CT Chia
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The Smash Grand Festival Spriting Contest (Closed)
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[COLLAPSE=Talking to myself]Before:
After:
I worked on it a little bit (the shading and the placement of the largest fin).
Is the position too awkward? I really think it's fine, but that might just be me.
EDIT: Edited again.
EDIT2:
Or I could completely leave one of the fins and have the viewer assume that the fin is behind the body... I can't decide.[/COLLAPSE]
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt70/TheAceLucario/Aqualix5.png
This is my final submission.
After:
I worked on it a little bit (the shading and the placement of the largest fin).
Is the position too awkward? I really think it's fine, but that might just be me.
EDIT: Edited again.
EDIT2:
Or I could completely leave one of the fins and have the viewer assume that the fin is behind the body... I can't decide.[/COLLAPSE]
http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/tt70/TheAceLucario/Aqualix5.png
This is my final submission.
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Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
I anticipate the results.
Purple
Hi guys!
I'm expecting first or a close second
Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Anticipation is a Teryble ability. Going along with Teryble abilities: "Roxy's Forewarn let it learn the winner!"
Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Get better soon, Spire!
Circa
Smash Champion
When I still had my Mac I used to use Pixen. It's pretty much designed for spriting. And it's free!these are really cool
what are the easiest programs for me to try this myself (on a mac/preferably free)?
I'm not sure if it's optimal or not though. I just know that it's pretty good for not paying a penny. Although, there was an issue where it'd shut down on you occasionally, so you'd have to remember to constantly save. But this only happened if you got the newest version at the time. They may have updated it since I got it though, so this may not happen anymore. If it does, then look for the version that was released before it. It should work.
Wave⁂
Smash Legend
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Most people will recommend Gimp, but I prefer Paint.NET. Haven't even heard of Pixen, though.these are really cool
what are the easiest programs for me to try this myself (on a mac/preferably free)?
Circa
Smash Champion
Yeah I stumbled upon Pixen when I was first looking for a way to do spriting on a Mac and didn't know about any free programs apart from Gimp, and I found Gimp too complicated for me. Pixen's pretty easy to figure out though.
M.K
Level 55
I use Paint lmao.
It's so primitive but it works best for me.
It's so primitive but it works best for me.
Purple
Hi guys!
I use photoshop cs3
CT Chia
Smash Obsessed
Corel Paint Shop Pro XI
It's the best version of PSP made imo. All version prior are ok but lack some features, but 12 and later they changed some of the interface and it runs slowbroer. 11 is perfect
It's the best version of PSP made imo. All version prior are ok but lack some features, but 12 and later they changed some of the interface and it runs slowbroer. 11 is perfect
Fuelbi
Banned via Warnings
I use GIMP. I also have CS5 but I cannot for the life of me figure out how to use all the little features so I stick to GIMP
Purple
Hi guys!
Well cs3-5 is pretty simple when it comes to sampling, consider it's just drawing with the pencil, except easier ways to color and such :x
Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Feeling better, Spire? D:
Purple
Hi guys!
My heart jumped just now.
Oh my goodness
Oh my goodness
Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Lack of interest. This round only had like 5 entries as opposed to the first two rounds.
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The results!
Congratulations to Roxy for winning the round!
This week's prompt, in celebration of the imminent release of Black and White in America, Australia, and Europe, is:
Roxy - Chlorophix
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Grass/Ground
Firus: I absolutely love Chlorophix. Its coloring immediately gives off a mud vibe, which works for the ground typing, but also lends itself well to adapt a grass typing. The leaves you added as its mane further help to create the grass idea, and the bits of moss on the various pieces complete the picture. The male/female difference is also not only a nice touch, but it works extremely well. The way you formed Chlorophix, it really gets the retype across and it truly feels like it could be its own Pokémon.
Spire: I don't think a Pokémon sprite has ever so realistically portrayed a material as well as Clorophix's mud. I look at the sprite and I see a bunch of clumps of smooth, wet clay. It's fantastic. The shading is absolutely flawless. Also digging the pink iris you gave the female version to match its flower. It's little tidbits like this that make all the difference in the world. In my honest opinion, this is a perfect display of retyping a Pokémon. Congratulations.
