General => Challenges & Activities => Archived Activities => Topic started by: Atnas on December 25, 2015, 10:34:33 am
Title: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Atnas on December 25, 2015, 10:34:33 am
Merry Christmas I hope you are all safe and warm on this Christmas day, Pixelation. Thank you all for continuing this tradition, please enjoy our 10th Annual Secret Santa. :) We had a few very generous individuals this year who volunteered to make gifts. Feel free to make and send more today, if you wish. Enjoy!
nice to see secret santa forced skamocore to pixel more than avatars in 2015 :-*
Ha :P It seems that Secret Santa is pretty much my main impetus for pixelling.
Standouts for me this year are 0xDB, Dex, Super 17, Drazelic, Jeremy, and Finlal's stuff. Oh, and of course, zccc's interactive gift :o
Also, good job at running it this year, Atnas. I very much appreciate all the gifts being displayed in the thread. It's good not having to open a bunch of extra tabs. :y:
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: 0xDB on December 25, 2015, 12:04:47 pm
\o/ thanks for the scene with the mysterious hooded knight feeding a glowing piece of magic sugar to the friendly spider demon Redshrike and merry xmas everyone!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Howl on December 25, 2015, 12:47:53 pm
Aww, thanks so much Conceit! I love it, that's amazing :D
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: LittleSadNerd on December 25, 2015, 12:50:24 pm
Thanks Metaru, that ship looks awesome! :lol: Also, TheEpicBurrito, I asked Atnas who was at risk of not getting anything, and he told me that you and skamocore (along with a few others) were the main people at risk. Well you've gone from risk of nothing to four presents :P Hope you like the stormtrooper, it's my favorite thing I've done so far. Me and ENDESGA ( https://twitter.com/ENDESGA ) did it for you as a mini collab. ;)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Metaru on December 25, 2015, 01:47:02 pm
Thanks Metaru, that ship looks awesome! :lol: Also, TheEpicBurrito, I asked Atnas who was at risk of not getting anything, and he told me that you and skamocore (along with a few others) were the main people at risk. Well you've gone from risk of nothing to four presents :P Hope you like the stormtrooper, it's my favorite thing I've done so far. Me and ENDESGA ( https://twitter.com/ENDESGA ) did it for you as a mini collab. ;)
it comes with a sugestion to watch those two shows(Mobile Suit Gundam and Captain Harlock), if you feel like watching some cool fantasy-medieval-sci-fi mishmash.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Piotr on December 25, 2015, 01:48:17 pm
Aww, thanks so much Conceit! I love it, that's amazing :D
Quote chain! Thank you, Howl! I may consider using the sprites for test.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Storm on December 25, 2015, 01:49:14 pm
It's....it's....so beautiful Dex........it brought a tear to my eyes and left me speechless :,c I love it! Amazing, thank you so much! Merry Christmas!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Wes on December 25, 2015, 02:08:11 pm
\o/ thanks for the scene with the mysterious hooded knight feeding a glowing piece of magic sugar to the friendly spider demon Redshrike and merry xmas everyone!
Hehehe, that's a pretty awesome interpretation. There's actually a bit of context (http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/d_thang.htm) for the scene--I liked your prompt, since it brought Dunsany to mind--he had an amazing way with prose and lots of great ideas, but many of his stories (like that one) are tonally inconsistent and don't fully hold together. He's one of my favorite authors but often frustrating to read.
Peyton: Thanks man, that's really cool! I really love your take on that scene, especially the lighting.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Gecimen on December 25, 2015, 02:49:27 pm
Amazing stuff!
