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Topic: CHALLENGE 1/19/2009: Old.
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Subject: CHALLENGE 1/19/2009: Old.
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 12:02am

CHALLENGE: Old.

The one and only http://pixeljoint.com/p/9092.htm - Lollige challenges you to draw something old of your liking (old people, old technology, old buildings, etc...), using just black, white and one other color of your choice.

Canvas Size- Exactly 100x100.
Colors - Exactly 3. One black (#000000), one white (#ffffff), and one of your choice.
Animation - Optional.
Transparency - No.

CHALLENGE RULES

  • Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to /pixels/submit_icons.asp'>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 /forum/forum_topics.asp?FID=8'>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

/pixels/poll.asp?id=1121' name='vote' target='_blank'>Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Old. pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

/pixelart/39421.htm' target='_blank'>old car by /p/13375.htm' target='_blank'>LuckyF
/pixelart/39375.htm' target='_blank'>Old Man by /p/19295.htm' target='_blank'>metaldev
/pixelart/39444.htm' target='_blank'>One Tough Old Geezer by /p/2191.htm' target='_blank'>ptoing


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

/pixelart/39302.htm' target='_blank'>good old times by /p/13659.htm' target='_blank'>Canty
/pixelart/39386.htm' target='_blank'>pixel challenge- old 1994 by /p/14451.htm' target='_blank'>balls01
/pixelart/39456.htm' target='_blank'>Small dino by /p/13117.htm' target='_blank'>Elwin
/pixelart/39473.htm' target='_blank'>Yeah, when you're smiling by /p/19930.htm' target='_blank'>Bundt
/pixelart/39419.htm' target='_blank'>Dragon by /p/20227.htm' target='_blank'>Spirou
/pixelart/39416.htm' target='_blank'>3 Colour Gramaphone by /p/20232.htm' target='_blank'>JoeStrong
/pixelart/39361.htm' target='_blank'>Challenge: Old [ LOVE ] by /p/1915.htm' target='_blank'>dogmeat
/pixelart/39304.htm' target='_blank'>No use crying over spilt ink by /p/19218.htm' target='_blank'>Jeremy
/pixelart/39420.htm' target='_blank'>Challenge entry: OLD radio by /p/9774.htm' target='_blank'>Bubu
/pixelart/39342.htm' target='_blank'>15 years, already by /p/18624.htm' target='_blank'>yrizoud
/pixelart/39383.htm' target='_blank'>Memories a-past by /p/18546.htm' target='_blank'>006
/pixelart/39424.htm' target='_blank'>Maria fumaça by /p/15559.htm' target='_blank'>Igor K.
/pixelart/39394.htm' target='_blank'>Ironbreaker by /p/7226.htm' target='_blank'>Adam
/pixelart/39319.htm' target='_blank'>The first american president by /p/5502.htm' target='_blank'>Krysis
/pixelart/39368.htm' target='_blank'>Tricolour Coelacanth by /p/19218.htm' target='_blank'>Jeremy
/pixelart/39425.htm' target='_blank'>Pocket Watch by /p/18967.htm' target='_blank'>Savaril
/pixelart/39385.htm' target='_blank'>film projector by /p/8182.htm' target='_blank'>plyvinyl
