event-general

[last inlet]

I could just not put "contest entry" on spritework when I ask for help

[limber venture]

yea

its completely arbitrary

whether its contest or not

[grand tusk]

that's what i did and first comment was "is this for the contest" lol

[last inlet]

i dont like collabs personally

like

idk

I like working at my own rythm with my own crap style and ideas XD

[limber venture]

i would much rather just draw my own thing

can't trust anybody but myself fr

[last inlet]

XD

and I don´t like the responsability that working with someone on a project has

[last inlet]

yeah, also this XD

I had this sprite that many people didn´t like until it was finished

but I knew what I wanted

the WIP of this looked Really bad

and the idea wasn´t visible

so it was hard to understand what I was going for

[last inlet]

(I´ll have to evolve this lil guy sometime)

I wanted to make a custom base for it but I suck at drawing XD

[storm grotto]

You don't need to call me out in broad daylight man

[grand tusk]

[ivory olive]

75 posts already

damn

[hollow gull]

Agree lol

[short dirge]

I wonder how many of them will get through

unsure if this is a recurring issue of submissions being removed for not matching the theme

or if this is a particular case

impression I get

but I haven't been here long enough to know how that has been applied in the past

not to put Husk on the spot or anything

yeah but the issue is

that is a very opinionated thing which is fine

or it would be, but it means the contest mods will have other opinions

and we can't give explanations with our submissions as to why we think it fits the theme

oh yeah, no I agree

but a short sentence doesn't hurt

especially if something is a reference to a specific piece of media, but also just to bring the inspiration together

[misty acorn]

Yeah, I like that approach too

[short dirge]

I try and do mine all as standalone "you don't need a word explanation" sort of pieces

but still

there's plenty this round from others who I'm clutching at straws trying to feel how it fits the theme

which I didn't think was an issue, bc I thought the theme was intentionally ambiguous for open-ended inspiration

but apparently that is not the case

yeah one of mine I'm thinking if it's as clear as it is to me

oh well

[plucky arch]

most of these i can dee the connection

but some i Cant at all

and i mean i admit mine also is prolly confusing

[feral maple]

My three sprites for the contest are done 💪

[limber venture]

mine are relatively clear i think

[feral maple]

Me too

[balmy ibex]

two of mine are super in theme w the contest

another one is not it's blaq approved

[charred igloo]

im afraid the last one i did may not seem so obvious to the theme but in my head it makes sense oop

im not making anymore istg it took me hours i could have spent doing smthing else zzz

but im proud

Oh I'm proud of my little whimsicott fusions

I love whimsicotts

[short dirge]

team whimsy puts out good stuff in general

[charred igloo]

I guess my fav fusions were Meowth, Butterfree, Venomoth and Vileplume

and yes people from the team are just so talented

The first team I was eyeing was the Togekiss team. But when I got here, they were almost complete with it.
The second Pokémon I thought then was Whimsicott and was sad there wasn't a team, until you decided to make one lol

Normally, if Zangooses were in the game, I would have already started a team for them, they're my favorite Pokémon ksjdksn

[short dirge]

oh zangoose isn't in?

bunch of gen 3 is missing huh

[charred igloo]

No zangoose

I also thought of doing Flygon sprites but mann Flygon is kinda hard to fuse with many Pokémon

Color palette is really tricky to use and much of the body is hard to match with some Pokémon.

Still a very well designed Pokemon.

LMAO YEAH

the brown shadow color and the dark fluff lineart color are almost the same color, yet they are separate

jesus my discord is dying

[limber venture]

ah yes i remember the orange highlights

you should just make every sprite with orange highlights to get that feedback

fix it and then once everyones there ask what else is wrong

they were too orange imo

even a little desaturated would have been better

[supple kernel]

how many days are left?

swag i can crank a new entry out in 4 days

just gotta think of an idea now....

[short dirge]

closes in 4 hours, sorry, y'all took too long

[limber venture]

good thing i got mine in

[supple kernel]

i got scared for a sec dont do that 😂

[short dirge]

my bad 😅

lol

[last inlet]

What?

Mistake right?

Right?!

[short dirge]

Not a mistake but a joke

[wind matrix]

Rivi, you gave 2 people a heart attack. for shame

[short dirge]

I call it surprise motivation

[last inlet]

Ah

[cedar quest]

Can confirn contest closes in 5 mins starting when you read this sentence

[short dirge]

the triangle has spoken

https://tenor.com/view/triangle-tri-gif-24425781

[plucky arch]

https://tenor.com/view/i-cant-see-anything-dave-olson-dolson-smite-blindfolded-gif-18574667

[short dirge]

My last submission is [redacted]

[autumn epoch]

Hey, I’m new to this whole contest thing and I’m curious - is it poor etiquette to do a fusion that’s been done before for this (even if it wasn’t originally for the contest)?

[honest tulip]

No, just do it

[short dirge]

It’s only poor etiquette if you copy someone’s idea closely

Pick whatever combo you want

[autumn epoch]

Gotcha, thanks!

[hollow gull]

I will probably just leave my sprites to stew until the last minute

Want them in ultimate polish mode

[last inlet]

this could turn fairly good or really bad

Vroom Vroom indeed

gonna Genesectify Omastar XD

thanks XD

[half jackal]

jar time.

[glossy wagon]

it seems to frequently be jar time where you live

[odd garnet]

What did you do to Solosis?

[short dirge]

Blender

https://tenor.com/view/smoothie-shake-blender-shaking-shaun-the-sheep-gif-11664134

[last inlet]

this will also be a nice opportunity to try doing some SFX

specially glow

[odd garnet]

I think Dragonair makes a neat Angel fusion

[ivory olive]

y'know, angels are kind of reborn

[last inlet]

Smooth omastar looks weird but nice

[ivory olive]

I wanna hug it

[last inlet]

it´s literally a tire, so you can kinda know how it would feel

[ivory olive]

I wanna give it headpats

[last inlet]

tough boing

[ivory olive]

:)

he is frend

[last inlet]

He Frend

welp gonna turn those tentacle into doc octopus

nah

but it would be fun

[ivory olive]

did you give him snackies yet

[last inlet]

idk

he is gonna be robofied soon

and i´ve heard that it´s better to not eat before a surgery

[ivory olive]

oh, ok :D

[last inlet]

XD

[last inlet]

I turned Omastar into god

Praise🙌

XD

BUGATTI VISION

i´m the only one who thinks that genesect looks like a car?

XD

[wind matrix]

i guess?

[last inlet]

"genesect´s head" would be more correct

[fading lodge]

The contest has only been open two days? Maybe I do have time to make a fusion for it...

[autumn epoch]

Hey, if I submit an entry into the Google Drive can I replace it later if I make edits?

[honest tulip]

Yes, if u submit file of the same name, it will ask u if u wanna replace it, or u can manually delete and reupload

[autumn epoch]

Cool, just wasn't sure about protocol lol

[cedar quest]

If I can't get Husk's thing working I do have a contingency plan

It'll be fine

[short dirge]

“It’ll be fine”

300 entries later

[teal grove]

Contingency plan being asking me to do it 🚎

[cedar quest]

Nah, back up plan is the old tech

[quartz locust]

@last inlet @odd garnet This isn't a feedback channel.

