Silver League Sprite Contest [archived]

Zell, it's fine ^^ When people ask me to help, I take is as you saying, "you're good at this and I'm having trouble, please help," and when someone needs help, I am more than willing to help.

Kinda late again, sorry (Conventions take up your time OK!), anyways here is gym leader Crisp's OWs.

futurecreateor wrote:Kinda late again, sorry.

(You know, at this point I may as well change the official end date to Sundays, because I'm no better).

Next round will be to create a 3-way fusion, where you will attempt to splice three pokemon together as evenly as possible.

(I'm working on judging now- last night was really awful even for normal standards here.. I don't want to talk about it. (all the more reason for me to return your judging applications- because at this point I know who I want, but I want everyone to know why they did / did not get it, and what the judges need to correct upon).

I unfortunately won't be able to tak part in this round or many more to be honest because my computer has given up working. If I'm selected for judging (I doubt it, but you never know) I can still do that on my tablet however.

Ignore this post, I'm doing a different entry.

Welp, I used a pokémon random generator to decide which ones I should do, so that's why it might have turned out so wierd. I call it Corpantzle.

First contest submission. Not exactly what I'd planned, but maybe it will do.



I call it the Winged Fairy-Dragon of Rawr.

Behold the bootyfullness.

Here is a fusion of Dewott, Scyther, and Haunter that I did some time ago.

Hey, any of the new judges want to get their feet wet and judge this round?
(And I know I need a good kick about last week's yet. I finally have a temporary release from the turmoil so I'll get that today).

Well, I can judge the fusions (not including mine ofcourse) if no one else is up for it.

I'd be willing to, but we still have all day today for submitting.

Ok so are you willing to because no one else will do it, or do you want to? And I know we have one more day, it's better we decide before the deadline.

I am because I want to. And I was just bringing that up because we still have more time to decide, but yeah, you're right.

(Okay.. looks like I was horribly wrong about everything having settled down.. considering what my b*tch of a mother just did.. I hate to ask, but anybody want to take last round too? I don't think I'll be able to compose until I know what happens at the hearing tomorrow.)

If you mean the OWs, I'd be happy to judge those.

Here's my entry!

Yeah, thanks, Future.

(Oh, I forgot to mention, to whoever judges the round that ends tonight, you get to pick the topic for the next round.)

Here's my submission

Ok so I judged every submission, except mine, which LlamaMinister did, enjoy.

FutureCreateor, Judged by LlamaMinister:

CrimsonIgnis, Judged by FutureCreateor:

KittenCutie1, Judged by FutureCreateor:

Yria/Mara LB, Judged by FutureCreateor:

LlamaMinister, Judged by FutureCreateor:

Zell Hikaru, Judged by FutureCreateor:

BetaX, Judged by FutureCreateor:

1st: BetaX, KittenCutie1
2nd: LlamaMinister, CrimsonIgnis
3rd: Yria/Mara LB, Futurecreateor

futurecreateor wrote:

Hmm...this one is interesting. Firstly, I have to say, it isn't an even fusion since it's mostly just Blitzel. Also, if you didn't say that Pansage or Corphish were in this fusion, it wouldn't be easy to tell that they were. The main problem is that you picked (or rather, were randomly given) three Pokemon that wouldn't fuse well, but you gave it a hardy effort. As for the sprite itself, it isn't all that bad. The crown/spikey crest thing looks okay, but the farthest right spike looks weird near the bottom because its black outline blends with the black outline of the next spike. Also, the back spike on the torso has shading that doesn't match the light source for the rest of the sprite. The tuft of fur on its neck should also have some more shading since the head would be obstructing the light. This was a solid effort, but it was just a fusion that wouldn't work well.

