Dragonfree
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Introduction
My name is Dragonfree and I'll be hosting and judging the June Pixel Art contest, most likely alone unless there are any strong objections to that.
The theme for this month's contest is Mythological Creatures. You are to create any sort of pixel art in the shape of a mythological creature of your preference. Some mythological creatures are very well-known, such as centaurs, unicorns and gryphons, but others are less known, and should you choose one such creature, it is best for you to provide a reference image so I can judge it properly.
General rules
Each spriter may only enter one entry. The only physical source material that may be used to create entries is the official Pokémon sprites - of course, you do not have to use any source material at all. Anyone caught entering or using another person's fanwork in the contest will be immediately disqualified.
As always, only post entries in the Entry thread - leave all discussion to the Discussion thread.
Disqualification
Entries will be disqualified if:
- They do not fit the contest theme. Your entry needs to depict a mythological creature. If there is more to it, that's fine, but the creature is the main thing I'll be judging. (That doesn't mean it won't matter if you have a really horrid-looking background with a great mythological creature; however, I won't give you extra marks for having a great background if the mythological creature looks sloppy.) If entering a sprite edit, remember that it's supposed to look like a mythological creature, not a Pokémon dressed up as a mythological creature. If you took a Rapidash, colored it white and entered it as a unicorn, it would be disqualified because it looks like a white Rapidash, not a unicorn. (Unicorns, for one, don't have flaming manes and tails to my knowledge, and additionally the traditional unicorn has a long, narrow horn, not a short and stubby one like Rapidash.)
- They are not pixel art. Pixel art is art that has been created or at least edited on pixel level: that is, you have been working on it zoomed-in with a one-pixel pencil tool. No tools with automatic anti-alias may be used, and while tools such as the line tool, circle tool, curve tool, paint bucket tool, etc. may be used, your entry must not look like it was entirely made using those tools. You can enter sprite edits, although they generally do not look as impressive as full-blown scratch-made pixel art. (Keep in mind, though, that a good sprite edit is a great deal better choice to enter than a bad scratch pixel art - if you don't know what you're doing when it comes to creating pixel art from scratch, it's not a good idea to attempt it.)
- They contain JPEG artifacts or other graphic distortion. Sorry, but I'm going to judge it zoomed-in and take every pixel into consideration, and if I'm going to do that, the image needs to be crystal-clear.
- They are stolen or created from stolen sprites or pixel art.
Judging
Judging will technically take place as soon as I see your entry - however, you're not going to see the judging until the first of July (unless there is a change of plan). If you edit your entry, you should note so in the discussion thread so I can reconsider my judging.
When the time of posting the results comes, I will go through all the entries again to confirm my judging, and then I will post my comments on all the entries and the first, second and third place. There will be no rating out of ten, as my personal philosophy is that a rating doesn't do anybody any good, and the comments will tell you everything you need to know anyway.
That being said, let the contest begin.
My name is Dragonfree and I'll be hosting and judging the June Pixel Art contest, most likely alone unless there are any strong objections to that.
The theme for this month's contest is Mythological Creatures. You are to create any sort of pixel art in the shape of a mythological creature of your preference. Some mythological creatures are very well-known, such as centaurs, unicorns and gryphons, but others are less known, and should you choose one such creature, it is best for you to provide a reference image so I can judge it properly.
General rules
Each spriter may only enter one entry. The only physical source material that may be used to create entries is the official Pokémon sprites - of course, you do not have to use any source material at all. Anyone caught entering or using another person's fanwork in the contest will be immediately disqualified.
As always, only post entries in the Entry thread - leave all discussion to the Discussion thread.
Disqualification
Entries will be disqualified if:
- They do not fit the contest theme. Your entry needs to depict a mythological creature. If there is more to it, that's fine, but the creature is the main thing I'll be judging. (That doesn't mean it won't matter if you have a really horrid-looking background with a great mythological creature; however, I won't give you extra marks for having a great background if the mythological creature looks sloppy.) If entering a sprite edit, remember that it's supposed to look like a mythological creature, not a Pokémon dressed up as a mythological creature. If you took a Rapidash, colored it white and entered it as a unicorn, it would be disqualified because it looks like a white Rapidash, not a unicorn. (Unicorns, for one, don't have flaming manes and tails to my knowledge, and additionally the traditional unicorn has a long, narrow horn, not a short and stubby one like Rapidash.)
- They are not pixel art. Pixel art is art that has been created or at least edited on pixel level: that is, you have been working on it zoomed-in with a one-pixel pencil tool. No tools with automatic anti-alias may be used, and while tools such as the line tool, circle tool, curve tool, paint bucket tool, etc. may be used, your entry must not look like it was entirely made using those tools. You can enter sprite edits, although they generally do not look as impressive as full-blown scratch-made pixel art. (Keep in mind, though, that a good sprite edit is a great deal better choice to enter than a bad scratch pixel art - if you don't know what you're doing when it comes to creating pixel art from scratch, it's not a good idea to attempt it.)
- They contain JPEG artifacts or other graphic distortion. Sorry, but I'm going to judge it zoomed-in and take every pixel into consideration, and if I'm going to do that, the image needs to be crystal-clear.
- They are stolen or created from stolen sprites or pixel art.
Judging
Judging will technically take place as soon as I see your entry - however, you're not going to see the judging until the first of July (unless there is a change of plan). If you edit your entry, you should note so in the discussion thread so I can reconsider my judging.
When the time of posting the results comes, I will go through all the entries again to confirm my judging, and then I will post my comments on all the entries and the first, second and third place. There will be no rating out of ten, as my personal philosophy is that a rating doesn't do anybody any good, and the comments will tell you everything you need to know anyway.
That being said, let the contest begin.
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