Spriting Contest - Contest #8: Spriter of the Month: Ice-cold Claws - NEXT CONTEST COMING SOON

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Probably gonna edit the Santa one eventually and add something under his hand when I'm feeling a bit less lazy.
 
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Given that I can post my works in progress, I may as well share what I have so far.

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Made in about a couple hours of boredom from (mostly) scratch. I wanted to do something a little bit different, so I decided to model my first sprite on the figure of Krampus. Please Bear in mind that it is still in development (faces are my kryptonite; I have more poses sketched out; not happy with the drowning pot). Anyway, I wanted to drop this here while I had some time.

I'd share with you all a sprite 2, but I don't have any solid plans for that yet, not to mention a lack of free time.
 
I think ill try to participate :)
I cant promise anything since i havent sprited at all but thats a great motivation. Also awesome work to all those spriters out there !
 
So, I was lazy and made these sprites:
Sprite 1!
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Sprite 2!
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Credits to Galifia for the Trevenant Sprite.
The Trevenant is badly painted with green and yellow and has red decorations and ornaments. It's leaves on it's head were trimmed and coloured to a star-like object.
The Sudowoodo is pretty much the same concept except that it's goodly painted and his crest is coloured yellow, as to replace a star. His hands are solid, right?
 
Voting Period

All the participants have finished their works, it's time to nominate the best sprites ! During a week, everybody on smogon could be able to vote, here are the rules to follow:
  • You will have to vote for 2 sprites, if you vote two times for the same participant, he will earn 2 points.
  • The participants can also vote
  • Give a brief explanation of why you have chosen these 2 sprites
  • Once you have voted, you can't edit it, so make sure to choose the right sprites.
End of the votes: 19/01/2015

Christmas sprites:


VuvuzelaBzz
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S0L1D G0LD
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SiTuM'parleT'mort
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Nightmare Serum
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OfficialThatGuy
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Awu
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Disqualified participants: Erz , Ice-cold Claws & Cynthia612 Reason: Timeout
 
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My first vote goes to VuvuzelaBzz, Hiker template being the perfect santa candidate really helps the sprite stands out.
Pretty much the whole X-mas package is there, santa + presents + reindeer nothing much else to say, nice one~

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Second vote goes to OfficialThatGuy, Sawsbuck looks really majestic here + all the decorations is a huge plus.
As the [Seasonal] Polar Opposite's mascot, Delibird fits perfectly here to make it an outstanding entry overall, great job!
 
Firstly, I vote for S0L1D G0LD

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This sprite is trully amazing and made by scratch that's a really nice job here, too bad you didn't have time to make the other one, it would have been really great !

My second vote goes to VuvuzelaBzz
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This sprite is really funny I like the fact that you have taken a back sprite of Delibird to be like the trainer position and the recolorization is very nice
 
Both of my votes go for OfficialThatGuy.
He has really good creativity and marvelous, gorgeous sprites.
:^)

My first vote goes to:
SiTuM'parleT'mort
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This is a beautiful sprite, the shading, the details, everything is perfect.
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My second vote goes to:
S0L1D G0LD
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Very creative and original Crampus! The details are astonishing.
 
OK so first of all as you might not know that I was grounded in late December around Christmas (I know it sucks. Poor me.). So yeah I couldn't make any Christmas sprite sorry guys. And now onto the main thing:
I vote for SiTuM'parleT'mort sprite 2 because it looks really pretty especially with all that fancy decor and detailing.

I also vote for VuvuzelaBzz sprite 2. It certainly captures whole idea of Christmas in a nutshell with Santa, Rudolph and well presents.

Rest everyone had came up with great sprites as well. Gg to all participants.
 
Hey guys !

This is the end of the voting period for this special Christmas contest, thanks to all the participants. I will now announce the winner

Spriter of the Month - 1st place: SiTuM'parleT'mort - 5 votes in total
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2nd place: Awu , S0L1D G0LD & VuvuzelaBzz - 3 votes in total

Thank you for participating to this contest and get ready for the next contest that will start soon !


