Small image dump

[Pawige]

This was fun! I would be glad if someone could tell who/what half of these are, startled if they got all save a few, and astonished if someone got them all. The chars under the yellow line are made up on the spot, so if you recognize any of them it's an entirely coincidental likeness.


My interpretation of Padan Fain from the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. He's probably going to cut out your pancreas soon.


Pixel-art version of this. Really quick job that I'm not too happy with.

Please hit me with any crits or comments you think of!

[Andy Tran]

Nice! Those are cute! Paper toys heh.

[ptoing]

Commander Keen, , , Lara Croft, Lara Croft, Charlie Chaplin ?, Ronald McDonald,
, Vader, Storm Trooper, Bobba Fett, , Homer,
, , Fire Mario, Link, The Beast, Lego Man,
Snow White, Robin Hood, Rincewind, Rincewind's Chest, Gandalf ?, Quasi Modo, Esmeralda,
, , Purple Tentacle, Green Tentacle, Jessica Rabbit, Marvin, Yoda, Chewbacca.

I guess i did ok Good stuff.

[Panda]

Isnt the one before Mario, the guy from the Mokey Island?
And also the one under Snow white, I think it is the woman from the 5th element

I think they are really well done, really recognizable.

[ptoing]

yeh that woman could be the one from 5th element. But Guybrush with a gun?

[Panda]

Well the hair and all looks like him, and isnt he holding a banana instead 

[ptoing]

hahaha you might be right

[baccaman21]

1st Row, 3rd character in ... is that Jean Luc ? or Ryker per chance?
2nd row, 1st on the left, red adn whit suit? Could it be MORK?

[snake]

The guy next to Guybrush is Roger Wilco. The Lego guy is a Servebot from Megaman Legends. The woman left of the tentacles *could* be Bloodrayne judgeing from the hair and the black colours. Though, I think she had gray stockings. The guy next to Homer could be the hero of Kingsquest. The woman next to Vader looks like the heroine from No one Lives Forever. The guy left of Yoda looks more like a random soldier from some future fps. Maybe Ghost Recon, or Halo? Im guessing the police officer is just that: a police officer. From Gta maybe? The guy left of him I know I've seen before. He could be Foster from Beneath a Steel Sky, but he's got red shoulder pads... I know that there's someone that looks lke that from some old fps I saw people play. Maybe that Starwars game? Something like quake? Don't really play any fps games.

[baccaman21]

The guy next to Guybrush is Roger Wilco. The Lego guy is a Servebot from Megaman Legends. The woman left of the tentacles *could* be Bloodrayne judgeing from the hair and the black colours. Though, I think she had gray stockings. The guy next to Homer could be the hero of Kingsquest. The woman next to Vader looks like the heroine from No one Lives Forever. The guy left of Yoda looks more like a random soldier from some future fps. Maybe Ghost Recon, or Halo? Im guessing the police officer is just that: a police officer. From Gta maybe? The guy left of him I know I've seen before. He could be Foster from Beneath a Steel Sky, but he's got red shoulder pads... I know that there's someone that looks lke that from some old fps I saw people play. Maybe that Starwars game? Something like quake? Don't really play any fps games.

I'm not sure about some of what you say is right... I dig the no-one-lives forever chick... I think you're right there... It's definatly not bloodrayne... no arm blades... the guy left of yoda (as ptoing correctly [maybe] sez) is Marvin, the paranoid android.... not sure about any of the others that are missing.

[removed...to new thread... sorry pawige... thnx ptoing...]

[snake]

I'm not sure about some of what you say is right... I dig the no-one-lives forever chick... I think you're right there... It's definatly not bloodrayne... no arm blades... the guy left of yoda (as ptoing correctly [maybe] sez) is Marvin, the paranoid android.... not sure about any of the others that are missing.

Ops! Put in the wrong directions. I meant on Yoda's right side. I have no problem seeing that witch one Marvin is. Saw ptoing guessing it could be Chewbacca, but I think it looks more like a helmet. Next, I meant the guy on the police officers (again) right side. I never played Commander Keen, but I still know what he looks like. *shrug*

Nice pickups. Though, one can hardly tell the difference between some of the items. For example the first and last soda can (next to the toilet paper), the second and last... coin? The ones next to the £ bag. Still, a lot of stuff for just using 16 colours. I'm guessing these were a lot larger in the game?

[ptoing]

Pete, in general it's bad etiquette to "hijack" someones thread by posting your own art in it (unless it's an edit to help) as it tends to take focus from the original post somewhat. You should have posted them in an own thread (because they rock)

[baccaman21]

ooops... sorry - my bad... I'll setup a new thread then... cheer's for the grilling...

