Monthly Spriting Competition! Apr-May '15 ~ RESULTS!

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:21 am

RESULTS

And the Winner is...

Spoiler: 1st Place

Runners Up

Spoiler: Runners Up

Thank you so much to all who entered!

VOTING IS CLOSED!
How to vote:
Simply post a comment with the number of the entry, for example, if voting for Splodey_Goat's entry simply post "I vote for 1" (Number in bold)
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RULES:

Spoiler: Rules *PLEASE READ*

Each month a new topic will be picked (by the previous month's winner)
To enter, just post your entry here
Stick to the theme! (This one's obvious) but make sure you enter something relevant to the theme picked
ONE entry per person. You can submit one character/sprite design and it can be as little as a single frame, or as large as a full set! Up to you
NO USING OTHER FAN SPRITES. Even with permission, we want to see your own creative works. Editing official sprites is OK though.
Be creative! Simple recolours are not allowed. At least 2 character sprites edited together with a unique colour palette counts as an original sprite. Also drawing custom outfits/costumes from scratch for existing sprites is also acceptable.
Example:
Acceptable:

(Custom drawn costume, or a splice of 2 or more official characters, with a unique palette)

Unacceptable:

(Basic recolour of official sprite, or minimal editing of official sprites)
Please create an entirely new sprite for the competition. If you made a character you think really suits the theme, then you can still edit that sprite into a new one for the competition.
Both AA and AAI styled sprites are acceptable, except if the task specifies one or the other.
You get 2 weeks to vote after submissions close. This way people have time to look at the entries and vote.
Voting will be done after submissions have closed and, as CR has no polling system, all you need to do is post a comment saying your favourite.
You can vote for 2 of your favourite choices.
You are NOT allowed to vote for yourself.
You can use sprites/characters/poses from any RELEASED Ace Attorney game. This includes GK2, DD and PLvsAA. NOT DGS just yet! (Wait until CR officially allows DGS spoilers before using those characters)
You can edit your sprite and resubmit it as many times before the cut off date (preferably by editing your original entry post). These can only be minor edits to your existing entry though like fixing some messiness or anatomy, no brand new sprites that you've made. Have confidence in the first entry you make!

RULES FOR HOSTS:

Spoiler: Rules *PLEASE READ*

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Spoiler: Original Post

Ropfa · Post by **Ropfa** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:38 am

Monthly? So I won't have to wait for another game to come out?

:O

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 7:49 am

Ropfa wrote:Monthly? So I won't have to wait for another game to come out?

:O

Unfortunately I have no prizes to give

But the winner gets to pick the next month's topic!

Hesseldahl · Post by **Hesseldahl** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:08 am

Kinda like in AAO Ropfa.

TheDoctor · Post by **TheDoctor** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 5:12 pm

I'm looking forward to this. It'll be nice to see what topics a new group of minds comes up with.

Funky Bunnies · Post by **Funky Bunnies** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:20 am

sick! sounds like a blast!

ApolloRocks23 · Post by **ApolloRocks23** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:42 pm

Mijumaru wrote: RULES:
Spoiler: Rules *PLEASE READ*

Each month a new topic will be picked (by the previous month's winner)

Stick to the theme! (This one's obvious) but make sure you enter something relevant to the theme picked

ONE entry per person. You can submit one character/sprite design and it can be as little as a single frame, or as large as a full set! Up to you

NO USING OTHER FAN SPRITES. Even with permission, we want to see your own creative works. Editing official sprites is OK though.

Be creative! Simple recolours are not allowed. At least 2 character sprites edited together with a unique colour palette counts as an original sprite. Also drawing custom outfits/costumes from scratch for existing sprites is also acceptable.
Example:
Acceptable:

(Custom drawn costume, or a splice of 2 or more official characters, with a unique palette)

Unacceptable:

(Basic recolour of official sprite, or minimal editing of official sprites)

Both AA and AAI styled sprites are acceptable, except if the task specifies one or the other.

You get 2 weeks to vote after submissions close. This way people have time to look at the entries and vote.

Voting will be done after submissions have closed and, as CR has no polling system, all you need to do is post a comment saying your favourite.

