The Smash Grand Festival Spriting Contest (Closed)

[Aurane]

K, thanks.

 

[Firus]

No problem. Just ask if you'd like any more clarifications.

 

[Aurane]

No problem. Just ask if you'd like any more clarifications.

Don't mind if I do then lol I have a couple questions cause I got a fantastic Idea:

Can you use both Drifloon and his evolution?
Can you erase the legs on Drifloon?
Can you remix color?

Probably basic questions, but my main one is the first one. That one's the big score for my idea.

 

[Circa]

I'm not a judge, but I'm like 99% certain the answers are:

Yes, although I'm not entirely sure why you would want to.
Yes
Yes

 

[Aurane]

I'm not a judge, but I'm like 99% certain the answers are:

Yes
Yes
Yes

Alright... Then I got this. (for the first one, I was sure of the last two) How do you turn them in? Just post it?

 

[Firus]

Yes, just post it.

(And Circa is correct on all three points.)

 

[Aurane]

Trilogon

Here it is, the most epic Ballon you'll ever hold XD (How to pronunce his name: TRI-LOW-GON) and (Type: Ghost/Dragon )

 

[CT Chia]

Did you make that already?

 

[Aurane]

Did you make that already?

Yeah, you like it? This is my Happy Halloween Sprite now

 

[CT Chia]

It's not showing up right, you should reupload it to imgur.com or something. I viewed it from being able to edit your post lol

But yea it's like, one of my favorite sprites ever made on this thread so far lol
absolutely shocked cause it's your first entrance here

only problem is that firus said in prompt that he wanted drifloon/drifblim fused with only one other pokemon, while you used em with two other pokemon

edit: actually nvm i guess that's fused with only one pokemon. when i first saw it i thought it was chandelure and hydreigon, not just hydreigon

 

[Aurane]

It's not showing up right, you should reupload it to imgur.com or something. I viewed it from being able to edit your post lol

But yea it's like, one of my favorite sprites ever made on this thread so far lol
absolutely shocked cause it's your first entrance here

only problem is that firus said in prompt that he wanted drifloon/drifblim fused with only one other pokemon, while you used em with two other pokemon

edit: actually nvm i guess that's fused with only one pokemon. when i first saw it i thought it was chandelure and hydreigon, not just hydreigon

Lol I'm flattered, thanks bro! And it's a mix of Drifloon, Drifblim, and Hydreigon. Using both Drifloon and Drifblim being used at one time is ok, says Firus. And thanks for the website! I'm gunna reupload the picture now.

edit: Nope. No difference. Sorry, bro. I got an idea! I'll just edit the pic and make it have a background. That'll spice the spirte up too, maybe. I hope Firus is ok with that..

 

[CT Chia]

it's best to keep it transparent

look online for a guide to adding transparency to images in a program like gimp or paint.net (if you don't have photoshop or paint shop pro)

if not someone here can help you with it, but it's something you should learn when getting into spriting

 

[Kantrip]

Paint.net, magic wand tool swag. It's a free download.

 

[Aurane]

it's best to keep it transparent

look online for a guide to adding transparency to images in a program like gimp or paint.net (if you don't have photoshop or paint shop pro)

if not someone here can help you with it, but it's something you should learn when getting into spriting

Paint.net, magic wand tool swag. It's a free download.

Oh, for god's sake, I forgot about the wand! You see, I'm taking a Media Arts class, so I should of known that -_- Thanks for the reminder.

Edit: That wand really is magical. I need 2 remember more -_- Thanks, and it may be done. Happy Halloween!

 

[CT Chia]

After seeing my 3 contest ball prize I was wondering if anyone had hit 4 yet, and if not to make it my goal to nab it first. After looking at the OP, it seems Meta Kirby already won 4 contests lol (though no one else) so props to him

if and after i get 4 contest wins, i should be able to earn my past awards back by winning more contests to have tons of pokeballs all over my postbit

 

[Aurane]

After seeing my 3 contest ball prize I was wondering if anyone had hit 4 yet, and if not to make it my goal to nab it first. After looking at the OP, it seems Meta Kirby already won 4 contests lol (though no one else) so props to him

if and after i get 4 contest wins, i should be able to earn my past awards back by winning more contests to have tons of pokeballs all over my postbit

Awards? U earn awards for this?

 

[Terywj [태리]]

You could read the OP to find out. ^^

 

[UltiMario]

Man I didn't win? sad.

I've have to think of SOMETHING for this then. I need that premier ballll

 

[Neon Ness]

We still have two other judges, and I wouldn't mind taking part in a contest at some point in time myself (it's been far too long since I made sprites), so if you'd like to sit out on judging for this round and enter in it instead, you can.

Yeah, it's been a while since I've done sprites as well, so I might try to enter if I can make time/think of something worthwhile. It's so much fun :0

 

[Aurane]

@teryjv Thanks for that info. B4 for some reason it wasn't opening up, but now it is. I think my netbook had lagging issues. But anyways anyone here see my sprite? It's pretty epic.