/pixelart/39274.htm' target='_blank'>Photios II - Black and White by /p/2033.htm' target='_blank'>Zenobia
/pixelart/39379.htm' target='_blank'>King Skull by /p/20143.htm' target='_blank'>Hysteria
/pixelart/39323.htm' target='_blank'>Penny by /p/1264.htm' target='_blank'>blue
/pixelart/39447.htm' target='_blank'>Frozen Tree by /p/19854.htm' target='_blank'>Green_Hell
/pixelart/39463.htm' target='_blank'>Challenge entry: OLD Ice cream trolley by /p/9774.htm' target='_blank'>Bubu
/pixelart/39453.htm' target='_blank'>Storm Troopers Fashion Talk! by /p/8049.htm' target='_blank'>Varock Shade
/pixelart/39330.htm' target='_blank'>Farewell Rocketship by /p/12122.htm' target='_blank'>RobbieE
/pixelart/39318.htm' target='_blank'>Earth by /p/3163.htm' target='_blank'>kwigbo
/pixelart/39408.htm' target='_blank'>Minerva by /p/20024.htm' target='_blank'>wormwood
/pixelart/39407.htm' target='_blank'>Your Favourite Band by /p/20024.htm' target='_blank'>wormwood
/pixelart/39438.htm' target='_blank'>Dinosaur by /p/14177.htm' target='_blank'>IanPhillips
/pixelart/39445.htm' target='_blank'>Old room with piano by /p/6908.htm' target='_blank'>mechast
/pixelart/39328.htm' target='_blank'>do not feed by /p/9784.htm' target='_blank'>Stickman
/pixelart/39457.htm' target='_blank'>Old Mickey Mouse by /p/19770.htm' target='_blank'>Saporion
/pixelart/39285.htm' target='_blank'>Ancient Greek Acheological find Vase. by /p/16783.htm' target='_blank'>Arylic
/pixelart/39446.htm' target='_blank'>Weekly Challenge - Old by /p/11224.htm' target='_blank'>Platnium
/pixelart/39429.htm' target='_blank'>The Ratty Old Scarecrow by /p/18967.htm' target='_blank'>Savaril
/pixelart/39471.htm' target='_blank'>Book of the Dead: Ancient Find by /p/16783.htm' target='_blank'>Arylic
/pixelart/39346.htm' target='_blank'>Old Citroën car by /p/18578.htm' target='_blank'>Sev_4
/pixelart/39272.htm' target='_blank'>Big Ben by /p/20177.htm' target='_blank'>Tapiokaman
/pixelart/39280.htm' target='_blank'>Ud og Se - Med DSB by /p/18675.htm' target='_blank'>birkwood
/pixelart/39472.htm' target='_blank'>Olden Toilet In open desert by /p/16783.htm' target='_blank'>Arylic
/pixelart/39295.htm' target='_blank'>Whale - Old by /p/19957.htm' target='_blank'>GuiZ
/pixelart/39337.htm' target='_blank'>old by /p/15554.htm' target='_blank'>Bwian
/pixelart/39469.htm' target='_blank'>The shade of an old, old Banyan Tree by /p/19295.htm' target='_blank'>metaldev
/pixelart/39373.htm' target='_blank'>Old telephone by /p/20053.htm' target='_blank'>RollerKingdom
/pixelart/39360.htm' target='_blank'>Shrine+Fujisan by /p/13937.htm' target='_blank'>RA/pdx
/pixelart/39275.htm' target='_blank'>PONG by /p/13941.htm' target='_blank'>Tiemen
/pixelart/39339.htm' target='_blank'>Old Mountain Pass by /p/15077.htm' target='_blank'>ProgZmax
/pixelart/39459.htm' target='_blank'>old guy by /p/19818.htm' target='_blank'>TMH
/pixelart/39267.htm' target='_blank'>an old bike by /p/17898.htm' target='_blank'>minipuck


