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Sumea Pixel Town!!!!

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Submitted by souri on
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Ok, this is the new Draw Club activity, and it's a simple one. It shouldn't take you much time to do at all! It's the Sumea Pixel Town activity!!

http://www.sumea.com.au/sumeatown.asp
To participate, you first have to reserve your plot of land. Post in here which number you want. Some land is bigger than others, so if you don't intend to spend too much time on pixelling some art, choose the smaller ones. Once you reserve your land, take a snapshot of the webpage, chuck it in photoshop, and do your pixel-fu. When you're done, post a gif of only your area in this forum, and I'll grab it and add it to the page.
Everyone's welcome to participate (yes, even you coders!), and go nuts with ideas!! (it doesn't necessarily have to be of a house).

(btw, I'll be redesigning the logo/page a bit later.. just wanted to get the map up atm [:)])

Submitted by rezn0r on Tue, 03/02/04 - 8:28 PM Permalink

*Kung-Fus Kane*

[:P]

Scott.

Submitted by Kane on Tue, 03/02/04 - 8:56 PM Permalink

it looks a lot better than my other ones doesnt it?

Submitted by Gazunta on Tue, 03/02/04 - 8:56 PM Permalink

I'll have #4 with black bean sauce please.

Submitted by Kane on Tue, 03/02/04 - 9:34 PM Permalink

haunted house, beast from the depths of the underworld, giant Methlab...home sweet home!

[8D]

Submitted by jwalduck on Tue, 03/02/04 - 11:29 PM Permalink

Souri,

JohnN has his plot up on page 1 of this forum thread. You seem to have missed it in your updates.

Submitted by Johnn on Wed, 04/02/04 - 1:33 AM Permalink

[lol] well there go the neighbourhood!

I forgot to put the number back on my property. Thats going to make it difficult when i want home delivery from the local meth lab!

thanks Jwalduck-I just posted the pic as an edit yesterday. Seems that Souri has found it promptly.

FYI- I used freehand to get the initial line work down. That way I was assured that all the lines were straight and on the correct angles for the isometric perspective. Also for straight lines in photoshop, 1)click at one end of the planned line 2)hold shift down & click at the other end of planned line -- none of that pixel by pixel cr@p for me [:0]

Submitted by MoonUnit on Wed, 04/02/04 - 1:42 AM Permalink

lol oh my god why didnt someone tell me that trick :P

heh heh seems kinda funny having that mars rover thing right beside the communications base.... :P (yes i think the methlab is effecting all of us, not just the mooses)

Submitted by CombatWombat on Wed, 04/02/04 - 2:12 AM Permalink

Yeah it was deliberate MoonUnit - I was trying to give my "art" some context to help people recognise it [:D]

That's a handy photoshop tip, thanks!

Submitted by CombatWombat on Wed, 04/02/04 - 2:14 AM Permalink

quote:Originally posted by inglis

hey souri can you put random cars around on the roads to make it look like there is some activity :)
could just make a few tiny transparent gifs of cars and put them in their own layers and scatter them over the raods.

Hehe, GTA: Sumea City here we come [8D]

Submitted by Aven on Wed, 04/02/04 - 3:10 AM Permalink

HAHA. Nice dojo you have there Souri :)

Submitted by souri on Wed, 04/02/04 - 3:57 AM Permalink

It's my clan of trained assassins!

For those of you who are working on your pieces, it would be nicer if you did your pictures the way Jacobt has done his - with a bit of the road in there, so I know where to place the picture on the map exactly straight away.

About the cars and extra things you want to see around the town, feel free to do some and I will put it on there.

David - yeh, your one looks a bit out of place, unfortunately. Can you do another please?

Oh yeh, and I've ditched the idea of animated gifs - we'll leave them all static for this one.

For those that are reading this and haven't reserved their plot yet - do so now before it all runs out! Pixel art is easy to do, have a go! [:)]

Submitted by hobonation on Wed, 04/02/04 - 4:51 AM Permalink

Hello All, I havent posted before; but I've been a member for a while.

Could i have Plot #43 for a Pixel-Town house?

Also, my Brother "Kane" suggested that we can draw our OWN cars for the town, if the idea goes ahead.

catch yall onda flipside

::hiyakamtziu::

Submitted by MoonUnit on Wed, 04/02/04 - 7:34 AM Permalink

wow souri uve got it all nice and spiffy looking :P (interesting things to spot ey.... where to start!)

anyway i created this little "extras" gif for you to use if you like, its got a few things from my peice which u can whack into PS and change the colour scheme, but ive also quickly made a fire hydrant, a skateboarder, a park bench, a sewerage pothole thingy and two birds.

