Smogon WSC Week 4

[Teh_1337ness]

~*~The Smogon Weekly Spriting Contest~*~
Because random symbols can make anything look better

Officially approved by Firestorm and Doomsday

Welcome one, welcome all to the one and only Smogon WSC! A Spiritng Contest (And Possibly an Art Contest if we can be bothered to make one) for all you aspiring digital artists to compete and improve your abilities.
Last week

The Rules

~ All Smogon Forum Rules Apply, this is a bit obvious.

~ Absolutely no stealing. If you are found stealing, you will be disqualified from the current WSC after one instance of stealing, and completely banned from the WSC after two instances.

~ The theme is there for a reason, all entires that don't follow the theme will be turned down.

~ Do not ask when the next contest/poll will be out.

~ Not a rule, merely a suggestion, try to keep it with the size limit of the sprite (56x56 for the First Generation Style, 64x64 for the Second and Third Generation Styles, and 80x80 for the Fourth Generation Style). Also, try to keep the background transparent.

~Judge Only Rule: Judges may enter, but may not nominate their own entry for victory.

Other nonsense:

The deadline is September 18, 2009. You have seven (7) days to get your entry in. After the deadline, judges will pick finalists, and a poll will be started over the course of 2-3 days to decide the winner.

Prizes:
An inclusion in the Hall of Fame, and after 1, 2, 3, or 4 wins, you will get a medal, ribbon, or trophy.

Theme: Reposes
Theme Suggester: TVBoyCanti
Description: Take any pokemon you want and change its pose. This does not necessarily mean a complete scratch, copy/pasting works too. I've got an example, provided to us by a DA user.

The tail may not be perfect, but you get the idea.


And that's it, be sure to follow the rules, try your best, and have fun!

 

[Teh_1337ness]

Judges and Entrants

Judges: Teh_1337ness
Chaos669
Mordock
Ninjabait
TVboyCanti

All entries will be posted in here after we stop taking entries.

The Five Finalists

Atyroki:

XandZero2:

Brutal Satyr:

Agaki:

Askaninjask:

 

[Teh_1337ness]

Hall of Fame

The Spriting Hall of Fame!

Welcome to the Hall of Fame, where the talented spriters who won the Smogon Weekly Spriting Contests will be showcased!

Past winners and their awards (trophies, medals, etc):

[COLOR=Red][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black]Here will be the past winners of the Smogon WSCs, and which contest(s) they won, 

along with their
accumulative medal/trophy (1 win is gold medal, 2 is bronze trophy, 3 is silver trophy, 4+ is gold trophy).
Being runner-up multiple times does not advance your medal/trophy to the next stage - you just get pretty silver medals :).
[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black]Darthvader317 - Won Week(s) 1 - Runner-up Week(s) 2 -  

[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/250/e/6/Smeargle_Gold_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG][/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=Black][SIZE=2] 

[IMG]http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/250/5/6/Smeargle_Silver_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG][/SIZE][/COLOR]
Agaki - Won Week(s) 2 - Runner-up Week(s) 1 -[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/250/e/6/Smeargle_Gold_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG] 

[COLOR=Black][SIZE=2][IMG]http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/250/5/6/Smeargle_Silver_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG][/SIZE][/COLOR]

By week:

[COLOR=Red][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black][U]Week 1 - Retypes|1st Gen Types Only[/U]

Winner: [B]Darthvader317[/B]
Sprite:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][IMG]http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/883/raikouretype.png[/IMG]
[COLOR=Red][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black] Details: It was very hard for us to choose a winner for this week's contest (which is why we're switching to a poll 

from judges). There were many creative and well done entries. It was close, but Darthvader managed to nab this week's winning spot! Congratulations!

[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/250/e/6/Smeargle_Gold_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG]

Runner-up: [I]Agaki
[/I]Sprite: [IMG]http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/4718/grasssandslash.png[/IMG]
Details: This was very close, although Darthvader managed to take first, Agaki gave him a run for his money and managed to nab this week's runner-up spot! Congratulations!

[IMG]http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/250/5/6/Smeargle_Silver_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG]

[U]Honorable mentions:[/U]

Most humorous - Lord Jessus
Sprite: [IMG]http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc149/aeojrtfao/digfly.png[/IMG]
Details: Lol we all had a good laugh when we saw this. It was pretty obvious who was going to win this one (although needless to say we all had a good laugh at 1337's pirate bar fight Clefable xD).

Most original - TVboyCanti
Sprite: [IMG]http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a301/mvidmaster/th_rockicune-1.png[/IMG]
Details: TVboy did an amazing job this week, his rock type Suicune was incredibly well done and original. For that, we had to give him the most original honorable mention.

[U]Week 2 - Winter[/U][/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black]
Winner: [B]Agaki[/B]
Sprite:[/COLOR][/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR] [IMG]http://img2.imageshack.us/img2/6359/snowbliss.png[/IMG]
[COLOR=Red][SIZE=4][SIZE=2][COLOR=Black] Details: By four votes, Agaki took week 2 home with his Blissey covered in snow! It wasn't even hard to choose him for the top 5, his entry stood out quite a bit to the judges, and evidently with voters.

[IMG]http://fc05.deviantart.com/fs47/f/2009/250/e/6/Smeargle_Gold_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG]

Congratulations!

Runner-up: [I]Darthvader317
[/I]Sprite: [IMG]http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/2450/winterscizor.png[/IMG]
Details: Although Agaki nabbed first place, Darthvader secured runner-up with his Scizor stuck in a snowstorm! The pose suits it very well - another fine entry accompanying the others.

