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Welcome to the Official Character Palette Swap Thread!!
Introducing the
Color Palette Swap Contest!!!!
THE WINNER!
Zhadgon is the Winner of the First Round! Congratulations Zhadgon with the Samus palette swap!
[collapse=Here are the previous submissions:]
APC99
Character: Luigi
Zhadgon
Character: Samus
Kapus
Character: Peach
thekewlusername
Character: Mario
FalKoopa
Character: Link
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The TOPIC/PROMPT
The next topic is in! Since Pokemon seems to be on everyone's brains currently, the next topic is a Pokemon theme. While the character didn't do too well in actual game play, the Pokemon Trainer was widely liked and the ingenuity that he brought to the field. There the next topic is:
Create a 5 palette swaps of a Pokemon Trainer from any generation with a team of 3 Pokemon from any generation. Make sure you place the Trainer as well as the Pokemon within the palette swaps.
The Deadline for the palette swaps is November 11th, a month away.
So how does it all go down?
First, each month I will give a new topic/prompt. It is your job to follow that prompt and use that month to create a palette swap. What are these topics/prompts? i will get to that in just a second but they are just as they sound - a guideline to create the palette swap with.
Second, after perfecting your palette swap; post it up! Please indicate that it is for the contest and not a general palette swap.
Third, wait! It's that easy! Myself and the two other judges, Opossum and Swampasaur will evaluate the submissions at the end of the month and decide on a winner.
So what are the Rules?
1. One submission per contestant. Submitting more than one submission will result in disqualification. You may edit your current palette swap with a new one though.
2. Follow the monthly topic/prompt. On the first of the month, a new topic/prompt will be announced. These topics/prompts vary in definition. For example, there may be prompts such as:
"Create a six color palette swap of Waluigi." This is a very restrictive topic/prompt and one I would like to avoid.
"Create five color palette swap of a Mega Pokemon" That is a somewhat broad topic/prompt and will appear often.
"Create a five color palette swap of a Fire using character." This is a very broad topic/prompt and can be left for creative interpretation from the participant.
However, I will not be putting topics/prompts such as "Create a seven color palette swap of a Super Mario Bros. metal baby paper character wearing the sports outfit in a go-kart." Those will never ever appear in the contest. Not following the prompt/topic will either result in elimination of points or disqualification.
3. Please host your images either on photobucket.com or imgur.com. Do not submit them via post attachment. Doing so will result in the judges ignoring the submission. In addition, please include your color swaps all in ONE picture or, if too big, two individual pictures. It helps with copying and pasting to the front page.
4. The contest will begin on the first on the month, when the new topic is announced. From the 1st until the end of the month, please submit your artwork. Submitting late will result in a disqualification. Please be on time.
5. Please remove all formatting prior to submission. Again, it helps when I copy and paste your submission to the front page. So now funky colors or fonts. In addition, please indicate that your artwork is a contest submission. Failing to do either will result in A) the judges ignoring it until the formatting is removed or B) counting it as a non-contest art piece.
6. Critiquing is allowed but will be monitored.
7. Descriptions of the color swaps are allowed and encouraged.
8. Judges may not participate.
10. Any paint software is available. However, if you don't want to sell your kidneys or resort to piracy to get Pohotshop, I suggest getting www.gimp.org. I will be posting a guide for GIMP in the next week or so.
9. Have fun!
The CRITERIA for JUDGING
The judges will look for five criteria:
1) Quality of Art: Basically, whether if the participants colored inside of the lines, showcases an understanding of color balance, etc.
2) The Topic: Did participants follow the topic to a T? For example, if the topic asked "Make a 5 color palette swap...." but a user made six. That would cause negative points.
3) Images: What kind of image was used. I understand that is is rather hard to find some good quality images. However, points will be taken off if poor quality artwork is used for the palette swap. Of course, the judges will take the character into consideration. Meaning: if the topic asked to make a palette swap of a fairly obscure character with hardly any images on Google and, therefore, the only image available is a crappy artifact-strewn piece of art. Bearing that in mind, I doubt there will be such a topic. I will create a topic where substantial art is readily available on google.
4) Thought/Time: This was a hard one to label. Points will be added to a submission if it shows that a fair amount of time and thought when into the palette swap. This is indicated if the palette swap shows that the participant looked at other forms or characters with their palette swap. For indication, created an Isaac palette swap that includes colors from other characters in the games.
