The theme for this month is a bit different from the previous two, in that you won't be making a new OC. Instead, you will be making a breakdown animation for either a canon character or an OC that you/somebody else has already made. If you make something for one of your own OCs, it must be a pose that you started working on after the start of the contest.
CONTESTANTS:
Here are the entrants for this month. Unfortunately, I won't have enough free time to make some snazzy artwork for them. I'll give you two weeks for the voting (so until the beginning of November).
DefenceLawyer
Acro stands up
ThatOneJimmy
Gummy's heart attack
SuperAj3
Maggey's freakout over Gumshoe dying (presumably of a heart attack)
Hesseldahl
Red Flowers
Spoiler: space saver
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*
Make sure you pick a topic that hasn't been done before (Unless it's been over a year since it's been done)
Make sure you COPY the rules into your posts to notify everyone!
Name your topic as "Monthly Spriting Competition! - Insert genre/topic here"
You have creative freedom with selecting topics, provided the entries are in the AA style of sprites. Ideas like a 2 person team collab, or situations like "Twins" where 2 characters are in the 1 sprite are also allowed as potential topics.
For clarity's sake, make a quick sprite as an example of what you're expecting from contestants, and post it in the OP)
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF COLLECTING VOTES! Unfortunately, CR doesn't have a polling system, and so votes will have to be through individual comments (to prevent people voting multiple times, we will stick to posting alone)
Once the voting is closed, it is up to you announce the results (1st, 2nd and 3rd place), and the winner.
You can take as long as you want to start up the next competition thread. If you don't want to be the one running it, you can let 2nd place be in charge.
You CANNOT enter if you are hosting, but you can vote.
If 2-4 entries receive equal votes, announce those who tied, and hold a tie breaker voting between those. If 5+ to/or every entry ties, the host can pick the winner.
If a tie breaker ends with another tie, all those tied win, and they decide the next host amongst themselves.
You will have until October 15th. Happy spriting!
I may or may not have time to make artwork for the entrants.
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Ohohohoh! I love this idea! This'll give me an excuse to work on some more spriting!
If you're offering to let people use your OCs to make a breakdown then it should be fine IMO. I only put that rule in to prevent people ripping off other's custom made sprites (Like taking another's sprite and just changing one thing or palette swapping).
I'm no sprinter but I just wanted to say I support this endeavour as its a really interesting topic xD
Good luck!
Made by Chesu+Zombee
You thought you could be safe in your courts, with your laws and attorneys to protect you. In this world only I am law, my word is fact, my power is absolute.
I've started working on my entry. It's not easy at all! I'm trying to work out the frames.
I hope they don't have to be killer breakdowns, the one I'm working on is a bit different.
SuperAj3 wrote:I've started working on my entry. It's not easy at all! I'm trying to work out the frames.
I hope they don't have to be killer breakdowns, the one I'm working on is a bit different.
I attempted a break down sprite for the Bell Boy, but it did not work at all.
It has been years since I made a sprite gif. Guess this is a good excuse to make one again!
I'm a little confused how you're defining a breakdown. Every character has a shocked sprite, some are just more dramatic than others. Like, I'd personally consider Lana biting her thumb so hard it sprays blood, which only happens one time if I remember correctly, a lot stronger of a "breakdown" than Dee Vasquez breaking her pipe.
You made a point in the initial post that breakdowns aren't necessarily just for killers, so where are we drawing the line between a dramatic shocked sprite and a "breakdown"? Just so I know, so I don't start working on an animation to later realize they're not a qualified character.
The only unqualified characters are those who already have breakdowns. Don't put too much thought into it, because unless you break that rule, you probably won't get disqualified (we need as many contestants as we can get). You can make something along the lines of Lana or you can go all out and do a breakdown for an evil version of Phoenix with a fully animated freakout.
It's not fully complete, but I probably won't get the 2nd animation done in time... Enjoy!
Maggey breaking down after she realised it was her fault the killer was able to enter the building to murder Detective Gumshoe (That's right... Gummy's dead ) But yeah, I wanted to do another pose of her crying and blowing her nose into the hat, maybe if I can update this post with it if I make it in time?
