event-general

[foggy spruce]

Ludicolo line has a good palette and a rather unique typing. Plus hat

[civic mauve]

They come in all shapes and colors and every single one is delightful

[foggy spruce]

We got lots of wormy Bois already and corsola

And not a single sombrero to be seen

And if we get ludicolo and trubbish, he can wear a trashcan lid

[late sequoia]

Totally would do Gastrodon line due to them being my favorites

[civic mauve]

I think Eelektross would probably make my shortlist. It’s too many mons for the poll, but Glowing Lamprey Leech Eels would make for some great fusions imo

[late sequoia]

2nd choice I'm actually leaning towards Stoutland line. I know we already have puppers with Growlithe and Houndour line but I think they are different enough for some fun fusions (tangela/Stoutland being the mop like dogs)

[ashen sapphire]

I"d go with Lurantis!

[late sequoia]

Striped pants on all the humanoids

[ashen sapphire]

Okay but like: Lurantis base with Corsola's pretty spot patterns and coral horns

Mismagius head Lurantis body

[civic mauve]

Anyone remember that meme about “if [x] wore pants would they wear them like this or like that?” Lurantis means spriters answering that question for every Pokémon in IF and I for one would love to see the results

[late sequoia]

Lots of good options

[slow gyro]

I want Torkoal for the triple tortoise fusion

[civic mauve]

I want Torkoal for the baked clay fusions. We are not the same

[slow gyro]

I mean, i also want it to give Pokémon shell and volcanic sfx

[rough talon]

oh god

today.

[civic mauve]

Finally, we’d have fire water and grass tortle

[civic mauve]

Less than a day left now right

[austere nimbus]

wdym

[tepid seal]

Turtonator

[undone crag]

tbh I could see myself putting some dedicated support towards Torkoal if Gastro made it since that Fire/Ground water immune with both their Sp. Atk could go crazy.

[rough talon]

hey does someone have a list of all the pokemon in the poll?

nevermind tierlist coming in clutch here

[hazy chasm]

AVALUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[civic mauve]

Couldn’t find a table emoji so I did a chair

[plucky arch]

(try not to talk about it, id say this falls under rule 7 in a way)
definitely dont talk about what you Did pick tho

[civic mauve]

Oops, sorry about that ^^;

[plucky arch]

if you won please do not share, as it could skewer results for any future winners, like if 3 chose Linoon, the winner may feel pressured to choose an already chosen mon or whatever, blah blah all that

anyway speaking of Linoon

[versed ridge]

charizard sprite spotted

[young plover]

tyrantrum probopass :)

[versed ridge]

pitbull go

[young plover]

that lanturn and skarmory are also so cool

[thin dove]

hmm...i wasnt' able to finish my tyrantrodile in time. maybe next time

[plucky arch]

@livid tulip podium pog

[olive echo]

Filter results highest to lowest score, por favor 🙂

[tough apex]

Omg charizard tyrunt is so cute, reminds me of like a yugioh monster

[robust dagger]

THAT'S MY BOY

[midnight ice]

Yooo I got 31st, let's goooo

[young plover]

well
that's harsh

[undone crag]

Congrats to the winners! I can be happy with getting top 50% for my first contest haha, 82/186.

[young plover]

yeesh

[robust dagger]

a friend suggested I make Ditto Tyrantrum the Fear and Hunger blight after I showed him the silly

[steel vortex]

Oh sweet, I bet on the first place winning ahahaha

I thought it was cute an fun!

[young plover]

weird how i thought i did half-decent at all i guess

[uncut flint]

Was rooting for probo

[proven canyon]

12th place

[glad sail]

i'll be happy with being one of Milian's seven 5-pointers

[uncut flint]

Cuz they cant tell what the fusion is, readability is an important factor

[indigo ice]

seeing the induvidual scores each mod put and scrolling slowly waiting to see the horrors i got

[hard grove]

How do you tell what place?

[glad sail]

but seriously Tee who hurt you

[lunar comet]

niceeeee

[steel vortex]

Leftmost numbers

[lunar comet]

not bad tbh

[lunar comet]

sort by results Z-A

[haughty haven]

woah results

[silver solar]

Oddly enough mine got both 1s and 5s

[dull crater]

Where are ya'll seeing the exact voting?

nvm

[steel vortex]

Also not wonder results took a bit, that spreadsheet is so clean ✨

[dull crater]

I'm dumb

[silver solar]

Hey could someone grab a screenshot like this for mine

[indigo ice]

names are slowly getting removed....

[silver solar]

I cant do that on mobile

[glad sail]

uh oh this was priveleged information let me know if it needs taken down

[lunar comet]

wtf does r mean

not my sprite but still curious

[hard grove]

Mine

[young plover]

doesn't really feel like that's enough to automatically give it such a pathetic waste of time score like it's the worst thing in the world or something

[uncut flint]

36+4 im assuming

[tall moss]

R rated miltank

[steel vortex]

Uh oh xD

[silver solar]

Each staff has their own way of voting

[lunar comet]

Ah

[plucky arch]

whoopsies

[undone crag]

uh.... stuff is going bye bye

[steel vortex]

Oh the sheet changed XD

LMAO

[wind matrix]

lol

[lyric swallow]

Where is the sheet?

[silver solar]

Some of them see an unreadable fusion as very bad

[lunar comet]

o

[dull crater]

Who broke it?

[ionic pulsar]

The doc is gone :(

[robust dagger]

who bapped it

[glad sail]

staff clearly forgor to remove voting stats

[steel vortex]

Tbh, I like the individual votes, but not with the staff members names for obvious reason xD

[silver solar]

I guess we werent supposed to see who voted lol

[uncut flint]

I mean kiwi's right here, you can ask him for some feedback on his score

[plucky arch]

guess who kinda wasnt supposed to see that stuff~ you guys!! 👉👉

[ashen sapphire]

heehee my entry got a comment that said "my favorite" and I saw it before they changed it~.

[lunar comet]

don't post it then!!!!

[indigo ice]

whoopsies!

[wind matrix]

oopers

[fair citrus]

lowkey the voting stats is p helpful lowkey

[indigo ice]

(saves it for me:))

[shut cipher]

oh, i thought thats what i was supposed to see

[indigo ice]

it is it makes you tyhink. what went wrong here

[silver solar]

It just means i have to work harder to appease the 1s

[shut cipher]

pretty neat, pretty happy i got an average score from most of the mods

[fair citrus]

exactly

[young plover]

well according to the new post at least i have 10 points instead of 10
i'm just bottom five, that's all, not a huge deal totally

[glad sail]

didnt have enough time to study what Tee likes

[versed ridge]

i hope we get a melo contest eventually i really want a chance to get the role

and i dont have time to sprite for the other mons

[plucky arch]

i dont

[hazy field]

Didn't screenshot mine, but I was really honored that all my votes were 2 or higher— it's motivating ;w;

[lunar comet]

anyway if we're doing the feedback thing like last time hmu

[wind matrix]

Tee doesn't like things

[robust dagger]

I screenshotted mine but not the who voted part lol

[plucky arch]

i gave out 7 5s, guess all 7 and you win

[robust dagger]

just the vote numbers

[lyric swallow]

BRO I GOT FOURTH NO WAY

[lunar comet]

ah, so if you submit Nothing tee would give a 5

[fresh kindle]

I got 162nd place UwU I'm so proud

[plucky arch]

(even i dont know which 7 i gave out)

[soft saddle]

Aww, the rampardos/tyrantrum wasn't that bad

[undone crag]

I think I got a single 1 and no 5s, ah well middling I guess.

