Pixel Art Contest

[Terran SCV]

How about some good pixel art? Let's see who's talented in the art of Pixel Illustration.

Rules:
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1. You can use any paint program you want, from the lowly Micro$oft Paint program to the decent paint program GIMP to the uberpowerful Adobe Photoshop paint program.

2. NO COPYPASTA

3. Not really a rule, but your submission should be original (original as in you don't use other people's work in your picture).

4. The image can be in any format, but IMO I like .png (portable network graphics) because it's clean but you can use .bmp (bitmap) because it is also clean and has a better image compression rate than .png

If you want to make an animated .gif (Graphics Interchange Format) go right ahead. Maybe you can get some bonus points.

Prizes:
the admiration of your peers and enemies
a cool picture!
maybe something worth your time.

[Terran SCV]

My submission:



Yeah, I'm lazy enough to just post my avatar.

[me003]

is this like MS paint?

[Daddy]

do you get super bonus points for animated png

[Thyme]

is this like MS paint?

Yes, but more pretentious.

[spoiler]Alright, I don't mean that, I just couldn't help myself. [/spoiler]

[Terran SCV]

do you get super bonus points for animated png

JMV, I don't think it's possible. BUT if you do make it you will be named the winrar

EDIT: wait what's this

[Daddy]

JMV, I don't think it's possible. BUT if you do make it you will be named the winrar

Not all browsers can display it properly

[Terran SCV]

Not all browsers can display it properly

Firefox can.
OH NICE SPRITING I THINK YOU WILL BE THE WINNER!
jk rofl that was just a demo...right?

[Terran SCV]

Yes, but more pretentious.

[spoiler]Alright, I don't mean that, I just couldn't help myself. [/spoiler]

?
I'm clueless here. Fill me in.

[Daddy]

Firefox can.
OH NICE SPRITING I THINK YOU WILL BE THE WINNER!
jk rofl that was just a demo...right?

Grabbed it from Wikipedia.

[Terran SCV]

Grabbed it from Wikipedia.

oh okay

[bluaki]

4. The image can be in any format, but IMO I like .png (portable network graphics) because it's clean but you can use .bmp (bitmap) because it is also clean and has a better image compression rate than .png

bitmap is just a completely uncompressed, still, and opaque image. It is entirely worse than png, in that it does not support transparency, it is much larger file size, and it has the same exact quality.

[spoiler=Bluaki's tutorial on image formats]
[o]BMP usually is the highest filesize of all raster images. It supports any 24-bit colour (~17million colours), but no transparency. Technically, also supports 32-bit colour (4 billion colours), but it's impractical.
[o]PNG usually has higher filesize than JPG but less than BMP. It supports any 24-bit colour (17mil colours) and transparency/semitransparency. Technically, also supports up to 64-bit colour (8 pentillion or 2⁶⁴ colours) but it's impractical.
[o]JPG generally sucks for anything except for photographs or scanned papers, as it causes colour distortion. It fits between PNG and GIF in file size, usually.
[o]GIF has lower filesize than PNG, but it is limited to 256 opaque colours and 100% transparancy (no semitransparency).
[o]Vector images don't use pixels, but instead paths and curves. They have higher file size than any of the above formats, in general. Most common two are SVG and AI
[o]All other image formats aren't worth mentioning.[/spoiler]

[noodle_976]

Not all browsers can display it properly

opera can 

[superclucky]

I waste too much of my time already.

[Terran SCV]

bitmap is just a completely uncompressed, still, and opaque image. It is entirely worse than png, in that it does not support transparency, it is much larger file size, and it has the same exact quality.

[spoiler=Bluaki's tutorial on image formats]
[o]BMP usually is the highest filesize of all raster images. It supports any 24-bit colour (~17million colours), but no transparency. Technically, also supports 32-bit colour (4 billion colours), but it's impractical.
[o]PNG usually has higher filesize than JPG but less than BMP. It supports any 24-bit colour (17mil colours) and transparency/semitransparency. Technically, also supports up to 64-bit colour (8 pentillion or 2⁶⁴ colours) but it's impractical.
[o]JPG generally sucks for anything except for photographs or scanned papers, as it causes colour distortion. It fits between PNG and GIF in file size, usually.
[o]GIF has lower filesize than PNG, but it is limited to 256 opaque colours and 100% transparancy (no semitransparency).
[o]Vector images don't use pixels, but instead paths and curves. They have higher file size than any of the above formats, in general. Most common two are SVG and AI
[o]All other image formats aren't worth mentioning.[/spoiler]

Why thank you, I learned more from you in a minute than I did in a whole semester of Image Compression Algorithms lol