SiTuM'parleT'mort earns 5 points with this contest
Awu, S0L1D G0LD & VuvuzelaBzz earn 3 points with this contest
OfficialThatGuy earns 2 points with this contest
 
Contest #6
Create A Trainer Class
Hello everyone ! We are starting our 6th contest which will be about creating a new Trainer class ! You will have to make one sprite of a trainer with a specific theme that you will choose and you will need to give it a trainer class name ! This time, this contest will stay for a month to be sure that everyone can participate, here are the contest's rules:

  • The participants will have to realize two trainer sprites (male and female), it can be everything even a Pokemon as trainer (for example mewtwo)
  • The participants will have to choose a theme for the new trainer class, for example "Trainer class = Sculptor"
  • The participants will have to give a brief explanation of why they have decided to choose that trainer class and if they think it has potential to be present in a game
  • The participants will have to give one (or more) pokemon(s) that this trainer class could eventually own, for example the Trainer class Sculptor will have Machamp / Golem families.
  • The participants can use the trainers sprite sheet or even doing it by scratch
  • The sprites will have to be in the avatar size which is 80x80
  • Do not steal other people creations
How to post for this contest ?

Sprite #1: img
Sprite #2: img


The participants will have to post their trainer sprites and give the name of the trainer class they represent. After that they will have to give a brief explanation of why they decided to take this trainer class and if they think it could eventually be in a pokemon game. The participants will also have to give one or some pokemons that this trainer class could own.


To participate to this contest just post "In" for being added in the participants list. You could in whenever you want before the deadline.

Deadline: 29/02/2016
If the participants don't post their sprites before that date, their participation will not be considered.


Participants:

Awu
Iggy Azalea
OfficialThatGuy
Nightmare Serum
SlaySlenderDragon XD
S0L1D G0LD
Cynthia612
shinylyni
PoLlOrOn

New trainer class sprites:

OfficialThatGuy

Sprite #1: Traveling Merchant

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I like RPGs, they're my favorite genre, Merchants throughout the map are a common thing in them, but not in Pokemon (Main series). I think we could see in a next gen a merchant-like trainer, in which would battle you, but also give out goods for prizes and sell you stuff.

Her Potential Pokemon Team:
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Kecleon:
This is mostly because of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, where there's a merchant Kecleon that you can find throughout the dungeons.

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The Meowth family:
Think about money and Pokemon. Most likely the thing that will pop-out in your mind will be Meowth.

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The Purrloin family:
A mischievous cat, that likes to steal, it can steal the merchants items, why else would you think she'd be with them? It can also learn Pay-Day.

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Sprite #2: Draconid

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It's an ancient tribe, first shown in ORAS. They are vaguely explained and the only members known is Zinnia and her grandmother (Games) and in the manga they have a village, I think they should appear in a next game, due to their unexplained race, in which they should have a better story.

Their Potential Pokemon Team:
I think they should give a hard time to the player, for some difficulty, and they are usually tied to strong Dragon-type Pokemon.
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The Salamence and Altaria Family:
They originate from Hoenn, and is one of the signature Pokemon of Zinnia. They can be found in Meteor Falls or outside of it, for the latter, close to their Village.

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Pseudo-legendaries Family
Lance, a Dragon Tamer and Elite 4 Member/Champion is a specialist in dragon-type Pokemon, but it is known to use other types of Pokemon from similar designs and power. Zinnia is also known to use other types of Pokemon, Whismur, but not in battle.