[img]http://www.vooks.net/moonunit/extras.gif[/img]

i know some people are so much better at this then me but i dont mind if u dont use them, i was just bored :P

Submitted by souri on Thu, 05/02/04 - 3:14 AM Permalink

Yeh, it's a bit too big, man!

Submitted by lukeo25 on Thu, 05/02/04 - 4:26 AM Permalink

could I get >>> 13 <<< Please

Submitted by Malus on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:13 AM Permalink

Any chance of grabbing 17 for my pimp pad?

Submitted by souri on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:16 AM Permalink

17 is taken by Brain

Submitted by Malus on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:21 AM Permalink

Oh bugger, that plots taken!? Maybe if the town expands.

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:58 AM Permalink

Hey souri is it possible for me to get another plot? Namely number 5 ;) I like this pixel stuff

Submitted by Kane on Thu, 05/02/04 - 8:35 AM Permalink

can I get another Plot as well? It's fun as once you get into it!
maybe number 15, right next door to my current one...

Submitted by Kane on Thu, 05/02/04 - 10:02 AM Permalink

hey MoonUnit, could I possibly borrow one of those kool looking cars you made?

Submitted by Makk on Thu, 05/02/04 - 10:23 AM Permalink

That looks really cool Dave :)

Submitted by davidcoen on Thu, 05/02/04 - 12:07 PM Permalink

@makk, i wimped out, and drew it by hand then scanned it in and then traced it with tablet. Still a long time before i can just freehand in the computer like that~~~ (scale is a tiny bit large, but that is the limits of my pixel pushing...)

Submitted by MoonUnit on Thu, 05/02/04 - 11:28 PM Permalink

Kane yeah sure if you want to create ur own tho i posted a link to a tutorial for using ref pics somewhere, check the first couple of pages of this thread

Submitted by Barry Dahlberg on Fri, 06/02/04 - 1:03 AM Permalink

Plot #18 please. I will go and visit my architect shortly...

Posted by souri on
Forum

Ok, this is the new Draw Club activity, and it's a simple one. It shouldn't take you much time to do at all! It's the Sumea Pixel Town activity!!

http://www.sumea.com.au/sumeatown.asp
To participate, you first have to reserve your plot of land. Post in here which number you want. Some land is bigger than others, so if you don't intend to spend too much time on pixelling some art, choose the smaller ones. Once you reserve your land, take a snapshot of the webpage, chuck it in photoshop, and do your pixel-fu. When you're done, post a gif of only your area in this forum, and I'll grab it and add it to the page.
Everyone's welcome to participate (yes, even you coders!), and go nuts with ideas!! (it doesn't necessarily have to be of a house).

(btw, I'll be redesigning the logo/page a bit later.. just wanted to get the map up atm [:)])


Submitted by rezn0r on Tue, 03/02/04 - 8:28 PM Permalink

*Kung-Fus Kane*

[:P]

Scott.

Submitted by Kane on Tue, 03/02/04 - 8:56 PM Permalink

it looks a lot better than my other ones doesnt it?

Submitted by Gazunta on Tue, 03/02/04 - 8:56 PM Permalink

I'll have #4 with black bean sauce please.

Submitted by Kane on Tue, 03/02/04 - 9:34 PM Permalink

haunted house, beast from the depths of the underworld, giant Methlab...home sweet home!

[8D]

Submitted by jwalduck on Tue, 03/02/04 - 11:29 PM Permalink

Souri,

JohnN has his plot up on page 1 of this forum thread. You seem to have missed it in your updates.

Submitted by Johnn on Wed, 04/02/04 - 1:33 AM Permalink

[lol] well there go the neighbourhood!

I forgot to put the number back on my property. Thats going to make it difficult when i want home delivery from the local meth lab!

thanks Jwalduck-I just posted the pic as an edit yesterday. Seems that Souri has found it promptly.

