Old Master Remastered Challenge

[Terley]

Neo-plasticism, with Piet Mondrian 



beautiful. 

I'll post something better soon.

[ndchristie]

all of these look great so far!

vedsten, i like your cypress, though i dont know if it really captures the feeling of the original piece, or of the pixel-twist?  perhaps if you turned it into something like a mario castle it would work better

[Niss]

This is "open end" here, right?
Mia your piece is really clever (well in my eyes anyways) !

[ptoing]

Yup open end atm. Feel free to participate

[vedsten]

@adarias - eh, might've misundstood the rules, thought a re-interpretation of a masterpiece in pixels where enough, if it isn't, this update ain't gonna help. A mario castle would be kewl tho 

@CAG - thanks, here you go:



im not a 100% satisfied, the colors are kinda boring (not to mention there're too many), the contrast is BLEHH and the shading style's somewhat inconsistant, never the less, i learned a lot doing it, so i can leave it be w. good conscience.

[Peppermint Pig]

It's beautiful, Vedsten! I know for seasoned artists the techniques can be old hat, but I think this is a well composed piece. Great lighting on the swirling ether around the star and the terrain is also well lit.


I chose Peter Paul Rubens as the master I would remaster. In particular, his Hippopotamus Hunt:

Original:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peter_Paul_Rubens_083.jpg

My entry:


It's probably 29 colors. I started with a mostly preselected palette, but added as I felt necessary. My goal was to liven up the color of the work, starting with the hippo itself. I stopped short of going all-out with a korean-esque watercolor rainbow and found a great compromise that allowed me to maintain some of the richness in the flesh tones. I didn't focus on accuracy to the extent of perfectly matching the correlating figures, so you might notice a few inconsistencies... I have some WIP shots I might post later. Think it's done, so crit if you want.

[Lick]

Gorgeous Pep! Gorgeous!

Even though the purple kills my eyes, the palette is very well chosen. It just.. emulates the effect of paint. I'd love to see this in a seperate thread with the WIPs. Put in treasure chest!

[Cow]

@Pep: That's officially my favourite piece of pixel art. Love it to death. And only 29 colors. You've inspired me.
@Vedsten: That looks really cool. Really like how the sky looks, as well as the dithering on the mountain. Not really digging the AA on the moon, though.

[Dogmeat]

Pep: I've always admired your work, it's very unique and always full of color. Absolutely brilliant.

[Filax_666]

  I knew you were good, Pep, but that's outstanding! I'm eagerly waiting for thw WIPs!