Thanks to the various Mod's of the Pokemon Diamond/White Forum and with the help of previous judges, the White Sprite Contest, previously the Diamond Sprite Contest, has been a great success, with over 100 rounds and rapidly approaching 200! This contest is a place for spriters and fusers to come so they can test their skill against others. They must follow the guidelines of the current theme and obey the rules set by the contest. Abiding by the rules is crucial for your sprite to even be judged, so make sure you don't break any of them. Remember, this contest is for experienced spriters, so newbies to spriting may have a tough time keeping up.
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This contest is for fun, don't be too serious, have fun.
NEW THEME: Make one of the starter Pokemon an Ice or Dark type. They can also be dual (Ice/Dark). They can also keep one of their original typing, but have to have Ice or Dark as one of their new ones (for example: Venusar can become a Grass/Ice, or Dark/Poison type). It's your choice. You can choose any starter from the five generations, at any stage. DEADLINE: October12. JUDGE: We'll se. Probably Pheonyx...
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Do you want to move this to Black/White 2? It's a lot more active there.
Heh, guess no one actually took the reins on that, did they? Yes, let's do that. Just let me make a new thread, throw up a link, and then you can lock this one Phi.
Do you want to move this to Black/White 2? It's a lot more active there.
Oct 12, 12 at 11:39am
Pheonyx
Judging's going to get pushed back another week or so because I'm playing Black 2 and there's only two entries and I have midterms but mostly Black 2. So yeah, continue entering. The entries so far look good! Ice and Dark retypes are some of my favorite to judge.
Oct 11, 12 at 7:30pm
Wombat
Here's my entry: Quilava as an Ice-type! This was an interesting one to do. C+C appreciated as usual.
Oct 11, 12 at 1:40pm
DarkFireEternal
Hey there, I decided to enter this round. My sprite seems a bit simple, so C+C on how to make it better is highly appreciated. It's a Servine, but how I imagined it would look Dark-type.
(It's so weird that this is the same thread I posted on about 9 months back...and then I came upon it again without actually looking for it...)
Oct 07, 12 at 4:37pm
Exxmaniac
Oh man, that was an awesome tourney to totally look through in one straight shot. Congrats to Lizz for winning and to Dragon Arbock for snatching second! Okaybacktothedarkcornerwithalltheotherspriterswho'veleftandmaycomeback
Oct 03, 12 at 10:58am
Wombat
Cool, thanks for the criticism. I was hoping for a bit more constructive criticism like how to fix what's wrong rather than just what's wrong, but this is still quite helpful.
This next round looks pretty massively awesome too. I can't wait to get spriting
Oct 01, 12 at 7:24pm
Lizz
Thanks 4Ever! Haha, the irony of that sprite getting the same grade 3-ish years ago when I entered it for the first time XD
Oct 01, 12 at 3:47pm
4EverSeaMusic
JUDGING
ben101 C+ You didn't do much. All you did was making its body look like a bowl. The head, tail, legs look the same. You should have made its entire body structure look bigger and fatter. Perhaps, try changing its facial expression too. Just add more fat to those bones:D
Wombat B I love your idea. I really like those eastern-style dragon drawings. Anyway, the sprite isn't that great (technically) when you take a closer look. To which body type did you want to change it anyway? I'm guessing a serpent? If so, the legs and arms aren't necessary. And in this position they look awkward. Both legs look like they are facing the wrong angle. The arms aren't sprited that well. Also the body looks a bit messy around the arms too. The shading does look wrong behind the head, on the stomach. The stomach/neck looks flat. You could add the patterns from the tail, so that it doesn't look so flat. I like how you kept the same head/face from the original Flygon sprite.
Lizz A- I remember that sprite. It looks to me like a smaller chicken version of Ho-Oh:P. No offence. But I see the marsupial features you added of course. Everything looks good. Except for the wings and head maybe. Since the front wing is small because of the smaller body size, the feathers look like scales from a reptile... And the face doesn't look it's from Ho-Oh. You could have kept the black circles around Ho-Ohs eyes and the golden beak.
Pheonyx B+ Pretty good. The thing that is bothering me the most (I don't know how relevant it is) is the head-face. The face doesn't look like it's from Blaziken. It looks too much like Arcanine. I also don't like how the hair/feathers on the back are so straight. The tail also looks too feather like for a canine.
WINNERS: 1. Lizz 2. Pheonyx 3. Wombat
NEW THEME: Make one of the starter Pokemon an Ice or Dark type. They can also be dual (Ice/Dark). They can also keep one of their original typing, but have to have Ice or Dark as one of their new ones (for example: Venusar can become a Grass/Ice, or Dark/Poison type). It's your choice. You can choose any starter from the five generations, at any stage. DEADLINE: October12. JUDGE: We'll se. Probably Pheonyx...
Sep 29, 12 at 11:59pm
Pheonyx
Aw man, how do you reply to a comment like that? On the subject of more tournaments, I was actually thinking of a winter tournament (though since it's nearly October, I may push it back to a spring tournament) with a completely new and original structure. Still a couple kinks to work out but I hope it's something everyone can look forward to. Oh, speaking of which, is there any time that is good or bad for tournaments for anyone? I know we all have school and work but I'd hate to start my tournament January and then have that be an extra busy time.
Anyway, I'm working on a sprite for this round (gotta get back in the game) but if I don't get it done by Monday then 4EverSeaMusic please feel free to judge whenever you have time.
Edit: Blaziken as a canine.
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C+C appreciated as usual.