[naive summit]

What's the feedback thing from last time? 👀 i don't frequent this channel lol

[ashen sapphire]

It's only natural I eventually submitted a Kecleon body for a contest--

[rough talon]

dammit :( i got so low again

[tall moss]

your sprite isnt the worst thing in the world at all, its just not really an IF fusion 😅 thats my reasoning at least

[robust dagger]

Mine was 154 (The ditto tyrunt that kind of looks like a Fear and Hunger Blight)

[lunar comet]

uhhh judges hung around and gave ppl feedback on sprites if they asked? obviously if y'all are busy you don't have to

[naive summit]

Oh cool

[hazy field]

my angery dinosaur sitting at 85

[wind matrix]

I thought it was cute. Shoulda gotten a higher ranking. But it doesn't have a dynamic pose to stand out

[molten vector]

Oh I tied for 4th! I'm so proud of my meganium ❤️

[robust dagger]

Thinking of making a full on Blight reference if I do Ditto Tyrantrum

[glad sail]

i think a lot of the results scored lower than ppl expected, although they looked sick, because a lot of fusions were basically tyrantrum recolors

[slow gyro]

I got 27 and I thought i would be higher

[rough talon]

blows up

[wind matrix]

Poor Hero

[little siren]

i love having last place

[clever field]

This is genuinely one of the cleanest and most readable sprites I've seen in a while

[plucky arch]

one of my 13 4s, since youve already seen, really good fusion, nice, simple, cute, and really meshes well with the typical style assigned to sprites

[versed ridge]

pretty surprised this wasnt higher

[shut cipher]

I got 72nd, dont know if thats good or bad for my first contest

[slow gyro]

I love dinosaurs so much I feel like I ashamed myself

[rough talon]

yeah me too :( idk what i did this time

[steel vortex]

Holy cow this sheet is LONG

[rough talon]

is it the sunflora association...?

[young plover]

i guess... but i'm surprised just how little the spritework matters in comparison to the readability. given what i was going for i could understand a somewhat low score but i'm surprised just how low i went

[limpid sphinx]

we tied

🤝

[undone crag]

My boi got tied for 81st technically. 38 points isn't bad for a first try. Pretty happy with it still.

[slow gyro]

Lmao

[wind matrix]

if I can't tell what the fusion is, I automatically give a 0

[steel vortex]

Oh it's mostly empty guys

[cunning zinc]

Lol 114th

[shut cipher]

i'd love a way to get feedback, cud i repost in spritework?

[limpid sphinx]

lol tbh its hard to tell what is at all

[hard grove]

I suspected a tyrunt would win 1st.

[tall moss]

i also have no idea what the ref is at all so that doesnt help

[wind matrix]

the sheet can technically go on forever I think

[robust dagger]

I got 154 with this silly

[fresh kindle]

how do you check this?

[plucky arch]

a lot of my scoring was for Gen 5 Style, and Readability

[young plover]

well that's fine, preferably the reference also stands on its own

[versed ridge]

i never do gen 5 style so gg

[rough talon]

i feel bad for asking but

[steel vortex]

Finally, enough room for the every Pokemon ever sprite contest

[rough talon]

why'd i get so low this time 😓

[hard grove]

I think they removed what I sent and you just have to scroll now...

[wind matrix]

by getting here before we fixed our mistake

[fresh kindle]

oh XD

[limpid sphinx]

we work with gen 5 style so… well…

[hard grove]

Exposed yourselves a bit there.

[uncut flint]

Whats the ref btw

[slow gyro]

I really though I would reach higher

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543958354377179176/1143318926911078410/208.426.png

[lunar comet]

priveledged information for the speediest people

[plucky arch]

congrats to everyone who saw a peak behind the scenes, now you understand the pain

[tall moss]

afail for most people the insta 0s were: sprite errors (half pixels, missing outlines, etc), not-fusions, and not in pokemon style

[versed ridge]

yea all of my sprites just use that much more shading than the average gen 5 sprite

[glad sail]

damn i was just 2 points shy. next time

[young plover]

the Beast Handler from BTD6 with the Giganotosaurus upgrade.

[silver solar]

I just wish i didn’t get 1s

[robust dagger]

I had a zero but I'm pretty sure that was tee iirc

[fresh kindle]

why can't we see which of you guys are bullies anymore /j

[shut cipher]

idk if im gud but.... imma repost my sprite in spritework so i can figure out how to score higher next time

[plucky arch]

yeah prolly lmao

[midnight ice]

Six-way-tie for 4th is crazy

[severe epoch]

kinda surprised mine did so well o:

[wind matrix]

tyrantrum's not that big. No idea where you got the red from. And you got some pillow shading.

other then that, it looks really good!

[naive summit]

Ye for me it was a combination of being not very recognizeable, not recognizing the reference, and the Tyrantum itself not being changed beyond a color swap.

[slow gyro]

Maybe I should have entered with this one

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543958354377179176/1143963895237713920/426.421.png

[plucky arch]

headcrest is very,, cluttered

[versed ridge]

thats extremly obscure and niche so it makes sense nobody would get it ig

[hard grove]

I got as high as 4 and low as 0.

[rough talon]

aa idk what i did wrong here

[thorny saddle]

Ngl it is interesting seeing how each staff member votes differently, lots of varying opinions makes it neat to see what people do and dont like

[rough talon]

i want to know because i thought this one looked good but 💥

[fresh kindle]

nothing

[robust dagger]

time to speedrun another sprite for another contest

[tall moss]

i gave the most points by far, i gave like 600+ pts total, next one is 555 or something

[shut cipher]

they probably couldnt tell what it was

[young plover]

That's not true though. Like, not at all lol

[wind matrix]

Tee gave out zeros like candy, so is likely

[silver solar]

Would love feedback on this big child, who probably looks like shit in this upload

[tall moss]

i thought it was sunflora at first

[heady moat]

I can't view the Google doc right now, would somebody be willing to screenshot mine? It's the Jumpluff/Tyrantrum

[versed ridge]

brother the beast handler is super new nobody who doesnt play would get it

[fresh kindle]

you should have given all those points to mine /j

[dull crater]

It's a good sprite, but I'm not sure what the head is, which is surely minus points.

[glad sail]

he also gave the least votes by almost 100

[rough talon]

mhjmhmm yeah i guess that is the case :(

[versed ridge]

compared to something like the tech terror or a moab

[robust dagger]

makes sense lol

[shut cipher]

repost the sprite?

[naive summit]

I don't even remember my votes, and they edited the original vote doc instead of making a viewable copy so I'll never truly know

[shut cipher]

ill look

[rough talon]

i just feel bad because i tried really hard to avoid that but

[undone crag]

Oh if we're asking for feedback any specific issue for mine? I got a bit above mid overall so I'm somewhat satisfied for my first try but would like to improve.

[young plover]

beast handler has been out for months

[uncut flint]

Wait ita not sunflora?

[plucky arch]

main thing is recognizability, i couldnt tell you what this is fused with, i see elements of Weavile, Bellossom, and Sunflora

[silver solar]

I dont think i saw you on there?

[naive summit]

Rip my goldfish memory ig 😭

[versed ridge]

exactly
super new

[young plover]

months isn't super new

[rough talon]

i thought it was pretty recognizable as either skiploom or sunflora 😓 everyone i showed it to who wasnt the biggest pokemon fan guessed either one of those

[plucky arch]

whats beast handler

[lunar comet]

you got 15th (counting ties) with 57 points

[sly hatch]

mine was this sorta paradox entei guy. the spikes were. a nightmare

[robust dagger]

Kind of want to make a glalie snorlax vaguely based on Bob from Spooky Month

[versed ridge]

(literally all the others have been around for many years)

[young plover]

a tower in bloons tower defense 6, a really epic one

[wind matrix]

I couldn't tell what it was. but I think it was good enough to not get an instant zero from me?

[heady moat]

??? For real???

[tough apex]

sorry im a triceratops entei truther

[steel vortex]

So it's Sunflora yeh :D

[silver solar]

Yeah my screenshots i took before the wipe dont seem to have you Howls

[grand tusk]

Bloons is niche

[fresh kindle]

this was mine

[grand tusk]

sorry to tell you

[hazy field]

really my blunder was not submitting this one to the contest instead, a paragon of character design

[rough talon]

no, its skiploom but

[heady moat]

That's way better than I expected

[versed ridge]

also true

[young plover]

not true lol

[wind matrix]

tail's a bit tacked on. Need a dynamic pose to stand out

[rough talon]

i thought that'd be a bit more obvious with the white...

[shut cipher]

oops

[uncut flint]

It only reads sunflora for me, i cant really see the skiploom unless someone told me its not sunflora

[errant yarrow]

not surprising, yours is really good!

[plucky arch]

bloons is defo niche

[rough talon]

well ok

[grand tusk]

tower defense games are not as big as you think

[plucky arch]

many people know of it

[hard grove]

you never added the hand blades?