SuperAj3 wrote:It's not fully complete, but I probably won't get the 2nd animation done in time... Enjoy!
Maggey breaking down after she realised it was her fault the killer was able to enter the building to murder Detective Gumshoe (That's right... Gummy's dead ) But yeah, I wanted to do another pose of her crying and blowing her nose into the hat, maybe if I can update this post with it if I make it in time?
I really do love the sprite, good job! And...Detective Gumshoe is...dead? You bastard!
I threw this thing together solely for the fun of it.
An Acro breakdown
Ever since I played the game all those years ago, I always imagined that a sprite of Acro standing up out of his chair would appear in-game. Unfortunately, it never happened, so I decided to make it. Of course, equipped with a breakdown.
Edit: Oh and this was my 900th post! Took me six years to get here, but.. Woop! Celebration post!
That looks funnier than anything..I just got done with laughing...you get my vote. But you forgot to make him fall over and ruin his legs even further, gosh, DefenceLawyer
Oliver wrote:That looks funnier than anything..I just got done with laughing...you get my vote. But you forgot to make him fall over and ruin his legs even further, gosh, DefenceLawyer
Damn, that would have been so much better
I know just the sprite which I could have used to make that possible, as well!!
Oliver wrote:That looks funnier than anything..I just got done with laughing...you get my vote. But you forgot to make him fall over and ruin his legs even further, gosh, DefenceLawyer
Damn, that would have been so much better
I know just the sprite which I could have used to make that possible, as well!!
We'll just have to image that happened afterwards
*sigh* I am a horrible person, and so are you. We want a handicapped man to ruin his legs further, murderer or not, that's just...
When he says "CURSE YOU PHOENIX WRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" when he starts to testify. Although the sprite they use for it is identical to his shocked sprite. However, it's only used once in the witness spot.
DefenceLawyer wrote:I threw this thing together solely for the fun of it.
An Acro breakdown
Ever since I played the game all those years ago, I always imagined that a sprite of Acro standing up out of his chair would appear in-game. Unfortunately, it never happened, so I decided to make it. Of course, equipped with a breakdown.
Edit: Oh and this was my 900th post! Took me six years to get here, but.. Woop! Celebration post!
DefenceLawyer wrote:I threw this thing together solely for the fun of it.
An Acro breakdown
Ever since I played the game all those years ago, I always imagined that a sprite of Acro standing up out of his chair would appear in-game. Unfortunately, it never happened, so I decided to make it. Of course, equipped with a breakdown.
Edit: Oh and this was my 900th post! Took me six years to get here, but.. Woop! Celebration post!
This is so well done! Very freaky! He can walk!
Haha thanks I figured that since he was an acrobat, he would stand up with a bit of flair.
I was always confident that he could secretly walk... I just knew it.
When he says "CURSE YOU PHOENIX WRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" when he starts to testify. Although the sprite they use for it is identical to his shocked sprite. However, it's only used once in the witness spot.
Are you talking about the "forward facing shocked" pose on this page?
When he says "CURSE YOU PHOENIX WRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!" when he starts to testify. Although the sprite they use for it is identical to his shocked sprite. However, it's only used once in the witness spot.
Are you talking about this?
I don't think I would consider that a breakdown, since it's identical to his other damage sprites, regardless of the angle it's from.
Actually, did you know Blackquill already has a breakdown? Just a fun fact for you.
Blackquill never really had a breakdown. It's just the shock from Fulbright's taser kinda looks like one, but it's no breakdown. Smashing his shackles isn't either because it's not a one off thing.
Actually, did you know Blackquill already has a breakdown? Just a fun fact for you.
Blackquill never really had a breakdown. It's just the shock from Fulbright's taser kinda looks like one, but it's no breakdown. Smashing his shackles isn't either because it's not a one off thing.
(That's right... Gummy's dead 
) But yeah, I wanted to do another pose of her crying and blowing her nose into the hat, maybe if I can update this post with it if I make it in time?
XD
