event-general

[cedar quest]

Will really enjoy that one

[cyan gull]

Gen 5 palette, yeah?

[elder topaz]

is this good gordo...

[cedar quest]

Yep, and BW/2 sprites

[cedar quest]

I haven't checked the palette yet, but probably

[elder topaz]

the palette is 1:1 magcargo

i made SURE of that

[idle forge]

I had a question but I already know the answer

[elder topaz]

including the absolute fuck-ass outline color

[idle forge]

anyrw bak to helk

[carmine falcon]

idk how to feel about this so far this kinda sucks

[elder topaz]

oh how i hate you

[signal nexus]

beardyface

[carmine falcon]

I'm gonna give baldy guy here a lil hair just a little though so it won't be dq

he already looks happier

[elder topaz]

so far:

[supple epoch]

#1472263995325939933

[slow gyro]

I must say, literally the week I started making custom palettes, Gamr’s new contests bans them

https://tenor.com/view/coincidence-i-think-not-coincidence-i-think-not-the-incredibles-gif-5096707

[sly shuttle]

Use this time for your commissions then

It’s going to be contest-to-contest for a while

[elder marlin]

Or your sprite requests

[elder topaz]

So true

[elder topaz]

What do yall think are the best of these

/genq

I feel like Magcargo is a must

[slow gyro]

Explosion

[jagged hinge]

That one looks like it’ll be less on the fence compared to the tropius

[signal nexus]

why is typhlosion even called typh(oon) + (exp)losion if it's a fire type
surely that should be for a Fire/Water, yeah?

[slow gyro]

Just wait in the SFX

[south meteor]

(I can't read ) Idk, fire/flying could have fit too.

[idle forge]

Imam m@ke this thing rip assd as a weexxing or soemthing

Yes thus is teh tupe of bullshit i doring for the contess

@cedar quest am I allowed make this damn hair sfx or no

[dense jackal]

Honestly this is the normal black for outlines. #000000 is the unusual one

[elder topaz]

no

i refuse to believe this

[oblique heath]

i'm the third one to put the sprite in the drive

[elder topaz]

why are our emails visible

:borken:

[dense jackal]

They're always visible with drive submissions

[elder topaz]

damn

time to make another email on top of the 25 i already have

[dense jackal]

Surely one of the existing 25 will do

[elder topaz]

i don't want you all to know my top secret emails

💔

hit me a email

what do yall think of this

duke and actually trying to do SFX?!:

But yeah I just thought this when I saw it

If the blue veins become molten steel/glowing hot magma

Then this would be cool

[tame egret]

could be named after typhon

although typhlosion isn't exactly monstrous or greek

[slender thunder]

you should make the outline blue on the head

[slow gyro]

#1472281654335635477

[slender thunder]

my next level will be called poopenhounden

[slow gyro]

More fire

[icy jasper]

so the contest is to only use smogon/GF sprites + have the same shading style as them?

[jagged hinge]

More or less yeah, you also have to be tame when adding stuff to the base that isn’t there and you can only use the palette from the sprite

[signal nexus]

no contest meta, more or less
trying to get folks who make perfectly excellent sprites rather than know all the shading tricks, cool posing + composition, baller sfx

[icy jasper]

ah

[fiery sundial]

Basically all the people not trying to bend the rules right now

[slow gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/nah-id-win-nah-id-bunny-jujutsu-kaisen-bunny-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-18147311268825624683

[minor garnet]

Hero when in a make mega pokemon for no reason contest

[fallen light]

regret

[elder topaz]

Idea

Mega flygon blitz...

[plush vale]

dats more a fakemon server type thing

[elder topaz]

Dangit

[feral surge]

fake tree bug

[carmine falcon]

kinda liking it for now

[plain wing]

He's exploding!!

