CHALLENGE 4/30/2007: Character Selection
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Topic: CHALLENGE 4/30/2007: Character Selection
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Subject: CHALLENGE 4/30/2007: Character Selection
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:13am
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Posted By: Saxamaphone
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:37am
Looks like fun, I might finally get around to doing something again.
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Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:47am
This is the perfect challenge to showcase your character design and presentation skills in one shot.
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Posted By: Varock Shade
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 3:27am
should be fun, but i still have 2 pixels i haven't finished, so ill see what im going to do...
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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:26am
i got no name for him yet :(

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Posted By: klav
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:56am
Originally posted by Elki got no name for him yet :( 
reminds me of a Takashi Murakami piece... ;)
http://www.takashimurakami.com/biography.php - http://www.takashimurakami.com/biography.php

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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 9:34am
Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 10:34am
Lol, I saw that on TV a week or two ago.
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:29am
I'm not seeing how they look alike at all, so they're both naked? thats like saying my mother looks like jennifer lopez when she's naked.
(which she doesn't btw)
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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 11:32am
do you like my sketch =/?
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Posted By: forgetlauren
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 12:14pm
Elk - Your sketch is awesome.
I'm excited to see it finished.
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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 1:05pm

a bit cleaned o_O
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:17pm
i'm expecting to see a character select screen like the ones in Metal Slug 3, and Guilty Gear... so work harD OuÓ
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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:36pm
Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 2:44pm
BUT, BEST character selection screen EVER can be found in Konami's best shooter EVAR: CONTRA: HARD COPS for Sega Genesis. want inpiration? go and check it by yourself.
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Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 5:54pm
If anyone can find a screencap of SSX character selection menu you won't be disappointed.
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Posted By: AdamPlays
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 7:23pm
Hehe.. being silly with this.
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 30 April 2007 at 8:20pm
Originally posted by sedgemonkey
If anyone can find a screencap of SSX character selection menu you won't be disappointed.
SSX has best character selections screens ever.
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 1:00am
jus wondering: Do robots count as valid characters?
- The character select must be a living character -- not a ship or other type of vehicle.
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Posted By: klav
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 4:15am
Originally posted by sedgemonkeyIf anyone can find a screencap of SSX character selection menu you won't be disappointed. http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/ssx/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;all - http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/sports/ssx/images.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=gsimage&tag=images;all
theres a couple of menus in the lot of images... however they are really low res... 
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Posted By: AdamPlays
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 1:24pm
I'm not done yet. When the finger selects the character they will hover over the toilet and get flushed. =) C & C please!
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Posted By: Vidd
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 1:51pm
Haha, that looks fun. :)
I'm not terribly enthused by the cottonbud design, though.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 7:39pm
@AdamPlays, dude you kill me with your animations.
@Elk, I question that font selection, all else looks good.
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:05pm

just a quick sketch for now
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Posted By: Stitchy
Date Posted: 01 May 2007 at 8:08pm
Elk and AdamPlays win. D: Elk wins because his character has a penis, and Adam wins because... because yeah.
I kinda wanna join, but I dunno if I could handle it. I have an art history exam AND a geography exam this week. /cry
And characters are my one STRONG POINT.
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Posted By: kakikukeko
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 4:31am
Stichy, start whatever you can do.. you can still finish it later if you -unfortunately- can't finish it on time..
Setzer, seems like a good start!
Elk, I like your sketch, I think the first colors were more original tho.. keep it up!
Adam, mouhahaha (french laugh) *smells* like a stylus DS gameplay would fit perfectly for this game 
here is my wip.. I realise that I hATe to do fonts pix by pix 
 (and no, his name is not Al )
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 5:01am
hmmm...so you're one of those BG first, foreground second pixel pushers...
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Posted By: kakikukeko
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 6:45am
Posted By: Anlina S.
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 10:16am

I can pretty much guarantee that I will not get this finished in time (ever?) but I thought I'd at least take a stab at the challenge.
Just working on composition, roughing out the characters, starting on outlines and attempting to pixel my text by hand. So C&C on any of those aspects would be cool.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 11:55am
Originally posted by kakikukekois it serious Doctor? 
Take two jpegs and call me in the morning.
* I always find that aspect of pixelart fascinating. Its very evenly divided so end result is not affected by either process.
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 12:53pm

more UI doodles and ideas, i'll work on the sprites and fine details later.
[edit] one of the characters

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Posted By: Loop
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 5:23pm