Replies:
Posted By: Savaril
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 2:49am


WIP of a pocket watch.


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~ tilde ~

Posted By: NotlikeTheOther
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 8:49am
I like this idea, and your color choice.
My only critique is that some of your eddges on the watch seem a little fuzzy to me.

Posted By: Tapiokaman
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 10:14am
So, if I've understood, I post my work here?



Here it is, sorry if it's not the good place to post, I'm French and don't understand everything ><

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Posted By: minipuck
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 10:57am
it's the perfect place! but if its finished you still have to upload it to the gallery!

It looks really cool, way better then my entry T.T


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http://dragcave.net/viewdragon/G3eW">
please click it, otherwise it will die, and it seems special.

Posted By: RobbieE
Date Posted: 19 January 2009 at 9:45pm


You'll have to forgive me for two things.
First not being able to control my urge to make a your mum joke and secondly for my terrible attempt at wordplay.

edit: Also this is my first ever time attempting to AA, which was a bit of a challenge with just one extra shade.

Edit2: More seriously here's my initial sketchy line-art thingy.


Ref.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_Bendigo - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_Bendigo

Posted By: pigus123
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 9:45am
WIP
it's "korbash" ? i don't know what is the name of this weapon in english >_<
i'm thinking about this >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Rincak.jpg/180px-Rincak.jpg - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Rincak.jpg/180px-Rincak.jpg



i have no idea for bkg and how to end this "ball" :)
argh >_< i have thesame colors as Savaril
anyway please comments :)

PS: sorry for my bad english, i'm from poland, and my engglish teacher sux :P

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 12:09pm
I think the word you're going for is "flail" and it's looking good  I think you could probably reuse the brown on the ball. Perhaps for a background you could do something abstract, or have an arm holding it or something.

Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 1:53pm


gonna animate this, any suggestion?

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 4:19pm
You know you aren't allowed transparency, right?

Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 4:25pm
I know, wanted only to show the train, have more thinks

Posted By: blue
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 5:19pm


It might be done...dunno...I'll sit on it for a bit. >.> Old penny!

http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/3356202/2/istockphoto_3356202-old-penny.jpg - Reference



Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 6:04pm
I decided to create an old phone
but i am having trouble on the top part..
anyone with tips?
and this is my first time entrying and creating something like this..

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 6:15pm
These all look great  (Everyone's using a similar third colour though T_T)
Igor, I'd say that you'll probably have to do a b/w outline to show definition from the bg.
 
Here's mine:

Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 6:18pm
perfect, but you should put other color like brown.

Posted By: blue
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 6:37pm
I think the similar color is due to the theme...old things seem frequently to be brown, or other 'neutral' colors, worn by age...

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 9:07pm
@Igor: I did try several diiferent colours, I think that the blue (Surprisingly) is the second best.
                                 
Woo, popart pixel

Posted By: kwigbo
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 9:26pm
What's older than the earth?



http://kwigbo.com/upload/pixelArt/chal/venus_and_earth.jpg - Reference

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Posted By: r1k
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 9:37pm
What's older than the earth?


the sun?
http://imageshack.us">
(not a real entry, doesnt meet color requirments anyway)

Posted By: skamocore
Date Posted: 20 January 2009 at 9:44pm
WHAT ABOUT THE BIG BANG!11 :O



(not a real entry, because it is far too awesome for this challenge :3)


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Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 12:53am
A Jeep carries a family around an old, deserted mountain pass...but to where?



Sorry for the lack of originality, but this was the best I could think of at 12 am.  I'll work on it some more if I have time :).  The third color was taken from the NES palette since I've been using it lately and I thought it fit the scene well.

Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 5:02am
I liked the brown :D

Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 12:55pm
Originally posted by RollerKingdom

I decided to create an old phone
but i am having trouble on the top part..
anyone with tips?
and this is my first time entrying and creating something like this..




can anyone help me out with the top part of the telephone?

Posted By: RobbieE
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 1:45pm
Neeearly finished.

Posted By: RollerKingdom
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 9:08pm
updated:

Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 10:06pm
Did some more work to it, mainly cleaning up some dithering, adding some trees around the bottom of the mountain and a nice lake.  I think I'm pretty much done with this, and the most important part was I had fun working on it :).
 
 
I also made a quick animated car version.
 

Posted By: Bwian
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 10:22pm
This started as a work in progress

I was really annoyed by my over-use of dithering
then, after a while, it reminded me of old b&w prints
that specifically abused of dithering and I got to like it

The composition is also a bit typical, especially with
the cheesy candle lol

But for a first submission, I'm happy with it,
so I'll go with this one.

I hope I submitted it well, it's still waiting for approval,
we'll see.



Although I'm submitting it, I would be very happy to
hear your comments about it so that I won't do the
same mistakes twice :)

thanks

Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 11:19pm
The only thing I would recommend is to make better use of your third color.  Right now you have a color that is only used on the paper and doesn't contrast very much from the other colors.  If you picked a different shade, something more yellow/orange, you could then use that color to shade the candle and serve as a midtone between the white and the black, reducing your need to dither so much.  I still think it looks quite good, though!

