ok, here it goes.. this is a contest.. for pixel artists!
rules
1) it has to be team 17 related
2) it has to be pixel art :eek: (suprise!)
4) the contest closes when nobody is left to post art...

the prizes: 28385
that'd be all... let the art begin!

Well...doesnt this count as fanart?
Soooooooooooo why wouldnt they just put it in the fanartist of the month thread? That would still work:p

You could just say the Pixel Art Contest and be done with it. :p

Besides StarWorms, Vader...and well, you; It's kinda hard to find pixel artists.

BUT HEY! Don't let me discurage this. Carry on. :p

Well...doesnt this count as fanart?
Soooooooooooo why wouldnt they just put it in the fanartist of the month thread? That would still work:p

You could just say the Pixel Art Contest and be done with it. :p

Besides StarWorms, Vader...and well, you; It's kinda hard to find pixel artists.

BUT HEY! Don't let me discurage this. Carry on. :p
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well.. because.. you, know.. stuff?
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Assuming we can enter multiple pieces, this is my first entry:

http://forum.team17.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=28279&stc=1&d=1154548208

I can't figure out how to embed it in the post as I've already attached it elsewhere :P

There's a reason nobody started a pixel art thread.
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I'm not that good at pixel art :P

There's a reason nobody started a pixel art thread.http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25472 ?:-/

I don't really see the point in this - There's a fanartist competition each month anyway and I don't see why pixel art should be singled out.

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=25472 ?:-/

I don't really see the point in this - There's a fanartist competition each month anyway and I don't see why pixel art should be singled out.I imagine the primary reason is that wormthingy's designed these cool statuettes.

Although hey, they could be prizes for the ordinary Fanart contest...

I do. Pixel art is a very different art form to most other digital art forms.

I'd feel just as happy to see a 3D fanart sub-category. The three (pixel art, 2D art and 3D art) are very different mediums.

If this was the case and the winner of each was pooled into an overall fanartist of the month award, you'd probably see a pattern of one medium being favoured over another emerge.

From what I've seen only a handful of people submit their work to the monthly competition. A couple of those are joke entries, leaving about 5 as proper entries. Divide that into 3 and well, you get my point.

Yeah, good point.

Still, maybe it will inspire others to try their hand at pixel art. It also gives people more opportunity to win, I guess. They could enter pixel art, 2D art and 3D art in three seperate competitions and potential win all three.

I know I would if I had a 3D modelling application (and there was a seperate 3D competition) ;)

I don't see the harm, really.

i think there should be multiple contest because theres no way to do a fair contest with mixed art.. pixel art, CGI, air brushing, vectors..
how can airbrushing ever beat a good 3d render? or pixels beat vector?

Assuming we can enter multiple pieces, this is my first entry:

http://forum.team17.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=28279&stc=1&d=1154548208

I can't figure out how to embed it in the post as I've already attached it elsewhere :P

Does that really count as pixel art? I mean, all computer made art HAS pixels in them..

i think there should be multiple contest because theres no way to do a fair contest with mixed art.. pixel art, CGI, air brushing, vectors..
how can airbrushing ever beat a good 3d render? or pixels beat vector?Well, by taking the art form into consideration, I suppose. After all, a photograph is by definition more realistic than even the best piece of airbrushing, but that doesn't make the airbrushing less stunning than the photo.

how can airbrushing ever beat a good 3d render? or pixels beat vector?

Because people know what toook most time, hard work and effort. Or atleast I hope the guys on Fan Art arn't so shallow that they can't do that, and just automaticly proclaim polygons better than brush strokes.

pixels (http://www.computerarts.co.uk/__data/assets/image/11120/varieties/7.jpg )versus CGI (http://webcontent.harpercollins.com/images/interior/bookseller_spreads/0060737131.interior01.jpg) or airbrushing (http://www.realsauto.lv/img/deko/aerografija/Tarelka7.jpg)
photo (http://www.darknessandlight.co.uk/black_white_photography/fs-sep/black-white-photography-323.jpg)
or vectors (http://www.magicalbutterfly.com/images/meshtutimages/balletfeet.jpg)
its all art, but its not the same. having them all together is a bit like having a chess/football contest, theyre both sports.

and yes, i hope they know that too :)

its all art, but its not the same. having them all together is a bit like having a chess/football contest, theyre both sports.Thing is, in a community the size of the Team 17 Fanart community, it's not practical to make separate things for everyone.

Exactly, we are way to small for all this planning and categorising.

Anyway, I've started my contribution to the contest. I'll be sure to post what I got before I am overwhelmed and give up ;)

how can airbrushing ever beat a good 3d render? or pixels beat vector?I think you're not really looking at it in the sense that anyone voting in those thread would. everyone knows the mediums are different, and as such they will judge the quality based on what that medium is capable of. if someone posted a decent 3D image and someone else posted an outstanding 2D image, the 3D image would likely LOOK more realistic, but the 2D one would still be better. now, the part I actually agree with the seperation on is pixel art. most of the time pixel art is based on the same scale as any other 2D art is, and that makes people more likely to vote for a vector or airbrushing or whatever else over the pixel art. if we've got the people for it, I'd say go ahead and do a pixel art competition. let this month be the test run and if it works out then keep it up, if it doesn't, then let it drop. no harm done either way.

Might aswell post my progress. Here is what I've been working on this morning. My goal is to make a Worms 3D battle.

Might aswell post my progress. Here is what I've been working on this morning. My goal is to make a Worms 3D battle.wow, I'm definitly not going to consider entering if THAT is my competiton...:eek:

Does that really count as pixel art? I mean, all computer made art HAS pixels in them..

