Monthly Art Contest 2!!!

Bucky

The Smogon Monthly Art Contest!

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Welcome to the second ever Smogon Monthly Art Contest! A competition for both digital and traditional artists to show their stuff and boast their skills.

This Month's Theme: Green Evolution
Theme suggestion by Alchemator

Description:Design the Final Evolution of the Grass Starter from Generation 5

Plus Points For: Originality!

References: This, this too, and this!


General Rules
[PLEASE READ ALL OF THE RULES BEFORE PARTICIPATING]

1. All Smogon Forum Rules Apply.

2. You're not allowed to ask when the next contest will be out, or when the next poll will be up.

3. If your entry is turned down, no whining, it broke the rules, get over it.

4. Stealing artwork is prohibited, this includes copying another artists’ work (excluding original Pokemon artwork). If you are found to be stealing, you will be disqualified and banned from the current Monthly Art Contest, banned for two MACs after two instances, and permanently banned after three instances.

5. Have a question, or want to suggest a rule or theme? PM Bucky or a current MAC judge with your question or suggestion. Please be practical with your suggestions.

6. Comments & criticisms are welcome, however posts such as “This one is definitely going to win/lose” or “This sucks!” will be deleted and such posts may get you infracted.

7. If you have a problem, take it to PM. We don't want you spamming up the topic.

8. Please don't disrupt this thread (i.e. asking stupid questions repeatedly, trolling, etc). Repeated offenses can get you temporary bans from the MAC.

Pariticipation Rules

1. All entries must fit the theme. The Theme will be specified at the top of the first post. Both traditional and digital pieces are acceptable.

2. All entries MUST fit size restraints.
MIN: 400x400
MAX: 800x800
Entries that do not meet size restraints will be completely ignored.

3. Any users found copying other submissions will be banned and disqualified from the current MAC.

4. DO NOT submit artwork containing vulgar or nude poses. Users who do so will be disqualified and banned from the current MAC.

Judge and Voting Rules and Notes

1. If you want to be a judge, PM Bucky.

2. Judges are allowed to enter the contests, but during judging, ARE NOT allowed to nominate themselves for a poll spot.

3. You are not allowed to vote for yourself on the poll. Anyone caught doing this will have their entry for the poll revoked, and the next runner up in the voting to take their place.

4. Any users found creating multiple accounts to post/vote in any MAC threads/polls will be infracted, disqualified and banned from the current MAC.

The Current Roster of Judges is:
1. Bucky
2. Alchemator
3. Wickdaggler
4. Scepticallistic
5. Doran Dragon

Deadline

The deadline is June 22nd. You have 21 days to get your entry in. After the deadline, judges will pick finalists and a poll will be started over the course of 3 days to decide the winner. [Note: Each MAC will generally last 21 days. Winners will be determined during the last week of each month]

Prizes
[More prizes to come soon!]
1st place winner will have their art featured in the Smeargle's Art Gallery!
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive an inclusion in the MAC Hall of Fame (currently a work in progress). Consecutive wins will get you cooler trophies!
 
this is a bad line up of judges

what qualifications do they have other than "spriting"
 
I've taken several art classes, and have a little bit of experience in Photoshop...

what right do you think you have to be questioning Bucky's judgement, though? I mean, it's her art contest, her rules.
 
i never said i wanted to judge did i

also wickdaggler, that didnt stop people for ripping up the wsc


like pick actual artists as judges like aragornbird or cyzirvisheen
 
Bucky said:
7. If you have a problem, take it to PM. We don't want you spamming up the topic.

8. Please don't disrupt this thread (i.e. asking stupid questions repeatedly, trolling, etc). Repeated offenses can get you temporary bans from the MAC.
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Let's get back on track here. If you have any complaints, take it up with Bucky or a Smeargle's Studio Moderator in PMs.
 
Oh man, I cannot WAIT to get started on this! I spent the whole day in school doodling on the side of my notebook possible third stages for the little guy. Great pick for a contest Bucky! I can't believe nobody has posted anything yet though!
 
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Geez! Still no submissions! Well, once again i guess its up to Sentret to get the ball rolling again :P

So here's a SUPER rough drawing of my conceptualization of the 3rd evolution to Tsutaja. Some things i don't like about the design are the arms. I like their shape but not really placement. Ideas? Colors were kinda just thrown in there. Things I like are the 2 tails and the lightningbolt eye things. On his back are glowing domes i guess. It would look better from a different angle.