[Pawige]

Okay, correct guesses so far:
Keen, Just A Police Man, Generic Star Trek Character, Croft, Croft, Chaplin, McDonald,

Cate Archer, Vader, Stormtrooper, Fett, (No one has gotten this one right yet, look directly below him for a hint), Homer,

Wilco, Guybrush (that is a banana, Guybrush with a gun would be silly, he's probably trying to lure a three-headed monkey somewhere), Fire Mario, Link, Beast, Legoman,

Snow White, Robin Hood, Rincewind, The Luggage, (generic wizard works, but there was a specific one who wasn't Gandalf that I had in mind), Huntchback, Esmerelda

Leeloo (5th element), (nobody's gotten this one yet, she's from a TV show), Purple Tentacle, Green Tentacle, Jessica Rabbit, Marvin, Yoda, (nobody's gotten this one yet, I see the confusion with Chewbacca though, especially right next to Yoda)

I believe I shall do some animating of these in the future. Anyone got any comments/crits for the other two images?

[ptoing]

so that guy next to homer is the evil dude from beauty and the beast
woman next to leeloo is the chick from Alias
and "chewbacca" could be the player from quake1 ?

[Pawige]

Yoinks! She does look just like the chick from Alias, probably more like her that my intended character. And yup, the guy next to Homer is Gaston:
"No one's slick as Gaston
No one's quick as Gaston
No one's neck's as incredibly thick as Gaston's!"

Hint for the very last one: he's not from any licensed media (TV show, game, movie).

[neverest]

is it the same guy as your avatar?

[Razz]

I love you for pixelling Gaston. I got it right away! Bragging rights!

[Pawige]

Five points to Neverest for guessing the last guy! Five to Razz for recognizing Gaston right away!

And now for two animations:

Gaston used to eat four dozen eggs every morning. Now he eats five dozen eggs. So Gaston is roughly the size of a barge.
Rincewind demonstrating his usual modus operandi. Pound that ground, Wizzard.

More will be forthcoming.

[sonic_reaper]

Very smooth animation.  I can't wait to see others.

[Rox]

Skipping past all the other replies to test myself... this'll be fun...

I see Commander Keen, Lara Croft, that... space guy... what's his name... Darth Vader, a Storm Trooper, Boba Fett (good job on the details, dude!), Homer next to a guy I've also seen before but can't remember where from... Heh, the purple-shirt dude looks like the early Duke Nukem. There's Mario and Link and.. the Beast? and a Lego man?? wtf. Snow White, and a Robin Hood wannabe... I don't care what anyone says, that is so Zoggles' wizard. And the Notre Dame dude, and a witch of some type. Um... Purple and Green Tentacle! Woo! And that... chick.. Jessica. Marvin. Yoda. And a guy with a gun.

*scroll*

Gaston. Damnit, I should've gotten that one. Good job on all of these, they're superb considering the size. Make more!
[edit] Holy crap, wait, that's Snow White! How'd I miss that?! [/edit]

[Nix]

i love the tenticles.. that game rawks

the rincewind animation is swish. would make a lovely side scroller.. with the background being all discworld style.

do a side on version of luggage and make him run

[robalan]

I'll agree with Rox that the wizard is Zoggles's; that's what I thought as soon as I saw him.  Nice little guys; I especially like the animations.  Show us more!

[Pawige]

The first one is how I'd actually make Zoggle's wizard. I had no idea what the last one's body is supposed to look like so I just made something up. They should all be pretty easy to guess.


The Luggage is lost again! It's probably looking for either a snack, or its owner. Perhaps both.


Lara and Ronald McDonald had a typical celebrity marrage--short and violent.

[Helm]

animation is clearly a very strong skill for you. Yus bird! I love how you put the hue-shifts from green to purple to blue to yellow in such small space. Were you thinking of the c64 pieces?

Edit: shame not to have your own guy in the lineup. Here you go.



working in small reses really reminds one a lot about pixel art

[baccaman21]

They should all be pretty easy to guess.

coo...eck... I'm flattered... good work fella... captain ludendorff as I live and breath...

[Ryumaru]

that YUS bird owns!  and all your animations are so lively

[Pawige]

Helm: Animation is my passion and one true <3! I do need to work on my keyframing skills though, I'm not so good at low frame-count stuff.
About those colors--I borrowed the palette from one of Ptoing's C64 images to get a more authentic Yus Bird appearance. Actually, I'm not sure how the colors work on the C64, so I'm not sure if I was stealing some Ptoing-custom colors, or just standard C64 ones. I need to experiment with shading in huge hue-shifts like that more often, it's pretty fun.

Baccaman21: What's Captain Ludendorff do? He's begging to be animated but I'm not sure what to do with the man.

shame not to have your own guy in the lineup. Here you go.

Edit: Should've noticed this! He looks ready to prod some serious buttock. Thanks!

[baccaman21]

He's a fictional Air Ace fighter pilot from WW1... oh.. and that yellow coat of his come's all the way to his feet...