Eh?

I drew all the pixels for it individually. That makes it pixel art.

Does that really count as pixel art? I mean, all computer made art HAS pixels in them..

Might I direct your attention to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art

Might I direct your attention to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_artYeah, I use the Line and Fill tools when I do mine. (And I use layers. Aren't I naughty?)

In all fairness, if I was doing it professionally then I would too.

I may start doing so just to get out of the "purist" way of thinking. It's a bit tedious drawing 45 degree lines pixel by pixel.

I don't understand what you just said but I'm sure it kicks ass.

Okay, just wasn't clear on the definition.

For the record, is using layers as well as copypasting areas cheating? =P

Not really.

Some would say it's a bit lazy as you can achieve everything you want just with a broader colour palette and more time/effort. I'd say go for it, as long as you are only drawing pixels on new layers and only copying and pasting pixels you've drawn.

pixel art rule number one:
the line tool, paintbucket, undo, and the layers are your best freinds!
i de everything with it :p.. except for the line tool because stupid gimp doesnt have that :(

Can GIMP still make any image into a tile?

yes, im afraid so...

Alright, here's my second update. Now that it's all basicly details we'll se how much further I can push it. Eventually I will have to make the worms.. but as for grass and waves in the water, mjeh, only time will tell =P

The shadow for the plane should be directly below it and the plus signs on the health crates are not straight. It also appers that you have multiple light sources here and it's a bit confusing to the eye.

Other than that it looks great :)

Alright, the crates and mines could use a larger fall distance on their shadows, I'll fix that later. But what do you mean the crate's and straight up? I'd rather not touch them since it took ages to get the red cross on them looking ok.

I'd like to see more land shapes. The main thing is a perfect rectangle. It's looking really good though.

Alright, the crates and mines could use a larger fall distance on their shadows, I'll fix that later. But what do you mean the crate's and straight up? I'd rather not touch them since it took ages to get the red cross on them looking ok.

I think the horizontal line on the + symbol on the health crates looks wonky and it makes the whole + symbol appear to lean into the crate.

Alright, here's my second update. Now that it's all basicly details we'll se how much further I can push it. Eventually I will have to make the worms.. but as for grass and waves in the water, mjeh, only time will tell =P

damn.. i quit :p
or.. i will have to make something humongous.... something so stunning it might have a chance.... something...
that has..
stuff...

oh no! dubble post!
my in progress first entry: the lemming masacre! 28433 might make this a large pic with lots of lemmings slaughtering eachother!
i thought of making something like this when the siglem was introduced... never got to finish it....

Brutal!

Do one of a lemming taking out a step tile and smashing another lemming in the face with it.

Brutal!

Do one of a lemming taking out a step tile and smashing another lemming in the face with it.

lol, that was going to be the second pic :p

You could do a suicide bomber in a bank full of lemmings. There'd be blood aeverywhere.

And you really must add something in to do with that crushing rock!

You could do a suicide bomber in a bank full of lemmings. There'd be blood aeverywhere.

ooohhh.. the guts and gore! *starts working*
And you really must add something in to do with that crushing rock!

crushing rock? its a dead lemming

Ooooooooh, so that's what you were making! Lol Miners.

crushing rock? its a dead lemming
I meant do an animation involving that big crushing rock on the last level.

I meant do an animation involving that big crushing rock on the last level.

mm..i dont think i made it to that level :p but i think i could pull something off.. how big is it?

I meant do an animation involving that big crushing rock on the last level.did I miss a mention of a specific lemmings game somewhere? there were quite a few of them, ya know?

did I miss a mention of a specific lemmings game somewhere? there were quite a few of them, ya know?
It's on the last level of Lemmings.

It's on the last level of Lemmings.

"lemmings"... wich version? the original? and if so.. wich port? there are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ports_of_Lemmings 33 ports of the original lemmings.. with level amouts varying from 20 to 200 :p so being a bit more specific could help

"lemmings"... wich version? the original? and if so.. wich port? there are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ports_of_Lemmings 33 ports of the original lemmings.. with level amouts varying from 20 to 200 :p so being a bit more specific could help
Any port with "Rendezvous at the Mountain".

This is very typical of me. I left the pixel art project go for more than a day without working on it and that deems it up-given. :p

There is only a minimal chance I will have the energy and will to open that .psd again.

Heh, I've stopped doing that tower too. Although I have a feeling I'll pick it up again.

its kinda addictive... weird..

yay! double post! here is another part of the lemmings masacre
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id say this thing might get a bit gory...:p

Kinda looks like he is smashing green beer bottles against the wall.

Kinda looks like he is smashing green beer bottles against the wall.

yup:) though i need to make him smash green beer bottles against a lemming

I might enter, MIGHT,

yup:) though i need to make him smash green beer bottles against a lemming

... Is this related to the fact that Lemmings has (or at least used to have. I don't know much about the Team17 one) 'Ten green bottles' as one of it's background music pieces?

... Is this related to the fact that Lemmings has (or at least used to have. I don't know much about the Team17 one) 'Ten green bottles' as one of it's background music pieces?

nope.. i asked wigwam what would be nice to hit a lemming with.. he came up with a beer bottle..

I might enter, MIGHT,

Oh, No The suspence is killing me! Just kidding.

Okizze People, Hold on tightly to your sockies, I MIGHT ENTER DIS TING AT TE VERY LAST MINUTE.

Hold on tightly to your sockies.

*Holds socky tightly*

Okizze People, Hold on tightly to your sockies, I MIGHT ENTER DIS TING AT TE VERY LAST MINUTE.

*Holds tight to sock*

*dies because the smell*