wow

simply extrodinary. I'm picking my jaw off the floor

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

this is my very favorite piece over this site =}

Godlike! I actually used it as a wallpaper for awhile but as I said godlike.

Whoa! Colors! You are too good!

:O

That's just awesome.

Looks like a VCR Render thingie... I love it!!!

The color technic is incredible and the render is great. Looks like some old PC render.

WOW!!!!! man.... really delicious!!!!...... thx for this GREAT ART and inspiration! =)..... really man! =)

Breathtaking. 

woa

Holy $H1T Thas wicked!

WOW this is cool!
It looks like an LCD tv xD

This IS my favorite piece in Pixeljoint. The figure is just excellent and the treatment of the limited pallette is just wonderful. If it's okay with you Helm, I'm using it as wallpaper.

I take a look at this piece whenever i get the chance. Its that good. Good job man!

Heh I wonder when this piece is going to go quiet finally. Thanks for the comments, everybody.

sausage said it all. i'll just go and have a headache somewhere in the dark.

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It is incredible, you have used only 4 colors!

good work, I like very much :D

wow i like the colors

Skurwy87: Helm still has to do a ORIC picture. The ORIC has truely painfull limitations.

it's like it's on an eternal bloodlust in the void after death or something.

really, really epic. :DDDD

I'm really impressed by your out-of-the-ordinary creativity and patience, (and that you still can see after starring at those colours for a long time).

So, are there any limitations you haven't broken? Or maybe, are there any left to break? :)

I'm an agnostic but that is just GODLIKE! ;)

OMG! IT'S AWESOME!

for 4 colors this is absolutely amazin!!!

wooooooooooooooow! cool! only 4 colors

i mean helm... not the spartan... oops...

I look at this picture and i feel like The Spartan is a god.

Wow. Helm possesses angry proficiencies.

Because black is absence of color. White is not.

sorry for commenting on such an old piece of yours, but what was your reasoning for not using white? it seems if your gonna use black, then white should be included.

fegging awsome use of colors, 5/5++ nice one :D

oh H E L L this rock´s 

If it's OK to ask: how long did you do that picture? That's awesome!

g o d l i k e
That impressive...5/5 + Fav

you guys,should look closely to it, its 4( FOUR) colors i see; Red,Green,Blue and Black. Gee! its basically the hardest skill to learn in pixel art. though a bit harsh on the eyes but its great!

You are mistaken, jkilla. Check again.

jsut amazing but i count six colors blue, violet, red, black(backround),and some od green color on his upper left chest.

This be PIXEL ART OF THE GODS. Plus, even four colors? Wow.

That's tops.
Anyone who doubts that Pixel Art is art should only look at your works, Helm.
His left elbow (the one nearest us) looks too wide, imo.
But I understand you're through with this piece.5/5

Scratch that, I see void is black.

Hmm, I haven't favourited this yet. I'll fix that. I was wondering, helm, why doesn't the black count as a colour?

Awesome work again

That is awesome.

But there are so many colours in there...
Wow man, GREAT work on technique.

Holy shit...            

Very nice work. Colors look very good and make the pic even more fantastic.

wooow, static its cool

SPARTANS ARE AWSOME! Sorry but ALL CAPS was so right for that! I love this picture! I love Spartans... **** I love YOU! JK, on that last part. I stared at this for over 30 min.

*Puts in Favorites*

not a very appealing pixelart, yet good techniques used. legs seem a bit out of proportion. good work.

Mullet: good critique

Saboteur: I learnt a new form of dithering I never had much of a reason to use before this. It's a byproduct of the scanline thing. Ptoing started this whole deal by showing my a picture that seemed blue, by alternating 'scanlines' between two colors. After we decided that this was interesting, I had to try to use the scanlines, but also do dither gradiations into other colors without resorting to too much

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standard 50% dithering patterns, as they went against the scanline effect. Not that I didn't end up using them anyway, but not predominantly.

So what I had to figure out is this sort of 'brick dither' effect you can see if you zoom in like on the helmet or chest. It's a very subtle effect, not a lot of brightness differentiation, but adds texture, interest and doesn't mess with the scanlines too much. The big payoff is of course, tinting.

Thanks for the interest, again. I am amazed a piece such as this fared as well as it did on pixeljoint. Although it didn't seem to get any 'x of the week' award or anything.

Looking back, there's one spot that bothers me. His right hands thumb, the one holding the flame sword, is seperated from the sword by only a line. It looks really out place, considering how every other spot is defined using shading, but that one line is used for the division there. Pardon the pun, but it sticks out like a sore thumb.

I'm gonna assume you do everything as a learning experience, because you're fucking godly at pixel art, and that can only come through either loads of practice or some well-aimed practice. This is nuts, basically, and I have but one question:
What did you learn about dithering (or whatever) while making this piece?

Wow. Helm, this isn't just a great piece, it's a masterpiece. The skill it would take to do this is well beyond me, and many others. Not only is the drawing interesting, and the lighting realisitic, but the sheer technique involved into transferring such a great piece of art to pixel art, let alone with a limit of rgbv, is dumbfounding. Major props, a favorite, and 5/5!

absolutely awesome.
cant say anything bad about this piece.
its amazing to see what you can get out of those 4 colors.

Wow O_O
Simply amazing. I wish I could do this. <3

You are a pixel god!

When I saw this, my pupils climaxed.

Maybe you didn't need to know that.

I feel like i have to write something too. I love what you have done with the restrictions. Hope i can do something as good when i find the time to tackle this mode.

Thanks again, everybody. St0ven, I am honored.

Yeah, the leg is awesome.

 

i havent had this much respect for a pixelated piece in a long time.  I can clearly see all of your techniques culminated into this fantastic work, but i think the most amazing part about this piece is the comprehension of color theory and how intimately balanced these colors can be when in close proximity to another. for some reason i am especially drawn to the leg, perhaps not only by the stronger contrast in that area, but also just the athletic, sleek musculature of the leg, it seems very much real, more so than all of the other awesome detail. The one thing that keeps popping out at me over and over though, is the bicep on the right most arm, it just seems too big given the rest of the musculature, especially in comparison to the somewhat dwarved deltoid of which it is intertwined with ;).

4 colors  my sweet god...

Awesomeness in C64 style-ish. Nicely gradiented.