# Thimbleweed Park main characters by me
**URL:** https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774
**Category:** Fan Art
**Created:** [June 16, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774 "2017-06-16T05:17:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/1 "2017-06-16T05:17:07Z")
This is the first time I draw pixel art **after 25 years** of hiatus. š
Thanks go to the TWP project and to this community for having awakened the kid thatās still in me.
Colors: 15
Original size: 100 x 60 pixels.
Small version:
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Large version:
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### Author:  [@besmaller](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/besmaller)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/2 "2017-06-16T06:29:40Z")
Nice! Is that 15 colors total, for all characters then? Very impressive.
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### Author:  [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 7:50am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/3 "2017-06-16T07:50:26Z")
Yes, 15 colors for all the image. I like to experiment with graphic restrictions, like the number of colors or the quantity of pixels to use.
For example, I used for each character one quarter of the pixels used for a character in the game. In this way itās more difficult to draw facial expressions and body language.
I still have a **lot** to learn, it took me 45 minutes to get something acceptable (but not good) for Ransomeās mouth/face. Also, copying an existing drawing is relatively easy. Creating new art will be much more difficult.
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### Author:  [@Gffp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Gffp)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/4 "2017-06-16T08:08:30Z")
Nooooo!
So, thatās what happened after their endings! They became all zombies!
(Franklin a ghost zombie, ehehe)
Jokes apart, nice job!
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### Author:  [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/5 "2017-06-16T08:12:21Z")
> [@Gffp](#):
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> They became all zombies!
Of course! āRebootingā means āresurrectingā. š
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### Author:  [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/6 "2017-06-16T08:44:16Z")
You know your stuff!
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### Author:  [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/7 "2017-06-16T08:53:33Z")
They are all easily recognisable!
> [@LowLevel](#):
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> Ransomeās mouth/face
Yeah, one such pixel is just really big.
I probably wouldnāt try to show the teeth. Just a straight line of e.g. 4 pixels doesnāt look that bad, heād still have his pissed look.
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/8 "2017-06-16T09:10:50Z")
Great, nowā¦ more difficult!
Try to recolor the characters using the C64 fixed color palette! š
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### Author:  [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/9 "2017-06-16T09:58:38Z")
Iām a fan of EGA graphics like used in Zak!
Oh btw. you could actually use purple from Delores shirt as the main colour of the balloon, I think it wouldnāt look too bad. Of course the secondary colour isnāt matching optimally.
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/10 "2017-06-16T13:03:09Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#):
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> Iām a fan of EGA graphics like used in Zak!
My favourite version of ZMKATAM is Amiga 32 colors.
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### Author:  [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/11 "2017-06-16T13:51:17Z")
they repainted everything just to add 16 colors?
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/12 "2017-06-16T13:58:40Z")
Actually, they enhanced each location and character:
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### Author:  [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/13 "2017-06-16T14:07:07Z")
I had never seen the version to the left. I had played on the amiga at the time, and I thought the EGA version was identical, because the amiga has the EGA cyan color.
Strange, they repainted everything but they used the horrid EGA cyan color š
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/14 "2017-06-16T14:26:28Z")
Version on the left is the Commodore 64 (Basic V2) version, with its limitations:
- fixed palette
- 16 colors
- 4 colors maximum for each 8x8 pixels square
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### Author:  [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/15 "2017-06-16T14:27:36Z")
ah, so itās true that the version to the right is both amiga and EGA
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/16 "2017-06-16T14:30:24Z")
Yes, probably they āportedā the same 32-colors version from Amiga to PC or vice-versa, I donāt know for which platform it was developed, at first.
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### Author:  [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/17 "2017-06-16T14:44:01Z")
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#):
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> I probably wouldnāt try to show the teeth. Just a straight line of e.g. 4 pixels doesnāt look that bad, heād still have his pissed look.
I have tried that but the teeth helps refining the shape of the mouth and works as antialias. I have removed it but the mouth becomes a bit too āblockyā and empty for my taste.
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#):
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> Try to recolor the characters using the C64 fixed color palette! š
Just recoloring it wouldnāt be a good way to pay homage to the C64 because in my opinion it would be necessary to simulate also the non-square pixels, which would require a complete redrawn of the image. And I completely suck at simulating C64 graphics. š
This is a very good example of non-square pixels applied to Thimbleweed Park art:
[Source](http://thimbleweedpark.tumblr.com/post/160529780110/gayfillyjonk-thimbleweed-mansion-rip-deloress):
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#):
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> Iām a fan of EGA graphics like used in Zak!
It would be fun to try to apply that palette. š
> [@Nor\_Treblig](#):
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> you could actually use purple from Delores shirt as the main colour of the balloon
I tried that but I didnāt find a purple color that was dark enough for Delores shirt and bright enough for the balloon. I Also tried a bright purple and darkened it with dithering but I donāt like to dither so small areas created with big pixels, because it makes the image much less clean. Iāll try it again, though. š
> [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](#):
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> Actually, they enhanced each location and character:
Actually, the scene on the right doesnāt use 32 colors but only 16. They used the other available 16 colors for other stuff, probably, but not for the scene.
> [@seguso](#):
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> Strange, they repainted everything but they used the horrid EGA cyan color
I agree. Let me say that thatās a very very bad way to use Amiga colors. 32 palette colors chosen from a total of 4096 would give any pixel artist an incredible ways to express his/her talent. Instead, they used only 16 colors, replicating a bit the EGA color scheme.
For comparison, this is a MI1 Amiga scene using 22 colors:
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### Author:  [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/18 "2017-06-16T14:50:02Z")
> [@LowLevel](#):
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> I agree. Let me say that thatās a very very bad way to use Amiga colors
I might be wrong but I think this Amiga version is still 16 colors:
I mean, that is clearly the EGA palette. So I assume itās 16 colors, and that the pc and amiga versions are the same.
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### Author:  [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/19 "2017-06-16T14:58:16Z")
> [@seguso](#):
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> So I assume itās 16 colors, and that the pc and amiga versions are the same.
Yes, thatās why I said that for the Amiga they used only 16 colors even if Amiga would have provided more colors (32 or even 64, with some limitations).
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### Author:  [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)
#### Post date: [June 16, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-main-characters-by-me/774/20 "2017-06-16T19:31:03Z")
> [@LowLevel](#):
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> This is a very good example of non-square pixels applied to Thimbleweed Park art:
> [https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/04af250ebea84c56db52d490576f74c7f07d9249.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/04af250ebea84c56db52d490576f74c7f07d9249.png)
WOW, thatās a real C64 conversion! Congratulations to the author!!
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