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.
My submission:
(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd151/juicebox063/juicebox-1.png)
Yeah, I'm lazy enough to just post my avatar.
is this like MS paint?
do you get super bonus points for animated png
Quote from: Methree on November 23, 2008, 09:51:38 PM
is this like MS paint?
Yes, but more pretentious.
[spoiler]Alright, I don't mean that, I just couldn't help myself. giggle;[/spoiler]
Quote from: Procyon lotor on November 23, 2008, 09:53:40 PM
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 (http://animatedpng.com/)
Quote from: juicebox360 on November 23, 2008, 09:57:26 PM
JMV, I don't think it's possible. BUT if you do make it you will be named the winrar
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Animated_PNG_example_bouncing_beach_ball.png)
Not all browsers can display it properly :(
Quote from: Procyon lotor on November 23, 2008, 09:58:39 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Animated_PNG_example_bouncing_beach_ball.png)
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? O_0
Quote from: Thyme on November 23, 2008, 09:53:48 PM
Yes, but more pretentious.
[spoiler]Alright, I don't mean that, I just couldn't help myself. giggle;[/spoiler]
?
I'm clueless here. Fill me in.
Quote from: juicebox360 on November 23, 2008, 09:59:46 PM
Firefox can.
OH NICE SPRITING I THINK YOU WILL BE THE WINNER!
jk rofl that was just a demo...right? O_0
Grabbed it from Wikipedia.
Quote from: juicebox360 on November 23, 2008, 09:45:45 PM
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 2
64 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]
Quote from: Procyon lotor on November 23, 2008, 09:58:39 PM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Animated_PNG_example_bouncing_beach_ball.png)
Not all browsers can display it properly :(
opera can giggle;
I waste too much of my time already. giggle;
Quote from: bluaki on November 23, 2008, 10:14:06 PM
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
Quote from: bluaki on November 23, 2008, 10:14:06 PM
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]
What does TIF do
my avatar
8 hours invested into this baby
I win
Quote from: Green Monkeys on November 24, 2008, 03:54:42 PM
What does TIF do
I think it's pretty much a container format that can hold information matching any of the things I listed. Along with additional layers and pages. I believe it's most oftenly used with scanning, faxing, and printing. I think it has pretty high file size compared to all the other fomats I listed. They sometimes cause compatibility issues since some programs can add features that other programs can't read to the file.
I'm not entirely sure though, since I've never used it.
Also, RAW is one other I didn't list. It's used as a raw lossless format with some digital cameras, used to prevent jpeg artefacts with images edited and saved several times. For cameras that do automatic modifications to images such as brightness or rotation, they often store the information about the modification itself in the raw without applying it to the image.
Or at least I think so. Again, this is one that I've never used.
Quote from: juicebox360 on November 24, 2008, 03:53:45 PM
Why thank you, I learned more from you in a minute than I did in a whole semester of Image Compression Algorithms lol
if you didn't even learn that bitmaps are uncompressed then yeah i'd ask for a refund or maybe you're just stupid n_u
Quote from: Commodore Guff on November 24, 2008, 05:55:53 PM
if you didn't even learn that bitmaps are uncompressed then yeah i'd ask for a refund or maybe you're just stupid n_u
Maybe both n_u
Quote from: Mimi on November 24, 2008, 05:09:43 PM
my avatar
8 hours invested into this baby
I win
HOLY CARP. From scratch at that too, I suppose.
I'll wait for a couple more entrants and then I'll pick you as the WINRAR, even though it's inevitable n_u
Quote from: juicebox360 on November 26, 2008, 10:28:28 PM
WINRAR
I prefer WinZip
[spoiler]actually i dont i just thought it was a whitty comment[/spoiler]