You can use sprites/characters/poses from any RELEASED Ace Attorney game. This includes GK2, DD and PLvsAA. NOT DGS just yet! (Wait until CR officially allows DGS spoilers before using those characters)

The rules go perfectly for one of my OCs I made.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:11 am

I'm starting things a little early (Seeing as tomorrow's April 1st, and people could think the topic's a joke o.o .)
You have Until May 1st to enter.

Good Luck, and happy spriting!

SilverGS · Post by **SilverGS** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:48 am

SuperAj3 wrote:

This is just perfect.

Really like the theme, I'll probably submit something

mercurialSK · Post by **mercurialSK** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 12:59 am

This is a cool theme. I actually came up with some Bluecorp OCs sometime last year XD There was something I wanted to test out anyway, so I'll try make some time for this.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:18 am

I'm happy to know people are taking interest! Can't wait to see what people enter!

milaza · Post by **milaza** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:32 pm

Ooh, nice. I'll make something for this theme c:
Anyway, for voting, you might want to consider using strawpoll? If thats allowed.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:36 pm

milaza wrote:Ooh, nice. I'll make something for this theme c:
Anyway, for voting, you might want to consider using strawpoll? If thats allowed.

I thought of using an alternate site for polling, but that means people can just cheat and vote multiple times, or get their friends to vote. I want to keep this fair and just have it between members. I'll look at this site, but I want to see how commenting goes first. (It'll be messy, I know)

Splodey_Goat · Post by **Splodey_Goat** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:33 am

My very first thought was "Put Redd White in Godot's vest" but that was one of the samples... I'll have to think harder, but I definitely want in on this.

Ropfa · Post by **Ropfa** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:22 am

I have one character in mind. I'll try and slap something together, but it probably won't be a full set and just the base image.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Thu Apr 02, 2015 4:14 am

Added some rules about voting ties and what to do if everyone ends up voting for themselves and no one else votes. Please PM me if you see any problems these could cause, and i'll make sure they'll all be fixed by the next competition. (It'd be unfair if I change any more now that the competition has started)

Splodey_Goat · Post by **Splodey_Goat** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:40 am

This is my first entry here and I'm not entirely sure if I need to give any information beyond just the picture, so I'm gonna go ahead and cover my bases. Hair from Manfred, face from Gumshoe (slightly edited), body made from Edgeworth's, colours taken from young gumshoe and Edgeworth for their respective parts, Lisa Basil for the jacket, and Damon Gant's tie for the vest. I didn't give much thought to the character himself other than he's probably some sort of executive. Low-level employees don't wear bright colours and 'Murica pins, after all. And special thanks to TheDoctor who convinced me to edit this sprite in the first place.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 7:23 am

Splodey_Goat wrote:

This is my first entry here and I'm not entirely sure if I need to give any information beyond just the picture, so I'm gonna go ahead and cover my bases. Hair from Manfred, face from Gumshoe (slightly edited), body made from Edgeworth's, colours taken from young gumshoe and Edgeworth for their respective parts, Lisa Basil for the jacket, and Damon Gant's tie for the vest. I didn't give much thought to the character himself other than he's probably some sort of executive. Low-level employees don't wear bright colours and 'Murica pins, after all. And special thanks to TheDoctor who convinced me to edit this sprite in the first place.

Our first entry! You've made history, my friend!

Looking good! Love the little US flag pin! 'Murica!

Don't worry about saying what parts you've edited. (I've used/seen all the sprites so much I can tell

) But thanks for covering the bases.

TheDoctor · Post by **TheDoctor** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:13 am

Yes, that flag pin is quite good indeed. :D

SilverGS · Post by **SilverGS** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:26 pm

This is my entry, a new CEO of Bluecorp.