C+

Professor Morel wrote:

I don't know how, but you made this work somewhat. I can tell easily two of the Pokemon you used, and the third, I can easily identify the line it's from. As for splitting it evenly, you tried. As for the sprite itself, it's alright, but I have some gripes with it. For one, the red triangle on the lower torso looks stuck on there because of those three light pixels. They don't blend with the black, and it doesn't mesh well because of that. Another problem I have is with the tail, and it's that it looks really stiff and awkward. Another thing is that above the blue hand, there are two black pixels that look like double pixelation (even though I know they are from the wing), and it doesn't look right. The right wing could have also done with some additional shading, and you also missed a mid grey pixel in that wing too, near the top. I will say, I really like the new colors you added to this sprite (the black and the purple), because they work really well. This sprite is pretty solid.

B-

VerysBlade wrote:

Well, I was told by multiple people that your original submission was changed to this after you submitted the first one, which violates the rules. I'm sorry, but this can't be judged this round.

Jathavan wrote:

Hmm...while I can tell what three Pokemon you used are, they weren't fused well. Firstly, Scizor's abdomen doesn't blend into the legs. Next, there is a big gap between where the neck is and where the claw arm is, which is much farther then the distance on the other arm, and it just looks unnatural. Also, the shading on the chest is very nonsensical and it makes it look really awkward. The head also doesn't naturally blend into the neck fur stuff, and just looks plastered over what used to be there. However, I do like what you did with the face to give it Lucario's face marking.

C-

Brawler139 wrote:

This fusion is...interesting. It's a pretty even fusion, and that's all well and good, but they weren't fused the best. Most of the sprite doesn't mesh super well, but it's semi acceptable, but Dewott's head just doesn't mesh with the rest of the sprite, making it stand out, but not in a good way. Maybe using the lighter color here and there on the head could have meshed it better. Another problem I have is that the outline grey is not dark enough to stand out against the darker grey in the shading, and this is really noticeable on the far back leg. The blue used around Haunter's hands would have benefited from being either brighter or lighter. It's not the worst, but it could have been better.

C

KittenCutie1 wrote:

Yeah, this is about what I expected from you. It's not as even as some of the other entries, but it's pretty close. There are some details that I really that you added in, too, like the tattered dress. It looks really good, but there are some things that this sprite could have benefited from. Firstly, I feel the brim of the hat needs more shading around the right side. Also, while the lighter purple works well for the flames, it doesn't work as well for the rest of it. It is just too bright compared to the next darker shade, and it doesn't quite match up colorwise. Also, the little line in the hat flame, while I know it's supposed to be the edge of the hat, it just looks kinda out of place. Other than those, this sprite is really solid. Nice work.

B+

CrimsonIgnis wrote:

Well, this has some ups and some downs. I'll start with the ups. It is fused together very well, and really fits what you were going for (a Manticore). The colors, while I don't really think they fit "Manticore", look really good on it too. But now we delve into the downs. The fusion I hardly an even one, being as it's mostly just Pyroar. Some of the shading seems really weird, too. My main shading problem is with the mane. More should have been used on the right side of it to more accurately show the standard Pokemon light source location. Right now, it seems like it moved to the right a bit. Also, while this is more of a minor gripe, the one claw on the front (our right) doesn't look too much like a claw, and looks more like the finger from Aerodactyl's wing. It could have benefited from just looking sharper. Otherwise, it's pretty nice.

B+


First Place : KittenCutie1, CrimsonIgnis
Second Place : Professor Morel
Third Place : futurecreator

Next Round : Well, lets try something a bit...different. This round will be a "free" round as you can make any sprite you want, but it has to fit into the NES sprite limitations. These are:

- The sprite must fit into a 32x32 pixel size.

- The sprite can only have a maximum of 5 colors, and one of those has to be black. So, black and 4 other colors.

We are just testing the waters with this round so we can break people out of their comfort zone a bit. Have fun.

There are NES sprites that don't include black, what about those?

Here is my entry - Cupid. It's 16x16

Here is a 4 times larger version.

A new form of Unown has just been discovered...