Firus: 10/10
Spire: 10/10
Final: 10/10
Meta-Kirby - Glacilix
Ice/Ground
Firus: I really appreciate what you did with this sprite and how much work must have gone into all of the scratching you did, but it feels like it's missing something to me. For one, I think it could've benefited from a black outline, in a few places. I also feel that it might've been stronger had you had focused more on one icy color; I think the icy blue you used on the top half of its head might've worked well were it incorporated in the rest of the body, but it clashes somewhat with the snowy-white you used for the majority of the sprite. You did a very good job with all of the scratch spriting, but something -- can't quite put my finger on what -- doesn't feel right in the sprite.
Spire: I see the head and I'm just wowed. It feels so icy, almost vampiric! It's brooding eyes just speak for its sheer elementalism: this creature is made of ice and it's by nature ferocious. This is a threatening Pokémon. However, its tail-body could have been portrayed better. I see that you unified it with the head in terms of color, but it feels limited in its scope. Look at Regice's sprites for a proper depiction of solid ice. This feels like the color is limited not by choice, but because it's a Gen II sprite. It feels really dated in this regard.
Firus: 7/10
Spire: 6/10
Final: 6.5/10
Wave - Feeblix
Flying/Steel(?)
Firus: Not really a retype, just attaching Pidgey's wings onto Steelix. Somewhat amusing, but the wings aren't blended or recolored at all, so it looks pretty awkward overall.
Spire: What Firus said.
Firus: 1/10
Spire: 1/10
Final: 1/10
canvasch - Miasmix
Poison/Steel
Firus: You had a good concept here and approached it in an interesting manner, but ultimately, the lines of Miasmix make it very hard to look at, and they clash with the plain tip of the tail. The sprite also has no shading, which takes away from the feeling of being an actual Pokémon and makes it just look like a textured drawing.
Spire: I really dig the name and I really dig the sprite... if it weren't entered in a spriting contest. If this was a painting, I'd be all over it, but there is literally zero form. There are outlines and then a repeating pattern. It seems like you were trying to replicate Muk's texture on Steelix. Because of this, you should have first discerned that it would no longer be composed of rock-like shapes; it'd be rather amorphous. Just because there are stripes does not mean that there can't be shading. Because of a lack thereof, this sprite is completely intangible and cannot be read as a physical being. However, I really appreciate the effort you put into spacing the stripes from one another and I can read into your intent clearly enough.
Firus: 3/10
Spire: 4/10
Final: 3.5/10
Chibo - Jetix
Flying/Steel
Firus: I really like what you did here. For one, you took a creative approach to the flying type. The typical idea to turn to when retyping to flying is adding wings, but you picked an idea far more fitting for Steelix's anatomy and concept. Not only that, but you took into consideration what would be required for Steelix to be as such -- a more aerodynamic form -- and changed Steelix's body to match that. The two things that bug me slightly about the sprite are his head and his tail. His head doesn't clash too much, but I do feel that the sprite would've looked a little better if you had made Steelix's head more aerodynamic as well. The tail is also a little awkwardly shaped. It makes sense to end the tail with a point, but I feel that, with how round the rest of his body is, it might've looked better if his body just consisted of smaller and smaller spheres. Overall though, I really do like how creatively you approached the sprite and I love what you did with it.
Spire: It really feels like it's already flying, hovering at an advantageous angle. It's ready to strike. I really appreciate how you retained the head and the Steel typing, as well as the coloring while completely transforming its body. I think the tips of the wings could have been accentuated a little more, maybe adding some sort of lights to rhyme with the colors and form of its eyes. The tip of the tail also feels out of place. I think a fin may have needed to be in order.
Firus: 9/10
Spire: 8/10
Final: 8.5/10
Tacel - Aqualix
Water
Firus: I can see where you were going with this sprite, but the end result is somewhat awkward. First and foremost, I think part of the reason that it seems off is that you took a sprite that's as rough and textured as Steelix and almost completely smoothed it out. When I look at Aqualix, my eyes tend to be drawn to the forehead which just feels...blank. I also feel like, with Steelix's snake-like structure, Aqualix would've better fit as a water type with more of an eel-like anatomy, having a large dorsal fin and small fins at its side.