[tough apex]

his eyes are full of wonder

[steel vortex]

Ah I can see either 2 ngl, but very cute!

[plucky arch]

but people dont like, play it that much

[grand tusk]

its the biggest and most well known of the niche genre

[rough talon]

its based off of the flower on the top of the head

[young plover]

i disagree

[grand tusk]

I literally play bloons and didn't know lmao

[rough talon]

i kind of though that would be a little more apparent with the orange eyes but

[grand tusk]

BTD5 the best

[versed ridge]

same

[heady moat]

Thank you! I was worried it was too simple

[versed ridge]

same

[shut cipher]

also maybe the silhouette is hard to read?

[sly hatch]

I know, I know, triceratops entei, but c'mon they have similar spikes and stuff

[steel vortex]

I only know Bloons 3 and 4 I stopped after like middle school oop

[wind matrix]

sprite too smol to see

[grand tusk]

you can say no, but its free mwahahaha

[indigo ice]

97th place :) i think i need to work on more dynamic posing (which is my next step in my spriting journey) and thats what put me down

[hazy field]

Meaty shrimp claws were on the menu this time uwu~

[young plover]

how is "tower defense" niche?

[undone crag]

Gotcha, so prolly using custom bases if you're using one I guess.

Prolly not gonna do well for this next contest either then but hey good to know for the future haha.

[plush vale]

server image change hen it's alreay short time

[silver solar]

Using the smogon sprites probably negatively impacted peoples scores because those arent dynamic poses

[fresh kindle]

does the pokemon universe have Drifloom Tower Defense

[young plover]

yeesh, i've been trying to talk about what i'll do better and people just keep arguing with me about the fact that they don't know bloons tower defense -.-"

[steel vortex]

Lol

[silver solar]

Thats why i didn’t enter any of the other fusions i made for the line

[alpine jackal]

Just because you disagree doesn’t necessarily mean the other person is wrong. Instead of being upset, take the feedback and improve

[verbal lance]

A six way tie for 4th place is crazy

[keen wind]

how do i upload my contest entry to the drive folder.?

[rough talon]

they're talking about bloons

bloons is not in fact very niche

[young plover]

issue is it isn't feedback in this case it's not about my sprite even

[rough talon]

in the wider scope yes, but a lot of people know about it

[silver solar]

I mean, it kinda is niche

[half rapids]

hey i scored higher than last time so I met my goal. Still a while before im satisfied with myself, though :)

[rough talon]

well yes, for being super into it

[midnight ice]

My baby got 31st I'm so happy

[alpine jackal]

If it’s not about the sprite then why is the argument being held in the sprite contest thread?

[versed ridge]

its niche in the sense that lots of people know it but not many people play it

[silver solar]

I look at a ton of video game stuff and I rarely hear about the game

[rough talon]

personally i think that reference itself is the niche

[young plover]

that's what i'm sayin'!

[versed ridge]

so they only know the more iconic towers

[rough talon]

not the actual idea of a bloons reference

[shut cipher]

So scores are also based if you can tell what two pokemon are being fused? Interstingf

[steel vortex]

Top left +New button or double click the folder to add!

[versed ridge]

like dart monkey and super monkey

[grand tusk]

I didn't wanna have a discussion about it so im switching to trolling

[fresh kindle]

watch the winning sprite only be there for one day /j

[grand tusk]

Terraria is niche

my parents dont know it

[steel vortex]

Pffth

[silver solar]

I see more terraria than bloons lol

[versed ridge]

so true ,,,2,,1

[steel vortex]

Minecraft so niche

[grand tusk]

my parents know MC

not niche

[wind matrix]

Using one, or making your own. One issue is a bunch of people used the same custom base. But that base had some errors on it. So all their sprites had the same errors

[versed ridge]

pokemon is so niche

[grand tusk]

not anymore

[frail berry]

You put tyranitar on the #sprite-gallery post btw

[grand tusk]

Pokemon Go

[fresh kindle]

Minecraft is just 3D terraria /j

[silver solar]

Oh boy, which base had errors

Assuming you dont mean the smogon one

[lunar comet]

which base was this? i know i made a tyrunt base and shared it for the contest

[steel vortex]

Mine don't check mate

[keen wind]

thanks, i just dindt show up for me in the folder so i thought i did something worng lmao

[indigo ice]

i cant believe thorns personally hated my sprite with a passion and wanted me dead shhaking my head... (THORNS YOU ARE A REAL ONE 💯 im genuinley so happy with how i did)

[keen wind]

it*

[indigo ice]

ALSO I CAN DELETE THAT IF NEED BE

[heady moat]

I assume the smogon one, which had no shading on the body

[versed ridge]

imma be fr i make niche references all the time i just try to make sure they are readable so people dont care

[silver solar]

That wouldn’t really be called a custom base here tho

[shut cipher]

which one is yours

[silver solar]

Smogon are the “official” base for if basically

[versed ridge]

i didnt participate in this one

[wind matrix]

There were two of them. I'd have to find em

[indigo ice]

if i may ask was it the tyrantrum sprite that was back facing?

[versed ridge]

im just talking generally

[lunar comet]

this lil boy

[heady moat]

OH I missed the part about it being custom specifically

[lunar comet]

was mine

[steel vortex]

Base errors be like

[wind matrix]

nope, they were both the evo form

[rough talon]

i hope i dont sound rude, but considering all of those pokemon, i dont really think any of them fit other than sunflora. i suppose ultimately i get sunflora out of everything, because that's the only one that really mainly fits. i'm mostly saying this because i overthink a lot and i get it but i kind of dont see how weavile is there at all 😓

i do realize that i have a problem with readability

i just hope that my next contest i can become better with it but judging on things.. maybe not

[half rapids]

one of them might've been mine oops >.<

[sly hatch]

dammit sorry I'm half asleep

[fresh kindle]

thorns, what the heck is your pfp

[versed ridge]

i thought it was bellossom

[lunar comet]

okay phew, i'd have felt bad if i sabotaged people with a subpar base

[versed ridge]

or however you spell it

[sly hatch]

thanks for the catch

[young plover]

as i've been trying to say, i guess if i ever want to put that sprite in the sprite gallery i should go with the plan I had where i would put the infernape monkey on the head while tyrantrum was bowing. my original sketch failed to account for the scaling limit of sprites so i ended up just moving the monkey backwards on the back, making it so infernape doesn't fully read as the head and also gets obscured. i didn't really have time to redo the entire sprite but yeah, having tyrantrum bow with infernape sitting on top of the head would help infernape be seen as the head and also help people see infernape more clearly.
but yeah, stinks just how low it got.

[plucky arch]

the weavile is mostly the face, the eyes and around it, idk

[civic mauve]

Dang 43rd. And here I thought I actually had a chance ^^; Any advice so I can hopefully do better next time?

[shut cipher]

just use it to try to improve for next time

[rough talon]

i suppose, but everything else is different colorwise

[wind matrix]

I don't even kno which sprite was yours

[shut cipher]

the face is hard to see

[lunar comet]

new contest strat????

[civic mauve]

Which one?

[dull crater]

Hmm, I wonder if anyone will use my froslass base in that contest... If I lose to a different use of my base, should I be happy or sad?

[naive summit]

It still would likely be alted due to being more reference than fusion

[shut cipher]

the one u sent

[steel vortex]

Very strong shading, not pokemon style (very well made though ^^) that's all I see!

[uncut flint]

A bit hard to read, took me a bit to see the mawile(?)

[half rapids]

im not a judge, but it is cool af, just hard to read. Specifically the body shape

[indigo ice]

LOL it was the talonflame / tyrantrum one :3 my birdosaur

[plucky arch]

one thing that stands out is the front of the lip, lack of shading there, on the bottom at least

[indigo ice]

i think i shouldve done shit with my galvantrum sketch that ive got in concept work

[plucky arch]

us judges get a little Nitpicky

[wind matrix]

a Popik

[fresh kindle]

what

[shut cipher]

oh, so do we post here to get feedback?

[rough talon]

ig the reason why i feel this way is the colors seemed pretty obvious to me due to the fact that i made it, but ultimately its fine in the long run

[young plover]

i mean, i have a good bit of the next sprite done, it doesn't really have the same issues for several reasons lol (but there's a rule against talking about them in too much detail i think)

[half rapids]

I think mine just wasn't creative enough, and I think my shading was too basic?

