Nina

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Seen December 20th, 2020
Posted December 7th, 2020
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15.5 Years
Welcome to the Weekly Pixel Challenge!


Pixel Challenge #13

Make a Scene

:pokeball: Another inspiration round! Make a mock-up, scene, or mood with pixel art! Our example for these two weeks will be from the upcoming game Eastward.

Examples:





:pokeball: When's the deadline?:
When the next week's challenge is posted, you have 24 hours left on last week's prompt.

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CHALLENGE LISTS:
Spoiler:



#1 Silhouettes
Spoiler:

For this challenge, I want you to take one of the black silhouettes below, and fill them in!
  • The black area must be filled in, and no additions can be made to the outside lines.
  • Only use 4 colors. It can be shades of one hue or anything you want! There's no style preference.
  • Post them here! (example below)


Silhouettes To Choose:

Example:


#2 Byte Sized Food
Spoiler:
Pixel Challenge #2

:pokeball: This week, we're going to do small pixel foods! Anything you want!
  • Make sure it fits into a 32 x 32 square.
  • Use 8 colors total!

Example:


#3 Tiny
Spoiler:
Pixel Challenge #3

Tiny

:pokeball: It can be anything under 20x20 pixels! Whatever colors you want, whatever item you want, but just be around or under 20 x 20 pixels.
(example is a previous work, i'm not getting any points for this one.)

Examples:

:pokeball: For this week.... (#3)
You'll get 5 points for doing your first sprite. You then will get 2 points for every sprite after, up to 10 extra sprites.



#4 Resize
Spoiler:
Resize

:pokeball: Make a sprite or use one you've made before and resize it! Bigger or smaller, increase or decrease it's size in halves. *make it 200% bigger or 50% smaller.
(example is a previous work, i'm not getting any points for this one.)

Example:

:pokeball: For this week.... (#4)
You'll get 10 points for doing your first sprite. You then will get 3 points for every sprite after, up to 5 extra sprites.



#5 Cards
Spoiler:


:pokeball: Make a pixel card! It can be a tarrot card, a playing card, a clow card or anything else! No size limit or color restrictions, but I'd recommend going monochromatic if you want to do a more detailed card.

Examples:

Example by sevenstitch

:pokeball: For this week.... (#5)
You'll get 15 points for doing your first sprite. You then will get 5 points for every sprite after, up to 5 extra sprites.


#6 Tamagotchi
Spoiler:
Pixel Challenge #6

Tamagotchi

:pokeball: Make a tamagotchi! You can make a pokemon version of one, or anything you like! I'm sure there are different kinds of tamagotchi sprites, but the kind I'm looking for here are black and white only!

Examples:


:pokeball: For this week.... (#6)
You'll get 30 points for doing your first sprite. You then will get 10 points for every sprite after, up to 10 extra sprites.
We're doing some bonus points this round since I couldn't get to it last week.



#7 Atmospheric
Spoiler:
Pixel Challenge #7

Atmospheric
a study of merrigo

:pokeball: You are to make a pixel art with works of the pixel artist merrigo (amanda) in mind! Many of you might know that she did some of the artwork for Undertale!

There are many amazing things I can say about this artist, but we are to focus on the atmosphere of her pixel and landscape works.
She often has a very limited but amazing pallet that tackles large swaths of clouds and skies with minimal, if not any dithering! The lighting in this artist's work is something that should be studied closely.
I don't want you to copy her work, but to let it inspire you, or try and use the color pallets that she has.

I don't have any set restrictions, but it's recommended to go large!

Examples of Lighting:




Examples of Landscapes:





:pokeball: For this week.... (#7)
You'll get 35 points for doing your first sprite. You then will get 25 points for every sprite after, up to 2 extra sprites.
Last week was a big pointer because it was catch up, but this one is a big pointer cause it's hard!
I'm willing to give partial points for WIPs so please post them too!





