What is your favorite piece?
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Topic: What is your favorite piece?
Posted By: Friend
Subject: What is your favorite piece?
Date Posted: 05 November 2011 at 10:53am
| What is your absolute #1 favorite piece in the PJ gallery, and why? |
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Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 05 November 2011 at 1:36pm
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On a purely technical level, http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/61838.htm - Elk's dragon is impressive for its massive scale and the amount of detail and pixel-refinement found through (most) of the piece. Same goes for http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/29178.htm - Fool's castle in the iso category. The sheer amount of detail is gorgeous. But sheer technical talent and scale aren't everything. My all-time favorite is probably helm's 'Plotting Revenge':  The technical skill is certainly there, but there's also an underlying narrative, the piece has a strong emotional impact. The look in the face tells a story, as does the tension in his hands. The surroundings add the appropriate moodiness. Plus it's so finely rendered, even though it's in tall pixels. |
Posted By: dumbo
Date Posted: 05 November 2011 at 3:00pm
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Love this thread! Glad it's just Pixel Art.... I'd be here ALL day!!! Mine...  The B.O.B. ------------- |
Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 05 November 2011 at 5:08pm
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@ cure That is a FINE choice. Not only for its narrative and mood, but for how it really brings out the power of the pixel. All of the objects, most notably the metal tin showcase this. It is so characteristically pixel art, but still looks incredibly defined. @Dumbo I like your choice too, because you chose a small animated sprite, which is probably what is most associated with pixel art. And that to an outsider, it would seem like deceptively simple piece |
Posted By: Sergiotron
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 4:46am
Well, it's a really hard choise... I'd say "Ferret Space Pirate" by Kaiseto: And this one has something incredibly special ("Trioculi" by Arachne):  @Frost Butt: What's yours?
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Posted By: greenraven
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 7:39am
There are WAAAAAAAAAAY too many good pieces to just point to one and say "that one". But I suppose The Spartan is as good of a number one contender as any. -------------  "pwnage comes with patience, practice and planning." ~ Jalonso 
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Posted By: Alex Pang
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 8:01am
or anything that vierbit makes :P |
Posted By: endofstory
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 1:00pm
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Originally posted by greenraven There are WAAAAAAAAAAY too many good pieces to just point to one and say "that one". But I suppose The Spartan is as good of a number one contender as any. I love the color scheme and the effect created by the pixels :) I'm more focused on the traditional pencil and paper art. I'm not sure how you guys feel about that but I could share it with you if you are interested :) |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 1:29pm
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Far too many great and amazing pieces to pick from so I have to go with the only piece that ever made me think "I wish I had done that!" ../files/icons/full/idrathersink.gif">  ...colors, design, precision, idea, concept, etc. It screams pixels and game-art yet is design pure. ------------- |
Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 06 November 2011 at 3:26pm
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@ Sergiotron Those are some of my favorites too :) @Jal I think that is what I said to myself when I first saw that piece to :p I think my favorite is this piece by Helm:  I think it was the first piece I favorited. I'm a big fan of the tall/wide pixels and c64 palette, and I think Helm does it best. I chose this out of his selection because I feel that the harsh definitions in the body are meant to be disturbing, but it is the opposite to me. I love the male form anyway, but it is the austerity in the face, hands, and muscles, which is made even stronger by the skeletal look. To me, he's starving, but instead of looking sickly, his disposition is one of power and beauty |
Posted By: Delicious
Date Posted: 10 November 2011 at 10:45pm
 Big brothers piece is definitely one of my favourites, I also do love Helms "The Spartan"... Anything by the following are amazing:
Big Brother, Fool, iLKke, Snake, Helm, Cure, buloght, Junkboy, DarkfalzX, Tomic, Ptoing, viebit, miascugh, Jalonso, anndd Tremulant
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Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 10 November 2011 at 11:38pm
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I was thinking about choosing that orcs piece. I like the compositional and narrative elements of ' http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/51844.htm - just the tip ' much more, but the scale and detail of 'orcs!' is certainly to be admired. |
Posted By: Friend
Date Posted: 11 November 2011 at 3:51pm
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@Delicious your style and colors kind of remind me of Junkboy's :) |
Posted By: Clest
Date Posted: 11 November 2011 at 9:38pm
Simple but extremely well executed, animation is great, gives a good sense of strength and weight and character design is cute :3 All in a very small size! |