Wares floppy.

Wares floppy.

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Wares floppy.



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Title: Wares floppy.
Pixel Artist: Frost  (Level 6 Serial Killer :: 9581 points)
Posted: 2/23/2010 01:14
Palette: 16 colors
Statistics:  42 comments    56 faves    0 avatars

An ode to past times.

Almost everyone that owned an Amiga know what this is and probably know what sort of joy this special kind of diskette could bring. New wares, new games, new intros and demos.

 

Yes, the overuse of dithering is intentional. Some floppys got pretty rugged after extensive handling, and the dithering is also a way to capture that special oldschool style of pixel art common on the demoscene.

I actually made this one transparent. I think it's the first time I use transparency on a non-sprite.

 

(updated with... ANIMATION! )

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Lindion45 (Level 4 Lieutenant) @ 12/26/2014 16:39

because who didn't do that...!


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Nevercreature (Level 9 Whale Shark) @ 1/29/2013 08:12

Awesome dither!!


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clefairykid (Level 9 Federal Agent) @ 11/2/2012 01:15

Already loved the texture and text from the preview but really happy to see the animation too : D


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johanvinet (Level 7 Sheriff) @ 10/30/2012 03:35

 Remind me a lot of good memories (But not on Amiga for me, on Atari ST). The animation is the "detail that kills
" ;)


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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 8/23/2012 12:12

Damn, I should also do a 5,25" floppy.

Actually, I started to work on a sleeve for 5,25"-floppys just the other day...


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ZacRay (Level 1 Gangster) @ 8/21/2012 08:20

I'm so old that when I think of a floppy, I think of the bigger, floppier version ><

Great job!

 

(2xwarez2win4evah)


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AlabasterJazz (Level 3 Corporate Drone) @ 7/8/2012 11:07

Man I think I still got a couple of these kickin' around somewhere. The animation is perfect too!


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mrduke (Level 3 Private Eye) @ 3/7/2012 11:26

 i know, I also had a Amiga500....exelent pixelart!


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TheZakMan (Level 2 Kukyu) @ 4/27/2010 18:30

Nice times... what a drastic change, in such short time

for better off-course!


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iLKke (Level 9 Nidan) @ 4/13/2010 04:18

Brings back memories :D                       


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oCo (Level 4 Button Man) @ 4/2/2010 01:16

Lovely.

It really caries the feeling of the floppy having been used and used and used ...


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Dino502Run (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 3/8/2010 19:17

Amazing texture and animation, I love the writing too


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Justincrdibl (Level 3 Private Eye) @ 2/27/2010 22:26

It's incredible how you take something as simple as a floppy disk and make it look amazing!


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Argyle (Level 6 Manager) @ 2/27/2010 14:59

I miss floppies in all their non-floppy glory.  Still have Kings Quest IV sitting upstairs in it's whole 8 disk glory.  Appreciate the animation because it was by far the best thing in the world to do - idly snap the cover until somebody tells you to stop being irritating.


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Damian (Level 10 Operative) @ 2/27/2010 14:09

 Good times, got pokemon yellow with an emulator from my friend on one of these babies. We couldn't afford "CD's",  and these were pretty in-expensive at the time. That was also when pokemon was cool :P


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blueleds (Level 1 Rookie) @ 2/27/2010 13:11

 Remember that little tab in the corner you could switch it to be read-only?    Haha, nice animation.


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PanicBomber (Level 6 Manager) @ 2/27/2010 10:43

oh god thats true :O , even my 1-year-old sister knows how to use a DVD player lol. But yeah gr8 job here!


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Sly (Level 1 Gangster) @ 2/27/2010 06:26

I know I feel so old as well. =\


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Onichi (Level 3 Enforcer) @ 2/27/2010 05:08

You know...we're finally coming up on a generation that doesn't know what floppies were.

 

I feel old now.


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Stickman (Level 7 Sheriff) @ 2/23/2010 18:29

Great! Good work on the dithering.

 


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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 2/23/2010 09:09

Hatch: Probably because I spammed frames as delay in the animation. I shall see what I can do about it..


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Hatch (Level 3 Hatchikyu) @ 2/23/2010 09:01

Just so you know, your preview image being over 10k is preventing this from appearing on the front page in the New Works section. Not sure why it's so large.


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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 2/23/2010 07:40

I won't bother any more with this little just-for-fun-picture, let's just pretend it's scratches.


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) @ 2/23/2010 07:36

hehe that was quick ^^ ... maybe u can make the light change too, and add some, how to say(?), well... those lines often used in comics to illustrate a sound or stuff... soundlines??


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Robinhood (Level 9 Boss) @ 2/23/2010 07:35

Oh wow, nice texture as usual :)


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Carnivac (Level 8 Behemoth) @ 2/23/2010 07:07

I did that too many times to my Turrican II disk and it broke :(


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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 2/23/2010 06:54

Now it's alive!


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yrizoud (Level 6 Aquamarine) @ 2/23/2010 06:42

Just like all those "Insert disk 2" screens.

It's quite incredible how you can use 4-5 shades of blue on a uniformly-shaded and flat surface, and still make it look flat "but with style".


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Flarfy (Level 5 Detective) @ 2/23/2010 06:27

@ onek - Aww shit! Me too!


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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 2/23/2010 04:57

onek: You know what? That's exactly what I just thought. :) We'll see if i get my thumb out...


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onek (Level 6 Hitman) @ 2/23/2010 04:51

love it... maybe an animation of that metal cover thingy would be nice... i always loved to snap that thing around 


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Zolaris (Level 6 Hitman) @ 2/23/2010 04:32

 nostalgiaaa....


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Carnivac (Level 8 Behemoth) @ 2/23/2010 03:33

Very nice and very Amiga style though I never came across the word 'warez' back in the Amiga days. I only saw it a short while after the amiga market died and I was stuck using a PC for college.


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Manupix (Level 11 Godzilla) @ 2/23/2010 03:23

Mac LCII. Used to do 'XLArt', filling spreadsheets with colors. Accidental deleted.

Thinking of it, I did pixel art without knowing.

Nice!


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jamon (Level 10 Operative) @ 2/23/2010 02:56

this is nice... ;) 


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Flarfy (Level 5 Detective) @ 2/23/2010 02:45

Looks good man. Never had an Amiga, but I can sure as hell appreciate the extreme nostalgic coolness of the floppydiscs.

The dithering looks good. It's a choice of style. We don't need to sound the alarm every time someone dithers a pix


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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 2/23/2010 02:44

A fun fact about the making of this picture: 

I measured a real floppy with a ruler to get the exact measures and then translated it to pixels. 1 mm = 1 pixel.


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griffsnuff (Level 5 Killer Klown) @ 2/23/2010 02:35

I love how old it looks <3


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Manjaman (Level 8 Cannibal) @ 2/23/2010 01:49

Very nice. Strange texture for the plastic though.

edit : ok i've just read your description


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Setzer (Level 8 Cannibal) @ 2/23/2010 01:48

Even if you didn't own an amiga, this brings back a lot of memories. Nice work, the dithering here really helps to capture the times as well.


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Club Beuker (Level 5 Detective) @ 2/23/2010 01:47

That brings back memories hehe.. Only I used it for my first 286 IBM


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orenshtiv (Level 7 Ichikyu) @ 2/23/2010 01:39

 I love it! :D


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