Good luck all! Please C&C!
 
Haha, that's amazing. I didn't think of it as being a grass/electric before. (and now that I look at it some more, it seems obvious to me.) As for the arms, they might be better if they originated from the yellow swirls that come off the neck, with a joint near he area where they originate now. Sorry if that doesn't make sense, i'm not sure how else to explain it.

But yeah, awesome job! It almost looks like a final submission already.
 
Rodan. said:
this is a bad line up of judges
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I hope that statement doesn't include me O_____O

@Sentret: I like it so far, but I don't know if it'll take you over the top so keep working on different ideas as well because you're super talented. I'm really looking forward to seeing more submissions!
 
hi,
sentret gots the ball rolling, and I rune like a crazy one behind it :p

here is my entry :)
it's a dragon/grass type

evofrass66779.bmp


I know it isn't the most original concept, but I actually wanted to focus on working with gimp itself.
I just started with it, so I really wanted to improve (and not too many time on the concept)
And it's not like I can beat someone liek rocket_grunt or something :p

anyway I hope you like it :)​
 
noobiess said:
hi,
sentret gots the ball rolling, and I rune like a crazy one behind it :p

here is my entry :)
it's a dragon/grass type

evofrass66779.bmp


I know it isn't the most original concept, but I actually wanted to focus on working with gimp itself.
I just started with it, so I really wanted to improve (and not too many time on the concept)
And it's not like I can beat someone liek rocket_grunt or something :p

anyway I hope you like it :)​
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...Was this intended to be Milotic trying to disguise itself as a Tsutarja?
 
Well I uh

I was like DAMN WON'T BE ABLE TO ENTER because this month is so busy but today I was a slacker on my commissions and... yeah, I'm not too keen on this starter but I figured, hey grass starters aren't usually the ones that are more humanoid... they tend to be quadruped.

So this is a guy that probably has 'guru' in his name.

Grass/Psychic. Here comes the sun bitchezzz

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Dang Shinxe! Thats too good. :[

Anyways, I redid my design some. Please tell me what you think of the changes, Which I should keep, and which I should skip. This picture is also not intended to be the final submission. Just a picture for you guys to critique! :D

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I really liked your first one, Sentret. I actually thought the arms were very well placed. It looked pretty terrifying to me, I loved it. Your second one seems as if there's just a bit much going on. I really, really loved the design of the first one.
 
I like the double tails with the big glowy things (I just love double tails). I also like the first one being more upright, since it makes it look bigger and more intimidating. The second looks more like a second form, but I DO like the tree-bark colors a lot so it'd be cool if you incorporated that.
 
I actually really loved the two tails, they look like they could double as limbs of some sort as well without actually taking away the serpentine feel. I'm not a huge fan of the second one's tail. As far as colors go, I really like the transition from yellow to yellow-green to a darker green for the leaves. It really goes smoothly and just seems to fit. The second one is cute, but it just looks a bit awkward IMO with the extra yellow legs. It's face is adorable, though. And I do like the yellow orbs going down its back, but I much prefer the idea of your first concept.
 
Rodan could use a good lesson, and I am not just a spriter, I myself am an artist, but i'm not nearly as good as some of these folk, doesnt mean I dont have good qualifications to judge. so Rodan, could you please shat ur mauth before we all make yah look liek an ass, cause you assume to much crap >:(
 
I think I'd make a good judge. I doodle around every once in a while... but I've been exposed to art since I was very little, plus I've taken many classes. I love analyzing things like art and literature.
 
HMMMM. Time sure flies when you aren't doing what you're supposed to. Haha. So basically, these things happened, in somewhat this order: HGSS -> AP Exams -> VGC -> Super Mario Galaxy 2. That is why I didn't finish our little judge caricatures. I'll get to those as soon as possible, since summer is finally here. x_X

And Bucky, when first round of judging started, I said I wanted to say something, and here it is: I think just asking judges to choose a certain arbitrary number of nominations through private PM for the polls isn't a very good way for this contest to pan out. I think it would be better if the judges individually commented on each of the works, talking about what they like and what they dislike and just certain elements that they think deserve to be named, concluding with whether or not it will make it to the public polls.

This is just another one of my silly suggestions, but I think it might be more interesting. Also, it means the judges have more work (sorry?) and privacy is sacrificed.

Text for thought.

(judges without a caricature please PM me your requests again D:)
 
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