[zinc lion]

yeah not to be that guy but

[odd garnet]

I did link it to the right channel though
Guess that's not allowed as well?
Sorry 😅

[dawn ivy]

Not here

but then again, the conversations heldd before also shouldnt just be here

[zinc lion]

7️⃣

[deft kite]

?tag staircasing

[urban knot]

Staircasing happens when a line is too thick. Line segments should only touch at the corners of the pixels and not be connected to make a continuous line. See the guide on outlines for more details on how to avoid them: #spriting-guidelines message

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/900865361191239700/1059263655964852224/image.png

[deft kite]

Ahhhhhh thats how you do it

I’ve been putting just ?staircasing

Good to know

[torn dawn]

Can you use a custom base made by someone else for a contest entry?

Or is that considered a weak move/lazy?

[deft kite]

As long as credits are given I believe

[dawn ivy]

^ yep

or ask for permission

[plucky arch]

i think it counts as a collab

[silver merlin]

nah, it doesnt

[loud scaffold]

No, collabs are two people actively working on a sprite together with the intent of finishing it together

[odd garnet]

What if someone asks me to sketch them a pose for their sprite, and they use it for their entry?

[loud scaffold]

Has that happened?

[odd garnet]

No

But someone did ask me once for a pose for their sprite

And it became a pretty neat sprite

[loud scaffold]

I think that should be disallowed from contests personally

I think an individual has to use the resources already available to them or create their own

Having somebody else do half the work is pretty collab-like

Again this doesn’t count base sprites being posted before the contest and unrelated to the contest, but if I ask one of the best spriters in the server to make a base for me to slightly edit that’s a bit unfair for a contest

[thick jolt]

ugh i just had a great idea for the contest but i’ve already done all 3 entries

[odd garnet]

Just switch out your entries

[uneven swan]

just make 4 sprites. I'm sure the sprite manager will change the rule for you

[feral maple]

🤣 i don't think so

[buoyant bough]

i'm doneeeee with one entry

[feral maple]

Only one 🤣

[buoyant bough]

has adhd

[feral maple]

Ah it explains all

[supple kernel]

god damn there are some insane entries this time around

[buoyant bough]

me: ok i've done one complex sprite, if i do anymore entries i should keep them simple!
my brain: ok so another pose from scratch with a big prop? :)
me:

[hollow gull]

Relatable

These sprites keep getting more insane

[plucky arch]

and i still dont understand most of them

[grand tusk]

I still say we're gonna end up needing "does this fit the theme" vote lmao

Some stuff does fit but is a reference that needs explaining, some I get the reference and still dont know if that counts as "revival"

[craggy remnant]

wish there was a way to have a subtitle during the poll to explain the reference

[grand tusk]

you can actually add a description in the google drive

[craggy remnant]

cool, but it wont show up in the polls as far as im aware

[grand tusk]

It would let the contest managers see it and decide if it fits or not lol

[craggy remnant]

true

unrelated mostly but how cursed would it be for me to give mewtwo stringy hair

like the girl from the ring

[hollow gull]

Hmm

Cursed but like appropriately so

Design question: does space stuff look better when given a background?

Or is it better looking if it's like a microcosm of space

[craggy remnant]

elaborate on what you mean by background

[hollow gull]

Oh I just had such a cool idea

Nvm

We're set

[hollow gull]

As in:
A. planet with stars
B. Planet with stars with space texture behind them

[weak hearth]

Can I ask a mod to remove a sprite I uploaded to the contest?

[plucky arch]

thats up to personal preference

it really depends

[grand tusk]

Ed....ward....

[craggy remnant]

I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT

i was gonna go more for a frankenstein-esque design though

[teal grove]

You can remove it yourself

[weak hearth]

thanks!

[hollow gull]

Remove someone else's sprite 😈

[short dirge]

I’ve already seen some disappearing but maybe the artists wanted to change stuff

[livid tulip]

I guess artists will notice if they don't see their fusion in the polls, in case someone decided to delete other fusions

[hollow gull]

I did not actually was just making jonn

Jonk

[fading lodge]

Anyone on here who was either on team Whimsicott or good at floof?

[hollow gull]

@dire charm made a handy floof guide, used it for my clouds

[glossy wagon]

the guide should be in the spritework resources thread too

[hollow gull]

If they show up before I return with the graphic, they can advise

[fading lodge]

I tried following the guide, I didn't get the result I want I think.

I got seven hearts on #1078177881378783342 , yet I don't feel I got the inner floof right.

[wind topaz]

Just noticed @cedar quest didn’t add the timer again

[weary pagoda]

guess you'll have to calculate the remaining time yourself then, such a shame

[fading lodge]

Thanks @dire charm and @hollow gull for your help!

Explaining the guide made it make more sense.

I hope my little floofball does okay in the contest. I'm not expecting a win, but I want it to do its best.

[trail axle]

hey can we post our entries to the sprite gallery? or do they have to stay out of it?

[fading lodge]

You can post to the sprite gallery. Some people wait til after the contest, some before, and some don't post them. Those people are frustrating; share your sprites!

[short dirge]

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/3876432/revival-contest-ends

just over 3 days left

[zinc lion]

Think I'll take a break from my last one and do a bunch of non contest fusions and do my third entry last minute

[plucky arch]

3 days ahh fuck

[eternal turtle]

Hey I'm new here would rayquaza and porygon work for this at all I'm at a lost

[feral maple]

If you fuse them in a way that match the theme Revival, yes

[eternal turtle]

Would a virtual rayquaza work??

[short dirge]

you wouldn't be the first to interpret revival as a digital thing

personally, not sure if it fits

[eternal turtle]

I don't know either

[short dirge]

read the context of the post and that's what we have to go by

Some focuses could be new growth, renewal/reincarnation, the development of new life, and the passage of time that healing takes.

it is based on a world that was destroyed in an apocalypse and is slowly recovering, ergo, "reviving"

but if you have a good idea, don't let me stop you

plus it's nice to have motivation to make stuff anyway

[eternal turtle]

Hmm I think I'm run around on the fusion stuff but t
I gotta stay around dragon a reptilian stuff because I have a hard time drawing any thing else thanks alot for helping

I got mind set thanks you so much

[shy river]

Crap, I had a pretty decent idea like yesterday, but forgot to write it down

Oh well

[teal grove]

Guideline: if you need to ask other people if it could fit, then it doesnt fit

Needs to come naturally, unless it’s a reference

[eternal turtle]

I was confused about what the contest was about

[thick jolt]

is it allowed to @ the people that made sprites in the contest to compliment them or is that against the contest rules?

[teal grove]

This contest in a nutshell:

GamR: the theme is Revival
Contestants: the theme is Rebirth

[plucky arch]

hey if GamR gives us room to interpret were gonna interpret

[thick jolt]

i noticed that, i even caught myself being like hm what goes with rebirth

[plucky arch]

i mean

[craggy remnant]

i dont get what husk is trying to say

i guess the phoenixes are more rebirth?

