I have been inspired to actually take the time and create a Bobbery sprite in Minecraft as my current project.
I have been wanting do to something in minecraft so here we go!  


base picture I am starting with:



*Note* this is shrunk for the forums  

Programs I will be using:

Adobe Photoshop/Gimp
Microsoft Paint
GraphicsGale FreeEdition

I might record each session and then speed them up in Sony Vegas and post a video. There will be a video just not sure how I want to introduce it 

Stay tuned for updates  
 

When I have time (and I don't very often) I'll help you out by doing what I do best.

Punch Sheep.

Update time yes I think so.

Basically what I have done is best portrayed with screenshots first, then a wall of text






Ok, let me explain a little bit on what I did here. I had previously posted the smaller image of Bobbery. That image was reduced in size at the time for the forum as a quick post on the image I was going to be using. When in fact that image is 600x480 pixels A decent size image of Bobbery, but I face some challenges with any image like this.

1. Shading: All of PMTTYD have very fine gradients in their color (like all most modern games do nowadays) Example Bobberys feet, man-stashe, and hat have give a indication of this. When working with any type of pixel art, less is more. You do not want to over emphasize gradient colors/shading. This tends to draw the eye away from the over-all picture when looking at it from a distance. REMEMBER! these images will be/are going to be seen from quite a distance away, they never really are supposed to be seen with up close magnification because the eye can't blend the colors as easily, thus you notice jagged edges, odd colors, and detail filler. A good example is of the two above pictures. The image I will be working with is 150x120 pixels (on the left) vs 100x80 pixels (on the right). Obviously you can see the notable difference between the two from the first screenshot. but when viewed at normal magnification they look almost the same but with minor details missing and having less pixels.

2. Color limitations: Luckily for me Bobbery has all of the colors needed for me to make him look really good in minecraft   I did have to get creative for his steering wheel on his back, but I think the mixture of yellow and a bit of orange with the brown worked out the best. Again lots of color gradient and unique colors.

3. Personal work: Both of those images are hand-drawn by me   Well in there own sense. The best way I can show you how I was able to achieve this is by with the following links:

http://www.pixelgasm-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=35
http://www.pixelgasm-forum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=36

Its taken me a looong time to get good at pixel art work, I think of it more as a hobby now just to see what I can make. I have started branching out into sprite beading taking my learned skills and applying them to beads but minecraft is cheaper for me atm So the final pixel project will be the 135x113 which is a decent size for minecraft standards. (considering I have done much larger projects which I still have screenshots of somewhere  )

Anyway last thing, I know we have done everything legitimately in the minecraft server I have talked with Miles and considering the size and the amount of wool I would need is extremely huge. I am going to just spawn myself all the stuff needed this once, heres why:

OooO thats kinda a creepy number  
All copyrights and credits go to their respected owners for pictures, and links.

So for more math. Let's say we wanted to attain that wool legitimately. We would need 12000ish wool. On average, you get 2 wool (1 2 or 3) from a sheep. Evilpoptart and I can normally get two full stacks of wool after an hour of hunting sheep.

12,000 wool / 128 wool per hour = 93.75 hours of accumulating wool



I would rather badge hunt Jumpman.

Minecraft is a time wasting, addicting game; it's also very fun. It's a sandbox game where you're goal is to survive.

There are sheep in the world. They don't serve much of a purpose other than collecting wool. Wool is the only material you can add dye too; it's very valuable when you want to create something artistic like pixel art.

FYI, my death count in the server is 9; Evilpoptart's is.... a lot. Like, probably 100 if I had to guess.

Yes.  Presently there's no point.  BUT, achievements are coming up soon.  That will make SOME point to the game.  And there will be some point to it eventually.  I think.

hay miles and poptart there is an easy trick to getting moar wool well there are 2

#1 is to find a pack of wolfs(witch is a chainge on its own) and folow them wall they atomaticly kill sheep

#2 is to make an underground farm all you need to do for that is to make a trail of grass to where you want your sheep factorie to be wonts grass grows mobs will start spawning free wool





and i herd you like bobberys 

As soon as 1.2 hits these words shall live in infamy:

Bobbery Resurrection!