CHALLENGE: Angels and Demons

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CHALLENGE RULES

• Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to 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 WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.

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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.

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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 :)

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Angels and Demons pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Angels and Demons pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!

It's best not to ;)

Haha I did the exact same thing. Except I actually finished it and THEN read the rules again...

It has to be a demon or an angel, you can interpret those however you like tho (Just make sure other people could recognize it).

doodling around..
devilish angel

(censored version)

"slightly" over the canvas + i still don't have time for weeklies..
just delivering inspirations :)


Edited by tomic - 10 September 2012 at 2:33pm

Edit: Demon quicky


Edited by MrBeast - 10 September 2012 at 9:47pm

You can draw Lucifer with the angel colors right?

Very, very, very early draft of my demon
>>>>>

Edited by TheMonsterAtlas - 11 September 2012 at 1:38pm

IDK WHY my brain love this weird positions
so sorey

first lines (oh, and I will suffer with her little face ...)

runes/tattoos on his arms/body. Maybe glowing? Maybe make his eyes glow?
Give him a weapon?

Was it inspired by A titanite demon by any chance?

http://darksoulswiki.wikispaces.com/file/view/titanite_demon.jpg/256916476/titanite_demon.jpg

Looks slightly similar, or maybe it's just the pose.

I think you need to offset the flapping with the rise and fall. If the hair flap is keeping this character floating as the character rises the hair should come down. also maybe stick one more frame or change a current one so the end of the hair is more upturned just before it comes down.

good work tho.

I know who gets my vote :D.
Not a fan of the shadow tho, since it cuts off at the end, maybe make the spear shorter and the shadows a bit higher?

Thanks folks :D here's the fruits of it so far.

added the higher wing position, and animated the skirt a little, and added another line to the shadow (I assume that's what you meant by it cutting off, Cirpons? turns out i have another 3 pixels or so hight wise i can play with)

also started block and attack poses for the fun of it. if I get around to animating them this could end up one of my most complex pieces yet

> and -

edit: I dont really want to hog up this whole thread since I update so much. Check out my thread in the WIP forums here!

Edited by Zeratanus - 12 September 2012 at 2:24pm

I like it. Just a technical thing but assuming your light source is the sun, or something from above, the shadow should get larger the higher the angel goes. When she gets closer to the ground, she doesn't block as much light, making the shadow smaller and more precise.

Aside from my silly nitpicking, I think it's turning out well, and I'm hoping you do get around to animating the block pose

@Conner: I didn't draw design inspiration from that, though there are similarities. I wish I could find a way to make the eyes more glowing and prominent. I fear that a weapon might detract from the pose, runes might work though.

@Funbag: I will try making the horns smaller, or maybe making one broken off.

Thanks for the advice!

Update: Breathing and smaller horns. I'm still having trouble with getting more blue in there.



Edited by Cheetah - 12 September 2012 at 8:36pm

Hi everyone, I'd be really glad to get some advice on this piece I am making for the weekly challenge :



x2 :



I am actually struggling with the legs-ankles-feet part.

Last edit :





Edited by Elastico-Gadget - 13 September 2012 at 8:00am

Thank you very much for taking the time to help !  This is really helpful.

heheh, flattery will get you everywhere! (Honestly though, I'm happy I could inspire someone!)

For a first attempt, this is really pretty good. I've done some edits to try and help.

(Edits were done on the first version, just for my own ease :P)


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- First and most importantly, in pixel art readability is key. Two things that can really get in the way of this - color choice and over-detailing. Pixel art really is the art of "less is more". You want to only use as much detail and as much color as you need to convey your idea.

Mostly in this piece, the dark detailed shading muddies it up. In my edit I've vastly reduced the amount of that purple shading. it's not so much amount of detail as it is the great contrast between the purple and the pink/blue, and then the lack of contrast against the red. It works on the clothing and as a shadow, but on the hair and wings its just too much.

At first, I didnt think I could get the pink to work at all, but replacing the purple shading with the orange, it actually works quite nicely. I also added some highlight using the skin color. In fact, the only color I changed was the lightest - it was very similar to the other skin tone, so I just bumped up its brightness some more to make it more unique.



- The shield I changed to red for two reasons - 1: the shield would be in shadow (except for some light from the staff in the 2nd version) and that blue just isnt dark enough, and 2: the cross just wasnt visible on the blue (also adjusted the shape of the cross to match the angle)



- I also moved around some bits - the chest and waist are higher, making the legs longer and more in proportion. Also moved around parts of the dress to match the angle. The details between the flaps of the dress I just covered in shadow, but that could be one of those details you wouldnt want removed.


- few other things to note: in version two, if the staff is giving off light, it probably wouldnt cast much if any of a shadow (not very experienced with that kind of advanced lighting stuff so I'm not actually sure), and the shadow of the staff changed widths quite a bit down the line of it, when it seems all level, so it should remain pretty consistent.



That may be a lot to take in (Sure felt like a lot typing it!) but I hope that helps!

This is what I've done so far. I'd really appreaciate help with the wing. So, if possible could anyone give me good references for those? Thanks!



Edited by Sashimi - 13 September 2012 at 6:56pm

Not much of a demon Yet.

Figured I'd post what I have so far. It's still rough in several places, but thought I'd ask for a sanity check composition wise.

@Herondetsu: Looks like you have 9 colors and a transparency. If that is the case then you need one less color. I like the design, but the color depth is kind of lacking somehow. I would recommend getting rid of the yellows, and focus on skin tones, whites, and maybe two reds.

WIP =-)
Awesome job everyone!

finished result

Edited by Terrify - 14 September 2012 at 9:13pm