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Emoticon Chess Board
Published: 2012-03-06 19:48:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 19253; Favourites: 1330; Downloads: 0
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An emoticon chess board
. Something i've been working on in school now. i was planning on doing another piece of work but then my friend forced me to play chess with him. so this is where this came from.....-----
King: emote holding sword
Queen: Crowned emote
bishop: emote holding cross
knight: emote holding shield
rook: turret hatted emote
pawn: simple looking emote
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im also planning on doing an OC emoticon chess board. so please note me if you want to be added.
Also i didn't want to include all chess pieces as the board would be too full
also i did not want to add mouths because normal chess pieces dont have them it was a bit of a stretch with the eyes 
. i only added a mouth to one to make him look more of a dummypoor little hanging white piece
edit: shaded the outline of the emotes a bit darker so they stand out a bit more on the corresponding coloured tile.
edit2: shaded the outline of all emotes a bit darker
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Comments: 167
Wow, where do I start.
First of all, this is very creative with the emoticons especially with the white pawn on the edge, LOL! You could have done a little better with the accessories on the emotes, but I understand it's not the easiest thing in the world. The detail on the chess board was phenomenal, like I could order this set online. Giving the emoticons some emotion (no pun intended) was brilliant, even though only 2 or 3 really had any emotion at all. Long story short, this art is fantastic and really deserved to be a daily deviation.
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Inaccurate chess positions in art are such a hassle. Strange that the only pieces traded off are opposite colored bishops. There's implications that you mixed up black's royalty's initial position (Queen moved to g6 from e8? King is on d8? Wrong colors. The queenside is awfully vacant, though I've seen such emerge from queen's gambits accepted with b5)
White's horrible. Not because of the rook which can be attacked after e6. Black has two threats on both knights. King safety is poor on both sides (at first I thought white better, thinking that after Nxf6 Nxf6 the queenside would be too weak for black to withstand white's initiative)
Strange is where f6 would've been played. But I suppose it's less strange when you've misplaced the king so that the weak square is c7 rather than f7. The knights on g4 and d5 are rather odd
How did you dream up this mess?
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One more thing about it as an artistic piece: it needs better contrast between the pieces and board and the pieces themselves. It's nice you tried to simplify the designs but you reduced them too much and it's hard to tell the difference between them.
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first of all, get your facts straight before you decide to critique incorrectly. The pieces have already been played in a game which has been with-held. Maybe my friend and I aren't the best chess players but does that make you? All pieces are in a correct space. Secondly, the picture isn't about how pieces can be taken or how they are placed. it is about the actual design of the piece. try opening up the creative side of your brain instead of only the logical.
your critique is solely based on the pieces being 'mis-placed' and you just added a tiny spec of a comment about the actual design.
Maybe my work is a mess to you, but the feeling is mutual my friend,
The feeling is mutual
~Pixacious
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Pretty much my rating. Also, i liked it. Do i need to right more? Fine. It's ok, but i don't really like that pixel-lized look. I nevered really liked it anyways (Unless it fits). It's deffiantly unique, i mean, who would make a chess peice using deviantart emoticons?
No one. You're about the only one. Good job, but the color of white is quite... Not fitting. Clean white would honestly be better. It really didn't shout out a message except this is a artist. I mean, at the bottom page, so many groups, quite the thing. GOOD JOB DEAR SIR.
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actually, i accidently clicked fair.
Although the ratings are suitable, the comments you wrote dont seem to correspond well with the piece
i cannot change the 'pixelated look' because its an isometric pixel drawing. clean white would be too bland and the last part just confused me, sorry
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I like the concept, the chess pieces look either scared or in the case of one, rather derpy. I enjoy chess and it's nice to see something depicting it so well, as if the chessboard itself is a battlefield.
I think the idea is well depicted, the idea strikes me as soon as I see it, hence the full stars in impact, it left an impression.
I find the idea original which makes it stand out better amongst most other designs. The isometric view of the board allows plenty of room to observe the concept portrayed in the piece, the colours contrast and the basic shading gives it dimension, for that reason I gave technique four and a half stars.
In my opinion this is a great work and I hope to see more like it.
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I really enjoy the original concept. I haven't seen anything even remotely similar to this done, and it's always very difficult to find something like that when seemingly everything has been done.
I think the biggest issues come into play where they all have very similar stances and facial expressions. As far as stances go, it's fairly difficult to make them varied, because they are small emoticons. However, the facial expressions of the white pieces are all almost identical, and it makes the work rather bland.
Another item that makes the deviation bland is that the textures are actually a bit too simple. I understand that, to go with the theme of emoticons, it can't be extremely detailed, or it would lose the effect. However, the wooden board being "woody" by a stripe effect is not good at all. It doesn't really look like wood, I am just assuming it is supposed to be because it is a Chess board. A lot of the shading in this deviation is also too subtle; I would encourage making the colors stand out a little bit more as at first glance our eyes almost think there is no shading, when in fact there is. (Particularly referring to the checkers and emotiballs)
Maybe there needs to be more action. There are quite a few pawns that look a bit bored. So my overall recommendation would be to make your shading a little more obvious with a slightly broader palette, re-shade the wood, and change most of the facial expressions. After all, they are emoticons, they have to be very expressive!
Overall it is a very humorous and original piece. I like it, but it could use some work, and as I see you keep editing it, I'm sure I will see it in its full glory some time soon. Congratulations on the Daily Deviation!
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i understand
the main idea with the emotes expressions looking the same was created on purpose, i did not want them having seperate expressions. I was in conflict with myself about putting faces on the emotes as a whole.
Also with the 'wood' effect. I used my chess table in my room as a whole reference to the picture, and as the table is of striped nature, the stripe effect is what i intended.
Emoticons are shaded as how i would shade them, that's how they will stay
Thank you for the critique
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5 Stars on everything!
I really love this work! I've never scene anything like it! It definitively deserved Daily Deviation. The view is pretty awesome, since it's not looking straight down or forward it's at a slant so we can see the fully board and all the pieces. I think it's very original since I've never scene any iea of the players being emoticons with the kings, queens, knights, etc. It's a very cool idea. I like hot the colors are very vibrant.
I'd definitally use this checker board no matter what! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
Thank you for making/sharing this art work with us!
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Can I use this? OMG! It's so cute!! ^-^
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no sorry, its not for general useΒ
apologiesΒ
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I understand. ^-^
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awesome idea. wish i'd seen this earlier. where was i?
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That's such a great idea! Awesome concept and execution! Love it!
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As a lover of both chess and emotes, this makes me very happy. If only it were real...
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if i ever get involved with crafts, i might make it real
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That would be EPIC!
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if i ever get the knowledge ill make it
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someone could have told me this got a DD 
oh well XD congrats FYI I suggested this as well
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Ahah nice work ^^, but i have to say it's hard to make the difference between tower and queen ^^
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i noticed, but the rook isn't 'meant' to be wearing it as a hat as such, its just the tower top
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Aww, how cute~! Here, have a cookie. *gives interwebz cookie*
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The white one in the corner with the dummy face reminds me how fun it is to block all the entrances to the very end so the other person can't get kinged in checkers.
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