Going for something different from normal Selection Menus.
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 5:45pm
Awesome stuff guys. Loop, can't wait to see yours finished, it just really appeals to me atm.
You know what, i might enter this one. 
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 8:09pm
Originally posted by Anlina S. I can pretty much guarantee that I will not get this finished in time (ever?) but I thought I'd at least take a stab at the challenge. Just working on composition, roughing out the characters, starting on outlines and attempting to pixel my text by hand. So C&C on any of those aspects would be cool.
Please finish.
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Posted By: iSTVAN
Date Posted: 02 May 2007 at 11:46pm
Originally posted by halfDemon
Originally posted by Anlina S. I can pretty much guarantee that I will not get this finished in time (ever?) but I thought I'd at least take a stab at the challenge. Just working on composition, roughing out the characters, starting on outlines and attempting to pixel my text by hand. So C&C on any of those aspects would be cool. Please finish.
I concur. This looks really nice so far Anlina S.
I also like how Setzer's is coming along with the colouring. I'd really like to make something for this if I had the time :(
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Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:59am
Originally posted by kakikukeko
Stichy, start whatever you can do.. you can still finish it later if you -unfortunately- can't finish it on time.. Setzer, seems like a good start! Elk, I like your sketch, I think the first colors were more original tho.. keep it up! Adam, mouhahaha (french laugh)  *smells* like a stylus DS gameplay would fit perfectly for this game  here is my wip.. I realise that I hATe to do fonts pix by pix   (and no, his name is not Al  )
simply love this one :)
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Posted By: kakikukeko
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 6:46am
Loop this is great! looks more like a splash screen so far but great! 
thx Elk! hope to see your next update soon  here is some animation!

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Posted By: Mil
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 8:00am
Hope you will finished your entry Anlina, I love your sketch!
Kaki> Great animation! Can't wait to see your character ^^
Here is my wip:

I don't really like his face for the moment -_-
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Posted By: Loop
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 12:02pm
Thanks Larwick and Kaki :)
Update:

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Posted By: Skull
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 12:27pm
Elk: Swish. I love the dynamic angle and colours. Very impressive
AdamPlays: Style looks novel, nice idea.
Setz: Sweet design, nice colours, looking good so far.
Kakikukeko: Awesome little scrolling test and arrows.
Anlina: Wonderful design so far, super anatomy.
Mil: Great idea and theme. The palette suits. And the face works well.
Loop: Very childish, great colours, works perfectly.
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Posted By: Vic
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 1:45pm
 Well, basicly my first work in like 1 year. Hope i can finish it in time..
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Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 4:04pm
arg... without a computer i can't do anything... besides giving ideas...
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Posted By: wishuponapixel
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 5:47pm
That's my wip. The hair and the shirt took longer than what it should have.
The black border is there for now, I just need to think of a good background.
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Posted By: 1up
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 6:15pm
wow... I'm not gonna win, I know that much.

background's still a WIP.
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 7:42pm
Finished teh character > I just couldn't help but add a bomb and flame to this..
Hmmmm selection screen... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Awesome work everyone.
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Posted By: Art_Sempai
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 8:18pm
Here's my attempt. Dance Battle! Bust Some Moves. Yo!

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Posted By: Vic
Date Posted: 03 May 2007 at 8:33pm
Update, yay
 Almost finished that portrait.. just need to shade the vest and do a better nose, plus I added some dithering to the sky Still need a name for him... oh well
Awesome work so far, everyone :)
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Posted By: kakikukeko
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 4:45am
wow so many entries suddenly! 
Mil , it looks very promising! can't wait to see more!
Loop, it's really going in a good direction!
VIC, pretty strong style! I think the hair or the bandana under the ear on your sketch was good, I wouldn't remove it..
Wish, nice! so soft..
1up, that's not bad! you still have time, you can polish it more!
Larwick..
hmmm...so you're one of those ForeGround first, background second pixel pushers... (amazing character..)
Art sempai, so fast! 
here is a pretty messy update finally starting the character..
 what do you think of the new arrow? (the stars will pan)
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Posted By: Mil
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 6:05am
Great entries everyone!
Kaki> I prefer the previous one.
Wish04 and Loop> so cute characters!
Art_Sempai> yeah, Dance Battle! Love your idea ^^ (I'm playing too much at Dance Online )
Update:

Still working on BG and selection stuff
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Posted By: 1up
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 2:15pm
small update. still havent decided what to do with the background.

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Posted By: wishuponapixel
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 4:52pm
Thank you Kaki and Mil.
Update:
I need to start thinking about what to put in that empty space below the character selection...
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Posted By: Anlina S.
Date Posted: 04 May 2007 at 7:34pm
Posted By: sedgemonkey
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 2:28am
Oooh, some really slick work coming in for this challenge.
I don't know if I'll have time to finish, but I wanted to go for a selection screen where the background fades out and back in when you change characters... hard to explain. :P

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Posted By: kakikukeko
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 3:57am
Wish , that's really nice, I don't know what you can add, depends of the game you're doing.. maybe some stats like charm, love, massage skills etc. 
Eh Sedge!! "here comes a new challenger!!" I don't understand your idea yet.. but can't wait to see more..
here is mine so far

by the way can someone tell me where did I unconscioulsy steal the idea of the teleporter from? I'm sure I have seen this somewhere ..
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 4:43am
Lol, i'll never finish this on time. GOOOD LUCK EVERYONE! They all look spiffy. :D
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 6:38am

more wip...

edit: added wip portrait
man i need some zzz's
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 10:38am
Anlina: Please continue.
Sedge: Please continue.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 12:56pm
Damm, all of these are looking awesome. I'm quite liking wish04's.
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Posted By: Art_Sempai
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 1:07pm
Edit: Added background animation. Changed some outlines.