[grand tusk]

yeah but rebirth is revival

[craggy remnant]

exactly which is why husk is confusing me

[plucky arch]

hes mad the drive isnt full of these

[craggy remnant]

NFKSKSKS

damn itd be smart to make some sort of chansey fusion related to revive items

[grand tusk]

let's assume to revive is as follows:

1: to restore to consciousness or life
2: to restore from a depressed, inactive, or unused state: bring back
3: to renew in the mind or memory

"rebirth" would certainly fall under this

[craggy remnant]

OOOO I HAVE AN IDEA

[grand tusk]

number 2 is certainly the one most people seem to go with, including my own one

phoenixes would fall under 1

[craggy remnant]

whats a good body to make a healing machine from

[grand tusk]

mewtwo rotom

[craggy remnant]

i was thinking chansey but rotom could be a good head

and the pokeball slots could have eggs in them

[short dirge]

a world recovering should involve both rebirth and revival

[grand tusk]

is that revival? That just sounds like... vival, no re part, if you understand what I mean lmao

[short dirge]

and many of the case examples are both rebirth and revival

drawing a line there seems inadequate

[grand tusk]

Basically what husk is saying is that I should totally make a zombie sprite

necromancy is totally revival

[craggy remnant]

i was thinking it would count because a healing machine restores pokemon from being fainted

[short dirge]

undead revival kinda goes against the lore of the 3 contests, since it is written to imply the world is recovering, as in, life is restoring, and all that
not dead things coming back to life

[vale jolt]

Guys I need a palaeontologist

[craggy remnant]

but i could also do a necromancer

[grand tusk]

oooh, it should be pokeballs instead of eggs then

if you do eggs it seems more like an incubator, but pokeballs would totally be the pokecenter healing machine

[vale jolt]

Im planning to do porygonz/armaldo where the revival machine glitched out

[craggy remnant]

i was gonna them be pokeball colored but egg shaped

[vale jolt]

was gonna do porygonz/kabutops

[opal wadi]

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Aegide/custom-fusion-sprites/main/CustomBattlers/275.141.png

[grand tusk]

why?

ooh cause you're thinking chansey rotom?

I see

[craggy remnant]

bc chansey carries a big egg

it would probably look more like an incubator but idk! i’ll look at the machine later

i kind of wanna see if i can sneak base it slightly on a scene from the last nurse joy

[plucky arch]

Blissey/Rotom

[grand tusk]

shame we don't have audino

[short dirge]

wigglytuff though

[plucky arch]

Chansey/Rotom is like a little heart monitor pad

[short dirge]

also I will point out

it says

Here, in the finale we bring it back full circle, with a focus on Revival. You can interpret the single-word theme however you'd like

[hollow gull]

Real

[short dirge]

so this talk about Rebirth not counting seems unjustified in general

[grand tusk]

true, doesn't mean someone can interpret it the wrong way

rebirth is fine, some seem.... eh?

[short dirge]

yeah, I mean there's many here that don't really seem to convey the theme at all, even though they are cool sprites

but the talk above seemed to suggest rebirth was not the same as revival or close enough to count

[hollow gull]

The name is "renewal" so I also like the idea of interpreting that as like recycling, cleaning up, or reusing old things

[craggy remnant]

blame husk

[grand tusk]

I mean Husk never said "oh you can't do rebirth"

[hollow gull]

Just can't think of a good pokemon example of that

[grand tusk]

we could just be strawmanning his arguement

[hollow gull]

Who husk

[grand tusk]

'epicly dunked on by Katten again'

I mean I admit I don't really get what Husk was saying, but I don't think it was "rebirth is not allowed it's not revival" lol

[short dirge]

I mean if I'm interpreting this wrong, I apologize, but it's now been brought up several times

and if it was not an issue, it doesn't feel like it would have come to this

and to be fair

if it isn't the impression Husk was trying to give, they sure give it

[grand tusk]

ok I missed that one

[short dirge]

not to single out Husk here but

[grand tusk]

Husk arguing semantics and forgets that rebirth is just a type of revival

a subgenre if you will

[short dirge]

if you are moderating the contest submissions, I do reserve the right to call what you have said into mention regarding it

[grand tusk]

Husk isn't a contest mod though?

Unless I missed some new development the only thing he's done is help with the new poll system

[short dirge]

according to them, they are involved behind the scenes

not an official contest mod though

[grand tusk]

right, they helped with the poll system, they aren't a contest manager though

[short dirge]

but they speak as if they are involved, and so I'm assuming their word on the matter is still notable

I dunno

[grand tusk]

you'd get further discussing it with an actual contest manager methinks

[short dirge]

I'm not remaking any entries so if they aren't accepted for the theme, it is what it is

I'm this close to just pinging them both and sorting this out

[hybrid cairn]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/876608254875140156/1054331226187640832/magikarp_getting_it_done_to_him.gif?width=619&height=655

[grand tusk]

well we're all rather new here, aren't we? None of us actually were there for the last theme contest

Maybe we should... ask the contest manager how it works?

Cause I am curious if they decide something does or doesn't count for the contest theme

[teal grove]

I smell people talkin shit

[short dirge]

let's say that there are others besides contest managers who help with submissions, then their own opinions and thoughts on the matter do come into play regardless

[short dirge]

yes, please come on in

we are discussing contest matters

[grand tusk]

IT WAS RIV SICK EM

We disagreed on your input that rebirth does not count as revival

[short dirge]

there seems to be a discrepancy between your interpretation of the contest theme, and GamR's

which is confusing

[teal grove]

I disagree with your disagreeing and will now proceed to call you BlueBalls

[hybrid cairn]

@grand tusk I read it

[grand tusk]

what?

[short dirge]

either you and GamR need to sort that out and come to terms, or you guys need to not give different information

[hybrid cairn]

I read it

[grand tusk]

This is why Klingklang sucks

and will never be a contest fusion

[teal grove]

Oh i aint affiliated with GamR officially, like i said

[grand tusk]

Yeah I told Riv that you just helped out with the poll system

[teal grove]

Hence my opinion on the matter is below gamr's

I just give my opinion

[grand tusk]

but Riv was under the impression this gives you a notable voice that could completely influence the contest altogether

[short dirge]

I have no idea what Husk's full involvement is

[grand tusk]

which you have, but not like, that much

[short dirge]

only that they mentioned being behind the scenes

[teal grove]

I will rip you a new hole

[grand tusk]

???? What???

