"Favorite NES Scene"

This is it folks!  This is your chance to revisit some of the most memorable moments in Nintendo games history. Perhaps Mario rescuing the Princess from Bowser or a Belmont family member battling Dracula to the death.  Any 8 bit game moment is acceptable. Have fun!

 All Wips must be posted here:

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/211570/ShowThread.aspx#211570

Finished art must be posted before midnight June 30th. There is a 5 min grace period for people to finish posting their images. At that point voting will begin and last until midnight July 7th GMT time.

Notice: Challenge Rule update!  Anybody wishing to have their entry included in voting MUST include at least 2 WIP stages in the WIP thread.
In order to make it easier to find these WIPs when setting up voting, entrants MUST also include 2 "clickable" links direct to their own WIP stages in the relevant WIP thread.
Entrants can post far more than 2 WIP stages if they like in the WIP thread, as long as 2 seperate links are included with the image posted in the Final Entry thread.
Both links must show different stages of the pictures development (i.e. you can't just post a couple of quick early pencil sketches for WIP and skip to the the finished pic).
Any entry not including 2 valid links (as described above) will be disqualified and not be included in the voting list.
It will be the responsibility of the entrant to ensure the links are there and that they link to the correct artwork.

Even If you have posted artwork in the WIP thread, you will still be disqualified from entry if you do not supply the links to those images.

A link to show how to do this can be found here:http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/107660/107660/ShowThread.aspx#107660

*Note from the Mods* It has been brought to our attention by members of the forums that there may or may not be an issue with vote tampering and cheating within the challenges. Be assured that multiple puppeteers are being watched, as well as their marionettes. Cheating in the challenges is highly frowned upon by everyone and creating multiple false accounts is a breach of the terms and conditions of the ImagineFX site. Any accounts believed to be false will have their votes silently vetoed when tallying is done at the end of the challenge and at the mods discretion. Those thought to be cheating will also be given a private warning and the accounts thought to be false will be forwarded on to the IFX management for further investigation. Cheating will not be tolerated. Please be assured that we have checked previous challenges and re-tallied the scores and the the outcomes of each challenge so far has been fair and that the instances in those challenges thought to be tampering did not change the outcome. These challenges are meant to be fun and fair. Please keep them that way.

 

Deadline notice for UK entrants.

Anyone in the UK will have noticed that we recently changed from GMT to BST. In the past challenges have followed whatever the current UK time was. Because this has caused some confusion for people in the past the challenges will remain on GMT regardless of what is in use in the UK.

So, anybody entering from UK should have until 1am (BST) to get their entries in (unless I've confused myself which is entirely possible - must go and change that last clock too). Everyone else can carry on as normal... move along please, nothing to see here.

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Who me?

Great Challenge! I loved the old school NES as a kid. I decided to create a piece after one of my favorite game/game series, Metroid. What better composistion to choose, than an epic fight between Samus, and her true nemesis Ridley. Enjoy!

Wip1: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/3/211570/ShowThread.aspx

Wips 2 & 3: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/4/211570/ShowThread.aspx

Wips 4& 5: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/5/211570/ShowThread.aspx

Final Piece

My forum post keeps repeating itself for some reason. And I cannot seem to recorrect the issue no matter how many times I go back and edit/delete them. It might be my internet playing tricks on me, but if it is not, then I am sorry for the inconveniance.

[fixed the post for you, Banjaxedmdt]

One of my most favorite games on the old school Nintendo was Little Nemo the Dream Master! It was so cool to feed candy to animals and then have them help you out on your journey! One of most memorable scenes that I can remember was battling the Gruesome Nightmare King, So I decided to create a more dynamic scene of the Final Showdown! I really enjoyed creating this image and learned alot from this fun challenge! 

 If anyone has any sugguestions or comments please let me know. Constructive Criticism is an artist's greatest tool!

Thank you and Enjoy!

 WIP#1 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/217328/ShowThread.aspx#217328

WIP#2 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/217360/ShowThread.aspx#217360

WIP#3 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/217974/ShowThread.aspx#217974

WIP#4 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/219123/ShowThread.aspx#219123

Final Image of Little Nemo vs. the Nightmare King!

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"Constructive criticism is the Artist's greatest tool" -DK-

Contra was my first experience with video games. I kept the palette similar from the memorable scene of level 3 and that weird yellow alien-thingy. Can't wait for the next challenge!

