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CHALLENGE 4/1/2009: The Pillow Shading Ch

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Topic: CHALLENGE 4/1/2009: The Pillow Shading Ch
Posted By: skamocore
Subject: CHALLENGE 4/1/2009: The Pillow Shading Ch
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 12:25am

CHALLENGE: The Pillow Shading Challenge!

This week you are challenged to create something using the controversial pillow shading technique.

Canvas Size- Exactly 400 x 100.
Colours - Unrestricted. Because pillow shading can often require a large number of colours, we recommend saving your work in the .png file format this week, as .gif can only handle 256 colours.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

If you are having trouble with this technique have a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqBu3vG2LAo - this handy video tutorial .

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_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 :)


Replies:
Posted By: Elk
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 3:11am
oh god XD
OH GODDDDD
nooooeeess

Posted By: Exquisious
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 3:21am
Yesssssss! Lol, I used to use pillow shading all the time...Bad meh!

Posted By: TMH
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 3:45am
i dont liikes to pillow shade. i think im gonna step out for this week

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Posted By: Crylar
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 4:34am
I've bee pushing myself to join these challanges, but dude, pillow shading...
It seems it will not be this week.

Posted By: Club Beuker
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 4:46am
Hmmz.. pillow shading and a rather (too?) wide canvas size.. Think I'm not going to participate.

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Posted By: vampireslug
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 6:18am
I gotta agree with everyone so far, I'm bowing out of this one.  I participate in the challenges to try and increase my pixel skills and, frankly, this won;t help me one bit .  I'm going to sit back and see what the big boys do when they mess around with bad techniques.  Let the horror begin!

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Posted By: Zenobia
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 6:41am
This is so hard o__o
I know I started out with pillow shading six years ago but I really can't remember how to do it now. I'll post a WIP soon to see if I am following the rules.
Then again, I don't think it would be a good thing to win this... foolish challenge...

Edit: joke or not, this was interesting:

Posted By: smk
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 6:56am
I submitted mine already :P

Posted By: Fenne
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 6:58am
Would it even get accepted in the gallery when it's pillowshaded? :s

Posted By: sepownage
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 7:17am
Maybe if you call it 'Wrong Shading Technique' or something..

Posted By: mappower
Date Posted: 30 March 2009 at 11:48am
Haha :p. This challenge is actually quite funny.. I will participate!

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