this Thursday. ------------- |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 10:59am
Here it is :   Do you see issues I could fix ? Jal : thanks a lot ! About the second hand, I made it green because, ya, as you said it most of people voting receive a green award, then because i wanted it to be the same color than the green cross and finally because like that each icone has it's own dominant shade. You think the red bands don't shade enough in the bg ? edit : I knew something was wrong i inversed yellow and red in the third icone 
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Posted By: Elementy
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 11:59am
I tried to do a small animation of fireworks on the winners one.
And one question: In the first post is saying that I must include the word "Challenge" on my icons, right? But Calv and Manjaman putted just "Voting" and "Winners". So can I do that? |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 1:48pm
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The reason for putting challenge on the icons is just because the weekly posts don't ever say that on the title. Its not a 'must' Calv and Manja's way is acceptable too and just something I/we didn't think about when writing the thread. We actually want to encourage everyone to come up with new and original ways to illustrate these weekly icons, whatever that may be.
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Posted By: [thUg]
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 8:29pm
Finaly but can't choose BG dithering or not.
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Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 8:37pm
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Without, but maybe AA the circular background.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 24 May 2010 at 8:55pm
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Those are so good and have to be seriously considered. My only crit is that weekly challenges are not trophy comps. They are ribbon comps. Seems like that's a major flaw.
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Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 6:00am
| The hands could be refined a bit (fingers of the second icone and thumb of the third one), but this is pretty awesome ! Your should use less contrast in the bg also, maybe darken the lighter blues. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 7:42am
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Lots of great sets by all but they all have things that can make them better. We were down to 2 icon sets but we now have complete input and so this is the consensus. While one of these 4 sets will be used. If you have not yet made a set but want to be considered use these comments below as guidelines. These icons will be used every week so please pixel cleanly For the challenge icon we like Dawn's 'face to face' idea because it says challenge clearer than the other ideas. [tHug]s hands design can also work. For the voting icon Manjaman and [tHug]s way of showing is best. For the winner icon we like the podium idea as presented by Calv and Manja. The subtle animation on Calv's really makes it pop and we love that! The typography used by [tHug] is the simplest but is the best option. Clean, sharp and legible.  A- Manjaman The Main objection to your set is the BGs. They have too much contrast and are somewhat dark. Maybe making it very subtle and light. In your set we'd love to see a new #1 using faces, like Dawn's or hands like [tHug]s. Your type is a little hard to read (less colors on that?). B- [tHug] Our Main objection is the background making the icons hard to read. Maybe softening those up. Challenges are ribbon comps so a trophy should not be used in the winners icon. C- Calv We think your voting icon is not very positive cuz the X is kinda negative (nitpicking), Highlight the 'yes' checkmark. The challenge idea really is awesome and the best but its also a lot to process for an icon, which is why we like the simpler face to face design. The animation on winners is perfect. Your type is too hard to read. D- DawnBringer The faces just don't match the other 2 icons and the dithering style is kinda crazy for icons. Your type is nice. ------------- |
Posted By: KORCHA
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 7:43am
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@jalonsoaw the trophy could emphasize on winning right? Well regardless of that minor flaw and for competitions sake, it's finished. Enjoy:  edit: uh we posted at the same time. -------------
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Posted By: Calv
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:11am
| Shall I redo the text and tweek the voting one. I'll make a box instead of a cross. I don't like the text on mine either :P |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:15am
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We'd much rather have the set made by just one person, so yes, if you could rework the challenge (faces) and voting (positive attitude) and type (cleaner and simpler) that would be awesome. @KORCHA, hehe, your set is too soft and hard to read (nice pixelling job tho). No trophies :( ------------- |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:25am
   Hope the text is more legible. I'm quite disappointed you don't like the challenge icone, i find it punchy (haha). I'll try other solutions, but i feel uncomfortable using others'ideas =/ |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 8:31am
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Oh I love the hand itself. I don't have a problem but its not just me choosing :p I do like those big pixels removed even though to me it looked like the hand was breaking the top panel, anyhoo... As for the using other's ideas. I don't see why this would or should be a problem. Its like an Art Director overseeing a project and the Creatives fitting the project specs. Your call, we are really thankful so many of you participated in this. ------------- |
Posted By: DawnBringer
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 10:03am
Alrighty-o. Made an update, changed the faces and hands into a more uniform style. Thinned out the lines a bit. Completed AA. Balanced the red bkg-colors. Added shadow to the vote-sheet. Not sure about the pencil (the big one is not centered). Also, smiles might be more positive? |
Posted By: Ninja Crow
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 10:51am
@ Manjaman: I love yours a lot, though they have the most difficult to read font I'm afraid.
@ DawnBringer: I really feel like a different colour scheme should be a requirement for the challenge, and I'm glad yours does that so well.