[teal grove]

That's also my only involvement

[hybrid cairn]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/876608254875140156/1054331226187640832/magikarp_getting_it_done_to_him.gif?width=619&height=655

[short dirge]

but in the instance, that say, the contest mods are like
"we have so many submissions, can you, Husk, help us sort out the entries"

then that's what I mean in terms of the differing opinion stuff

[grand tusk]

I... doubt that happens

[short dirge]

cos you'd kick out more or different entries in that validation process

if the opinions were different

[grand tusk]

That would mean Katten wanting Husk's opinion

[teal grove]

I never said i was more involved than the bracket system

[grand tusk]

and Husk's nickname says all

[teal grove]

What BlueBalls said

[short dirge]

so does that mean we ignore your opinions and laugh instead

[teal grove]

I feel like you’re overthinking this Riviera

[short dirge]

I'm sure I am

[grand tusk]

Yeah the opinion is bad and we can laugh at it Riv, pretty much

[short dirge]

but a lot of people seem confused on theme, and you are regularly around to inform people about what fits the theme

[teal grove]

You can but i will reply with a tumblr-level comedic threat of violence

[short dirge]

so I am to at least somewhat assume you have the formal level to make those calls

[short dirge]

then maybe you shouldn't tell people their themes don't match if it's rebirth and not revival :D

[grand tusk]

"comedic" says the klingkloser who's best insult was "blueballs"

[teal grove]

If you keep this up BlueBalls ill be forced to make you just Blue

https://tenor.com/view/scary-meme-dank-emoji-creepy-gif-17128309

[grand tusk]

Call me Blue, that's OK

[short dirge]

wait does Husk like the dumb gear pokemon

[grand tusk]

I go by that irl actually

[teal grove]

I founded the fucking team

[short dirge]

the pokemon that's like "hey when I evolve I'm just going to add another gear to my body and nothing else changes"

[grand tusk]

yeah he likes the dumb gear pokemon that's like "hey when I evolve I'm just going to add another gear to my body and nothing else changes"

that one

[short dirge]

I will admit, this server has taught me one valid use of klinklang after all
which is that it makes an awesome fusion combo as fuel to be given to better pokemon

[teal grove]

My interpretation of the theme revival is as close to the definition of revival as you can get. My opinion is to tell how close something is or isnt to actual Revival, and not a term with a similar meaning

Also i do not defend Klang

In any way or form

[grand tusk]

When GamR gave us his interpretations, we had 'Some focuses could be new growth, renewal/reincarnation, the development of new life, and the passage of time that healing takes.'

[short dirge]

but klinklang is just klang but with another gear

if you defend klinklang, you also defend klink and klang

because klinklang involves klang

[teal grove]

Klang is just klinklang with a gear less, a color less and no ring

[short dirge]

Klinklang is just Klang with an extra gear and a spiky ring

[grand tusk]

I think 'renewal/reincarnation' counts as rebirth

[teal grove]

And you're just a miserable pile of organs

What else is new

[short dirge]

aren't we all

[grand tusk]

personally, rebirth was fine, but repentance is 100% the best the game has ever been

afterbirth and afterbirth+ were pretty bad but I did enjoy them

[autumn epoch]

Eyyyy

[short dirge]

is that ISAAC in my innocent christian spriter general

wait this is contest general

nvm carry on

[autumn epoch]

Btw, on the theme of sticking to the theme, am I good on that with this? First time doing a contest in general so I'd like to make sure

[grand tusk]

I still need to 100% repentance, its only how long instead of if I can

[short dirge]

it looks awesome, but I think you need to post that in spritework

don't think we can talk about specific sprites here

[autumn epoch]

All good, not sure on the rules myself lol

[teal grove]

hello

[thick jolt]

is @eternal turtle entrance allowed? it isnt a sprite

[civic zinc]

If your ever unsure of the rules you can always give them another read 🙂

[grand tusk]

its "Do not talk about individual sprites currently being voted on in contests, as this potentially sways and influences voting outcomes. This also means before voting begins, so no discussion on sprites until they are out of the voting or until voting is done. Posting the sprites in spritework to receive feedback is an exception to that, however, so feel free to discuss work in progress sprites there before they are submitted to the contest. "

so in this case, it should only be to get feedback from #1050404143807873157 and then submit it, then never say anything again

[short dirge]

luckily the pinned messages here have lots of useful info regarding this channel

[grand tusk]

on you for not using #event-announcements

nah let it stay as a positive memory

no need to beat a dead horse

ok

no need to repeat a joke and ruin it, let it stay funny

[short dirge]

eat a dead horse instead

[grand tusk]

if you wanna make the joke, the most you can do is ask Katten (when they're online, dont ping them and disturb them) why they have cat ears on their #staff-presentations banner

[short dirge]

instructions clear, pinging Katten and disturbing them

if she gets upset it's because of BlueBonz

[grand tusk]

theres only 4 though

owned

foxes more like pests

no not pets

pests

[limber holly]

Can i update a sprite I've already submitted for the contest? I wasn't really happy with some of the effects on my entry so i redrew them

[grand tusk]

yeah just delete the submission in the drive and resubmit it

[limber holly]

Cool, I'll do that, thanks! 👍

[crude cedar]

ye i already know i stand no fucking chance in this contest

[molten crater]

I've done some thinking and... this channel is just a meme channel, right?

[crude cedar]

kinda

but also for contest stuff

[short dirge]

Yeah if you wanted to win a contest you should have joined when there were like 20 entries

[feral maple]

Yes it was a good time

[molten crater]

I mean, we can't talk about the current contest sprites because of rule 7, talking about previous contest sprites is like... they're done already, what else to talk about them? talking about contest organisation is up to the organisers, "contest meta" doesn't really exist, it's just a concept in some people's heads. The only thing left are the memes 🤯

[feral maple]

Oh no there is a meta 😆 kaijus and Gardevoir

[molten crater]

I'm not seeing a kaiju or a gardevoir in the server image

[short dirge]

roserade is not far off gardevoir in terms of that

so anything goes

but the last 3 were all gardevoir I think?

[feral maple]

No but they are going far in contests even if they are not very good, but very good sprites are able to win

[thick jolt]

if my sprites acc get far id feel bad cause i didnt put tonnes of effort in 😭

[feral maple]

Last two Gardevoir, precedent a gif and precedent a Kaiju gif

[molten crater]

saying that "contest meta" exists is just an excuse for losing, get better

tho yeah, gifs are a free win button

[short dirge]

no gifs anymore though

they banned them, sad

I love animation

[teal grove]

egg

[vale jolt]

aw

[teal grove]

#1078420331628335166

[vale jolt]

ngl

the revival theme has made people become poets

for ideas

[teal grove]

this can be interpreted in two ways: poets in the sense of being able to come up with and put into reality obscure ideas, or poets in the sense of being able to write a shit ton to explain sprites

[vale jolt]

revival, can mean, restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc. So I believe, a restoration of stamina falls under this category. This is why my fusion is a Skyrim stamina potion (chansey/sinistea)

[short dirge]

blissey provides eggs which are a symbol of rebirth and the birth of life, I'm afraid this does not count as revival

too bad

[ivory olive]

FNAF also could work if you use an animatronic :)

[teal grove]

check the forum post smartass

[short dirge]

no <3

[shy river]

I just went "seed goes brrrr and become plant"

I'm a poet

[teal grove]

perish 8===D

[ivory olive]

das a cock

[balmy ibex]

GUYS HOLY FUCK

WE COULD JUST MAKE PARADOX MONS

HOW DID I NOT THINK OF THAT BEFORE

[ivory olive]

because it's dumb

[shy river]

Paradox torchic

Futuristic KFC bucket

Wait no, even better, fused with porygon, the KFConsole

[balmy ibex]

I didn't mean it like that

[shy river]

[vale jolt]

is there any rule

against doing non infinite fusion pokemon fusions

considering it is just for the contest, not the game

[grand tusk]

well rules says "Fusions should be named as "head"."body" by "spriter".png, where "head" is the IF Pokédex number of the Head, and "body" is the IF Pokédex number of the Body, "

technically, that means you HAVE to do an IF fusion

[vale jolt]

fair

[fading lodge]

Entered my first contest in ages. Now I'll prepare to lose.