[civic mauve]

Ok, so I should I not be worrying so much about overshading?

[naive summit]

References are a tricky line to balance between recognizability as a pokemon fusion and recognizeably the reference

[young plover]

oh, i can accept that, i was just sad i got a low score

[silver solar]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1144071887966711869/1144071888138666054/262.426.png
Maybe a not shit quality version will get better feedback 😅

[grand tusk]

head outlines feel off to me personally

[young plover]

i love me a good reference, main issue is just that there's still no implementation of a feature that lets you see if a generated sprite has any alts

[tall moss]

thats an absolutelt stellar sprite in my book, love the head bouth design probs got docked bc its too detailed tho

[indigo ice]

i got two 4/5 so i cannot complain with that at all !!

[wind matrix]

I couldn't tell what was going on with the maw. How was it attatched? And why is there a claw at the tip?

[shut cipher]

could anyone tell me what i did wrong so i can improve for next time?

[fresh kindle]

mine wasn't extremely creative and was pretty basic, so I'm not surprised that I didn't do that good, but I also didn't do Terrible either

[plucky arch]

in this one i think it was a bit justified, due to the nature of it, but turning back shading doesnt hurt!!

[silver solar]

You can use daena or if you mean in game, just check the dex

[rough talon]

i really just feel bad because im worried about my next competition and my general design themes, i dont really mean this too horribly but often i feel like some sprites that get higher absolutely feel super hard to read for me which has always bothered me. but i guess the thing is that i should ask now is if i can give critique on staff votes lol...probably not but its funny to think i could've anyways

[fresh kindle]

I'd say nothing. not every sprite can win XD

[civic mauve]

Wait so is it too detailed or not detailed enough?

[lunar comet]

i honestly felt like i could've done more here but i'm not sure what

[plucky arch]

hey guys you like my entry?? its so cool right

[hard grove]

Yeah I thought yours was good.

[cunning zinc]

I probably should have done this instead

[lucid citrus]

I’m honestly surprised at how high I got placed given how simple my sprite was

[uncut flint]

Honestly i like yours and dont really see any issues

[steel vortex]

Stolen

[rough talon]

nice jpg smh

[lunar comet]

objectively best entry

[young plover]

i don't know daena but what i mean is for other people discovering it. because 90% of people just look and see "oh, no custom sprite, guess they have no custom sprite" when they actually do.

[fresh kindle]

what was your sprite?

[sly hatch]

I still think my t rex entei is cool

[wind matrix]

I was trying to see what score I gave you but

[lunar comet]

oof

[steel vortex]

oops

[shut cipher]

i still feel like if i can figure out what i did wrong that would be really nice

[grand tusk]

scores are cancelled

[tall moss]

80 u thief, ban

[fresh kindle]

dang you got rejected

[silver solar]

If.deana.me

[steel vortex]

FusionDex

[naive summit]

I absolutely loved this one honestly, the shading is a bit detailed but I like that about it; you really nailed the scales look!

[plucky arch]

sometimes less is more! not every sprite needs to be on a mountain of explosions, only thing i could say is a bit more dynamic but even without it, its rly good

[young plover]

i still don't know what that means lol

[lucid citrus]

This guy, at 71st place

[wind matrix]

pose and design was really standard 😅

[tall moss]

i LOVEd the scale so much

[silver solar]

Its a website

[rough talon]

if you are allowed to say thoughts on votes without being too harsh in dms or whatnot that'd be kind of nice, i truthfully think part of it is im very like. critical of other people's content or work but its hard for me to really think about my own

[lunar comet]

honestly it would be cool if we could see the individual scores, maybe just take the judges' names out and shuffle them? it does help a lot to know how scoring works

[fresh kindle]

ooo looks cool

[half rapids]

yeah I figured. Thanks for feedback!

[rough talon]

but i'd assume that one's kind of hard due to staff being so busy hah

[shut cipher]

i guess i didnt do anything wrong ill just try to do the same thing for my next sprite

[rough talon]

im fine with the ranking i got every time but i do feel a little demotivated if i really liked it and i got low, i suppose i just have my hopes up too high for these psh

[lunar comet]

plus the sheet just looks nicer with the original layout

[wind matrix]

There was a bit too much going on around the head. And the toes are sticking up like a raptor or some reason? p sure I gave you a good score tho

[fresh kindle]

honestly, I'm happy that new pokemon are being added because that just means there's more fusions that I can try to create sprites for

[plush vale]

aaay fossil fighters

[silver solar]

2

Also, razor claw to evolve = raptor clw

[young plover]

found it, thx this is useful. but also i don't think most people know about it. honestly there's a fair chunk of people i see who don't know there are alt sprites since they aren't, to my knowledge, explained in-game

[limpid sphinx]

im really happy

[grand tusk]

it can be a raptor if it wants smh smh

[plucky arch]

if we do judged contests in regular contest form after this, i definitely want to see if itd be a smaller group, maybe like 3-5 or smth, and have each person give like actual feedback, at least Once

[lunar comet]

like

i understand you guys don't want to put names on there to prevent harassment "aaa why u giv me 1 i hate u forever" but the horizontal format is way clearer and more readable, for me at least

[cunning zinc]

Any specific reason? Not upset just wondered

[steel vortex]

Maybe cause the head wasen't Skiploom +Hard to pick what it was between 3 other green grass flower pokemon
But it's not like bad lmfao
And don't use these contests as a testement that your stuff is poor! May need improvements, but it's not like trash!

[plucky arch]

id be down with it but considering the entries we get nowadays i assume many people are not for critiquing 200 sprites manually

[silver solar]

Someone suggested raptor claw for my original sneasel/tyrunt but I thought it would fit better on weavile heads because of the razor claw

[grand tusk]

I will shit on 200 sprites, just ask me

[shut cipher]

definetly the abdomen is hard to read

[tall moss]

the design and rendering was lovely, its really the recognizablity that made you lose points imo, too sunflora-y, not skiploom-y enough the general pose also is a bit muddled, try to use negative space a bit better so your sprites have a strong silhouette

[steel vortex]

Oml

[dull crater]

Is the winning charizard/ a reference? I could swear I've seen a lil dragon just like that before somewhere...

[plucky arch]

0, 0, 0, 0

[cunning zinc]

Faur

*fair

[lunar comet]

yea it's called charizard

[silver solar]

Seems like a pretty generic dragon design

[uncut flint]

If I had to give a critique, maybe the straight set of teeth looks a bit off

[grand tusk]

no but

[sturdy mulch]

looks like digimon

[grand tusk]

big vibes

[civic mauve]

Since someone mentioned the head being hard to make out, should I have made the sprite larger? I know sometimes folks get penalized for that tho

[plucky arch]

youre likely thinking of Spyro

[fading lodge]

I... Did not do well at all.

[plucky arch]

or any dragon

[shut cipher]

the bottom or top row?

[lunar comet]

honestly charizard isn't that distinct of a design? it just looks like a dragon

[steel vortex]

Charizard is the most rpg Dragon of the Pokemon series (next to Dragonite XD)

[grand tusk]

that is not spyro looking lol

[civic mauve]

Would you mind doing mine?

[grand tusk]

dragoncist

[wind matrix]

It's more or less a dino in a dress. Perfectly good design. But not good enough to win a contest. Also should make a dynamic pose

[silver solar]

Thats also a generic dragon tbh

[fresh kindle]

why are there so many orange baby dragons smh

[plucky arch]

i mean horns, and the wings are very spyro

[grand tusk]

ORANGE BABY DRAGONS RULE

duh

[sly hatch]

DIGIMON DIGITAL MONSTERS-

[grand tusk]

you want me to shit on your sprite???? ok post it

[simple crater]

I guess runner up is a reference to blue eyes white dragon

[lunar comet]

there are many many orange dragons, a charizard fusion could arguably be a reference to nearly any of them

[shut cipher]

thanks, didnt mean to beg for feedback but that does actually help me for next time

[civic mauve]

Feedback pls

[plucky arch]

new voting panel: Me, Blue, and Knux

[fading lodge]

Thorns, tell me what I did wrong. I lost a lot of potential points, and I'm curious what could be improved for my spriting.

