CHALLENGE: WIP Stages

This week's challenge comes from Gas 13 and is a study on showing pixelling steps and procedures. Its a 5 frame minimum step animation.

1. Use this template. (frame 1)
    
2. When you see something in the template, make the lineart. (frame 2)
3. Find the shapes and volumes and develop them. (frames 3 & 4)*
4. Refine and finished piece. (frame 5)
5. Canvas size is fixed but may be on transparent background.
6. Color palette is unlimited but must be shown in the animation.
7. Create the WIP animation (from the above frames), 5 frame minimum.
* You may make more than 2 frames on #3 as needed.

Link(s) for free/demo/shareware PC animation programs:
1: http://www.gamani.com/  demo 30 days
2: ProMotion   limited demo
3: EasyGif  limited demo, 20 uses only !!!!!
4: Gif construction  demo, looks easy

For MACs
gif builder  100% free ;)

You may also try posting your frames in the challenge thread for another PJ member to animate for you once finished. If you do this please keep your frame count to a minimum. Ask for help and give yourself enough time and be patient (its a favor).

For a visual example of this challenge see the image shown in the page below:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/59238378/

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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 AWARDS

The WIP Stages 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!



Edited by skamocore - 01 January 2009 at 11:04pm

Can we flip/rotate the template?

yes...but you could still flip it and keep the same canvas size...

erm...

also, how much are we allowed to change colours and change/add/subtract  from the shape?

Oooooh. I like this challenge. 

Also I've noticed that all the programs have "demo" in them. Here's a link to what I use...

unFreeze

It's small, it's free, it's REALLY easy to use. (Just create the individual frames with your drawing program. Open your art folder then simply drag and drop them into unFreeze.)

I still wanna know if we can add or subtract anything before i even begin.

Of course you can edit the template; otherwise we'd get almost nothing from it and the people who enter, their pieces will look all the same!

Use the template as a GUIDE.  Do whatever you want to it but use it as inspiration. 

looks like its suffering XD

really? crap...-er I mean maybe thats what I PLANNED...yea...thats it...

EDIT: wow mobi, thats very VERY nicely done...how do u have it done so quick? I love the way u made it an entire scene instead of one object like moi. Thumbs way up


Edited by l3m0n5 - 11 February 2008 at 4:35pm

I was working on it for the last 4 hours or so.  When I have a nice block of time, I can get things nearly done.  If we can go more away from the shape, then I might play with the smoke shapes and add more of the dragon.  I really have a hard time working this way, since it isn't my natural process.  But I guess that's the challenge, huh?

@mobichan:

Edited by Amorphous - 11 February 2008 at 5:39pm

This is what i have interpreted so far.

Its a lizard man thing

Guys you can't stray so much that the template is irrvelant.

This is Gas13s original template for this challenge that may help

*why do y'all make me suffer so :(


Edited by jalonso - 11 February 2008 at 7:47pm

my head shape is primarily still the same...ill post em all together and let you decide if ive strayed off too far :O






Edited by l3m0n5 - 11 February 2008 at 8:13pm

I'd personally say that since they obviously used the original image as a base that it was ok... purely because if you can't change the shape significantly it takes away the ability to do much personal interpretation. But i could be swayed..

:( I'm pretty sure not

"Canvas size is fixed"

but depends on what Mr. 13 says

C'mon, guys. Have fun! Stop that rules investigations. What has been said is the rule, all the rest is up to you.

As Skull said:



Absolutely true.



75%. Helps? C'mon, what do you expect to hear?



What you've done so far is great and of course you can go further with the shape improvement as long as we see all the steps how you came from it to your final image.



It's okay to add arms and legs. We should have been adding something about background to the rules list. I would forbid it but since it was forgotten I see no reason not to add it, Metaru is right.

l3m0n5's piece meet the rules in my opinion.

Varock's interpretation is awesome. We can easily see how he came to this using original template.

Yeah it's 2 turtles carying a rock with alot of moss and plants growing on it.
Wait what?

Comment?
(Is adding a background permitted?)

EDIT: Turtles are actually visible now. I noticed when zooming out that they
were barelly visible.



Edited by Opacus - 12 February 2008 at 7:51am

Holy **** Opacus....  Awesome! 

My idea so far...

Yay!

Rock Monkey?



Update:



Edited by Zephiel87 - 12 February 2008 at 8:37pm

I can't continue.

A dancing skirt woman-thingy XP

Here's what I have so far.