[glossy oriole]

I have an idea for the contest but I don't think I'll have the time considering I would need to make a custom base...

[uncut shadow]

how do i post my contest sprite?

[limber venture]

put it in the google drive link in #event-announcements

[uncut shadow]

is there a specific name i need to put? and in what order?

[fading lodge]

@uncut shadow see this post.

[zinc lion]

check the rules under the pinned message in #event-announcements

[uncut shadow]

thanks

[zinc lion]

so just name it how you'd normally name an if fusion but put by _ your name _

[uncut shadow]

ok

im not good with drive how do i add it to all the others...

[zinc lion]

drag it into the folder from your computer

[vital stirrup]

tried to do a little story with my submissions :)

[wind matrix]

except each will be voted on separately

[limber venture]

mine's a story too

[limber venture]

but its still a beautiful story

you should be happy for him and his grass arms

[vital stirrup]

truly inspirational stuff

[vital stirrup]

yep lol

[short dirge]

me debating if I should say any comments of praise or reference to any of these sprites out of fear the mods will threaten me with a hammer if I do

[vital stirrup]

#1078452312600756274 <-- for any feedback/comments ;)

[vital stirrup]

which submission is yours?

[limber venture]

cofa/krookodile, cofa/latias and cofa/cofa

they're different gods from the story of osiris' revival

[vital stirrup]

sweet, keeping the cofagrigus love going

[feral maple]

Even if they will be vote separately in the contest it will be a masterclass in the game

[wind matrix]

you can say it in their appropriate spritework thread or pm the spriter

[craggy remnant]

im never sharing my ideas again husks egg incubator blissey is way too similar to my chansey pokecenter healing machine idea for me to want to make it anymore-

not mad at husk just like damn. theres no way i can top that version

[grand tusk]

it happens more then you think

i've had 3 ideas and they were all done by different people lol

[craggy remnant]

i still have 1 other idea that im fine w doing so i guess thats the goal once i go back to my room

[thin dove]

slow to make sprites + bad at making sprites from scratch + ideas = people do my ideas first sometimes lmao

[craggy remnant]

listen. thats true but you didnt have to say it

@eternal turtle hey sorry to let you know but your submissions need to be 96 x 96 pixelated sprites sized up to 288 x 288

they look nice but they dont work as sprites unfortunately

[ivory olive]

do yall think a Demon fit the theme? because if you die and go to hell, you're a demon down there, which is kinda rebirth

[grand tusk]

errr, gonna be honest that sounds like a stretch

[thin dove]

.......!

oh shit i got another idea

the binding of isaac

[ivory olive]

some of the other shit already submitted is way more of a stretch

[thin dove]

is...is Giratina a stretch?

[ivory olive]

a little

but if other shit can get in, Giratina definitely counts

[short dirge]

wait it was you that suggested that, dang

I thought “wow that’s a quick turn around”

[craggy remnant]

yeah husk posted that sprite like. an hour after i talked about that idea lol

im gonna become an idea hermit

cause then i know for sure its a coincidence

[short dirge]

yeah I’m very shy with ideas and I wasn’t going to post anything until last minute

But I saw a lot of people saying people posted the same idea first so I thought eh screw it

[grand tusk]

but wait this is rule 7 isn't it

I think talking about this counts as rule 7 prince

[ivory olive]

no

[sturdy mulch]

groot!

[hollow gull]

I have a third awesome idea

I'm doctor ideas

[limber venture]

You have a future as a playwright

[craggy remnant]

i dont think so? im not saying like. who to vote for i was kinda sad that someone beat me to the punch w an idea

i was done talking about it anyways

unless youre talking about the icerind stuff

[grand tusk]

I don't think we're meant to say anything about specific sprites in general once they're submitted really

[thin dove]

i am once again hampered by the sad reality that i am bad at drawing

oh yeah, there are two giratinas in the contest

[grand tusk]

I feel like if I could draw it would help my spriting so much

[thin dove]

....it might be more than that 🙂 if i can't get this base drawn right i'm resorting to plan B

[grand tusk]

I'm sticking with this chat, spriter-general sucks atm

[thin dove]

aww, you (throws wrist playfully)

[grand tusk]

dont throw your wrist at me

[thin dove]

(looks at the spriter-general) what in god's name is going on in there

[grand tusk]

I dont want it

[thin dove]

i have my computer crash for 15 minutes and everything goes straight to hell

[grand tusk]

ignore them, totadile, lets focus on the you and the me and the now

[thin dove]

there's not enough body horror in this competition

[grand tusk]

I wanted to do a zombie but I can't think of what works for that

[thin dove]

aww son of a bitch, the one i wanted to make is already done

hmmm

[grand tusk]

it's only a matter of time until this place becomes general-3

[odd garnet]

I'm doing one right now
Maybe it can work as an inspiration

[grand tusk]

I just need a pokemon that actual fits for what a zombie could be

[thin dove]

i wonder what would be more fitting for the horror i'm doing

[grand tusk]

we don't exactly have many undead pokemon

[odd garnet]

Just guess what mon I'm fusing Roserade with to make a Zombie
You'll know the answer when I post it xD

[grand tusk]

and no, I dont wanna do mushroom zombies

[thin dove]

Parasect is sort of a thing but there's a lotta these in the competition

Machoke

[limber venture]

you could twist cubone or marowak into a zombie

[grand tusk]

hmmm, I suppose, it'd need to be an open skull face then methinks

[limber venture]

somebody should make a pokemon snakewood entry for this contest

[grand tusk]

diglett/snorlax

[limber venture]

i need kingmadio in this game

you could even give it the real type and ability too

[thin dove]

i feel like i almost want to make a poll

...i wanna see a Shou Tucker's Daughter/Dog fusion in this competition now

kind of

[short dirge]

this channel really is just spriter-general-2

and "check sprite-contest for contest info"

[wind matrix]

It's more hidden from general chat

[short dirge]

spriter-general already gets non-spriters in

not such an exclusive club after all

[grand tusk]

I know it sucks

[wind matrix]

It's only exclusive to people who scroll down

[grand tusk]

I do unironically wish for a spriter only channel sometimes

one that looks like an undead!

[wind matrix]

all ghosts are undead

[grand tusk]

shut up dog kicker

[plucky arch]

if you want decaying flesh in the silly kids game i dont think its gonna happen Blue

[grand tusk]

I dont expect it, but it makes it hard to make a zombie then doesn't it

[plucky arch]

i mean we have Parasect and Dusclops

[grand tusk]

dusclops is a mummy I guess, worst case scenario

[limber venture]

neuron activation whenever i read the words mummy

[grand tusk]

parasect would have wroked better if it wasn't bright red lmao

red and orange zombie just looks goofy

I guess I could just submit the cofagrigus fusion I was doing... I suppose cofagrigus just kinda counts no matter what

[wind matrix]

you sure about that?

[grand tusk]

... yes

was that meant to change my mind?

[grand tusk]

hmmm, acceptable

[grand tusk]

goofy

[wind matrix]

ok, but this one

[grand tusk]

it certainly shows doing a parasect zombie is nothing new

[short dirge]

parasect is literally a zombie

so from the beginning it was nothing new

The bug is mostly dead, with the mushroom on its back having become the main body. If the mushroom comes off, the bug stops moving.