[late sequoia]

93rd, I'll take it. Still a lot of room for improvement

[young plover]

charizard is not much of a dragon tbh

[plucky arch]

the winning sprite gets 2 points

[lunar comet]

i'd be down- wait do you mean me or knuckles

[silver solar]

Probably knuckles

[ashen sapphire]

terraria calamity references are an outlier

[grand tusk]

its shit

[lunar comet]

how many knuckleses are in this server smh

[steel vortex]

What

[wind matrix]

I liked him, he shoulda ranked higher imo

[plucky arch]

Knuckles3, forgot theres a new Knux now

[grand tusk]

I think you didn't realize how literal I was being pix

lmao

[steel vortex]

Horns, wings, carnivourous reptile build, breathes fire, your usual dragon archetype xD

[civic mauve]

Any advice on improving it?

[grand tusk]

I will refrain from joking again smh

[wind matrix]

is a t rex, not a raptor smh

[grand tusk]

overdetailed

[grand tusk]

dinosaurist

[civic mauve]

I was hoping for a more directed shitting upon since that'd let me know what to adjust

[silver solar]

They’re relatives tho

[naive summit]

I think I scored this one fairly high? Not much to say about it honestly, badass sprite and you did the fire and glass texture very well!

If I had to pick something, I'd say the feet being points is a little awkward? And that the pose/design feels a bit top-heavy and unbalanced.

[wind matrix]

We'll never get the results out in time lol

[steel vortex]

Since I just watched Jurassic park 1-3, I am en expert at rating these dinosaurs
They are dinosaurs
ty

[grand tusk]

basically, it doesn't look like a pokemon sprite. it's great, but over the top in its pixel art.

[silver solar]

They’re all theropods

[rough talon]

that's a fair point for the last part, something i struggle with because im not a cartoonist 😓 but that's a really good thing to say for this because i haven't been considering that all that very much

[plucky arch]

then the time is expanded greatly

[grand tusk]

put that next to a gen 5 sprite and it sticks out like Thorns being sprite manager

[rough talon]

i pray to god my next contest fusion doesnt get misread i'd hope its a little obvious

[steel vortex]

New contest once a year so staff can vote!

[rough talon]

maybe i needed to make it bigger oh shit 😦

[civic mauve]

I spent a week asking if it was overshaded and got no feedback

[wind matrix]

It has tiny legs!
also the arm blends into the black pattern.
But mostly the tiny legs

[fading lodge]

I would like to know why the judges didn't like this. I can take it and maybe even apply it.

[grand tusk]

trust me, a common issue

[lucid citrus]

Thanks! I’m very glad I added this sprite rather than the reference alt for this, as that would have probably gone straight to bottom 5 sprites

[grand tusk]

happens to us all

[plucky arch]

no more contests actually, this is a final hurrah

[silver solar]

The head is a bit busy but i didn’t want to change my original idea of weavile neck ruff plus tyrantrum neck ruff since that was one of the differences from the other weavile head

[grand tusk]

fucking finally

[steel vortex]

Face not Pika 😔 maybe could use more Chu around other spots than the colour?

[plucky arch]

you all harrassed us about tyrantrum too much we all quit

[silver solar]

I did however scratch that weavile ruff

[wind matrix]

pls use a toilet

[grand tusk]

why do you think im in the IF server

[silver solar]

Like 100% that ruff was scratched

[steel vortex]

WOW

[silver solar]

As was the raptor claw and tail feathers

[rough talon]

i hope i dont sound too like

much of a sore loser or sad

[wind matrix]

it's a yugioh monster

[rough talon]

its a little hard because im super insecure with my spritework

[grand tusk]

thats what i said!

[lunar comet]

nah you're good, it helps to learn from stuff like this

[rough talon]

and it feels so personal even though it's perfectly fine

[grand tusk]

is it actually true?

[lunar comet]

like

[grand tusk]

is it baby dragon?

[steel vortex]

Just don't take it too harshly! One sprite out of many you'll make!

[silver solar]

Nah, it’s got a different vibe

[lunar comet]

i don't go into these expecting to win, i go into these expecting to make a cool sprite and get feedback on how i can improve

[wind matrix]

na, you wanna keep it close to the og body size

[rough talon]

even then if i get too low i 💥

[silver solar]

Baby dragon has a softer feel

[rough talon]

but hopefully i'll do it better NEXT TIME!

maybe i should just practice my spritework more

[plucky arch]

i got 4th and then dropped, quit while i was ahead

[lunar comet]

that's a better way to look at it. just try not to be so hard on yourself

[wintry sky]

If I just make a sprite in time I'm happy. Practice makes perfect ect ect

[wind matrix]

do it

[lunar comet]

plus your sprite gets in the game no matter what

[silver solar]

I honestly just wanted to see my number

[plucky arch]

i do have a fun idea for a Snorunt fusion later down the line tho

[shut cipher]

2 yugioh references in top 3 lol

[wind matrix]

what was your sprite?

[fading lodge]

This one.

[silver solar]

Ok the pose of the skarmory is definitely a reference but otherwise its not really very blue eyes

[uncut flint]

It looks fine, just competitors did more

[cunning zinc]

Yea guessed it was the legs. I think I had designed it with legs but didn't like them, could've used some more concepting

[grand tusk]

I can't believe I said I would shit on people's sprites and im getting people asking for me to do it

lol

[wind matrix]

no u

[versed ridge]

the tail feels kinda awkward i think

[grand tusk]

they love my brutal honesty

[silver solar]

Smogon base

[lunar comet]

i gotta be honest i am having whiplash from seeing someone else go by knux

this has never happened to me before and i've been knux400 for like 15 years now

[versed ridge]

how it just bends upward

[silver solar]

Smogon base isnt dynamic and has shading issues

[grand tusk]

no u no u

[wind matrix]

RUBE

[fading lodge]

I didn't expect to win with my sprite, but I didn't expect to not get as low as I did score wise.

[grand tusk]

took you long enough

[silver solar]

Sadly seeing the same pose over and over makes that pose boring

[plucky arch]

im excited to judge these snorunts, i took a peak at the drive and GOD im ready to crush dreams

i gotta break my 0 record

[silver solar]

It happens with the gen 5 sprites too

[frosty adder]

67th, eh. Not great but it's something.

[uncut flint]

But yea, agree with the other feedback, tail looks very awkward and bent

[lunar comet]

me, six years old: "i like knuckles from sonic the hedgehog, i will make knux my name forever"
game: "that name's taken, try adding numbers to the end"
me: "ok 400 sounds cool i guess"

i've had it so long i can't imagine changing it up now

aa sorry offtopic

[cunning zinc]

Lol no entry cause spritework really didn't like mine

[silver solar]

But also, smogon bases just arent always good at shading, remember the talonflame?

[wind matrix]

The pikachu tail doesn't flow into danasaur tail very smoothy. Other then the tail and ears, it's mostly just a recoloured sprite. Also the pose isn't dynamic enough to stand out

[silver solar]

Honestly screw spritework, kiwi liked mine. Even if kiwi gave the most points overall

[cunning zinc]

I think the highlight was the head and that's about it

[fading lodge]

Okay, dynamic pose, the tail (which I could barely fit because of the size of the sprite), and more non-body details. Got it.

[wind matrix]

lol

[cunning zinc]

Rest was cool, but a little messy

[silver solar]

And check the shading

Especially for smogon bases

[naive summit]

I do, because I made the first custom Talonflame sprite in the game because of that exact reason lmao!

[lunar comet]

honestly if there's anything i've learned it's to second-guess everything- even official pokemon bases sometimes do weird stuff

[wind matrix]

lol I'm so behind in this chat

[plucky arch]

blaq was pretty damn harsh too

[haughty haven]

ngl I really enjoyed working with tyrantrum for some reason

[indigo ice]

what could i have done better with this sprite? i wanna do better next time even if i was proud of this initially (and i still am!)

[plucky arch]

from what little i saw

[indigo ice]

blaq rated mine good and i am very happy by that

[uncut flint]

Tyrantrum part is hard to read

[lunar comet]

shading on the front wing is extremely wonky

[silver solar]

I probably saw you complain about it before too lol

[wind matrix]

it just seemed like you were meshing badass with really silly and they were clashing 😅

[lapis dust]

Congrats everyone

[naive summit]

Shading could be better, particularly on the wing. A more dynamic pose would be nice.