Spoiler: Sprite components

(I hope it's okay if I re-used my Akbey Hicks sprite for the body of this one, because I thought it fitted him well. Otherwise, I could redo it, I just want to know)

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:27 pm

SilverGS wrote:

This is my entry, a new CEO of Bluecorp.
Spoiler: Sprite components
Head :

-Base : Bellboy
-Hair : Gregory
-Eyes : Diego
-Nose : Lance
-Mouth : Byrne

Body :

-Base : De Killer
-Arm : Tigre
-Suit lapels / Shirt / Tie : LeTouse
(I hope it's okay if I re-used my Akbey Hicks sprite for the body of this one, because I thought it fitted him well. Otherwise, I could redo it, I just want to know)

Thanks Silver! And Don't worry! You sprited that Ackbey one, right? So it's still your work. I just said don't use other's fan sprites.

TheDoctor · Post by **TheDoctor** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:33 pm

It's a good clarification to have though. On AAO, the rules are to create an entirely new sprite for the competition. It can be based off something you've sprited before, but it can't be an already existing sprite, if that makes any sense.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:49 pm

TheDoctor wrote:It's a good clarification to have though. On AAO, the rules are to create an entirely new sprite for the competition. It can be based off something you've sprited before, but it can't be an already existing sprite, if that makes any sense.

That makes sense. I'll add that to the rules.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:23 am

Bump!
Just a reminder there's a little over 2 weeks left until voting!
Currently we have 2 entries. This could be neck-and-neck!

Also, seeing as AAO doesn't allow self-voting, neither will we. Sorry about that

TheDoctor · Post by **TheDoctor** » Tue Apr 14, 2015 5:37 am

Yeah, kind of makes it difficult to find a winner if the only voters are contestants themselves (unless people can actually bring themselves to vote for someone else's work when they've clearly been bested, but that almost never happens).

milaza · Post by **milaza** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:26 am

After losing her job, Maggey takes a open spot for 'a cute young lady' at BlueCorp. Little does she know of the company's dark past...

Yeppers here is my entry it is mag

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 5:30 am

milaza wrote:

After losing her job, Maggey takes a open spot for 'a cute young lady' at BlueCorp. Little does she know of the company's dark past...

Yeppers here is my entry it is mag

Awesomesauce! I love that little debrief you wrote too!

Hesseldahl · Post by **Hesseldahl** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 3:19 am

Here's my entry!
Name Lilia Porpora, occupation: CEO of Bluecorp.
Description:A woman who looks and behaves really nuts! But for some reason I can't tell if she's a friend or a foe...
Extras:I decided to make her look like she came from the Phoenix original trilogy, that's why she has only about 16 colors, and she's supposed to be tall, that's why she's going to look tall comparing her with another character form the original trilogy.

Spoiler: entry

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:04 am

Awesome! Do you mind if I just take one frame as a preview? I'll link to the whole sheet otherwise!

TheDoctor · Post by **TheDoctor** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 6:46 am

Hesseldahl wrote:Here's my entry!
Name Lilia Porpora, occupation: CEO of Bluecorp.
Description:A woman who looks and behaves really nuts! But for some reason I can't tell if she's a friend or a foe...
Extras:I decided to make her look like she came from the Phoenix original trilogy, that's why she has only about 16 colors, and she's supposed to be tall, that's why she's going to look tall comparing her with another character form the original trilogy.
Spoiler: entry

Why does she remind me of Ms. Kashiwagi from Persona 4? Do you suppose it's the pose?

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 9:32 am

Hahaha, she reminds me a little of Mia.

Also, a bit OTT, but I made a little "And the winner is...." GIF:

Hesseldahl · Post by **Hesseldahl** » Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:35 pm

She was more inspired by Cruella De Vil actually

That looks really cool Mija!

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 7:15 am

Just a reminder there's 1 week left before voting!

Here are the current entrants:
-Spodey_Goat
-SilverGS
-milaza
-Hesseldahl

Thanks to everyone that's entered so far!

Ropfa · Post by **Ropfa** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 10:54 am

So, I tried going back to using a canon sprite as a base and I think I've actually gotten to the point where my scratch sprites are better quality. Any future entries I make in this are definitely gonna be 100% from scratch.

Spoiler: entry

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:01 am

Ropfa wrote:So, I tried going back to using a canon sprite as a base and I think I've actually gotten to the point where my scratch sprites are better quality. Any future entries I make in this are definitely gonna be 100% from scratch.
Spoiler: entry

Thanks! That's Entry No. 5!
Don't worry if you use another sprite as a base! It looks really good! I can't tell what it was based off!