Mushroom-lacking specimens of this Pokémon lie unmoving in the forest, lending credence to the hypothesis that the large mushroom is in control of Parasect's actions.

also unrelated but I still get a kick from this weird irl reference in the FRLG entry

In China, the spores are used as herbal medicine.

[limber venture]

pokechina real

[grand tusk]

raichu could taken down an elephant

[limber venture]

mew being found in guyana

[thin dove]

gonna ask in here while sprite chats calm down, i was thinking of doing something like a "revival/resurrection gone wrong" sort of thing for a contest entry if my one sprite can't get done in time because i can't fucking draw it, does this neck look snapped enough?

i wonder if i should make her more in shadow

[grand tusk]

make it 90 degrees

[thin dove]

👍

i wonder if i should make it Kirlia instead. going on either the play of "man resurrected his wife (it went badly)" or "man resurrected his daughter" (it went badly)

could try with Ditto too, I suppose

kinda surprised nobody's gone with a FNAF reference, what with the whole revival theme and all

[limber venture]

they have

[thin dove]

nevermind i see a reference in there

do a mime-jr and ursaring reference where ursaring's face is peeling apart to reveal the mime jr inside

lol

part of me wants to make a binding of isaac reference, another part of me thinks that's a bit too dark

i can't wait to see your sprites, notacharmander!

[odd garnet]

Everyone sees Paras and Parasect as easy zombie mons
I'm gonna do a more frankenstein approach hehe

[thin dove]

ooooh, frankensteins!

idk, i still think the base sprite in the game is already better than this sad job i did

i wonder what else i could do to give off the "came back wrong" vibe

[grand tusk]

wait wait gimme a sec I got you

Do this

[thin dove]

oh! That's majin Sonic!

[grand tusk]

well its kinda... 2 of them?

but can you see what im getting at?

[thin dove]

maybe.

something like a Hellraiser body horror?

[grand tusk]

yeah something like that

other then the head, you have it... too neat

it's normal, you get me?

you need not normal

[thin dove]

so break it further, is what i'm hearing?

heh. some of the issues i get with horror is that all of these look neat and not scary to me, so it's hard to see where people go "OH NO THAT'S ABNORMAL IN A WAY I DON'T LIKE"

[grand tusk]

I get you, but these things aren't really that scary, its... sonic after all

[thin dove]

that is true

[grand tusk]

but breaking body and making it weird is what im conveying

[thin dove]

ahh, i hope i can do all of these ideas in time

i should probably try to finish up my giratina/meganium first but idk if i want to keep her ridges on the flower wings or not

i want to keep it sharp without staircasing

[grand tusk]

I think all of this should have been in a spritework thread btw lol

[thin dove]

technically i guess so? i didn't want to post there without making a thread and i wasn't sure if i was going to make a thread on this sort of thing or if it was too much

thank you for indulging me, the feedback was welcome and it helped bring my stress levels a little bit down from watching my computer crash for the third time today

[grand tusk]

no problem, anything for the best gen 2 starter

not that there's competition with typhosion aka "my back flame doesnt exist half the time and its the only reason my design is cool" and.... meganium....

good

[thin dove]

...probably should ask this in spriter general but it's busy. at what point do you just say fuck it and submit the sprite? i can never tell if my attempts at AA are doing well

[limber venture]

AA can never look bad

AA is beautiful

[thin dove]

idk man my AA attempts at the hoppip gengar were pretty damn sad and i don't even know what the fuck is happening with my meganium's wings anymore

wanted to try doing "eyes, but melted" on a kirlia sprite but i think the face is just too small to really get that effect

[weak hearth]

Can this be done?

[wind matrix]

it will be disqualified

[limber venture]

yea i was wondering about that lmao

somebody should tell them

[weak hearth]

@eternal turtle

[thin dove]

what's wrong with it?

[wind matrix]

it's not a sprite

[wind matrix]

somebody already pinged them about it

[limber venture]

makes sense

[thin dove]

ahhh, ty

[zinc lion]

why do people post their entries without asking for qa first

i can't find the hooh exeggcute fusion anywhere

[short dirge]

Ok mr I hate dithering

[limber venture]

AA is literally my god

[short dirge]

Because some of us are insecure about our ideas being shared around for free picking

[limber venture]

Dithering can die in a ditch but AA makes every sprite like 100x better

[short dirge]

AA is dithering but one pixel

[limber venture]

But dithering is defined by it's more than one pixel-ness

So it's not

Different things

What is all pixel art if not dithering with the empty pixels filled in

[short dirge]

But you use them for the same reasons too

To prevent visual jaggedness

or otherwise interest uninteresting areas

[limber venture]

use for same reason =/= same thing

[short dirge]

Just saying, they aren’t really that different

[limber venture]

this sums it up

[short dirge]

Lmao

[thin dove]

be me
check sprite checker. Ditto/Gardevoir is RED and UNCLAIMED
think of an idea for the contest
itsfreerealestate.jpg
spend fuck if i even know how long working on a sprite for the contest - melted lady ditto trying to emulate his dead lover and failing
get ready to post it
there's a version that already exists that the checker didn't tell me about
i wanna die inside

[limber venture]

thats why you check the gallery

[thin dove]

it was made almost a month ago why didn't the checker catch it

aaaaaaaaaaaaugh orz

[odd garnet]

ZOMBIE \o/

[cedar quest]

I'll be real folks. I kinda did expect this many direct interpretations of the theme (AKA literal reviving and zombies)

Not angry or disappointed or anything, just....intrigued.

[weak hearth]

I think you really liked the Roserade contest

[odd garnet]

How can you tell?

[weak hearth]

mmm most of the fusions of roserade are made by you

[odd garnet]

That's a good guess

XD

[uncut shadow]

i dont see my sprite in the contest drive, is it normal or did i do somthing wrong?

[wind matrix]

Xeno did end up making like 7 roserade fusions during the contest (could only submit 3 tho

[weak hearth]

That is happening to me too, I am making 5 sprites for the contest and then I remember that I can only send 3

[deft kite]

Agreed

Sunday the last sumbmission day? Can i get a time and time zone?

[cedar quest]

8 PM EST

[odd garnet]

I have 7 options again and I haven't submitted one yet... WHY DO I DO THIS TO MYSELF???? XVX

[teal grove]

I tried my best for damage control but it seemed to have been in vain

[odd garnet]

Really hard to think of other interpretations for Revival other than new plants growing

[teal grove]

My man have you seen the other entries

[odd garnet]

Nope : D

[zinc lion]

can someone do the thing where it shows you how many days are left in real time

[weak hearth]

Does the concept of the contest also include healing?

[zinc lion]

sure if it's from death or near death

[weak hearth]

revive?

[teal grove]

Yes

That is the contest theme, revival

[indigo ice]

some of these interpretations are interesting

[uncut shadow]

can someone help please?

[teal grove]

Did you upload it to the drive?

[zinc lion]

how did you try to add it?

[teal grove]

If you didn’t: that’s why it isnt in the drive

[zinc lion]

yeah you have to manually add it yourself

just uploading it to sprite gallery isn't enough

[uncut shadow]

I made the drive folder and added the sprite but i cant see mine with all the others

[rare swift]

you made a folder and put your entry in the folder while the entries are just in the drive

[uncut shadow]

Yeah thats how it looks

Is it normal?