 

[Circa]

@teryjv Thanks for that info. B4 for some reason it wasn't opening up, but now it is. I think my netbook had lagging issues. But anyways anyone here see my sprite? It's pretty epic.

You missed a pixel at the end of the tail and on top of the fluff of the left balloon. Might want to fix that.

 

[Aurane]

You missed a pixel at the end of the tail and on top of the fluff of the left balloon. Might want to fix that.

Oh, thanks, bud. I didn't see that. But today I found my glasses so that won't happen again, now will it

It will hold YOU!

 

[Neon Ness]

Metablim

Not sure where to go next, maybe some hindlegs...

 

[Kantrip]

LOL I was honestly doing a Metagross Drifblim hybrid. I wasn't very far along, so I'll change my idea. Haha, I saw the yellow X thing on both of them and thought "perfect".

 

[Wave⁂]

That looks amazing. The X on its face looks too flat, though. I think it might look better if it were curved to fit the shape of Drifloon.

 

[CT Chia]

damnit this is gonna be such a hard prompt to win lol

 

[Aurane]

Oh, wow, nice one. Didn't think of that. Maybe I should upgrade mine...

 

[Wave⁂]

damnit this is gonna be such a hard prompt to win lol

And so, Neon Ness won unanimously because no one else bothered to enter.
He lived happily ever after.
The end.

 

[CT Chia]

uh... 2 ppl have already entered lol

 

[Wave⁂]

There was one before Neon Ness's?

 

[Terywj [태리]]

There was one before Neon Ness's?

Haha, I see what you did there.

 

[Wave⁂]

Oh wait, I get it now

Disregard

 

[Kantrip]

Dirigibell

(It looks better when viewed on a white background)

 

[CT Chia]

Haha, I see what you did there.

lol though i like asage's more. more creativity imo

all the ones posted so far are like amazing though.

I CAN BREAK THESE CUFFS

 

[Terywj [태리]]

I was referring to Wave's recent posts.

 

[Aurane]

I thought of putting the wings from Hydreigon on my sprite, but it looked BAAAAD. Now that I think about it, I don't think tampering with it right now is what you would call "Smart" Lol

Final:

 

[Neon Ness]

Thanks for the advice Wave, and I feel bad you had to change your idea Kantrip :\ I was worried about something like that happening eventually. That Chimecho fusion is great though, looking at the other entries I think this is gonna be another close round.

A bit more progress

Some more revisions, this will be my final entry.

 

[Firus]

Apparently F8AL's been busy this week and hasn't been able to get me his scores, and since Neon Ness was one of the participants this round, I'll be posting up the scores solo this round.

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Kantrip - Dirigibell

Some good work on this sprite, but it feels a bit awkward. The lines overall seem to be what get to me the most; while I know they were originally on Drifblim, I think the sprite would have looked better without them. The lines also go under the pink piece on the right side of the sprite, and I would think the line would go over it. Also, the puffy piece on the top looks a bit strange; the outline is oddly-shaded, and it’s straight while Dirigibell’s head is angled. That said, I think Chimecho was a good choice for the prompt and I do think the general fusion went pretty smoothly, and I like the name.

7/10

asage94 – Trilogon

This sprite is pretty well-done. The color scheme and the idea are both pretty clever; I like that you used Drifblim as the main head and Drifloon as the sub-heads. The heads are attached pretty well, and I like that you used an edited piece of Hydreigon’s “mane” as the Drifblim’s headpiece, although I think it would look a bit better if you had altered it to look more symmetrical rather than tilted to the left. I also think the tail looks a bit awkward being attached to that black part rather than being directly connected to the body. Overall, the biggest thing I have to note is the right head. While it doesn’t look particularly out-of-place in this sprite, you want to avoid simply flipping pieces of sprites when editing them. This is because lighting in Pokémon is generally from the top-left corner, and when you simply flip, the shading flips as well; this results in the shading not matching with the rest of the sprite. In the future, if you do this, you should alter the shading as well, although I honestly think that it would look better with both faces facing the same way.

8/10

Neon Ness – Metablim

This sprite is truly impressive. The shading on it looks great, and the scratching involved in the sprite looks completely natural. The headpiece looks great as well, and the eyes look really good. Honestly, my only complaint about the sprite is that the hind legs don’t quite look like they match up with the body, but the rest of the sprite is extremely impressive.

9.5/10

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Congratulations to Neon Ness for being the winner of this round!

Next prompt:

Make Caterpie look awesome (even more awesome than it already looks). What exactly this means and what extent to which you want to take this is up to your discretion.

The deadline is Friday, October 21st at 11:59 PM EST.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Again, congratulations, and aren't the postbits supposed to overlap each other?

 

[Kantrip]

Congrats Neon Ness!

Caterpie, eh?