@ [thUg]: yours are great (too bad about that cool trophy...), and I don't think they need the dither (though I usually want to defend dithering now and again, I don't think it works here) but could you make each one with a different coloured background pleeease? @ Calv: the table full of tools is cool, but a bit messy to be readable. If you keep the "X" put it second, and the tick above it. I like the confetti animation (though I never would have thought animations would be allowed) but is it possible to unify your colours a bit? (e.g., Manja's winner icon is also blue red and yellow, but the blue is easily the major piece, and similarly the challenge icon is yellow-ish and the vote icon is green) It's going to be really hard to chose between these great sets! (especially if any of the above requests are fulfilled  )-------------
!Strange Atoll - The Amazing Wilbot Game Project! |
Posted By: Elementy
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 1:27pm
I finished my set:
Even with Jalonso tips, I prefer the icons to be like that. It's simple and clean, and, imo, fits better to the site laylout. I also did a preview so you can see how it looks on the main page: 
EDIT: Oh yeah, I forget that there is gonna be a new laylout. But I assume it will be simple as the actual, right? 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 1:34pm
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@Elementy, It's not what jalonso said. jalonso only posted the consensus of the entire Mod team for those who wish to edit-remake or take into consideration. No one is being told they have to do anything other than what they wish to do. Dawn decided not to remake 2 and manja likes his fist. No set will be perfect for everyone. I was just trying to provide some input on what we have been discussing. Your set was an early choice and who knows it may still come to life. The reason we kinda pulled away is because the coloring style of other sets is more complex and we felt it would encourage better quality pixelling in challenge entries. Not that there is anything wrong with simple pixelly pixels like your set. Everyone loves that and your set really is great, cept that 4th place mini ribbon on the 3rd icon :p ------------- |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 4:13pm
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Soooo, I'm here with a few edits : I think i have fixed the legibility issue keeping the light effect i wanted, and I tried to turn the bg drastically simpler (i used complementary colors to give more punch to each icone but i personally prefer the sallow shade in the second set).         Also I couldn't decide about the big pixels/broken pieces of the band. |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 5:45pm
i started making one i havent changed the text yet and I might need a diff background
I mostly just needed something to do -------------  got game?
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Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 6:30pm
| Well you should create a new stuff and not just edit one of your former icons. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 6:35pm
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@Manja, the simpler versions work really well, great update! Originally posted by Psychotic_Carp ...i started making one... OMG! <3.I'm so happy to see you making something for this. You are the best icon maker and I've said this to you for years now. When this comp was started I thought of you and didn't think you ever visited anymore. Please note that trophies won't work for this, its ribbons that are given out. ------------- |
Posted By: Psychotic_Carp
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 7:13pm
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Originally posted by jalonso
<3.I'm so happy to see you making something for this. You are the best icon maker and I've said this to you for years now. When this comp was started I thought of you and didn't think you ever visited anymore. Please note that trophies won't work for this, its ribbons that are given out. thank you very much sir!!!!!!! I stop by here and there I have even made some pixel art but i just havent been getting into, I think the pixel artist comp made me feel like i was kicked in the nards if i can get the juices rolling ill try to do different ones but im thinking the ones that will win have already been posted ------------- got game?
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Posted By: Calv
Date Posted: 25 May 2010 at 11:05pm
   Changed the text and altered the tick. Let me know what you guys think.    Also done using [thug]s text |
Posted By: DawnBringer
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 7:36am
So...tried adding a hand to the voting-icon (always felt it was kind of empty & cheap anyways). A few tweaks here and there. (edit: oops, I see there's a wrong color pixel on the last e in "challenge", I'll fix that if needed.) |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:48am
Another update  There you go : 
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 10:59am
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Thank you all for your work, time and involvement in helping PJ be the
best it can be. The PJ Staff/Mod Team has decided to go with Manjaman's
icon set because it best represented the 3 icon concepts by one artist. To those who participated with an entire set, an award has been added to your profile Manjaman -  gold starJinn -  silver starThis award is because Jinn created a set of icons we needed and hadn't even asked for yet…spooky  In no particular order: -  bronze starMis-BUG Setzer Elementy iMoose Jeremy DawnBringer KORCHA Hiuru Calv [thUg] *please do not submit your entries to your gallery (if you were going to) until PJv2.5 is launched, thx :) http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/members_awards.asp - The official page is here ------------- |
Posted By: Manjaman
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 11:14am
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Thank you so much ! and special thanks to you jal, your help has been invaluable. ( and tell the staff they are bitches to satisfy -not sure it makes sens in english but you'll understand-) |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 26 May 2010 at 11:33am
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No thank you for taking the staff requests for those final edits and tweaks... ...bitches?!?!...why thank you, we usually hear Nazi @All, Stars in profiles now + ../pixels/members_awards.asp - The official page is here ------------- |