[IMG]http://fc04.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2009/250/5/6/Smeargle_Silver_Medal_by_Teh133ness.png[/IMG]

Congratulations!

[U]Honorable mentions:[/U]

Most humorous - Hyrbid99
Sprite: [IMG]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e14/HellBolt_2008/Yakky-1.png[/IMG]
Details: It was pretty hard to choose most humorous this week, but Hybrid managed to take the cake with his Ox Camerupt. Lol. Congratulations!

Most original - Pink
Sprite: [IMG]http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3489/frozencharizard.png[/IMG]
Details: Pink's scratched ice dragon is simply incredible. He is well deserving of the Most Original honourable mention this week. Congratulations!

Week 3 - Sprite Generator Challenge

To be announced

Week 4 - Repose

To be announced
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[Teh_1337ness]

You can post now guys.

Sorry 'bout getting this up so late. Chaos has to be somewhere for the week and I had school today. So I didn't know he couldn't put it up.

Some of the judges haven't gotten their votes in yet unfortunately, which is why there is no poll for finalists yet.

If there are any mistakes, please tell me.

 

[Ninjabait]

First, my entry, a repose of Skarmory. 90% of the shading is custom, and all the colors are custom. Bits and pieces of it are scratch, but not much. Sprites used: HGSS Skarmory Frame 1 and Frame 2, DPP Skarmory Frame 1. May Edit out some of the quirks later.

Second, do you want me to go ahead and send you my nominations as well?

Third, the first N in my name is capitalized.

 

[Teh_1337ness]

I'll go capitalize it right now.

I've already got all the nomination except Mordock's and TV's, so no.

Very nice skarmory.

 

[RODAN]

Yo, sorry i'm not gonna judge this week, I will judge next weeks though

 

[Teh_1337ness]

@Mordock: That's fine with me, but I never got your nominations for last week.

@Wombat: I'll go and change it now.
And no, you just need one repose, be it normal or shiny. Although it doesn't take much work to change a normal sprite to a shiny sprite.

 

[Toaster]

ok the sprite is done,a gliscor repose:

the tail is from the DP gilscor,the main body is the platinum sprite.
@canti:ive thickend the outlines of the claws to make it look"opened".

 

[TVboyCanti]

L337ness I'll have my nominations in a minute.

And thanks for using my theme.

Not an entry, just something I did in about ten minutes. Zero scratching done on this. I'm excited to see what you guys come up with.

And by the way, you are allowed to do a complete scratch, and I encourage them.

Toaster: the outline is too thick at a couple of places and missing completely from several.

 

[Wombat Sky Forme]

Yeah, I'm a bit Wigglytuff obssessed in these contests. But he's awesome.

Ready to fight like never before.

and:

 

[Teh_1337ness]

OK guys, the poll is up, but gimme a minute until I get the sprites up.

Estimated end time of poll:
September 17, 2009 at around 2:00 PM GMT, or around 11:00 EST if you don't know WTF GMT is.

You cannot vote for yourself.


@TV: Thanks for those tasty nominations, I greatly enjoyed them.
Your theme was a really good idea, so it was quickly decided we'd use it.

And repeating this: You are allowed to do a complete scratch.

 

[Solstice]

Here's my repose, Mewtwo. Using the head of HGSS Mewtwo and the hands, right foot, and tail of DPPt Mewtwo, I scratched the rest, I really liked how it turned out in the end, after MUCH fiddling.

 

[Raikizen]

Actually, mine's not just PC+ bullshit, Atyroki. I just wanted to be on the front page for the contest. :3 Since, it's my first one and all.

That's why I'm just editing my entry in now, which I just finished a few minutes ago.

It's by far not the best (Your ghastly is really cool, Hybrid!) but I had fun doing it and it was pretty easy.

 

[Not Scicky]

Guys, stop reserving spots @_@

There is not a limited amount of entrants, ANYONE can enter WHENEVER.

Like Pink (I think...) said, it's just PC+ bullshit.

On another note, thanks for all the votes guys :D

 

[Infiltrator]

My entry for this week:

I went with something pretty simple and original.

 

[Chaos669]

Thanks a bunch for getting this up 1337. I appreciate it. Anyway, I'm back now. Sorry about that.

 

[Ninjabait]

I'm just noting that I'm rewriting the rules, and I'm also suggesting that all of the judges make badges, ribbons, and trophies, and we vote on who's design gets to be chosen.

 

[DarthVader317]

EDIT: See below posts. Didn't want to leave it and get mistaken as an entry.

 

[Chaos669]

DarthVader - try to enter a sprite made for the contest, not just one you did beforehand that fits the theme ;).

 

[Lord Jesseus]

My entry for this week:

I went with something pretty simple and original.

Cool, But I see your gastly and raise to Level 25, then trade.

This is a scratch of Gengar I made today, and I'm quite happy with it. It's my first successful scratch I'd say.
So, I'm entering it.

 

[DarthVader317]

DarthVader - try to enter a sprite made for the contest, not just one you did beforehand that fits the theme ;).

'Kay. You guys may want to add this stuff to the rules in the first post.

 

[Chaos669]

We're working on it ;).

 

[TVboyCanti]

Here's a link to all the new sprites for HGSS, though it's in a sheet. http://stuff.veekun.com/hgss.png

 

[DarthVader317]

Here's my entry.

Just finished it.