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Title: Isis
Pixel Artist: jellybeanfish  (Level 4 Button Man :: 1912 points)
Posted: 5/5/2012 09:15
Palette: 13 colors
Statistics:  17 comments    5 faves    0 avatars

I guess stained glass was kind of a weird direction to take this challenge, but it was the first thing that came to mind and I really wanted to try it. The first thing I think of when I hear stained glass is big lovely church windows - I wanted to try and capture that feel with a non-Christian religious figure. In this case, Isis, an ancient egyptian goddess.

And I discovered that trying to imitate stained glass is hard! Really hard. I tried to include a lot of different symbolism elements:

Her headdress (horns carrying a red disk, portrayed at the top) stylized to double as ankh imagery

Wings, which Isis is often portrayed with

Leaves and figs of the Sycamore tree, a tree sometimes associated with her

Roses, used in her worship

There's a lot of things that could use improving, but I think I'm happy with how this came out.


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8 Bit Dreams (Level 10 President) @ 1/27/2015 18:28

You conveyed stain glass really well.


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Ambient (Level 6 Major) @ 5/9/2012 19:10

 Not knowing what it was, that preview struck me as something quite new and amazing. That being said, I don't like the full piece. But if the preview was by itself, maybe a bit bigger, I'd definately rate the highest I could.


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Mille (Level 7 Mass Murderer) @ 5/8/2012 16:13

Ok, didn't realise that right away, but finally saw it.


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/8/2012 15:09

It's actually the former - I was planning to do a bigger reflection, but there were some time constraints involved with the weekly challenge. So I just did a small portion of the window reflecting light onto the floor.


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Mille (Level 7 Mass Murderer) @ 5/7/2012 12:47

I think saturated colors were a good choice. Is the bottom supposed to be light reflection on the ground or part of the glass itself ?


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/7/2012 00:33

 Thank you!


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/7/2012 00:32

 Thank you  Yeah, stained glass is absolutely beautiful - I love the way light comes through it. I'd love to see a challenge based specifically around stained glass to see people's different interpretations.


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/7/2012 00:28

 thanks!


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/7/2012 00:27

 Thanks a lot! And thank you for your critique in the challenge thread :)


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/7/2012 00:22

 thank you! Yeah, I feel like I could've gotten a more Egyptian feel had I gone with colors inspired by ancient Egyptian art - but I thought going with very saturated colors would help the stained glass feel most. I guess it depends, but I wanted to go with vivid colors to make it really feel like the sun was shining through.


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jellybeanfish (Level 4 Button Man) @ 5/7/2012 00:18

 thanks a lot!


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jes1305 (Level 1 Thug) @ 5/7/2012 00:08

love the concept!


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TheoVision (Level 8 Regional Boss) @ 5/6/2012 03:20

Very nice! I have a same sort of fascination with stained glass (just love the light and colours that come oozing through it), and still looking for a right piece to use it. I like your Egyptian spin on it!


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philippejugnet (Level 6 Hitman) @ 5/5/2012 20:35

 cool


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Friend (Level 3 Hatchikyu) @ 5/5/2012 19:25

I think you pulled off the stained glass very well :) and the piece is beautiful! good job


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Kasp3r (Level 1 Private) @ 5/5/2012 12:49

That really looks like a stained glass, and has a great egyptian atmosphere! I really like this fav!

You could have propably got even better egyptian feeling with different colours.


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Stava (Level 8 MS-DOS) @ 5/5/2012 12:43

Wonderful colors


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