FYI- I used freehand to get the initial line work down. That way I was assured that all the lines were straight and on the correct angles for the isometric perspective. Also for straight lines in photoshop, 1)click at one end of the planned line 2)hold shift down & click at the other end of planned line -- none of that pixel by pixel cr@p for me [:0]

Submitted by MoonUnit on Wed, 04/02/04 - 1:42 AM Permalink

lol oh my god why didnt someone tell me that trick :P

heh heh seems kinda funny having that mars rover thing right beside the communications base.... :P (yes i think the methlab is effecting all of us, not just the mooses)

Submitted by CombatWombat on Wed, 04/02/04 - 2:12 AM Permalink

Yeah it was deliberate MoonUnit - I was trying to give my "art" some context to help people recognise it [:D]

That's a handy photoshop tip, thanks!

Submitted by CombatWombat on Wed, 04/02/04 - 2:14 AM Permalink

quote:Originally posted by inglis

hey souri can you put random cars around on the roads to make it look like there is some activity :)
could just make a few tiny transparent gifs of cars and put them in their own layers and scatter them over the raods.

Hehe, GTA: Sumea City here we come [8D]

Submitted by Aven on Wed, 04/02/04 - 3:10 AM Permalink

HAHA. Nice dojo you have there Souri :)

Submitted by souri on Wed, 04/02/04 - 3:57 AM Permalink

It's my clan of trained assassins!

For those of you who are working on your pieces, it would be nicer if you did your pictures the way Jacobt has done his - with a bit of the road in there, so I know where to place the picture on the map exactly straight away.

About the cars and extra things you want to see around the town, feel free to do some and I will put it on there.

David - yeh, your one looks a bit out of place, unfortunately. Can you do another please?

Oh yeh, and I've ditched the idea of animated gifs - we'll leave them all static for this one.

For those that are reading this and haven't reserved their plot yet - do so now before it all runs out! Pixel art is easy to do, have a go! [:)]

Submitted by hobonation on Wed, 04/02/04 - 4:51 AM Permalink

Hello All, I havent posted before; but I've been a member for a while.

Could i have Plot #43 for a Pixel-Town house?

Also, my Brother "Kane" suggested that we can draw our OWN cars for the town, if the idea goes ahead.

catch yall onda flipside

::hiyakamtziu::

Submitted by MoonUnit on Wed, 04/02/04 - 7:34 AM Permalink

wow souri uve got it all nice and spiffy looking :P (interesting things to spot ey.... where to start!)

anyway i created this little "extras" gif for you to use if you like, its got a few things from my peice which u can whack into PS and change the colour scheme, but ive also quickly made a fire hydrant, a skateboarder, a park bench, a sewerage pothole thingy and two birds.

[img]http://www.vooks.net/moonunit/extras.gif[/img]

i know some people are so much better at this then me but i dont mind if u dont use them, i was just bored :P

Submitted by souri on Thu, 05/02/04 - 3:14 AM Permalink

Yeh, it's a bit too big, man!

Submitted by lukeo25 on Thu, 05/02/04 - 4:26 AM Permalink

could I get >>> 13 <<< Please

Submitted by Malus on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:13 AM Permalink

Any chance of grabbing 17 for my pimp pad?

Submitted by souri on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:16 AM Permalink

17 is taken by Brain

Submitted by Malus on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:21 AM Permalink

Oh bugger, that plots taken!? Maybe if the town expands.

Submitted by Fluffy CatFood on Thu, 05/02/04 - 6:58 AM Permalink

Hey souri is it possible for me to get another plot? Namely number 5 ;) I like this pixel stuff

Submitted by Kane on Thu, 05/02/04 - 8:35 AM Permalink

can I get another Plot as well? It's fun as once you get into it!
maybe number 15, right next door to my current one...

Submitted by Kane on Thu, 05/02/04 - 10:02 AM Permalink

hey MoonUnit, could I possibly borrow one of those kool looking cars you made?

Submitted by Makk on Thu, 05/02/04 - 10:23 AM Permalink

That looks really cool Dave :)

Submitted by davidcoen on Thu, 05/02/04 - 12:07 PM Permalink

@makk, i wimped out, and drew it by hand then scanned it in and then traced it with tablet. Still a long time before i can just freehand in the computer like that~~~ (scale is a tiny bit large, but that is the limits of my pixel pushing...)

Submitted by MoonUnit on Thu, 05/02/04 - 11:28 PM Permalink

Kane yeah sure if you want to create ur own tho i posted a link to a tutorial for using ref pics somewhere, check the first couple of pages of this thread

Submitted by Barry Dahlberg on Fri, 06/02/04 - 1:03 AM Permalink

Plot #18 please. I will go and visit my architect shortly...