Spire: The first thing I see when I look at this sprite is a blue, eel-like Steelix. In concept it's awesome. But then I am immediately blinded by the sheer flatness and minimalistic color pallette. It feels much to smooth, as if it were made out of sculping clay. The fins don't unify with the body like they should; they feel "attached". I think the overwhelming drawback of this sprite is the use of utter blue. It is too blue. Just because the Pokémon is water type does not mean it needs to be blue. If you were aiming to transform Steelix into a biologically sound eel-like Pokémon, then you should have gone for more eel-like colors. Because it has fins and an eel-shaped body, we would have been able to read that it's a Water type, even without telling us.
Firus: 4/10
Spire: 3/10
Final: 3.5/10
Grass/Ground
Firus: I absolutely love Chlorophix. Its coloring immediately gives off a mud vibe, which works for the ground typing, but also lends itself well to adapt a grass typing. The leaves you added as its mane further help to create the grass idea, and the bits of moss on the various pieces complete the picture. The male/female difference is also not only a nice touch, but it works extremely well. The way you formed Chlorophix, it really gets the retype across and it truly feels like it could be its own Pokémon.
Spire: I don't think a Pokémon sprite has ever so realistically portrayed a material as well as Clorophix's mud. I look at the sprite and I see a bunch of clumps of smooth, wet clay. It's fantastic. The shading is absolutely flawless. Also digging the pink iris you gave the female version to match its flower. It's little tidbits like this that make all the difference in the world. In my honest opinion, this is a perfect display of retyping a Pokémon. Congratulations.
Firus: 10/10
Spire: 10/10
Final: 10/10
Meta-Kirby - Glacilix
Ice/Ground
Firus: I really appreciate what you did with this sprite and how much work must have gone into all of the scratching you did, but it feels like it's missing something to me. For one, I think it could've benefited from a black outline, in a few places. I also feel that it might've been stronger had you had focused more on one icy color; I think the icy blue you used on the top half of its head might've worked well were it incorporated in the rest of the body, but it clashes somewhat with the snowy-white you used for the majority of the sprite. You did a very good job with all of the scratch spriting, but something -- can't quite put my finger on what -- doesn't feel right in the sprite.
Spire: I see the head and I'm just wowed. It feels so icy, almost vampiric! It's brooding eyes just speak for its sheer elementalism: this creature is made of ice and it's by nature ferocious. This is a threatening Pokémon. However, its tail-body could have been portrayed better. I see that you unified it with the head in terms of color, but it feels limited in its scope. Look at Regice's sprites for a proper depiction of solid ice. This feels like the color is limited not by choice, but because it's a Gen II sprite. It feels really dated in this regard.
Firus: 7/10
Spire: 6/10
Final: 6.5/10
Wave - Feeblix
Flying/Steel(?)
Firus: Not really a retype, just attaching Pidgey's wings onto Steelix. Somewhat amusing, but the wings aren't blended or recolored at all, so it looks pretty awkward overall.
Spire: What Firus said.
Firus: 1/10
Spire: 1/10
Final: 1/10
canvasch - Miasmix
Poison/Steel
Firus: You had a good concept here and approached it in an interesting manner, but ultimately, the lines of Miasmix make it very hard to look at, and they clash with the plain tip of the tail. The sprite also has no shading, which takes away from the feeling of being an actual Pokémon and makes it just look like a textured drawing.
Spire: I really dig the name and I really dig the sprite... if it weren't entered in a spriting contest. If this was a painting, I'd be all over it, but there is literally zero form. There are outlines and then a repeating pattern. It seems like you were trying to replicate Muk's texture on Steelix. Because of this, you should have first discerned that it would no longer be composed of rock-like shapes; it'd be rather amorphous. Just because there are stripes does not mean that there can't be shading. Because of a lack thereof, this sprite is completely intangible and cannot be read as a physical being. However, I really appreciate the effort you put into spacing the stripes from one another and I can read into your intent clearly enough.