[plucky arch]

fr tho this snorunt contest has some RLY good entries

[wind matrix]

I'M SLOW

[fading lodge]

Next time I'll look at using a base other than Smogon. Well, next next time. I already entered the Snorunt one with another sprite that'll probably be ranked very poorly.

[grand tusk]

I noticed

[vestal token]

Felt like I was hitting my face on a brick wall making my sprite for the comp lol

[silver solar]

Blaq was harsh? One of my top 3 scores was blaq

[grand tusk]

oooh, I wont say more Thorns

[cunning zinc]

Fair fair fair

[grand tusk]

you're welcome

[silver solar]

The rest were 1 and 2

[late sequoia]

It's gonna be another close one

[plucky arch]

just scrolling quickly i saw a lot of 1s i think

[dull crater]

Blaq is generally cool. Haven't talked in a while...

[civic mauve]

Hopefully I'll do better this time round ^^;

[indigo ice]

thank you guys!! i think im getting better at shading at least with my most recent sprtie :'D

[plucky arch]

not if i give everyone a 0

[fading lodge]

Perhaps I should no longer enter contests and just accept that my fluke win was enough.

[naive summit]

Actually to be more specific than "could be better" because that really doesn't help lol, it feels rather undershaded, the shadows are not very noticeable.

[wind matrix]

Blaq gave one of the winners a 0

[lunar comet]

at that point just pretend the max score is 70 instead of 75

[grand tusk]

based

dont catch em lackin

[plucky arch]

i know 2nd place got a 1 by someone

[silver solar]

Oh, i think i know why oakwood gave me a good score lol. Oakwood sees the genius in weavile plus t rex = raptorial claw

[grand tusk]

make sure they stay on their toes

[uncut flint]

Meh you arent gonna do well on every single one, dont let it get you down

[plucky arch]

people got HARSH this contest

[naive summit]

I didn't!

[plucky arch]

everyone is tired of being nice

they want to rip sprites to shreds

[grand tusk]

maybe if you guys did better they wouldn't be so harsh

[naive summit]

I think I was second most generous? Idk I don't have the stats anymore

[grand tusk]

I love being mean

[plucky arch]

you can see us losing it in all the announcement posts

[fading lodge]

But I am not good at dynamic or fancy sprites. I'm good at "it qualifies as a fusion" mediocre sprites.

[wind matrix]

Fun fact, if you have a bird on a dino, it's really unclear because they're basically the same animal. so I think that docked you points. But it was mostly that the pose wasn't interesting enough to stand out 😅

[lunar comet]

i mean that's kind of exactly what staff judged contests are?

[uncut flint]

Well art is a constant journey of self improvement

[naive summit]

It takes a lot of practice tbh!

[haughty haven]

yo wait we can ask for feedback?

[naive summit]

Sure

[silver solar]

No one is perfect and this was a brutal contest. Plus there had to be 2 votes so I’m sure some of them were more stingy the second time

[grand tusk]

cracks knuckles alright let's bring back public voting, I got my reference SFX gardevoir kaiju fusion ready to go

[wind matrix]

This is why I make the lounge my home 😭

[haughty haven]

entered with this, first contest lol

[indigo ice]

?

[indigo ice]

??

[grand tusk]

whats wrong?

[uncut flint]

You might start out being shit at dynamic poses, but give it a few dozen sprites and a few sprite contests and you'll be the one telling others how to do dynamic sprites

[grand tusk]

they got their taxes

[lunar comet]

zebstrika aint even in the game chill

[plucky arch]

first thing i notice is shading, a lot of Pillow Shading done here, especially the mouth
as well, personal gripe, is the White being used as a highlight

[versed ridge]

the wings on the waist remind me of anjananth or however its spelt

[naive summit]

I've switched mostly to scratch sprites in the past few months and still have trouble with dynamic poses lol

[wind matrix]

lol to be honest, I think you're right

[plucky arch]

youre absolutely right oak is a nerd

[narrow rune]

that’s not gonna stop me

[indigo ice]

death by dynamic posing

[lunar comet]

my best advice for dynamic poses is to draw stick figures. it sounds dumb but stick figures are a great way to quickly get a pose down without investing too much time into it. i'd reccommend "how to draw comics the MARVEL way", they have a great section on dynamicness

granted it's an old book and i have no idea where it's available anymore (my dad owned a copy and he gave it to me)

[wind matrix]

I was the nicist I've even been judging a contest this time

[haughty haven]

gotcha, thanks

[haughty haven]

may or may not have been intentional

[fading lodge]

... But I've been entering contests for... maybe a couple years. 🤣 Maybe if I felt motivated, I'd be better at scratch spriting. But, as I'm learning in my custom base attempt, scratch spriting is not my forte as I can't even see what is wrong with it (that others can).

[grand tusk]

I didn't enter the contest so nobody can harshly judge my tyrantrum fusion

heh

that easy nerds

[silver solar]

Omg i finally found howls on my screenshot

[indigo ice]

now im worried about entering the sprite i made for a froslass fusion

[steel vortex]

This is my first time doing a scratch sprite, and a dynamic pose (Snorunt not Tyrantrum)
So it is indeed hard, but also pays off! And yeeeah some bases just don't do it

[plucky arch]

i didnt enter so i could Destroy

[silver solar]

I failed to see that name like 5 times

[naive summit]

The shading needs work yeah. I get the feel you were going for with it being a smooth, shiny texture, but it feels a bit undershaded, the white highlights are a bit much, and parts are pillow shaded like others have mentioned

[lunar comet]

needs an outline on the upper lip imo

[plucky arch]

as with never using Black for shadows, never use White for Highlights, even if its super shiny, use a bright version of the base

[haughty haven]

alrighty then thank you

[grand tusk]

add shading to your shadows like victor

[lunar comet]

pokemon sprites routinely use #FFFFFF for highlights though

[plucky arch]

shaded shadows is based

[indigo ice]

#1145235443349213205 would this be worth entering into the current contest ⁉️ am i even allowed to ask that

[grand tusk]

rat opinion

[uncut flint]

Double highlight shades does look weird

[cunning zinc]

Me when

[indigo ice]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/737765817474744350/1146288064130461736/cofagrigus_2_9.png

[cunning zinc]

HAHAHA

[steel vortex]

lmao

[haughty haven]

pfft

[wispy vortex]

I cri in cofagrigus

[wind matrix]

It was a cool idea, but the shading isn't very smooth. you also should look up how to do proper AA. You just followed the shadow line.
The wings don't seem to attatch to the tail properly. The seem misaligned

[steel vortex]

Though that's shadow arms and a like metal coffin (I think)

[lunar comet]

i mean this is good advice for spriting in general, but when you're matching the pokemon style specifically, maybe not so much

[dull crater]

Jirachi heads use FFFFFF as the white highlight.

[fading lodge]

Thanks Thorns and everyone who commented. I am going to try hard, maybe.

[grand tusk]

Thorns what did you think of my entry submission?

[lunar comet]

do your best man, i belive at you

[silver solar]

I think i kinda learned aa from doing sneasels

[wind matrix]

Your tyrantrum fusion is shit!

[steel vortex]

Trying to think of a Pokemon without metallic bits that uses white highlights (not counting whitish bodies)

[grand tusk]

can you give more feedback on what parts are wrong?

[steel vortex]

Hmmm

[haughty haven]

aight. really appreciate the feedback :3 I'll try and improve

honestly really fun for a first contest tho I haven't been spriting very long

[plucky arch]

thats what were here for!!

and to DESTROY

[wind matrix]

some base sprites use white as the highlight

[plucky arch]

and they are Wrong

[steel vortex]

Oo

[lunar comet]

aa is easy, just throw dark pixels into the corners

[steel vortex]

Oop xD

[haughty haven]

y'all are generally really constructive with feedback it's insanely helpful

[versed ridge]

my brother in bruh you will die on this hill

[plucky arch]

yes

i will

[wind matrix]

It sucks balls

[lunar comet]

looks at my snorunt submission welp

[plucky arch]

i dont like it therefore it is Wrong

[wind matrix]

the shit parts are wrong

[plucky arch]

and deserves a 0

[versed ridge]

its a good thing my potential future entry doesnt use white as the highlight (its just a very bright yellow)

[plucky arch]

and should be Destroyed

[grand tusk]

what is this BS

This is why I made that comment thorns

[lunar comet]

the only part you got right is the correct part, everything else is incorrect

[wind matrix]

ok, now to go look at th bases with errors

[silver solar]

I do wish i made a froslass but my energy is just saying no

[fading lodge]

Have a Tyrunt egg in these trying times.