But my gift from Darchangel is the best! Thank you dude, no other gift could make me happier :)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Frous on December 25, 2015, 02:52:57 pm
Super17 I loved it! you actually managed to post something I love more than cats that I din't get in the list, Genius! ;D
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Finlal on December 25, 2015, 04:00:56 pm
Thanks for two gifts, Jim16 and (not_Jim)32. Really appreciate both of them.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: MashPotato on December 25, 2015, 04:04:13 pm
Thanks so much, Arcade Hero! A reindeer of my very own; he is adorable ;D
Good work, everyone!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Souto on December 25, 2015, 04:09:05 pm
@wolfenotics - You're welcome! It was my first time drawing pixel art so I'm glad you liked it :P
@dusty reckon - thank you for my present! So cute :lol:
Merry Christmas and great job everyone!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Arcade Hero on December 25, 2015, 04:26:53 pm
Thanks so much, Arcade Hero! A reindeer of my very own; he is adorable ;D
Good work, everyone!
Glad you like it :)
Thanks to Finlal. That's sick. I like this pic soooo much. And thanks to NowvaB! That's outstanding <3
Great work, everyone! Merry Christmas guys :)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Crow on December 25, 2015, 04:37:29 pm
Some beautiful stuff this year :) Nice work everyone.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Ambivorous on December 25, 2015, 04:47:33 pm
Wowzer, there is a lot of good stuff this year! Pretty much everyone put out some amazing art. Well done everybody. I'm especially impressed with how much stuff Finlal managed to put out at such high quality. Nicely done, man!
This has made me really sad I didn't sign up. I could have had one of these pieces all for myself! Was fun enough making a gift for someone else though - I actually want to add more stuff to the piece that I thought of but didn't have the time to implement, so I'll probably make an edit at some point.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Atnas on December 25, 2015, 04:51:39 pm
Just put a present under the tree for lachrymose because he was the only person who didn't get one. Everyone has a gift now! Great stuff everyone.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: lachrymose on December 25, 2015, 04:54:45 pm
Haha, thanks Atnas. It is totally awesome. Have a Merry Christmas!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: darchangel on December 25, 2015, 05:46:00 pm
Thank you Drazile, I love Samus Aran, she is my favorite of all video game vixens ;D
Great work everyone, one of the best parts of Christmas morning is coming in here and enjoying all the beautiful works of art you make...
Merry Christmas everybody and stay safe!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Julito98 on December 25, 2015, 05:50:03 pm
Ryumaru pretty cool i rly love it, THANKS! ;D
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: YellowLime on December 25, 2015, 06:07:16 pm
Thanks Paddy! ;D That's some artsy urban minimalism, I like it! Simple, urban, low-color yet colorful. Also, props for the cool POV :) Sorry if I put on too much pressure, with so many likes ;)
Also Chrispy, thanks for having tastes that were so fun to work with :lol:
Merry Christmas and to all a Happy 2016 :angel:
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Cyangmou on December 25, 2015, 06:14:10 pm
Wonderful entries from everyone.
THis year quite some where a lot of work went into and nobody went without a gift. Great Work :y: Merry Christmas to everyone
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: crozier on December 25, 2015, 06:21:24 pm
Thanks pavanz! That's so beautiful. Love old school RPGs, so that was a real treat. Thanks again and happy holidays, my friend.
Also, thanks SadLittleNerd, for having my back with skamocore. I'm sure everybody's been so busy this time of year, so that was nice of you.
I can't wait to go thru all of these. Can't wait.
Cheers everyone.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: DracoDragon42 on December 25, 2015, 06:30:06 pm
Haha, I was super afraid you wouldn't like it. I tried really hard to move out of my comfort zone with this one and use weird colors I otherwise would never consider using. It was really fun to do though, I messed around with a ton of stuff I've never done before in pixelart!
also Finlal you're great okay? you're the best. merry christmas erryone!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Peyton on December 25, 2015, 06:58:16 pm
Really awesome year :D
Thanks Lavapatrol :)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: pavanz on December 25, 2015, 07:00:29 pm
Thanks pavanz! That's so beautiful. Love old school RPGs, so that was a real treat. Thanks again and happy holidays, my friend.
You're welcome man, I'm glad you liked it!