EDIT: I forgot to mention! If you want to edit your entry, you can revise (minor things ONLY like fixing lines, anatomy in certain areas, certain facial features etc. No re-doing your whole sprite from scratch!) it as many times before the cut off as you like! Just edit your existing entry post. I'll go through each post and copy the images after entries close to make sure your most updated one is shown for the voting.

Splodey_Goat · Post by **Splodey_Goat** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 3:11 am

SuperAj3 wrote:
Ropfa wrote:So, I tried going back to using a canon sprite as a base and I think I've actually gotten to the point where my scratch sprites are better quality. Any future entries I make in this are definitely gonna be 100% from scratch.
Spoiler: entry
Thanks! That's Entry No. 5!
Don't worry if you use another sprite as a base! It looks really good! I can't tell what it was based off!

EDIT: I forgot to mention! If you want to edit your entry, you can revise and re-post it as many times before the cut off as you like! You can re-post, or edit your existing entry post. I'll go through each post and copy the images after entries close to make sure your most updated one is shown for the voting.

If that's the case.

I think I've already accepted defeat, but I kept toying with my sprite trying to turn it into more of an original character and less Gumshoe in a cravat. I can barely draw so it's still all frankensteined together, but I'm gonna go ahead and resubmit this. Not super polished but I like it more than my first.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Sun Apr 26, 2015 4:17 am

Haha, have confidence in your original entry though! By 'edit' I was referring to minor things like cleaning up some lines or fixing anatomy. This is fine though.

I updated the rules to specify "Minor edits only", no full remakes of something you already submitted. I don't want people to make 5 different iterations because they fear they'll lose with their current one. This is all for fun, so what you enter is what you enter! If people think allowing edits is wrong, I'll remove that rule for future comps.

Splodey_Goat · Post by **Splodey_Goat** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:22 am

SuperAj3 wrote:Haha, have confidence in your original entry though! By 'edit' I was referring to minor things like cleaning up some lines or fixing anatomy. This is fine though.

I updated the rules to specify "Minor edits only", no full remakes of something you already submitted. I don't want people to make 5 different iterations because they fear they'll lose with their current one. This is all for fun, so what you enter is what you enter! If people think allowing edits is wrong, I'll remove that rule for future comps.

Ah, yeah, that, that makes sense. Sorry. Take the original one for the contest then, I just felt that maybe I'd jumped the gun and posted the original too soon. Thank you for the vote of confidence, but I just have way too much respect for anyone who can draw their own stuff. I'm pretty new to spriting (and forums) and with so many great artists on here I'd hate to come off as anything but humble.

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Mon Apr 27, 2015 4:55 am

Splodey_Goat wrote:
SuperAj3 wrote:Haha, have confidence in your original entry though! By 'edit' I was referring to minor things like cleaning up some lines or fixing anatomy. This is fine though.

I updated the rules to specify "Minor edits only", no full remakes of something you already submitted. I don't want people to make 5 different iterations because they fear they'll lose with their current one. This is all for fun, so what you enter is what you enter! If people think allowing edits is wrong, I'll remove that rule for future comps.
Ah, yeah, that, that makes sense. Sorry. Take the original one for the contest then, I just felt that maybe I'd jumped the gun and posted the original too soon. Thank you for the vote of confidence, but I just have way too much respect for anyone who can draw their own stuff. I'm pretty new to spriting (and forums) and with so many great artists on here I'd hate to come off as anything but humble.

If you want, you can enter both as alternate poses for the same character? It may be daunting seeing others who've been spriting for longer, but still try your hardest! This is a good way to learn from other's works and so it's really good you're giving this a try!

SuperAj3 · Post by **SuperAj3** » Fri May 01, 2015 7:14 am

Final warning call for entries!
In about 7 hours May 2nd will hit (for me) and Voting opens!
EDIT: I'll wait another 24 hours just in case. If no one posts here tomorrow, Voting will begin!