SlaySlenderDragon XD

Priest (M)
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Explanation:
Religion has never been a big thing in Pokemon, if I remember correctly though there is a church in DPP. But throughout all the games there are spirits and people possessed by spirits. It only seems as if there needs to be someone to cleanse the people of these spirits.
Potential Pokemon
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Togepi Line

So Togepi and its line are known for good luck (cough cough paraflinch) which if you didn't know, Priest tend to bless newly born children for good luck.
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Litwick Line
Now I know I just said that Priest cleans bad spirits but there are also good spirits as well. Also candles are very important for cleansing and are sort of "holy"
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When Christianity was first becoming a thing having a cross was illegal so they used fish as a symbol, also Alomomola is a cleric which sort of fits into the purifying theme.
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Iggy Azalea

Entry #1: Princess
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I sprited her with a more "kingdom-y" setting, with towns being replaced by kingdoms. Each kingdom would have a unique Princess. In my sprite's case, her kingdom would be more of a winter kingdom. I didn't have the time to work on the 3 other dress ideas so yeah. And yes, I based her design from Weiss Schnee :p

Team:
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Each Princess would have a feminine mon that would fit her design as. In this sprite's case, it would be Froslass. A more fiery kingdom's Princess would have a Ninetales, while a nature kingdom's Princess would use a Roserade, and so on.

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Aside from their specialty mon, a Princess would have a mon from the Ralts line, functioning as her guardian.

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Lastly she would have a "trademark mon" from her kingdom, or any mon from that line. Like Aurorus in that ice kingdom for example.
Entry #2: Secret :P [WIP]

Awu

Mermaid

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I've decided to make a trainer class based on the mermaid because I wanted to make it exclusive to a specific area which is underwater. Mermaids are specialized with Water pokemons obviously

Pokemons used by Mermaids

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Triton
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Male equivalent of the Mermaid trainer class, he can also only be found under the water. The main difference between Mermaids and Tritons is that Tritons are also using Electric pokemons

Pokemons used by Tritons

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shinylyni

Magical Girl

Well, more like a cosplayer as I'm 99% sure there would be some sort of magical girl/boy anime available in the Pokemon world and people of all ages would be able to enjoy it. They'd probably be more common at a convention, but regardless they'd still be pretty cool.

Pokemon Used:
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(Mismagius is not a reference to witches in Madoka Magica)

Magical Boy
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Same as Magical Girl, but... well, it's a boy. I'd like to think there's actually more magical boys because the show is ridiculously action-packed, but eh.

Pokemon Used:
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(Roserade totally isn't a reference to Tuxedo Mask)



WINNER OF THE CONTEST:
Spriter of the Month - 1st place:
Awu - 9 votes in total
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2nd place: OfficialThatGuy - 8 votes in total
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Sprite #1: Traveling Merchant

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I like RPGs, they're my favorite genre, Merchants throughout the map are a common thing in them, but not in Pokemon (Main series). I think we could see in a next gen a merchant-like trainer, in which would battle you, but also give out goods for prizes and sell you stuff.

Her Potential Pokemon Team:
kecleon.gif


Kecleon:
This is mostly because of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, where there's a merchant Kecleon that you can find throughout the dungeons.

meowth.gif


The Meowth family:
Think about money and Pokemon. Most likely the thing that will pop-out in your mind will be Meowth.

purrloin.gif


The Purrloin family:
A mischievous cat, that likes to steal, it can steal the merchants items, why else would you think she'd be with them? It can also learn Pay-Day.

-------------------------------------------

Sprite #2: Draconid

Cu5I1ci.png

It's an ancient tribe, first shown in ORAS. They are vaguely explained and the only members known is Zinnia and her grandmother (Games) and in the manga they have a village, I think they should appear in a next game, due to their unexplained race, in which they should have a better story.

Their Potential Pokemon Team:
I think they should give a hard time to the player, for some difficulty, and they are usually tied to strong Dragon-type Pokemon.
salamence.gif
altaria.gif

The Salamence and Altaria Family:
They originate from Hoenn, and is one of the signature Pokemon of Zinnia. They can be found in Meteor Falls or outside of it, for the latter, close to their Village.

dragonite.gif
tyranitar.gif
metagross.gif
garchomp.gif
goodra.gif

Pseudo-legendaries Family
Lance, a Dragon Tamer and Elite 4 Member/Champion is a specialist in dragon-type Pokemon, but it is known to use other types of Pokemon from similar designs and power. Zinnia is also known to use other types of Pokemon, Whismur, but not in battle.
 
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