Firus: 3/10
Spire: 4/10
Final: 3.5/10
Chibo - Jetix
Flying/Steel
Firus: I really like what you did here. For one, you took a creative approach to the flying type. The typical idea to turn to when retyping to flying is adding wings, but you picked an idea far more fitting for Steelix's anatomy and concept. Not only that, but you took into consideration what would be required for Steelix to be as such -- a more aerodynamic form -- and changed Steelix's body to match that. The two things that bug me slightly about the sprite are his head and his tail. His head doesn't clash too much, but I do feel that the sprite would've looked a little better if you had made Steelix's head more aerodynamic as well. The tail is also a little awkwardly shaped. It makes sense to end the tail with a point, but I feel that, with how round the rest of his body is, it might've looked better if his body just consisted of smaller and smaller spheres. Overall though, I really do like how creatively you approached the sprite and I love what you did with it.
Spire: It really feels like it's already flying, hovering at an advantageous angle. It's ready to strike. I really appreciate how you retained the head and the Steel typing, as well as the coloring while completely transforming its body. I think the tips of the wings could have been accentuated a little more, maybe adding some sort of lights to rhyme with the colors and form of its eyes. The tip of the tail also feels out of place. I think a fin may have needed to be in order.
Firus: 9/10
Spire: 8/10
Final: 8.5/10
Tacel - Aqualix
Water
Firus: I can see where you were going with this sprite, but the end result is somewhat awkward. First and foremost, I think part of the reason that it seems off is that you took a sprite that's as rough and textured as Steelix and almost completely smoothed it out. When I look at Aqualix, my eyes tend to be drawn to the forehead which just feels...blank. I also feel like, with Steelix's snake-like structure, Aqualix would've better fit as a water type with more of an eel-like anatomy, having a large dorsal fin and small fins at its side.
Spire: The first thing I see when I look at this sprite is a blue, eel-like Steelix. In concept it's awesome. But then I am immediately blinded by the sheer flatness and minimalistic color pallette. It feels much to smooth, as if it were made out of sculping clay. The fins don't unify with the body like they should; they feel "attached". I think the overwhelming drawback of this sprite is the use of utter blue. It is too blue. Just because the Pokémon is water type does not mean it needs to be blue. If you were aiming to transform Steelix into a biologically sound eel-like Pokémon, then you should have gone for more eel-like colors. Because it has fins and an eel-shaped body, we would have been able to read that it's a Water type, even without telling us.
Firus: 4/10
Spire: 3/10
Final: 3.5/10
Congratulations to Roxy for winning the round!
This week's prompt, in celebration of the imminent release of Black and White in America, Australia, and Europe, is:
Going a little simple this time to give you guys a break and hopefully engender some more interest in the contest again.
Purple
Hi guys!
This has been the best week ever.
CT Chia
Smash Obsessed
yaaay roxy congrats
an airplane took 2nd place
an airplane took 2nd place
Fuelbi
Banned via Warnings
No offense Roxy, but I'm kinda disappointed Jetlix didn't win >___> congrats though!
Terywj [태리]
Charismatic Maknae~
Congratulations, Roxy!
Purple
Hi guys!
rPSIvysaur
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Wave should have won 
If it were opposite week
If it were opposite week
CT Chia
Smash Obsessed
Jetix just had the comedic factor (which is what I was going for), but Chlorophix (I prob misspelled that lol) was def the best sprite this week. I'm surprised Glacilix didn't get a lil higher.
M.K
Level 55
Oh my god thank god just a fusion ^_^
Retypes are such hard things for me to formulate in my brain.
O_O
But omg Unova yayyy <3333
Oh, and I definitely appreciate the comments on the head of my Steelix. To be completely honest, it's the only part of that sprite I can definitely say I take pride in. After spending so much time on the head, I was just like X___X BODY. ICE. NAO.
Retypes are such hard things for me to formulate in my brain.
O_O
But omg Unova yayyy <3333
Oh, and I definitely appreciate the comments on the head of my Steelix. To be completely honest, it's the only part of that sprite I can definitely say I take pride in. After spending so much time on the head, I was just like X___X BODY. ICE. NAO.
Fuelbi
Banned via Warnings
Anybody wanna show me a sprite generator with BW sprites? I can't decide on what to do and I need one >_>
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