Silver League Sprite Contest [archived]

I would like to help with the judging.

If I remember correctly Llama and Ignis would like to help with the judging.

(Ok, I'm working on a test to evaluate people for judge status, but for now..)

To celebrate today's release, the round this week is to Sprite a playable character that appears in a Super Smash Bros title.
Round ends 6/20. Have fun~

You should probably say that the pokemon characters in SSB should not be allowed to be used seeing as someone could just post a random pikachu sprite

13gamer2000 wrote:You should probably say that the pokemon characters in SSB should not be allowed to be used seeing as someone could just post a random pikachu sprite

I /guess/ but Greninja is still spriteless, and if someone wanted to make a whole new sprite for Pikachu, Lucario, Mewtwo, or Charizard, I'd allow it.

1st entry for this weeks selection
ITTSSS!!!!
Kirby Kirby Kirby thats a name you should know
Kirby Kirby Kirby He's the star of the show
He's more than you think he's got maximum pink!
Kirby Kirby Kirby's the one
He's coming RIGHT Back at ya
He's coming RIGHT Back at ya
Give it all that you take your very best shot
KIRBY!
KIIIIRRBYYYY!!!!
Kirby Kirby
Kirby Kirby Kirby's the onneeeeeeee
Right back at ya
Yeah

So yeah heres kirby
I scratched the kirby sprite and used my old original kirby sprite for reference
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Oh my god, this took soooooo long to make! Anyways, here is Meta Knight (Cape form) as he appears in Smash 4.



P.S. Ok just noticed the blur. Here is the sprite itself:

This is a scratch sprite so the color pallet is a little bit off.

Okay her crown has fallen of and i got no time to get it on deviantart but: PEACH

My submission is the Planking King, Luigi

Here's my entry ^^

Here is my very late entry based on the official image.

(Internet is garbage right now- I think my brother is stealing all the bandwidth with youtube uploading or something- I'll pick up the judging tomorrow morning at work).
For now.. was anybody actually interested in doing that partners round?

I still am.

I am really interested in a partner round even though I never really participate in the contest. I like the idea of choosing partners but it'd also be cool if there was another round with random partners. Of course, that would need to factor in timezones and such...

Gamer is interested in partners round

I'm in. This will be interesting. Question will this be a free sprite round or what?

Yes I am interested in the partners round ^^

CrimsonIgnis wrote:I'm in. This will be interesting. Question will this be a free sprite round or what?

I was considering making it so, since this'll be the first partner round and tricky in and of itself.

Partners round? What'd I miss, I didn't hear about this? It sounds fun though. I like the idea of a random partner.

I'm up for the partner round too

Me too but I guess the next round will be the partner round... Damn it I can't participate

Okay, judging time;

13gamer2000 wrote:

(Kirby~) Okay, first things first, the color palette is a little lacking- the sprite would really benefit from having at the least 3 shades, preferably 4 to include segments of colored outline. Also, the shading is a little confusing, as it looks like it's coming from the one side, but the foot seems to suggest the opposite, and it casts no shadow on the body. Speaking of the foot, it's a little to ovular for Kirby, as they're usually more like rounded off wedge-shapes than anything, and it probably should be angled more outward rather than being straight up and down. Overall not too bad, but it falls short.
C

futurecreateor wrote:

(And Meta Knight- we're one short of the whole crew here). This is pretty good, and I can imagine how long it might've taken. Even so, it still has a few flaws. For one, it has an awful lack of black outlines, or really and outlines of a dark enough color to really stand out. secondly, the cape lacks some contrast (and might have benefited from a highlight shade), and feels a bit pillowshaded. LAstly, I'm not sure 100% what's going on with that hand, but the thumb looks off and not like it's gripping anything, and it appears as though you /might/ have drew in the sword hilt, but forgot to color it. Overall, not bad, but needs some polish.
B-

Jathavan wrote:

Not a bad effort, though I can definitely tell this sprite is larger than Pokemon scale. The colors being accurate isn't so much the problem, but right away I can already see some other problems with the palette. For starters, the sprite is outlined entirely in black. Another thing is, that, while for the most part your sprite includes highlight and shadow shades, you didn't use them well everywhere they needed to be. Using the hair for example, it's technically pillowshaded, but it's also very flat. It could have used more detail-oriented shading. The top of the head is okay, but some of the colors are too close, and that becomes more apparent on the rest of the body. Also, the shading on the clown car's tongue doesn't curve with its shape. The anatomy of the character is good, but the clown car's outlines are a little rough and misshapen.
C

Yria/Mara LB wrote:

Hm, not bad at first sight, but upon second, the face looks awfully thin, and the eyes are set too low down (actually, fixing the eyes would probably make the face look better too.) The hair is pretty nice, and for the most part the contrast all around is great. This sprite also lacks black, but it's not so bad because there's at the least some dark outlines. You could maybe use more highlight on the top of the other shoulder puff, but all and all this sprite is rather great if you'd just fix the eye issue, and maybe make the neck a bit wider (and add a bit of shadow under the chin).
B-

CrimsonIgnis wrote:

This is almost scary good how much at first glace I thought this /was/ the in-game model. Maybe it has to do with Luigi being a simple character, but this is still good. If I had to make any comment at all, it almost looks a little too good for Pokemon style, but you're not using and extra shades, so I can't fault you for that. I can't really find anything anatomically wrong with it either, so, good job.
A

KittenCutie1 wrote:

(Pit~ *loves the Kid Icarus series*) Ahem, anyway, pretty nice job on this, and considering the number of details you had to fit in, this came out for the most part, pretty well (especially the tunic). Now.. I can tell those are Articuno wings- you didn't do an overly bad job trying to disguise them, but I feel like the back one isn't angled quite right (and I never thought it was on the original either). Also, something about the bent leg bothers me- it sorta doesn't match the other in build, like in shape and muscle tone, and it feels like too sharp of an angle, I'm not really sure how to explain, it just doesn't look right. Overall though, nice job.
A-

Brawler139 wrote:

Okay, the colors in places on this sprite are entirely too close. There's a part on the top of the hat that looks like it has no outline at all, but that's not the case, because I checked. but the thing is, if you can't tell from afar that there's an outline, it's as good as not having one in the first place. Looking at it, the arms and legs are a tad noodly, but overall it's a shame, because if the coloring were fixed, this sprite would look a lot better, so I hate to have to be harsh, but I need to grade it as is.
D

1st; CrimsonIgnis
2nd; KittenCutie1
3rd; futurecreateor, Yria/Mara LB

Next round; Open Partner Round
End date; 6/27

What does the partner round entail? I feel like I missed something, because I have no idea what's going on right now.

Leopardmask wrote:What does the partner round entail? I feel like I missed something, because I have no idea what's going on right now.

Mostly check the Sprite Contest Discussion thread, but it entails working with one other person on a pokemon-styled sprite of your joint choosing.