WIP # 1 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/218179/ShowThread.aspx#218179

WIP # 2 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/218645/ShowThread.aspx#218645

WIP # 3  http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/218977/ShowThread.aspx#218977

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www.ArtbyMurdok.com

Didn't think I'd be able to submit to this challenge (the 3rd in a row ), but here we go. A tribute to my favorite game as a child, The Legend of Zelda.

This is when Link receives his sword from a wise man in his cave. "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this."

A big thank you to Weazle, for bringing many sweet gaming memories to life. And to Fragg for providing the link to the "Nintendo top 100 list". 

WiP 1

WiP 2

And the finished work, Good Ole Days:

 

 

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My Epilogue Gallery

Blogs:
Fantasytree and Pennans Vandring

I grew up on Mario and Bowser and still play it in variations today Wii, DS, etc. I chose to re-imagine the epic battle to save the princess. 

Here is my final image:

WIP 1 - http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/215410/ShowThread.aspx#215410

WIP 2 - http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/215411/ShowThread.aspx#215411

WIP 3 - http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/215409/ShowThread.aspx#215409

WIP 4 - http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/219405/ShowThread.aspx#219405

(Click to see full-size)

[Edit: Added introduction] 

 

 

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mike jasnowski

Hey guys here is my pic, I had a lot of fun with this challenge.

Brang back a lot of good memories and Wow I'm liking everyones entries! 

 

WIP 1 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/218029/ShowThread.aspx#218029

WIP 2 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/219263/ShowThread.aspx#219263

 

Final Image

 

I enjoyed the challenge aswell :)

It's really interesting to see what people came up with! Nice work!

Here's my piece (click for full-size) and the wip links. Phew!

 

WIP/s 1: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/221665/214193/ShowThread.aspx#214193

WIP 2: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/221665/215055/ShowThread.aspx#215055

WIP 3: http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/221665/216476/ShowThread.aspx#216476

 

 

 

 

 

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poc

 

wip #1 - http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/222036/ShowThread.aspx#222036

wip #2 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/222038/ShowThread.aspx#222038

wip #3 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/222039/ShowThread.aspx#222039

 Probotector. I recently learned that contra is the same thing but without robots as main characters, haha

This was rushed ^^ but i enjoyed and learned new things about thegimp, so i had fun. Good luck to the rest of you. 

Alright, here's my final of Snake vs. Metal Gear D from MG2: Solid Snake on NES. I was trying for an 'Umbrella Academy' style with the heavy inks.

 

WIPs: 

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/post/219364.aspx

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/post/219586.aspx

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/post/219773.aspx

 http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/post/219896.aspx

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/post/221575.aspx

and the final:

 

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'See you on the other side, Ray.' - Dr. Peter Venkmen

Final Fantasy Imp Battle - Final

I had a great time creating this one.  I was going for the painted look this time.

I do like how the coloring turned out on this one.

WIPs:

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/220472/ShowThread.aspx#220472

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/221318/ShowThread.aspx#221318

http://community.imaginefx.com/forums/permalink/211570/221718/ShowThread.aspx#221718

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If this is tied to the magazine subscription... then I won't be on here very long. I no longer have a job, and unemployment doesn't go far... I wish I can still get the mag. It's been a fun 2 years...maybe I'll get this awesome mag again some day

Oops, looks like voting time. Good job nobody noticed. Please cast up to 3 votes, clearly stating your favourite 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placed entries from the list below:

Bnon

DKDUDE

Murdok

Mindbender

mjasnowski

mkymkymky

xism

rnx

Nass

SciFiKnight* (sorry, your entry appears to have been late)

Voting commences now and closes Midnight GMT 7th July.

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Great work everyone, this was a fun challenge.

1) Bnon

2) DKDUDE

3) mkymkymky 

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mike jasnowski

*thanks for the fix banjaxedmdt*

Great challenge! Alot less entries than last month, but all are well done. This was difficult for me, so I had to go with gut instincts on this one.

1st: mkymkymky: This image is so much fun for my eyes to play with, I love the illistration style, and the angle is superb!

2nd: DKDUDE: I have to admit, at first I did not like your style. But as I keep looking at your picture, it grows on me. The lighting sets the right mood for the image.The   contrast between the Nightmare King and poor little Nemo. The dominating cool colors, with just a splash of warm for interest. Well Done!

3rd: Xism: For some reason this image gives me a more scifi feel. As far as lighting and angles are concerned. The side lighting provides drama to the image. And the impending boss is a nice touch.

Great props to all! Like I said, a very difficult decision indeed.