Doubles CAP Art Thread

[Bughouse]

This thread is open for final submissions, WIPs, and comments for the design of the Doubles CAP. The design should ultimately reflect the competitive aspects of the Doubles CAP as decided in the main thread.

***All material in both the main design and supporting material must be your own. Using another piece of art for inspiration is allowed, but blatant plagiarism will result in warnings or bans depending on the severity.***

Collaborative material (such as work made by multiple artists or a vision and art direction by a non-artist and execution by an artist) is not permitted.

how to final submit

Final Submission Post

All artists must make a final submission post conforming to the following rules, including those for the Main Design, in order to be included in the art poll.

• The post must have "Final Submission" (in bold) as the first line, with the Main Design at the top, and supporting material (if applicable) below it.
• All supporting art must be included as links or as linked thumbnails no larger than 150 pixels in either dimension. Do not include full images of supporting art in the final submission.
• Only make one (1) final submission post. Artists are welcome to work on multiple designs and get feedback from the community, but only one design can be submitted for final consideration. If you wish to alter any aspect of your final submission, then edit your post. Do not make a new one, even if you delete your original post. Any deleting and re-posting will be treated as bumping and is subject to moderation.

By making a final submission, an artist gives the Doubles Forum permission to use the submitted art for the Doubles CAP and related projects. The artist also consents that the design can be interpreted by other artists for the Doubles CAP project and for other promotional purposes.

Artists cannot submit any artwork that has been previously or that is currently used by another project not affiliated with Doubles CAP. The winning artist agrees to not later use the winning design for another project or contest not affiliated with Doubles CAP.

design rules

Main Design

The main design is intended to follow the same general posing and layout as the "Official Art" for existing in-game Pokemon. The comparison to 'Official Pokemon Art' is only applicable to the basic content of the main design; it does not imply any standards or guidelines regarding artistic style or rendering technique.

The following rules of content must be followed for the Main Design:

• It must consist of a single Pokemon on a plain white background with no parts of the Pokemon cut off by the canvas.
• No props, action effects, move effects, or additional objects can be rendered on or around the Pokemon. If a prop is part of the Pokemon's basic design (ie. Conkeldurr's pillars), then it is acceptable.
• Any 2D digital or scanned traditional drawing may be used. It must be in full color. 3D media and photos are not allowed.
• It must have a distinguishable outline on the entire subject in contrast to the background. No part of the design can be blurred into the background or blended into the background in any way.
• The maximum allowed image dimension is 640 pixels and the minimum is 320 pixels. The maximum allowed image filesize is 200 kB.
• It must be in jpg, png or gif format and must be hosted on a reliable image hosting service (such as imgur or puush). Do not use Iaza or Ezimba.

Supporting Material

There are almost no rules when it comes to supporting material. Action scenes, movement studies, interaction with other Pokemon, animations, sculptures, and cartoon strips are all allowed. Non-art supporting material is also allowed. This includes detailed descriptions of the art, background data, stories, etc. All supporting art and information must be related to the main design in some way.

rules for artists posting in this thread

Posting Rules: Artists

• Artists can post any work-in-progress (WIP) artwork in order to solicit feedback or to help develop ideas. WIP artwork does not need to conform to the standards of a Main Design. It can be in any medium or stage of completion, but it must be related to an original art design by the poster.
• Don't hog the thread. This includes posting inconsequential updates to your design, posting multiple times a day, posting too many images in your post (subjective), and asking repeatedly for feedback. If you want to post multiple images in a single post, link to an outside source. Don't post them all in one post, not even in hide tags.
• Do not post to state your intended design. You may not reserve an idea for yourself.
• Do not post questions asking for help in making art. For art resources on Smogon, check out Smeargle's Studio.

rules for commenters posting in this thread

Posting Rules: Commenters

• Do not post images to serve as inspiration for artists or attempt to commission an artist in the thread to render your idea.
• Do not declare any artwork as "the winner" or make similar comments to that effect. Such posts are insulting to all the other competing artists.
• Do not post that a design does or does not "look like a Pokemon/Digimon". Such comments are unable to be substantiated or refuted. There is no artistic style guide for Pokemon. If you like or dislike a design, that's fine, just say that.

Art Polls

All art polls will contain the Main Design and, if applicable, a link below it titled "Supporting Material". This will link to the artists final submission post, if applicable. All final submissions conforming to the rules above will be slated.

 

[Bughouse]

This post will be updated periodically with the finished competitive aspects of the CAP.

The CAP so far:

Concept: The Forgotten Sand
Type: Grass / Ground
Abilities: Sand Rush / ?

 

[Bughouse]

This post will contain a compendium of all submitted and WIP designs.

 

[Lasagne]

THIS IS WHAT I WAS WAITING FOR PREPARE YOURSELF BITCHES

 

[D4rk3r]

here's a hedgehog-bunny thing