5) Relative to Smash Bros.: When doing palette swaps, please keep how they would look in Smash Bros. in mind. Therefore, please include a red, green, and blue palette swap UNLESS the character is mostly one of the colors (examples include Sonic, Lucario, and Yoshi). Points will be taken off if one of those three are not included. As well, negative/posterized color swaps will also be awarded negative points.
Please keep these criteria in mind when making your palette swap. You have a month so do some research, plan, and take your time with it.
REWARDS
Aside from a pat on the back, bragging rights, your name on the front post, and as well as the good feeling one gets from wining a competition - I am currently trying to get a rewards system in place. I will update this in the near future.
There are 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places as well as honorable mentions (depending on how many people participated).
TAKE IT THE STREETS!!!!
Want prizes, glory, and competition. Then advertise this! Tell all your friends or buddies about this! The more we have participating, the more fun it will get!
THE TOPIC/PROMPT
NOTE: Since we are starting early, the first contest will be slightly longer lasting between August 24th and September 30th.
Make a palette swap using the Super Smash Bros. Brawl colors swaps but on the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS models. The images can be found on the main site. All characters that appear on that site is game. Bear in mind that picking certain characters will result in smaller amount of palette swaps (for example, Pikachu has around 5 while Samus has 6.). Then, add an additional color swap that is not found in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Meaning, make your own additional specially created color swap from a SSBWIIU/3DS model.[/collapse]
Palette swaps is an institution dating back to Smash 64. Palette Swaps helps players add a little flair to their characters, helps identify someone during online play, adds depth to the character, and celebrates the character/franchises history by referencing previous costumes. It is an institution that won't be changed any time soon. Despite the possibility of additional and/or DLC costumes, Palette Swaps are here to stay. So we will most likely see new palette swaps with more veteran and newcomer characters. While we wait for the launch of Smash 4, how about we get our art on and crank out some palette swaps ourselves!
Therefore, without further adieu, welcome to the Official Palette Swap thread! The rules are simple: post palette swaps of your favorite characters and I will add them to the main OP (original post).
The Rules
I know I said the rules are simple but I do have a few criteria to lay out:
- 1. Only Nintendo, 2nd party, or viable 3rd party characters!
- 2. Along with Number 1, 3rd party characters that have yet to appear on a Nintendo system such as Master Chief, Kratos, etc and 4th party characters such as Spiderman and Mickey Mouse. You get the idea. Any of these characters that are posted will not be added to the OP.
- 3. While it doesn't have to be a work of art, please make it some what presentable. Simple coloring over that looks like a 3rd grader did it is unacceptable. At least make it look like you put in the effort.
- 4. Feel free to make a single palette swap or multiple ones! If you make multiple ones, please include them into one single image to make it easier both you and me. *Please look at mine for reference.
- 5. Feel free to request characters but please know that it may take away for people to fulfill the request. *As of right now, Requests are OPEN.
- 6. If you would like to use one of the palette swaps for your character support thread, please contact the artist who did the palette swap to ask for permission.
- 7. Veterans are allowed! You can either include them with the previous palette swaps, post without the previous palette swaps, or create an entirely different set of palette swaps.
- 8. More than one palette swap is allowed and encouraged!
- 9. Color swaps of possible costumes (i.e. a Demise costume for Ganondorf, a Dry Bowser costume for Bowser, a James McCloud costume for Fox) is permitted and can be requested.
- 10. When you submit a picture, please make it all one picture instead of separated pictures. That makes adding pictures to the front post much easier. As well, please remove/avoid any font colors or font styles. Remove formatting.
Tips and Guides
This is a new section of the Palette Swap thread where artists can coach or give pointers/hints/advice to newcomers. If you have any input to give, please PM me or post in the thread. I will be working on easy ways to make your palette swaps to look professional and clean. Check back for more information!
Palette Swaps
[Collapse=Super Mario Bros.]