[grand tusk]

or give me real feedback smh smh smh

[haughty haven]

https://tenor.com/view/man-running-out-of-restaurant-man-eating-man-eating-and-running-cartoon-eating-cartoon-man-running-gif-24721662

[plucky arch]

my idea, if i submitted, would be a Squid Snorunt

[silver solar]

I was gonna do a full head replacement for a funny looking persian

Not persian

[plucky arch]

like smth like this

[silver solar]

Rapodash

[tidal goblet]

Sweats in solosis

[steel vortex]

squib

[steel vortex]

I think it's fine cause jelly shiny

[silver solar]

Persian was another option but i didn’t like the pose options

[plucky arch]

he is wrong

[wind matrix]

@half rapids The tail here is not a smooth curve

[wind matrix]

only if you submit a real sprite smh

[silver solar]

Curves are hard

[grand tusk]

I did, it was a kecleon fusion

[haughty haven]

honestly

[wind matrix]

and @slow gyro this foot is super wonky

[wind matrix]

Which one? there were two

[grand tusk]

the invisible one, might be hard to spot

[wind matrix]

Eh, not really. Now straight lines on the other hand

[slow gyro]

I got summoned

[wind matrix]

your base made a few people lose points from me

[silver solar]

I considered that base but the shading didn’t feel right to me

[half rapids]

yeah that'd do it, my bad

[slow gyro]

|| Sabotage||

[fair citrus]

Should curves generally follow the same amount of pixels?

Like it should be 1-1-1-1-1, not 1-2-1-2,2?

[naive summit]

?tag curves

[urban knot]

Pokemon are organic beings, so rigid curves often don't look good. For most pokemon, it's a good idea to have gradual, smooth curves. Exceptions of course are made for purposefully polygonal sprites, like porygon. https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1090199696179470406/1097724928746336356/image.png

[late sequoia]

Tis true, we did mention that foot/leg during feedback. Granted it was even worse before

[grand tusk]

dont make the joke dont make the joke

[fair citrus]

Oh that makes sense

[tidal goblet]

Damn tyrunt head didnt break top 20

[outer valve]

wait how do u see what the mods voted ur fusion

[wind matrix]

by getting here early enough to see em before we fixed our mistake

[outer valve]

[grand tusk]

you can judge based on how good or bad their judging was

judge the judges

[lunar comet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6E7qaYGb1c

if anyone wants a rejected snorunt/electrode concept be my guest

(i may still do this though because "this is what we're running from" is one of my favorite jokes)

[civic mauve]

@plucky arch thoughts on Ledyba's antennae? It uses black* for everything but the highlights ^^; *Technically it's #101010

[late sequoia]

Eh why not, what feedback can you give me on my entry. I struggled in some parts like deciding the color of the ridges (thinking dark blue would have been better for the back ones), the shape of a couple of them, and then figuring out how to integrate the frill better. Just want to see what else

[cloud pulsar]

oh i thought it was just a charizard lol

[lunar comet]

oh and while you're here can you give me your opinion on azurill, marill, and azumarill's tails?

[outer valve]

i wasnt really confident on my entry so im fine getting placed low

[wind matrix]

I thought it was really good. The pose just seemed a tad off/ not intersting enough

[outer valve]

Was my entry. Looking at it now, its pretty messy and the jaw things look a bit off. ||Also hero sabotaged me with his base ||

much more confident in this current contest tho

[wind matrix]

Also! Shoutout to one of my favorite sprites that didn't get enough love!

[steel vortex]

Chicken

[grand tusk]

for a reason

beef > chicken

[naive summit]

Also I feel like the back arm shouldn't overlap the jaw spikes; the claws and arm should be further in the background (and also maybe a bit less of the arm itself visible at this angle)

[ashen sapphire]

chikim

[civic mauve]

Personally I'd like to shout out @hazy chasm's Mime Jr/Tyrunt which is probably my favorite of all the entries

[zinc lion]

holy fuck i got second

and with a one point difference too

[tidal goblet]

Congrats!

[heady moat]

Yours turned out so good!

[civic mauve]

Forgot the image

[naive summit]

That one is pretty amazing lmao

[heady moat]

I just noticed that it has a Mime glove sticking out of its mouth

I really love that one

[amber sluice]

Oh hey I got 45, top quarter, that's pretty nice to see!

[heady moat]

I also really love @wanton osprey 's Tyrantrum/Dunsparce

It's so ANGY

[tidal goblet]

This one was my favorite. I smile everytime I see it

[civic mauve]

One of my other faves. It looks happy to me even if it's a bit more intense than your average 'sparce

[near horizon]

24th ex æquo

[viscid zenith]

Do only the winners get put in the game?

[versed ridge]

As long as it follows the guidelines they all get in

Winners just get a new role

[viscid zenith]

Ah that’s really dope

Can’t wait to see them

[near horizon]

Only the one posted on the gallery get added

[versed ridge]

Yanmega Bot Harvesting:

[mortal storm]

You all… I am once again amazed by what all of you did. Be proud of yourself. ^_^

[main hare]

oooh I did pretty good! (which I didn't expect)

[lusty crystal]

I’ve succeeded in my goal of getting over 6.9

[mortal storm]

Well gold-metallic dinosaur with blade tail - what you thought could go wrong? :D

Especially when it looks like well executed

Would have voted that high too

[main hare]

[grand tusk]

Glavenus

[molten vector]

Yeah he's super cool! I was one of the people who tied with you 🙂

[main hare]

idk what balance to strike. and my sprites are usually very... true to the games let's say. they don't spark much conversation usually. nothing special is what i'm saying

[grand tusk]

you used that glavenus pose didn't you?

[main hare]

you dont know the struggle of that pose

[cloud solstice]

A little late to the party but congrats to the winners

[main hare]

yeah! gotta say it was a fierce competition!

[slow gyro]

It’s the first time I’m joining a contest with a non fully evolved fusion

I have some ideas for Glalies

But tbh I really love snorunt

[stray condor]

wonder what the managers thought of my entry

[woeful moth]

Wdym staff spotlight lost to digimon

[mortal storm]

Tbh it’s not necessary always having sth big, special, sparkly whatever do get appreciated ^_^

[mortal storm]

I think the top 3 is dope but yeah the spotlight is probably my actual favorite too haha

[surreal folio]

You guys suck. I placed 0th

Or ♾️th

[vestal token]

I got 166th

almost didnt finish mine because I couldnt figure out how to even make it lol

Can only go up from here tho

[hard grove]

You could have seen if you got to the link early. We could see what they voted

[stray condor]

wdym

[hard grove]

@stray condor This

Those numbers are the scores you were given by the staff

0 being the sprite is messed up and 5 being the best.

I dont think you could tell who gave what but you could see the numbers at first.

[thorny trail]

How do you find the individual numbers?

[hard grove]

you can not they removed it shortly after.

[thorny trail]

Ahhhhhhhh

Got it sorry

[wicked verge]

how tf did that skarmory sprite not win?

Is this rigged?

[dusk schooner]

I think we need to be knocked down a peg

[dusk schooner]

Well it's 2nd place, and by 1 vote no-less

[grand tusk]

I can help with that

just tell me which one is you and ill talk shit on your judging options

if you didn't vote tell me that too and ill talk about how even they didn't want you to judge

[dusk schooner]

I was every judge. It's all an illusion you see

[hard grove]

So you gave me a 0 and a 4?

[dusk schooner]

Yeah

[hard grove]

Bipolar moment.

[warm palm]

Im really happy that the low key well sprited fusion won over the flashy over the top fusion

[grand tusk]

wow give other people judging power, you were dog at this

[dusk schooner]

I'm just too cool for your feeble mind to comprehend

[warm palm]

Not saying the runner ups were poorly sprited, I'm just really happy that fundamentals and good design skills are being praised

[hard grove]

He is the senate. Why should he give up his powers?