Full size for background.

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Posted By: ceddo
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 1:58pm
That is one pulled-up-high thong!
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Posted By: Anlina S.
Date Posted: 05 May 2007 at 4:16pm
Art_Sempai: You have a really neat thing going there - I think if you tweaked your palettes a bit you could make it that much better. The super saturated orange you have outlining the hair could use some toning down, I think making it less saturated would do wonders for the definition of her face, since she has those blonde eyebrows/eyelashes. I think another skin tone to use as an outline would be a good addition - all the other parts of her are outlined, which makes the skin kind of disappear into her hair by comparison.
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Posted By: El Sato
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 3:19am
Originally posted by kakikukeko
Wish , that's really nice, I don't know what you can add, depends of
the game you're doing.. maybe some stats like charm, love, massage
skills etc.  Eh Sedge!! "here comes a new challenger!!" I don't understand your idea yet.. but can't wait to see more..  here is mine so far  by
the way can someone tell me where did I unconscioulsy steal the idea of
the teleporter from? I'm sure I have seen this somewhere ..
looks a bit like those things in megaman X where you get the armour parts... but just a bit xD
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Posted By: kakikukeko
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 3:32am
ok, I'll check that again, could be megaman yeah...

portrait nearly (over?)done.. I was quite happy until i noticed he looks like tom cruise.. anyway.. I learnt so much on AA doing this!
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 6:01am
Kakikukeko, that's awesome. I don't think it's overdone atall, and the fact he's pointing in the direction of the sprite is great. Also, what's wrong with tom cruise? Lol... I don't think he looks like him anyway.
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 7:00am
@kaki, megaman for sure, not Tom its AL.
Is art-sempai's game a 'hooker' game?
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Posted By: Guts
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 9:15am
Originally posted by kakikukeko. 
 Whaoo ! Well done. Look like Cobra character attitude.
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Posted By: Stitchy
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 12:26pm
Well, this definitely will not be finished in time for the challenge, but here is my WIP anyway. It can't even throw a wimpy punch at some of the spectacular mock-ups in here, but... D:

OMG WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED IT WOULD BE NERRIK AGAIN 8)
The sprite is giving me such a hard time. Urgh. I thought I might just show you guys my first ever mock-up. 8D;; I added the age/race stats there just for fun; they take up a lot of room, and the basic stats will probably be what stays (atk, spd, def.) I don't know if I'll add the hat to the portrait; I will probably, though, just for sake of continuity with the sprite. I just like drawing him without it.
Yeah, very boring, sorry. There will probably be a forest background once I finish the portrait and sprite, but... mmmmm. :/
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Posted By: Anlina S.
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 12:37pm
Think I can finish this before the deadline? D:
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Posted By: Kfuchoin
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 2:02pm
what we got here are some great pixel art works... :D it'll de ahrd to chose the winner
i like:
-Wish04: this style look a lot like RO... :P and i'm a fan of RO
-Mil: his work looks great, i wish he finish it... i definitvly like this one too, castlevania style
-Loop: cartoonish style, very clean i'm waiting for seen how he will put the character selection..
-Setzer: what this guy got in mind is very diferent is not a nnormal selectio nscreen, also clean
well this are my 4 favs
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Posted By: halfDemon
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 3:14pm
Originally posted by Anlina S. Think I can finish this before the deadline? D: Please do, or, at least finish after the deadline. In the end, just get it done, okay?
Stitchy: ace so far.
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Posted By: Anlina S.
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 3:14pm
I totally did not expect to get this finished, but here it is. The background could be better, but eh...
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Posted By: Setzer
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 5:08pm
:/
yeah, I'm not going to get done in time. may is such a busy month for me.
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Posted By: Larwick
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 7:12pm
Originally posted by Stitchy
Oh my beans ^_____^
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Posted By: AdrianJensen
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 10:52pm
Originally posted by kakikukeko by the way can someone tell me where did I unconscioulsy steal the idea of the teleporter from? I'm sure I have seen this somewhere ..
When i first saw it it reminded me of jet force gemini. could that be it?
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Posted By: Womped
Date Posted: 06 May 2007 at 11:04pm
But... In JFG the characters were all on conveyor belts.
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