# Help build KirupaVille - \[Origin of KirupaVille\]

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151>\
**Category:** design\
**Created:** [December 25, 2002, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151 "2002-12-25T19:31:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/121 "2002-12-27T17:10:29Z")

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Here I am 😛

![](http://www.avalon-rev.dk/mig.jpg)

hehe… I look awful, I know 😛

Me with a cig, in my mothers back yard :beam:

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/122 "2002-12-27T17:10:34Z")

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**added:**

David  
playamarz  
electrongeek  
large trout

**changed**

name tags  
lost trousers:P

[EDIT] _ **new pic on my last post on this thread** _

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/123 "2002-12-27T17:14:10Z")

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Hey guig0!!

Can ya make me in a snazzy military sweater? :beam:

I just got one this christmas 🙂 reminds me of the good ol’ militz days _sniff_…

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/124 "2002-12-27T17:16:55Z")

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Sure I can dude!🙂

just explain to me what is a **snazzy military sweater** and how do you look like. I´ll quickly make a mini elisoe and you can point me the wrongs on your mini you for me to fix.

😛

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/125 "2002-12-27T17:25:35Z")

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Yeeearhh :bad:

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/126 "2002-12-27T17:28:13Z")

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just explain to me what is a **snazzy military sweater** plz.  
=)

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/127 "2002-12-27T17:36:56Z")

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here:

![](http://www.avalon-rev.dk/sweater.jpg)

The pic is VERY bad… taken inside at night, with a digi-cam…

I hope u can see it… even a little 🙂

Remember, it’s a dark green one. 🙂

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/128 "2002-12-27T17:45:34Z")

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Wow, this thread grew so much in just a few hours!

I love it Guig0, my pants caused much of an ordeal apparently, but now they are great :beam:

Job well done 🙂

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/129 "2002-12-27T17:46:59Z")

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man I can´t see those pics, it takes forever to load an then they appear as broken link :-\ is your server down?

the sweater is with the camouflage thang?

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/130 "2002-12-27T18:07:20Z")

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_lol_… SWEET!

I love it guig0… Jolly good job mate… _lol_…

But yeah… With large images? Ohh I have no clue… Hmm… I’d just say. Don’t make it where it would be extremely large…

Just make small city blocks… And then load em up like that…

THEN

It would make the scrolling algorithms alot easier also…

```auto

if(scrollindex iscloseto cityblocktile)
{
     plotthatcityblocktile();
}

```

Kewl?!?

Lataz

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/131 "2002-12-27T18:19:09Z")

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[SIZE=1]that if elisoe doesn´t want any changes on his mini self :P[/SIZE]

the next one only on monday 🙂

[EDIT] _ **new pic on my last post on this thread** _

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/132 "2002-12-27T18:28:35Z")

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One thing … It is Eilsoe, not Elisoe 🙂

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/133 "2002-12-27T18:30:48Z")

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this is going to be SO cool! i really need to work on mine…

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/134 "2002-12-27T18:35:37Z")

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fixed:

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**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/135 "2002-12-27T22:04:11Z")

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Well… I’m not all that sure about the import trace image option. it may seem right now, but if you look at file sizes of objects that are traced, they TEND to be larger. Now I’ve never played around with tracing Gifs, so I don’t know how that differs. I’ll try some experiments out today when I can.

I’m doing my plot, and some basic guys, in both pixel, and then later in vector formats for you guys to check out the differences. Vector will NOT however, end up having the feel of pixel art. That at least I’m sure of at this point.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 2:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/136 "2002-12-28T02:55:38Z")

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well, isnt someone going to stop phil before he strikes again?:beam:

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/137 "2002-12-28T05:50:35Z")

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_sniff_ can I be there too?  
I’m not … uh, senior enough yet. 😛  
Anyways  
I have no idea what pixel art really is, so i just started doing stuff in photoshop… don’t hate me.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/138 "2002-12-28T05:51:19Z")

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oh, and this sad thing, where i just changed a layer style.

…  
help.

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/139 "2002-12-28T05:54:49Z")

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Pixel art is when you take a 1px pencil tool (so there is no anti-aliasing) and zoom way in and draw your stuff.

Like 8 bit graphics sorta as you can tell from guig0s stuff.

There is more complex pixel art that looks more real, but we don’t have time for that… the 8 bit graphics look is all we are about :beam:

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**Post date:** [December 28, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/help-build-kirupaville-origin-of-kirupaville/10151/140 "2002-12-28T05:56:35Z")

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hm, that’s what I thought it was, so I think I’m going to quit while I’m ahead and save my dignity… which is now … some… very negative… value…  
_runs away_

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