Thank you Phoenix! Totally loved the atmosphere in it! ;D
Many great pieces, great work everyone. Happy holidays!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Pheno on December 25, 2015, 07:23:52 pm
Goodness gracious, five whole gifts?! They all look so good! :'( :'( :'( Lovely lighting and mood on Ambivorous's work! I love the green and purple unified by the blue tint, and the lighting on the girl is well-thought-out! That's so neat, Metaru! It's an intriguing design that I could see happening if Mortis Ghost made an Undertale fangame. Striking colors, xhunterko! The red/blue contrast is bold, but not garish, and the humanoid silhouette is easily readable and very appealing! Cool design, BatElite! The yellow-orange and blue-green is a spanky combination! Were they perhaps designed to resemble Papyrus? And Boron - such a neat and effective background! The tank maintains a sense of depth despite the angle, and the low-contrast silhouetted background really sells the mood.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Boraka on December 25, 2015, 08:08:13 pm
Thanks a lot Rhubarbist!! I like a lot the portrait you have done of mr Poopy Pants ;D
I see good stuff in all gifts.
I've enjoyed a lot this event, thanks to all the community and especially to organizers :)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: yaomon17 on December 25, 2015, 08:18:26 pm
lmfao treasure was suppose to be the gift box and clicking on it yielded this
(http://i.imgur.com/L5qo6uG.jpg)
XP my b
Thx, sonic :lol:
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: A2J2TIWARI on December 25, 2015, 08:39:10 pm
Awesome work from everyone! Oh my my! So much talent :P
And PsylentKnight, I love it man haha. It's so full of energy.
Gil: So sorry man I had no idea what to make...So I had this idea of depicting exactly what meditation is but due to my miscalculation, I couldn't complete it. I hope you like it.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Ambivorous on December 25, 2015, 08:40:11 pm
Man Pheno, it's funny you should mention the lighting on the girl because I just so happen to hate a lot of it and have already made an edit to fix it. :P
(http://i.imgur.com/UKMeO9k.gif)
Especially the hair, g'damn. I also wanted to make the light at the top a dithered gradient (because that was in your likes), but I'm not very good with dithering yet it seems. Glad you liked it though!
Is it true Draco didn't get a present? His likes seem pretty fun, so I'd be game to make something for him (am a little busy at the moment though).
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: PsylentKnight on December 25, 2015, 08:54:02 pm
Glad you liked it, A2J2. I believe you mentioned something about rage and power and that's what I was going for. This was a bit interesting for me because you said you didn't like slimy things or age wrinkled characters, and those are basically my favorite things to draw. I wonder if that was a conscious decision on the part of the matchmaker...
Julito98: Awesome, I love it. Such a bizarre combination, it made me laugh out loud.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Cakeprediction on December 25, 2015, 09:09:27 pm
owh wow, that is incredibly beautiful dr D :o, I utterly adore it, thank you so much! ^^
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Dusty Rekon on December 25, 2015, 09:12:52 pm
:y: :crazy:
Thanks so much! It's absolutely amazing!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Boron on December 25, 2015, 09:23:26 pm
Great job everyone. For mine it looks like the Santa tank is battling the snow as much as the enemy!
It's good not having to open a bunch of extra tabs. :y:
I second that!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Argyle on December 25, 2015, 09:36:21 pm
Thanks, Showmeyourmoe! Now they just need to add that to the game and all will be good with the world.
Yoshi upgrades. The box was too fun!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Shackhal on December 25, 2015, 09:40:03 pm
Ilkke! Thank you, man. I love how well you used the palette and his head xD.
Btw, what's that palette and from where? I guess it's based form Spectrum.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Dex on December 25, 2015, 09:50:04 pm
Piotr and 32, thank you guys so much! I really enjoyed both of the gifts and hope you guys have a Merry Christmas!
Great gifts all around! Finlal, man, you went above and beyond for everyone, that's so cool. I also really like wolfenoctis, Jeremy, skamocore, and Drazelic's gifts, but every gift is very nice! Tomic's would be wonderful if he'd actually finished it :D
Storm, I'm really glad you liked your gift. I had to do a decent bit of it last minute, so I'll be touching up some areas later before I call it a finished piece, and I'll definitely send it your way then! Thanks!
