nfl alternate 8 bit helmets

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by eagskerfan

I couldn't get the picture to show up on here, but here is a link to something I think would be cool for the NFL to use for one week some time. http://tecmobowl.org/topic/59046-8-b...n-nfl-helmets/

#toomuchtimeonmyhands

[jmood88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fistandilius

I feel like some people who replied in this thread don't appreciate what 8 bit art means, (and probably never had to play 8 bit games.)

And you would be wrong. There's a good way to do 8-bit art (Fez, Sword and Sworcery) and there's a bad way (all of these helmets).

[TracerBullet]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fistandilius

I feel like some people who replied in this thread don't appreciate what 8 bit art means, (and probably never had to play 8 bit games.)

LOL if you think no one ever played NES on this site. These just suck, plain and simple.

[Fistandilius]

Quote: Originally Posted by jmood88

And you would be wrong. There's a good way to do 8-bit art (Fez, Sword and Sworcery) and there's a bad way (all of these helmets).

Like I said. I don't think you even understand the concept of 8-bit. Swords and Sorcery are 8-bit over a much larger canvas. No comparison. Yeah, Mario could have been super detailed (like the dream sequence in Mario 2), but he had to be small enough to fit the backgrounds in the worlds.

You clearly didn't read the part where he said he used a template. The template dictated the size he was able to use.

[Nza]

These would look a lot better in real life, where the size could be controlled better and the pixels smaller relative to the helmet than what is shown in these. These examples are simply too small and hence don't achieve the cleverness you often see with pixelated art when it strikes the balance between pixelation and familiarity with the real world thing it is representing.

Does the concept of pixelated/8bit art demand a ratio of pixel size to canvas?

As for the NFL, they'd never do this because most people wouldn't have a clue what it was all about. The NFL hardly seems the vessel for artistic takes on their brands.

[jmood88]

Quote: Originally Posted by Fistandilius

Like I said. I don't think you even understand the concept of 8-bit. Swords and Sorcery are 8-bit over a much larger canvas. No comparison. Yeah, Mario could have been super detailed (like the dream sequence in Mario 2), but he had to be small enough to fit the backgrounds in the worlds. You clearly didn't read the part where he said he used a template. The template dictated the size he was able to use.

There is no need to "understand" anything in this case, it's just a bunch of awful-looking, pixelated blotches.

[ubernoob]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nza

These would look a lot better in real life, where the size could be controlled better and the pixels smaller relative to the helmet than what is shown in these. These examples are simply too small and hence don't achieve the cleverness you often see with pixelated art when it strikes the balance between pixelation and familiarity with the real world thing it is representing. Does the concept of pixelated/8bit art demand a ratio of pixel size to canvas? As for the NFL, they'd never do this because most people wouldn't have a clue what it was all about. The NFL hardly seems the vessel for artistic takes on their brands.

That's a funny statement to make. Most people wouldn't have a clue? That's just ignorant.

None of this rationalization you're doing makes up for the fact that this artwork is terrible. Blame "the template" all you want. You know what you do to fix that? Don't use a ****ty ****ing template.

It still sucks.

[Fistandilius]

Quote: Originally Posted by ubernoob

That's a funny statement to make. Most people wouldn't have a clue? That's just ignorant. None of this rationalization you're doing makes up for the fact that this artwork is terrible. Blame "the template" all you want. You know what you do to fix that? Don't use a ****ty ****ing template. It still sucks.

That's right. This is a football site. You have to use locker room mentality! Go get'm guys. When someone puts hard work into something and tries to be creative you don't encourage them! You tell them that's sissy **** and beat them up!

I don't really care if you guys don't get it. I don't think they're amazing, but they're certainly good for what he was trying to accomplish. If telling him they look like **** makes you feel like a man, go for it.