Posted By: Bwian
Date Posted: 21 January 2009 at 11:47pm
Originally posted by ProgZmax

The only thing I would recommend is to make better use of your third color.  Right now you have a color that is only used on the paper and doesn't contrast very much from the other colors.  If you picked a different shade, something more yellow/orange, you could then use that color to shade the candle and serve as a midtone between the white and the black, reducing your need to dither so much.  I still think it looks quite good, though!
Thanks, that's a good comment
I was kind of thinking the same thing
 
 

Posted By: Spirou
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 6:52am
EDIT new http://www.casimages.com"> FInish

Posted By: mechast
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 10:28am
WIP
What do you think? What should I improve?

Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 11:04am
If thats a piano... i think that every key should be black and white

Posted By: mechast
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 11:59am
Originally posted by Hysteria

If thats a piano... i think that every key should be black and white


That's a piano yes. This is all about luminosity, not colour. Look how the light scatters. The brownish colour is brownish because, it gives the picture a good ambience. It could be a dull grey colour. And anyways it could be a broken old piano.

Posted By: Hysteria
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 12:30pm
Yeah i know that u worked there with the room luminosity, but it was hard to tell, at least for me, that it was a piano, first i thought it was a bed :P... but then i saw the chair and I figured it out. 

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 3:09pm

I immediately IDed it as a piano  I do, however, think that at first glance the wallpaper isn't very readable.

This challenge needs MOAR COELACANTH
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/39368.htm">

Posted By: ProgZmax
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 3:16pm
awesome! :D

Posted By: Hapiel
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 3:44pm
I find the piano very readable and nice!
What to improve? The door looks messy
The wallpaper looks great, so does the floor!


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Posted By: mechast
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 4:38pm
And how does the door look messy? Sorry, maybe I just got used to how it looks. It was intended to be so rough. Maybe it shouldn't be that much uneven? Or the shading on the lower part is messy? Thanx for the help!

Posted By: jeremy
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 4:44pm
Posted an explanation on your WIP thread

Posted By: BluePixel
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 6:30pm
 
Meh.

Posted By: 006
Date Posted: 22 January 2009 at 6:48pm
Here's my suck-y wip of the challenge, its an old forest path way. Its pretty bad, I just hope I'll be able to finish it by tomorrow.

Posted By: metaldev
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 7:42am
Igor K. :
ha i was going to make the same exact subject, but i settled on an old man instead.
here are my suggestions:
make the smoke go in the other direction
from this vantage point it would be easy to animate a 3d scrolling clouds and ground too (and the steam of course too)
if you swap some of the dithering for solid lines it might feel more like a shiny steam engine (i think there's too much dithering)

Posted By: RA/pdx
Date Posted: 23 January 2009 at 9:07am
So this is my final entry - no more time the next two days for further improvements.



Posted By: Spirou
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 9:06am
http://www.casimages.com">

Posted By: tuaarita
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 10:47am
I think I see a dragon there and if I do, it's kinda cool.

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I'm running in the desert,
running in to the sun,
running out of blood
and I'm going numb.

Posted By: Bubu
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 10:50am
Thought I'd stop lurking for once and enter a challenge :D

Not had that much time to work on this but this is my entry :)


Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 12:59pm
Its cool :)
w00t about mine?

Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 1:08pm
you really need to rework those wheels if you want to make your animation credible. instead of using only two segments, each car should be animated acording to the flow of the train. and dont be afraid of using more frames.

it has potential, but needs far more work if you really want to make as it should be.


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I ate leel's babies

Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 1:28pm
w00t about now?

Posted By: Savaril
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 1:39pm
I think it would be better without the animation, honestly.

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Posted By: Igor K.
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 2:13pm
say what would be better, not to stop the animation

Posted By: metaldev
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 2:57pm
igor:
i like it leagues better than your first submission, as far as animation, what does it look like if instead of having the trains simply bumping up and down, if they helped show terrain pass, like a worm - for example: the first car bumps, then second car, then third etc.

Posted By: Metaru
Date Posted: 25 January 2009 at 3:46am
plenty time left to fix the animation igor, still,  i'd keep one without it just in case you can generate a proper way to animate it before the deadline. its not like it being poorly animated gives any plus to the image(actually it makes it look worse).

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I ate leel's babies

Posted By: 3dfan
Date Posted: 28 February 2009 at 5:00am
I liked all works, you are all very talented people!!! Well-done!!!

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