[Helm]

you were taking c64 colours, yes. The c64 has only 16, goat bless it

[Flame]

Your animations are so sharp, makes me want to work on mine some more

The only thing bugging me is how link holds his sword, doesn't really grasp it

[Nix]

i like the girl form no ones livesforever:) its very easy to recognise. the animations areso beautifal. may i ask what program your using at temoment.. and if its adownload one please couldyoupost alink.. i know porgram doesnt help.. but the one ive got at the moment annoys me.

[Darion]

Impressive man, I am loving your animations. I'd love to see more.

Do you ever plan to do any more animations with your avatar?

[ptoing]

Really cool stuff here. I especially love the run animation of the Luggage, very cool feet movement.

The c64 palette I use is a lightened version of the Pepto-palette

Here is a little rant about the c64 palette and stuff. I use this slighly lighter palette because it looks better on pc monitors. The pepto one which is really close to the real thing is a bit dark on pc monitors and the white sticks out a lot. If watched on a c64 monitor or a blurry telly set it's way not as apperant.
http://ptoing.net/html/c64info.htm

Keep on animating them buggers

[garsh]

Commander Keen, a cop (is he a specific cop?), ?, Lara, Lara, Charlie Caplain or Jack the Ripper?, Ronald McDonald

?, Darth Vader, Storm Trooper, Boba Fett, Cpt. Zapp Brannigan, Homer Simpson

Duke Nuke, ?, Mario (fire flower powered up), Link, Beast (from Disney), one of those Tronn bots

Snow White, Robin Hood, wizards..., Hunchback and the gypsie (Disney style again)

?, ?, tencacles from Maniac Mansion (or Day of the Tentacle), Jessica Rabbit, Marvin (Hitchiker's Guide), Yoda, Chewbacca

And might I say, I'm most envious of your ability to render so many instantly recognizable likenesses with so few pixels. Well done.


(I deliberately didn't read other posts so as to avoid "cheating".)

[Razz]

Oo, that's neat!

[Rox]

VERY neat. By the way, how long'd it take you to get Roxann there to look right? Personally, I can think of nothing worse than making miniature anthropomorphic heads. I've done it a hundred times, and I never ever feel even the least satisfied with them.

[Pawige]

Rox, I'd say it took me about 10 minutes, it was one of the more difficult heads. It's hard to figure out what details to keep and what to drop, her face shape and ears were quite quick to do, but it took some experimenting to get the eyes and hair looking acceptable.

I'm probably not going to do anything with my avatar again. I'm really not very happy with the character design, or even the animation anymore. Hopefully I'll soon hit on some inspiring idea and do a replacement animation as big and better looking to replace it.

I started on a plane for Ludendorff (I figured a Fokker DR 1 would be good, still need to fix the proportions on it though) and lengthened his coat.


And thanks, Flame, for pointing out that Link rather sucked, I never was entirely satisfied with him and your comment pushed me to do a fix:

Better?

Thanks for all the comments so far! I should have some more stuff to show by Sunday evening.

[Nix]

i tried using your style.. but failed

[Alex]

im loving all of these, and the animation with lara and ronald is just priceless. I demand more, pawige!

[Larwick]

This is some great inspiring stuff! I love the animations, they're quite breathtaking. Makes me wan't to pixel more... yey!

[Sohashu]

Probably sounds dumb, but what is the luggage? 

[baccaman21]

It's probably better for your cred to NOT know what the luggage is...

But if you insist... (and I'm ashamed to admit it) ---  it's a character from the "oh so funny and wholy original" discworld novels by that "master of mirth, merriment and wit" Mr Terry 'I have a big wide brimmed hat and a beard so that makes me a successful AUTHOR' Pratchett... personally I wouldn't bother... Douglas 'I don't need to pretend to be clever so I don't have a beard and a big wide brimmed hat... ...oh! and I'm also dead (for tax reasons - obviously)' Adams was the first and best at that kind of 'clever' parody thing - as was Robert Rankin come to think of it... but he never quite hit mainstream but worth a gamble if you like silly books abouit time travelling sprouts and elvis...

If any of that makes sense... then I'm off to grow a beard and buy a wide brimmed hat...

[yosh64]

hey

Here goes... {zap kid, commando from wolf3d, striker from mk3, lara croft, twinkle toes (guy from movie with plays), ronald mc'donald, chick from no one lives forever, darth vader, storm trooper, assasin guy from starwars, big arms, homer, double dragon 2 dude with gun, some other dude, flower power mario, link from zelda, rock eating dude from zelda, lego dude, snow white, robin hood, jingle dude, ganondwarf from lotr, one eye willie, fight chick from zelda?, some gun dude, another gun dude, purple blob, green blob, woman in red dress, pokemon alien, yoda, hairy wonk from starwars.}

Well couldn't remember the names of a few, but I think ya'll know who I mean . Anyhows nice work, and really cool animations!

cya