[grand tusk]

you're not cool anymore

you're not purple

[hard grove]

https://tenor.com/view/star-wars-democracy-i-love-democracy-gif-13935227

[grand tusk]

and nose-d

[dusk schooner]

I had to sacrifice my nose and ourple complexion for unlimited power

[grand tusk]

and thats why you lame

lame boy

[dusk schooner]

[hard grove]

His lightning came back at him.

[dusk schooner]

God damn stupid purple lightsabre.........

[hard grove]

Turned him into vole duck wart or what ever that Harry Portapody guys name is.

[grand tusk]

I think it was gandalf

[hard grove]

The big guy with the spiders in his forest?

[misty acorn]

Time to bombard the winners dm's and gaslighting them into voting for nihilego

jk

congratz to everyone

[quartz locust]

Honestly superb, I was a big fan of this one. ❤️

[quartz locust]

I am a stickler for my interpretation of the BW style and my feedback being listened to.

[quartz locust]

I thought I was pretty generous. I didn't give 0s unless they had clear stylistic issues, gave a few 5s when nobody else did, and I was especially generous to Tyrunt fusions because I was rewarding the creativity with unevolved Pokémon. 🙂

Though I might have been more harsh in the 1-4 area, especially to Tyrantrum fusions. 😮

[viscid helm]

omg good morning i won the contest??

[pulsar kite]

congrats!!

[molten vector]

Congrats! 🎉

[viscid helm]

thank u,,, there were so many good entries i didn’t think i’d win with my little guy

[lusty crystal]

No it's an illusion real results in 2024

[thick harness]

Yeah, congrats! Your little guy was expertly crafted, it's no surprise you won - especially since choosing a tyrunt probably set you apart from the crowd 🎉

[dusk schooner]

Yours was very nice, ye. Congrats

[wraith notch]

I’m just happy that I didn’t end up dead last.

[dusk schooner]

@proven canyon your dude was my personal favourite. Excellent work on this guy

[quartz locust]

Ooh yeah, that Breloom was exceptional. 😄

Honestly, so many good entries in this one. 🙂

I was being persnickety when scoring them, but that doesn't detract from the sheer quality and effort that went into them. 😃

[tepid gyro]

holy moly, i got a lot higher than i ever expected especially for my first contest

[pulsar kite]

yoooo this is epic

i love breloom so much

[dense jackal]

Can't believe I caught up on this whole chat and only saw one mention of second place being such a clear blue eyes white dragon reference (and I don't even play Yu-Gi-Oh!)

[tepid gyro]

huge congrats to @viscid helm for winning!

[dense jackal]

Ok... So the card actually looks nothing like I remembered... But it's kinda close 😆

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4P4AAOSwKHhhApgE/s-l1200.webp

[mortal storm]

Came also to my mind, but never really was into YuGiOh, so I kept my mouth closed

[misty acorn]

There are like 10 different versions with different designs of it

[sly gorge]

Don't know if that's good or bad placement 🤔

Oh, no nevermind it's bottom of the barrel again

Oh well, it was worth a shot

[hard grove]

Bad

[odd garnet]

Dang I dropped by rankings from last time

Congrats to the winners

[sly gorge]

Knew it

Another day of sprite managers thinking my sprites are mid 😔 /hj

[odd garnet]

Wonder what I could have done better 🤔

Ah well
Roserade bodies aren't usually that preferred when combining with giant monsters anyways Lol

[hard grove]

Threaten their lives.

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-togepi-evil-laugh-gif-11967276

[odd garnet]

No need to
At least I'm still top 50 haha

[wind matrix]

you made roserade too big

[sly gorge]

Although now that I'm thinking about it does this look nothing like Tyrantrum?

[odd garnet]

I ASKED IF IT WAS TOO BIG
LOL

[wind matrix]

LOL

[quartz locust]

Yep, that did it for me, too. 😅

[odd garnet]

Everyone's all
"It's fiiiiine"
And I was like
"Yeah I guess so, it's a dinosaur hahahaha"

[quartz locust]

Still really good, just not scaled right. 😛

[hard grove]

😎 🚬

151

[crisp cargo]

see like i don't mind tyrantrum/roserade being bigger since one of tyrantrum's key features is uh

being big

it's a big freaking t-rex

[quartz locust]

If you want some critique, I think the shading wasn't quite right, and it's too side-facing. 😅

I'm always happy to offer my thoughts on sprites to try and help clarify why I personally gave it the mark I did. 🙂

[odd garnet]

Side Facing hmm?

[quartz locust]

But Roserade is a small plant. 😛

And it's Roserade's body. 😉

[odd garnet]

A mark?

[sly gorge]

Ah that might explain it

[wind matrix]

btw, I feel like the actual placement you guys got in general should be higher since there were so many ties for 4th

[late relic]

damn bro

[crisp cargo]

you could just look at the number of points compared to top 3

[late relic]

who put the 18 clown emojos

[hazy tapir]

Congrats to the winners!

[late relic]

emojis

[stray condor]

How much did ya give the gengar/tyrantrum I did and what are some critiques for it

[wind matrix]

it felt blurry imo 😅

[stray condor]

ah damn yeah fair enough

[odd garnet]

Drawing monsterous fusions was never my strong suit anyways

I think I have a good chance of scoring even higher this time though

[carmine tusk]

Any chance of critique for mine?
it's the first sprite I made fully from scratch so I probably made some mistakes with it

[hard grove]

some of the tail segment shapes look off as well as the claws as just something that stands out to me.

[wind matrix]

The design was very basic, and the tail's a bit off. Two of the tail nodules don't seem like they're connected

[stray condor]

oh yeah why did yall remove how much points each voter gave

[hard grove]

We are of the same mind it seems. 🧐

[lusty crystal]

Can I have a critique of this? I already know the sign was filled with problems but want to know what other problems it had

[wind matrix]

cause you guys were never supposed to see that info 😅

[stray condor]

eh fair enough

[misty acorn]

The head looks pretty copy pasted to me

[carmine tusk]

I see, well I know what to improve for future ones now

[hard grove]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-patrick-eyes-search-gif-12246943

[wind matrix]

instead of drawing jirrasic park, you just put a sign saying jirrasic park

[cloud solstice]

I'm pretty happy with my placement
I guess I probably lost some points for using Reshiram's eye instead of tyrantrum and it looking to the left not being very obvious

[misty acorn]

I gotta admit that I was hoping for a little bit more, but I'll take it lol

[wind matrix]

the shading direction was very confusing imo 😅

[odd garnet]

Btw
Should I shrink my Tyrantrum/Roserade now?

[misty acorn]

(Now I need to figure out the meta because I somehow need to win one of these to get nihilego into the running lmao)

[odd garnet]

Or is it fine?... Again? Lol

[wind matrix]

if you want, but we're not changing your score

[odd garnet]

I know I know

I improved my Scollirade after the critics

Critiques

[cloud solstice]

Really? For me it looked clearly like it's coming from the top left but I guess it's not that visible

[stray condor]

kinda expected higher but 37 is still fine

[wind matrix]

it only looked that way on some parts of the body

[odd garnet]

Contest entry

After critiques

[wind matrix]

was gonna fusion bot it, but it's not allowed in here

[odd garnet]

Lol

Don't worry
I already submitted it

[wind matrix]

:p

[odd garnet]

And there was no problems

You know

Maybe I would have gotten a higher rank

If I submitted my Tyrunt Roserade instead

Lol

[wind matrix]

I wanted to see if you reduced the colours at all

[wind matrix]

flowers are very basic tho

[odd garnet]

Yeah
It's an unevolved pokemon

But when it evolves

[carmine tusk]

I also wonder if my tyrunt would have done better but I left it up to others to decide and they chose tyrantrum

[odd garnet]

The flowers changes

I'm thinking of doing that with my Roserade now

Fully evolved Roserades gets new Flowers

[subtle moss]

I seem to steadily be gaining points across these contests I think

maybe in about 5 or 6 more I'll be in the top 10

:p

[odd garnet]

While the unevolved ones gets the Roserade flowers