[rare swift]

I think you're supposed to upload just the png to the drive, with "by x" in the file name

[honest tulip]

select file upload, not 'new folder'

[rare swift]

also rename the file first

[teal grove]

Mfw there’s not a single folder in the contest drive and somehow you thought we had to make one

[uncut shadow]

Lol, i cant find the file upload

[deft kite]

Do you think it’s because of the theme itself, or because of how many newer spriters there are like myself

[uncut shadow]

Nvm

Thanks

[teal grove]

I suspect it’s the theme

[deft kite]

Understandable

I expected there to be zombies and pharaohs and plants and phoenixes and such, and yet what’s submitted in the drive isn’t what I expected

[rare swift]

it would be interesting to see which pokémon were used the most after the contest

[teal grove]

Wdym, all of those have been made

[deft kite]

Hard to explain

[honest tulip]

@eternal turtle contest entries need to adhere to in-game sprite standard and need to be pixel sprite, not drawing (sprite in 96x96, upscale to 288x288, need to have shading)

[deft kite]

Like even though they’re all there I feel like they don’t fit the theme as much as I thought they did

[honest tulip]

https://tenor.com/view/funny-team-hahaha-gif-18072160

[deft kite]

https://tenor.com/view/patrik-me-when-idk-gif-gif-26009927

[teal grove]

Hello senko

[limber holly]

i wanna make a blissey with defibrilators. idk if i'll have the time but i wanna try it

torn between blissey/magnezone or blissey/electivire though....

[sleek drum]

Yo how much time left for the contest?

[limber holly]

i think it ends sunday?

[sleek drum]

Ow no

[limber holly]

yeah 8pm est according to a quick scroll up

[sleek drum]

I need to rush

[limber holly]

godspeed

i could go electivire/magnezone too. hmm. i guess i'll try sketching up some ideas and see what looks best

[teal grove]

Definitely an electivire fusion

[odd garnet]

I still haven't submitted one entry /o\

Ooo Defibrilators

[hollow gull]

Funnily enough I am CPR certified

@cedar quest I'm literally giving this competition life with my cool ass ideas

[cedar quest]

[teal grove]

GamR how do you feel about the current entries

[hollow gull]

GamR HATES them

[teal grove]

GamR HATES them: THESE entries will WIN without belonging to the correct THEME! How? Click HERE

[hollow gull]

So real

[tall moss]

if you don't like some entries or dont think they fit the theme, just don't vote for them, no need to whinge

[teal grove]

or gamr deletes them from the drive

[tall moss]

he'll delete you

[teal grove]

https://tenor.com/view/shark-no-shark-meme-shark-dance-dancing-shark-gif-25513344

[hollow gull]

I ain't whinging. Or are you talking to gamr?

[kindred cave]

I just got an idea that’s really stupid but i love

Tarnished from Elden ring sprite

[zinc lion]

? they were clearly responding to husk

[hollow gull]

Who is husk

[teal grove]

Me

And im completely unwhinged

[thick jolt]

everyones done so well in the contest so far!! hope everyone does well

[limber holly]

im so indecisive i literally made two sprites

[muted lichen]

The blissey

[limber holly]

i thiiiink i feel slightly better about blissey over electivire too. but it is close

[muted lichen]

He go :D

[limber holly]

:D

[muted lichen]

:D!

[limber holly]

(it is supposed to be a mask but uh. hopefully that would come across more in the finished sprite lol)

[muted lichen]

OOOOH yeah

[twin locust]

Blissey look better the idea is just fits better

[limber holly]

yeah i think i'm definitely gonna go with blissey

[short dirge]

@cedar quest you have created the contest meta.

1. phoenixes
2. zombies

[limber venture]

i wonder if people will go anti meta and not vote for phoenixes, or if theyll just see pretty fire bird and vote for it

[short dirge]

I think that would be silly to go against something that fits the theme

Just for the sake of being nonconformist

[teal grove]

Half of the voters are more stupid than average, so

[short dirge]

You won a contest so

[teal grove]

I abused the meta

Well, not exactly abused, just used it

[honest tulip]

simp?

[teal grove]

There were like 3 or 4 other animations and mine just happened to be the best

[short dirge]

I missed the animation meta

Shame cos I love animating

[honest tulip]

damn there's a ton of entries already

[teal grove]

See id love to animate something again, but considering animations arent compatible with the current game versions, i dont really have any reason to spend that much time on them

[short dirge]

Well I’m figuring not every contest is for something in the game

There’s been some gen 1 themed sprite contests and k think triple fusion ones for instance?

But if your sprite animates well, it’s probably good for the game anyway

[teal grove]

It also doesnt help animations aren't allowed and wont be for the next few contests

[short dirge]

For the next few?

Animation contest deconfirmed

[last inlet]

I honestly prefer "non animations clause"

I feel more confident when doing a Sprite and knowing that I won't instaloose against an animated one

[short dirge]

yeah I agree

animation is also a different skillset in general

it would be fun as a standalone bracket or contest though

[loud scaffold]

Idk I kinda wanna try animation now

But again there’s not any reason to

[vivid sonnet]

I kinda like it when there's that little spoilered bit in the contest message that tells you how many days I have left. I can still figure it out with some basic math, but it's a nice frature nonetheless

My PC came in so I've been lured away from working on art to play games with good graphics and framerates

[grand tusk]

like the binding of isaac?

[vivid sonnet]

No, haven't played that one, though I have played Cult of the Lamb which I think was inspired by Binding of Isaac

[last inlet]

I'm not able to work on the Sprite for other reasons

[grand tusk]

The Binding of isaac but you add 200 random meme mods

[last inlet]

My screen won't turn on

[vivid sonnet]

Oh dear, that's a bummer <:(

[last inlet]

I plugged it in this morning, and it did some weird sounds

[vivid sonnet]

Good luck getting that fixed or worked around

[last inlet]

Like sparks(?)

[last inlet]

I was planning to replace it

It's old AF

3:4 aspect ratio

Will be weird to go back to 16:9

[vivid sonnet]

MF looks like a school computer from when I was in elementary school

[last inlet]

XD

[last inlet]

It's from 2005

[vivid sonnet]

Yeah that checks out

I would have been in…2nd grade then I think?

[last inlet]

I found it on My grandma's extinct cybercafe

And it was a last resort

[vivid sonnet]

Shoutout to my school having us try learning to type with "All the Right Type" and I just refused to get good at it

[last inlet]

I'm surprised it lasted for so long XD

[last inlet]

XD

[vivid sonnet]

I hunt and peck, but like, fast

[last inlet]

The good thing is that now i'll be able to go to a higer resolution

One larger than 1024 x 768

[vivid sonnet]

That should be cool!

[last inlet]

So many games that looked really weird

Or many that just didn't have the option to go that low on resolution XD

Cough Cough Scrap Mechanic Cough

Terraria looked really weird

[short dirge]

https://www.tickcounter.com/countdown/3876432/revival-contest-ends

@cedar quest what is the official end? 8pm est on the 26th or 27th?

since I just made the timer from the announcement

which is 4am est

[vivid sonnet]

🤔

[vivid sonnet]

I don't remember who it was the other day who talked about paintings with me, but I have them to thank for helping me come up with a fun idea for an entry

[teal grove]

Announcement was on the 20th 10 hours ago relative to the time of my current message

[vivid sonnet]

Thank you!