Current Standings (Week 11)

CDB: 153
Nina: 132
ZKE: 120
Kirby: 108
Vendily: 60
Logiedan: 59
Juno: 52
Lostelle: 45
M.L : 42
Merlin: 33
zappyspiker: 23
Cyberglass: 15
CatmanDaTrainer: 10
Shibui: 10
JohnnyMustang: 10
Foxrally: 10
Deltakirby: 10
Loki: 10
Tobiasu: 10
PoLlOrOn: 10
Spherical Ice: 10




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My humble addition.

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Fairy

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I've got way too many ideas to whittle this down to one design, haha.




edit: and more!




That first blob man, that one is challenging.
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It looks like other people saw a snake too! I was going to go for some funky big-lipped cobra, but I thought of another idea and something close to the community or 'home.'




The anatomy of Sawk looks sort of awkward but I was content with the current look of it. The blob is definitely tough to work around with this idea.

Edit:

First blob:


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ZKE

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So I don't think I can look at pixels much more tonight.
EDIT: Tuned up a few areas for Zygarde.

Another Edit: Man, some of the work you guys are posting is phenomenal. So jealous. Relicanth is giving me no end of hassle on third blob and Octillery refuses to shape up. Might need to try some other 'mons.
"Hope. It is the quintessential human emotion, both your greatest strength and your greatest weakness."

Nina

Age 31
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Seen December 20th, 2020
Posted December 7th, 2020
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15.5 Years
Hey guys! You all did great, and I'll tally up points soon and update the first post, but I'm feeling a little under the weather right now.
I will however give you the second challenge! Like I said before, you have 24 hours after this post to just go ahead and finish up the first challenge.

Pixel Challenge #2

:pokeball: This week, we're going to do small pixel foods! Anything you want!
  • Make sure it fits into a 32 x 32 square.
  • Use 8 colors total!

:pokeball: For this week.... (#2)
You'll get 10 points for doing your first sprite. You then will get 3 points for every sprite after, up to 5 extra sprites.

Example:





Want to get help with your pixel art?
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Fairy

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Seen January 27th, 2023
Posted January 6th, 2023
Cute tiny food yes please!


Chocolate covered strawberry. :3
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How do you guys pixel so well on a regular basis ;-;




First time trying pixel art from scratch - 4 colours is hard :s
I'll be back to fix this later for personal sanity.


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ZKE

Not an ounce of maturity.

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I think that looks pretty good zappyspiker.

And now for my last and sloppiest entry, but first some (dis)honorable mentions for the failures!

One ugly Roserade 2x and a shoddy Mismagius were the next-most completed of my six attempts at this silhouette. The earliest three don't even bare mentioning at this point.

Blech. So, enough wasted words. Have a terribad Lugia for my last submission. The anatomy is, uh, awry, with the foot facing us raised and the tail swinging around the back of the body.
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7 colours + 1 for transparency
green apple





This challenge gave me pretty good practice with colour choice and hue shifting. I think it could use more touch-ups but I'm content with it. I'm not that great with shading fruit, especially a multifaceted fruit like an apple.

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Nina

Age 31
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Seen December 20th, 2020
Posted December 7th, 2020
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Not counting the food sprites anyone has done so far, we have the point for the first week's challenge!

Fan Favorite: Getting the most likes, the bonus +5 are awarded to Logieden this week!

Current Standings

Logiedan: 20
ZKE: 20
Kirby: 15
Cyberglass: 15
Nina: 10
JohnnyMustang: 10
Foxrally: 10
Merlin: 10
Deltakirby: 10
Loki: 10
Tobiasu: 10
M.L : 10
zappyspiker: 10





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Skip Class

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Seen July 7th, 2021
Posted July 24th, 2020
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Tried to do a simple burger:




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Fairy

she / they
in the flowers
Seen January 27th, 2023
Posted January 6th, 2023
Delicious food everyone! :) I've got some sushi to add to the pixel menu!


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Skip Class

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Gonna rework this one, but I'm to the point of making pixel arts of my dinner haha xD


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