Thanks again Atnas for doing this, it turned out great once again. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Conzeit on December 25, 2015, 11:29:23 pm
Just put a present under the tree for lachrymose because he was the only person who didn't get one. Everyone has a gift now! Great stuff everyone.
lachrymose wasn't the only one, I don't have a gift either. Or at least I can't find my gift.
I'm very sorry! Somehow the names got mixed up, but Pizza Tom's present for paddy was actually for you. Fixed it in the post. I hope I didn't make you too sad!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: ilkke on December 26, 2015, 12:37:58 am
Not sure how I deserved TWO(!) presents but I'm glad I did! Thanks Finlal and Zccc! Also big thanks to Atnas for doing the all laborious and (I'm sure) nerve-wrecking organising.
There's just too much awesome stuff in there to name-drop individually
Have a great 2016 everyone
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: 32 on December 26, 2015, 01:26:36 am
Thank you Peach! I love it, Princess Mononoke is one of my favourites ;D
Really great stuff this year everyone. Drazelic your piece is absolutely awesome!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Gogglecrab on December 26, 2015, 03:50:10 am
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Gogglecrab! the giver. Here to give you the gift of death wether you like it or not =O nice silouethe style and mix of resolutions. DANKE! :D
Haha, you got it. I'm glad you like it! You gave a pretty awesome gift too, love the colors in that piece!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: ClownAround on December 26, 2015, 03:52:13 am
Thanks Gecimen! Merry Christmas everyone!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: ShowMeYourMoe on December 26, 2015, 06:35:59 am
I'm a little late, and it's technically not Christmas anymore, but I'd like to wish everyone a merry Christmas anyways :D
Also, thanks for the gift kcilc !
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Lucaiver on December 26, 2015, 07:06:24 am
Oh my god 0xDB I can't believe this, it's so good!!! :crazy: Thank you so much I love it haha I like ur sense of humor
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Dr D on December 26, 2015, 07:49:34 am
owh wow, that is incredibly beautiful dr D :o, I utterly adore it, thank you so much! ^^
Haha no problem, sorry I didn't get it quite finished. I tried to make something calming, and a mockup, as I like mockups (as you can tell!) Thanks for mine!
Isn't it crazy how we got each other as partners?
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: NoeL on December 26, 2015, 10:58:01 am
Thank you Lucaiver! Love it!
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Super17 on December 26, 2015, 11:40:10 am
Thanks for the gift! Awsome presents, as always :)
To Frous: I thought a tiger would technically count as a cat, I'm happy that the tiger even better! Had to reduce the whole piece to a portrait, but will finish it later.
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: HarveyDentMustDie on December 26, 2015, 01:23:07 pm
Hi guys,
Storm thanks for the gift. I really liked wolfenoctis, Souto, Super17, 32, Ilkke, Finlal, Jim16 presents, I didn't want to choose so I've mentioned them all great job guys. :D
Merry Christmas to all, and best wishes for new year. :)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: Gil on December 26, 2015, 03:35:49 pm
Gil: So sorry man I had no idea what to make...So I had this idea of depicting exactly what meditation is but due to my miscalculation, I couldn't complete it. I hope you like it.
Are you kidding me? I fucking love it man :). Brought a big smile to my face.
Drazile: sorry it's not more, I've been super busy helping refugees and that's all I had time for. Daft Punk is the best though :) (been a fan since mid nineties).
Atnas: you're the top dog man, congrats, this was a blast :)
Also, I want to lock up Dex and force him to make one of those pieces for everyone on earth, pretty sure that'd fix all wars and cause global peace or something. Amazing stuff :)
Title: Re: Secret Santa 2015
Post by: sonicspin on December 26, 2015, 06:13:05 pm
\o/ thanks for the scene with the mysterious hooded knight feeding a glowing piece of magic sugar to the friendly spider demon Redshrike and merry xmas everyone!
Hehehe, that's a pretty awesome interpretation. There's actually a bit of context (http://www.sff.net/people/doylemacdonald/d_thang.htm) for the scene
Interesting backstory... (wish there was a summary as the writing itself does not seem to flow very well through my mind, so I gave up after the first few sentences, heh)