[buoyant bough]

oh nice! yeah can't wait to see :>

[crude cedar]

did i fossilize yet

[last inlet]

XD

[inland pollen]

The more i look at it the more old i become, help

[last inlet]

I love beeing able to create a time Rift to make You all older

With the photo of my broken monitor

(idk if a PC screen is called like that in English)

[ivory olive]

fuck it, imma say a fusion resembling a Demon counts given afterlife theming and what not, if it doesn't a Sprite Manager may strike me with that giant death laser I know yall have

[craggy remnant]

mewtwos legs are the worst i made a mistake trying to make this from scratch

[thin dove]

i need to make 2 more entries but i think i short circuited

[ivory olive]

lemme call a mechanic

[thin dove]

i can't seem to draw this snake face the way i want to :c

[thick jolt]

is there a spritework thread people could try help?

[craggy remnant]

screw it im using the original sprites legs

[thin dove]

i don't have one yet because it's really early stages

i almost never make things straight from scratch and it shows

[thick jolt]

ooo ouraboreos (wow spelling)

[thin dove]

yeah, i figure i'll make the Arbok infinity loop one and if i can make it look decent i can put it in the contest, and then in a bit i'd work on the ekans one that's just a straight circle

[thick jolt]

oh that sounds really cool tbf

what are you fusing it with?

[teal grove]

you doing an arbok too huh

[thin dove]

the talk of revival and infinity in here the other day gave me the idea

it's supposed to be arbok/klefki hence the looping

[thick jolt]

ahhh

[grand tusk]

no wait, keep going on that bottom right one

[teal grove]

mine is girafarig/arbok

[grand tusk]

you have gold there

[thin dove]

i'll try but i'm not sure if i have the proportions on that skull right

[craggy remnant]

arbok club

this thing is going to be the death of me

[thin dove]

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

WHO IS SHE

mewtwo and...?

trying to mess around a bit more with different angles and 👀

[thin dove]

what program is that? piskel?

that's a reference?

to what?

[grand tusk]

Ed....ward....

[rigid bobcat]

i know what you mean

i can't think of it either

[grand tusk]

full metal alchemist

[rigid bobcat]

oh yeah i thought it might be that

i didn't watch a ton of it

[thin dove]

oh i thought you meant "arbok club" was a reference lmao

i kind of really like this but now i'm worried about how to angle the patterns

[craggy remnant]

dusknoir

also arbok club wasnt a reference to anything

oh the sprite? yeah no thats a coincidence its based more on frankensteins creature

i was gonna add some stitched elements which is why the legs are those colors but at this point im thinking ill scrap that

[balmy ibex]

uh

that's in the drive

[balmy ibex]

https://tenor.com/view/brother-shocked-surprised-gif-14680321

[fading lodge]

Pretty sure they were told that drawings aren't allowed, only sprites.

[balmy ibex]

it's still there

[craggy remnant]

i pinged em and never heard back so

[balmy ibex]

[fading lodge]

Could be a cool sprite, but needs to, you know, actually be sprited.

[craggy remnant]

I DIDNT REALIZE THE COLORS WERE THAT CLOSE

[balmy ibex]

wait is it actually a reference?

[craggy remnant]

it wasnt meant to be

[balmy ibex]

I was gonna say it technically would be in theme

severely fucked up but in theme

[craggy remnant]

its supposed to be a frankenstein monster type of experiment

[balmy ibex]

aah

[fading lodge]

I put a cotton ball in a bubble. That's kinda revival-y.

[balmy ibex]

can I throw a reference at u for inspiration?

[craggy remnant]

sure

[balmy ibex]

flashpoint superman

long story short, timeline gets fucked, superman crashes onto a city instead of a farm n is captured by the government, is tortured/tested on all his life

he's never seen the sun and, since superman is powered by the sun, thus he's a twig

[thin dove]

i'm getting kinda happy with this (joy before the fall i guess?)

[craggy remnant]

ok cool but i think ive got the twig part down at least

[thin dove]

i love when things accidentally become something else, i'd say make 2 copies. one is how it is right now, the other is the one you want to tweak

[balmy ibex]

so glad I didn't make an oroboros, I had the idea but I already knew everyone would make one

[thin dove]

(dies)

to be fair, people also made scarabs and a ton of ho-oh imagery.

[fading lodge]

Maybe I have time to put something else in a bubble?

[shy river]

bubbles from our favorite little bubble boy???

[thin dove]

a bubble?

interesting

i like where my idea's going so far. if i work on it hard enough maybe i can even get a third sprite in for the competition! ❤️

[craggy remnant]

should i change the fusion w the mewtwo body? i feel like rn all i have thats similar is the color palette

[buoyant bough]

second sprite done. will probably stop at that, my head was in the clouds today so i ended up not being super happy with it but ay least i finished it

[cloud pulsar]

can we use regional variants for the contest?

[last inlet]

You must use 2 pokemons that are catchable in IF

[cloud pulsar]

so can i use a slither wing base for a volcarona fusion for the contest. yes or no?

[raven carbon]

I posted my fusion an hour ago and I can only find a placeholder on the Google drive. (It shows the name if I search for it; the image doesn't work)

Anyone that can help?

[last inlet]

I don't know

[stray condor]

I think you could but its just gonna be an alt in the main game

maybe, idk

[odd garnet]

I figured out who to fuse to make Pinocchio xD

[thin dove]

ahh....if i was a little better at doing some scratch spriting i might want to submit a reference fellow for the contest. he might be a bit vague though since he'd be a reference to a webcomic

his colors are white, red, and purply and i'm also just not sure what else i could fuse to make him. He's a ghostly lad (god of death and the sea) and the other component would definitely be a Lapras

[odd garnet]

I want to make a Solo Levelling reference...

[craggy remnant]

oh i never answered this. its medibang!

[hollow gull]

Oh do we actually have till Monday?

[cloud pulsar]

it ends the 27th i think

[odd garnet]

SERIOUSLY? ON POKEMON DAY?

xD

They planned that! THEY DEFINITELY PLANNED THAT

[cloud pulsar]

gamr said that he had the date decided a long time ago so I think so

[thin dove]

!!!
you're one of the few people i've ever heard use that program. I use it too! but i've never used it for spriting...

[thin dove]

i've made two melting girls now and i wonder which one would be better for the contest.
Ditto/Gardevoir alt (i still need to tweak her further i'm so sorry)
or this gardevoir grimer i made (which i might need to tweak a bit more to get her to be meltier?)

[shy river]

Ghastly/marowak?

[odd garnet]

WELP
I gotta choose again...
Which ones can get me the furthest...

Oh gosh why do I do this to myself?

[crystal hill]

sadly I don't think it's bonsley in a shoe

[odd garnet]

No
NO I am not choosing Bonsly in a Shoe xD

[feral maple]

Mimikyu/Roserade Moltres/Roserade and ho-oh/Roserade I think

[crystal hill]

Mimikyu/Roserade for sure