Summer 2010 Spriting Contest!

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Summer 2010 Spriting Contest!

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I don't know about you guys, but summer is my favorite season of the year. So let's kick off this summer at VA with a brand new official contest!

This is another art contest, but it's slightly different than the past ones. You may ONLY enter sprites, no other art media, digital or otherwise. This contest is also different because I will be the one judging (probably with a little help from my fellow staff if I need a second opinion), rather than stefanol judging.

Your sprite needs to include at least one Pokemon, and it needs to represent summer in some way. Quality of the sprite is important, but creativity is also important. Even if you're not a great spriter, if you have a very creative idea for tying in the summer theme, it would be worth your while to enter.

Now, some of you might not know the difference between sprites and other forms of digital art. Sprites are typically made by placing individual pixels, as opposed to other art forms that have several placed and blended at once. Sprites are also often made using solely MS paint, but using other programs is acceptable as long as they still qualify as "sprites." For some examples, here is an image that IS a sprite, and here is an image that is NOT a sprite. Images that are not sprites will be disqualified. Also note that sprites MUST be saved as .png or (in programs other than MS Paint), .gif. If you save it as .jpg or any other format, it will ruin the details and it will no longer look like a sprite.

You do not have to make your sprites as big as the examples; any size is okay as long as it's large enough to show any details that you want to show. However, when making your sprites, you must use entirely your own work. No copying/pasting parts of sprites from "official" sprites ripped from games. This means you may not do "fusions" of official sprites or other similar things; your works must be completely custom. The only things you may use from official images are colors; I'm ok with you using the same colors as the official sprites, and you may draw any inspiration from other works as long as you don't outright take them. Anyone who is found to be stealing sprites will not only have their entries disqualified but will also be banned.

Now, as for what you can win.. Nautilus has prepared a very lovely summer promotional adoptable for us:
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There also may be other prizes for exceptional entries, so be sure to try your best!

The contest will go on for one month. The deadline is midnight on July 18th, 2010, in GMT -7 time (US Pacific coast time right now).

If you have any questions (including if you want to ask if something will qualify as a sprite or not), feel free to post here, and good luck! =)
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Ooh, the Kirlia is very pretty. I will get to work immediately
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This sounds awesome! I'll definitely enter. =3
I just have one question though: Can the sprite have other details? (Example: If the Clefairy Sprite had something below the surfboard) Or must it just be the sprite itself, with no other details like a sprited background?
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Cool! I'll enter for sure! =3

Oh yeah, Char beat me to the question.
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SereniledCharmander wrote:This sounds awesome! I'll definitely enter. =3
I just have one question though: Can the sprite have other details? (Example: If the Clefairy Sprite had something below the surfboard) Or must it just be the sprite itself, with no other details like a sprited background?
you can have any kind of background you want as long as it's sprited and custom as well. oh and backgrounds can either be transparent or white (if you choose not to add a detailed background), i don't care and i won't judge your sprite as worse if you don't make the bg transparent.
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All right, thanks! ^^
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^^' That's good to hear *has paint*
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I dunno if I'll actually do it, but I have to ask anyways - considering like the type of format, is it possible to do a manga/comic like format? They'll still be sprite-style of course. Just wondering.
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Crystal wrote:I dunno if I'll actually do it, but I have to ask anyways - considering like the type of format, is it possible to do a manga/comic like format? They'll still be sprite-style of course. Just wondering.
um, as long as it's using custom sprites that you made yourself i suppose that's fine.
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Thanks.
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I must have that kirlia.
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dammit~ i'd really like to enter
but when its more to scratch a pokemon, than doing a sprite through fusionating them, i won't win for sure! *sigh*
>_< but please tell me, when there is a "spriting" contest (not a "scratching" contest like this here)
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the summer krilia is so sweet *___*
I'd like to have one, but I don't now how to create a sprite :(
is it just a picture which has been painted on the pc (with paint or something) or is there anything speacial in creating them?
can anyone give me a short explanation?
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For the record:

http://www.dragonflycave.com/recoloring.aspx

Navigate to "Scratch sprite".
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stefanol, thank you very much, now I have a impression how to make it :) it will be a lot of work, but i try it, the kirila is worth for hard work :D
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are there gonna be more than one kirlia? just like in the easter or halloween contests? that would be great XDD
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of course there will be more than one! the amount of prizes given will probably be similar to previous contests, but it depends on how many people enter and the quality of the entries.
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Awesome~! I immediately get down to work... ^^
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Does ist have to be a Pokemon from the Games or are we allowed to use Fakemon?
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hmm.. i'll say that you need to use at least one real pokemon, but you may use fakemon or things from other series in addition to pokemon.
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