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Released At :
Oxyron Party 2008
Achievements :
C64 Graphics Competition at Oxyron Party 2008 : #1
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Submitted by Mace on 30 March 2010
| Even after watching some of the other stuff of Mermaid, this one remains my favourite. |
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Submitted by Jak T Rip on 7 May 2008
| and again one of those pictures that look like a part of a nice computer game. |
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Submitted by DeeKay on 3 March 2008
| Magnificent. Yet again, Mermaid proves to be a "Jane of all trades" by doing a picture in a pixelstyle and setting that is quite different to the stuff she did before! ;-) |
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Submitted by Zyron on 25 February 2008
| Yes, this one rocks. Nice mushrooms too. |
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Submitted by null on 25 February 2008
| Although leon's pic is also very good, I like this one more. why? because leon's pic is interlaced, while this is plain multicolour... and I just like vanja's style a lot :_) |
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Submitted by Tim on 25 February 2008
| hehe :) thanks for explaining Vanja! excellent decription which leaves me guessing ;) |
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Submitted by Mermaid on 25 February 2008
Quoting BordeauxThe choice of the brown filling besides the left eye of the left skull-on-the-stick seems wrong as if the skull is transparent to the stick. And ditto question for the brown and purple on the right skull which doesnt even seem to be part of the stick. As if +/- 3 chars are a bit out of place.
I was wondering if all the detail there made it necessary as technical format concession or was it a choice to blend it all in together?
In general, I like mixing odd colours in here and there, a bad habit I share with Boris Vallejo. ;) I often do that when I do non-digital work too.
About the brown bits on the skull, old blood turns brown, old bones also tend to turn yellow/brown. Finally, brown is slightly darker than dark gray, another reason for using brown in that area of the skull.
Purple is darker than gray and brighter than dark gray/brown, so you could simply view it as part of the gradient dithering, or as a piece of purple cloth or feathers attached to the skullstick. Or a smudge of purpe blood? This is a fantasy picture after all, blood doesn't have to be red.
Then again, it could be that I had no plan behind any of it and that I'm just desperately making all this up now in an attempt to hide some of the flaws in the picture. |
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Submitted by Tim on 25 February 2008
| just changed my vote from 8 to 10 after looking at it over and over and over again.. omg can't even choose now which one i like best, this one or Leon's.. both are excellent! |
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Submitted by saehn on 25 February 2008
| This looks even better on the real machine. The light green really pops. It reminds me of two of my other favorite graphicians... oys because of the sparkle style and ptoing because of the yus-like head. The heavy mixture of color is inspiring. Great work, Vanja! |
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Submitted by Mermaid on 24 February 2008
| Thank you all! Just got back online after 2 days (useless isp..), I've uploaded a zipped .d64 image with some workstages, for those of you who enjoy that sort of thing. |
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Submitted by Skate on 24 February 2008
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Submitted by tempest on 24 February 2008
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Submitted by Edhellon on 24 February 2008
| I am, like, totally speechless... brilliant composition, brilliant pixeling, brilliant shading and all this in a simple koala pic... Yay! \o/ |
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Submitted by jailbird on 24 February 2008
Awesome! <3
And to the flying fuck who voted 2 for this: you sir, are a complete idiot. |
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Submitted by FATFrost on 24 February 2008
| Vanja, i will marry you just to get all your pixels!! |
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Submitted by Archmage on 24 February 2008
| Very cool! Nice colour usage, oh yes indeedio. |
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Submitted by VoDKa on 24 February 2008
| Mushrooms! Yummy! Me like. |
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Submitted by Tim on 24 February 2008
Very nice! Unfortunately I missed seeing the graphics on the party (as did a few others due to smoking in the freezing cold outside and not knowing the compo started), would have love to seen this on the big screen!
Out of pure curiosity though, a detail question:
The choice of the brown filling besides the left eye of the left skull-on-the-stick seems wrong as if the skull is transparent to the stick. And ditto question for the brown and purple on the right skull which doesnt even seem to be part of the stick. As if +/- 3 chars are a bit out of place.
I was wondering if all the detail there made it necessary as technical format concession or was it a choice to blend it all in together?
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Submitted by chatGPZ on 24 February 2008
this is FLI, admit it!
<3 |
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Submitted by Yazoo on 24 February 2008
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Submitted by Ninja on 24 February 2008
| My deepest respect! I am blown away. |
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Submitted by Shadow on 24 February 2008
| Very nice - combines both a great artistic composition with some superb technique! Amazes me to see how the limits of the mc-mode are overcome and produce such a result. |
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Submitted by oys on 23 February 2008
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Submitted by Deev on 23 February 2008
| oys: sorry, I'm fickle :) I'll probably change my mind again in a few minutes! |
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Submitted by oys on 23 February 2008
| deev: OH! thanks!!!... not (just kidding :) ofcourse this should win, it's one of the best mc pictures ever). |
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Submitted by Deev on 23 February 2008
| I just wrote on the comments for Oys' entry that I think he should've won the compo, then looked at this a little longer and started to change my mind :) I like the colours and the attention to detail. |
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Submitted by Joe on 23 February 2008
| Nice details and thanks for letting me see that preview! |
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Submitted by Motion on 23 February 2008
Vanja, the way you lay down pixels is just mindblowing! The shading is just plain stunning! :D
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Submitted by leonofsgr on 23 February 2008
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Submitted by Mace on 23 February 2008
Ooh! I remember seeing an earlier version and I don't know if this one is very different... but it's cool nonetheless!
The detail in the skulls... <3 |
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Submitted by Burglar on 23 February 2008
| best pic of the compo. love the details and colors, and in mcol too \o/ |
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Submitted by oys on 23 February 2008
| WOW! what a picture, really nice! |
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Submitted by LordNikon on 23 February 2008
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Submitted by Jammer on 23 February 2008
| difinitely a fan of vanja and lars :D awesome! |
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Submitted by Ed on 23 February 2008
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Submitted by Luca on 23 February 2008
| Love the final version! Congrats! |
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Submitted by AMB on 23 February 2008
| Very nice paint, excellent techs! |
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Submitted by JackAsser on 23 February 2008
| Finally it's released! You rock! ;D |
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Submitted by WVL on 23 February 2008
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9.4/10 (15 votes) - Public votes only.