[Collapse=Bowser]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
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[COLLAPSE=Bowser Jr.]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Daisy"]
Courtesy of NikoPunkSUPEERMAARIO
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Fawful"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Kamek"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Luigi"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Mario"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Metal Mario"]
Courtesy of Cider
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Mr. L"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Rosalina"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic Guy
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Paper Luigi"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Paper Mario"]
Courtesy of Onyx Oblixion
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Peach"]
Courtesy of Really Shy Guy
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Shy Guy"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Toad"]
Courtesy of splat
Courtesy of APC99
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Waluigi"]
Courtesy of Onyx Oblivian
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
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[collapse=Legend of Zelda]
[COLLAPSE="Ghirahim"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Majora Mask Link"][COLLAPSE="Deku Link"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[collapse=Goron Link]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Zora Link"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/collapse][/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Midna"][COLLAPSE="Pichu4SSB4"]Coming soon![/COLLAPSE][/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Skull Kid"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Tingle"]
Courtesy of MelMoe
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Toon Ganondorf"]
Courtesy of NikoPunkSUPEERMAARIO
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Toon Zelda"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Wolf Link and Midna"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE][/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE=Donkey Kong]
[COLLAPSE="Dixie Kong"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
Courtesy of MelMoe
Courtesy of Really Shy Guy
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="King. K. Rool"]
Courtesy of FalKoopa
Courtesy of MelMoe
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Retro Donkey Kong"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Stanley the Bugman"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Metroid]
[COLLAPSE="Dark Samus"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Ridley"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic Guy
[/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Samus"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Zero Suit Samus"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Pokemon]
[COLLAPSE="Lucario"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Meowth"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[collapse="Mew"]
Courtesy of Steelia
[/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Mewtwo"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[collapse="Mewtwo Awakened Form"]
Courtesy of Steelia
[/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Johto Starters"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Krokorok"]
Courtesy of GoldenYuiitusin
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Oshawott, Servine, Emboar"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Pichu"]
Courtesy of NikoPunkSUPEERMAARIO
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Plusle and Minun"]
Courtesy of NikoPunkSUPEERMAARIO
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Scizor"]
Courtesy of Ferio_kun
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Victini"]]
Courtesy of asage94
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Zoroark"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic Guy
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Kirby]
[COLLAPSE="Bandana Dee"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Meta Knight"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Gooey"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Starfox]
[COLLAPSE="Krystal"]
Courtesy of N3ON
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Yoshi]
[COLLAPSE="Baby Bowser"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Baby Mario and Baby Luigi"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Kamek"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Wario]
[COLLAPSE="Wario"]
Courtesy of Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Fire Emblem]
[COLLAPSE="Black Knight"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[collapse="Erika"]
Courtesy of TheMasonOrder
[/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Krom"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[collapse="Lucina"]
Courtesy of jaytalks
[/collapse]
[collapse="Tiki"]
Courtesy of jaytalks
[/collapse]
[/collapse]
[collapse=F-Zero]
[COLLAPSE="Black Shadow"]
Courtesy of Onyx Oblivian
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Samurai Goroh"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Earthbound/MOTHER]
[COLLAPSE="Masked Man"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Mother/Earthbound]
[COLLAPSE="Ninten"]
Courtesy of Pichu4SSB4
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Porky Minch"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Kid Icarus]
[COLLAPSE="Fighter (Kid Icarus)"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Palutena"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Animal Crossing]
[COLLAPSE="Tom Nook"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Golden Sun]
[COLLAPSE="Isaac"]
Courtesy of FalKoopa
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Sin and Punishment]
[COLLAPSE="Saki"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Super Punch Out!!]
[COLLAPSE="Little Mac"]
Courtesy of shinhed-echi
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Advanced Wars]
[COLLAPSE="Andy"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Grunt"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse=Xenoblade Chronicles]
[COLLAPSE="Shulk"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]
[collapse="Karate Joe"]
Courtesy of Hippotasauce
[/collapse]
[collapse="Retro"]
[COLLAPSE="Balloon Fighter"]
Courtesy of Onyx Oblivian
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Bubbles"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Duck Hunt Dog"]
Courtesy of Arcadenik
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Foreman Spike"]
Courtesy of Pichu4SSB4
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Mach Rider"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Mr. Stevenson"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Prince Sable"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Sheriff"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Takamaru"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Urban Fighter"]
Courtesy of fogbadge
[/COLLAPSE]
[COLLAPSE="Lip"]
Courtesy of Venus of the Desert Bloom
[/COLLAPSE]
[collapse="Mike Jones"]
Courtesy of shinehed-echi
[/collapse]
[COLLAPSE="Muddy Mole"]
Courtesy of splat
[/COLLAPSE]
[/collapse]