[dense jackal]

Sacrifices have to be made

[elder topaz]

this makes me question the limits

[slow gyro]

The only limit is your skill

[topaz quest]

Limits = gf/smogon palette + gf/smogon base
seems like you can draw/adjust base within reason cause my victreebel/kommo-o was fine via gordo

[dense jackal]

The use of fire itself is acceptable I believe, given the way a typhlosion sprite looks. The lighting from the fire on the claws/edges of the rocks is certainly close to the line though

[elder topaz]

I meant the sfx

Since we can't do EXCESSIVE sfx

[mighty stump]

Ooh that's looking cool

[carmine falcon]

I don't find it excessive since that's just typhlosion

[mighty stump]

Yeah if a mon has a bunch of fire, no reason the fusion can't

[carmine falcon]

also you're overestimating how much sfx really effects the contest meta

[mighty stump]

Just render it similar to GameFreak

(That means you Hero 🫵)

[carmine falcon]

I think hero did it pretty well

y'all would it be allowed to add like an army helmet?

[mighty stump]

Okay yeah their typhlosion is a lot more rule abiding than the drifblim

[slow gyro]

#1472325509500371188
Just a normal birb

[carmine falcon]

would this count?

[minor roost]

He Is ready to go to war

Joking aside idk maybe the helmet Is a bit of a Stretch but Better ask gordo Just in case

[carmine falcon]

@cedar quest is helmet fine

[mighty stump]

Heehee cute pubby

[fallen light]

#1472329936873459882 well i uh sure did make my first entry

~~why did i choose kommo-o ~~

[slow gyro]

Just a normal Exeggutor from Kanto, and maybe Hoenn

[elder topaz]

ah okay...

[long basin]

what magmortar should i do for this event

[fallen light]

magmortar/mime jr

[elder topaz]

magmortar/wooper

[long basin]

lemme see if mime jr has a good base sprite

[fallen light]

it's decent

not perfect by any means, but not horrible

[long basin]

no, i would say its perfect for this contest actually. im mainly looking for good poses, which this definitely has

quite dynamic

[fallen light]

mime jr is peak frfr

[long basin]

True

[elder topaz]

blaze...

[minor roost]

ngl cooking

[elder topaz]

burning down the kitchen even

i'm still flabbergasted how it's not been done at all

like

even my dumb ass saw it with the BLUE lines and thought "yeah"

like

[long basin]

is this mega magcargo

[elder topaz]

this is a 1+1=2 situation lmfao

[elder topaz]

yes

[long basin]

cool but it looks a bit like dialga

[elder topaz]

when will someone do this

WAIT

WHAT THE FUCK?

magcargo autogen is cooking????

the flame... INSIDE the ice spikes arm wing thing...

[elder topaz]

@long basin is this peak

[long basin]

no its kyucargo

[elder topaz]

oh yeah my bad

but i genuinely think kyurem/magcargo's autogen is suprisingly good

can't say the same about a guy called Rotom but

huh neat

saw another good one

[fallen light]

now i need to figure out what my other entries should be

[elder topaz]

make a ultra necrozma head...

[fallen light]

i mean i just finished draft 1 of a kommo-o head, whats a little more pain

[elder topaz]

i'm doing one rn

if i can then you can too

[fallen light]

a bold statement, you have no idea how bad at spriting i can be

[elder topaz]

hang on.

[elder topaz]

your sprites are good

can we give our condolences for people doing Minor meteor heads

(no minior core palettes? washed)

[slow gyro]

#1472337646843072573
Just a regular Kanto/Hoenn Exeggutor

[fallen light]

oh wait damn

i was gonna make a minior meteor

[grim patrol]

(Sorry if this is wrong place to ask but does anyone know how to remove yourself from @ Recurring Event pings only? I can’t seem to find the role removal)

[fallen light]

#roles you should be able to just unreact with the emote

[elder topaz]

toe nose...

[fallen light]

you may need to react and then unreact tho

[grim patrol]

Much thanks. 👍 There’s so many channels in this server, I didn’t even see that one

[echo peak]

all of my entrants are done. just need feedback on them now

[elder topaz]

im not even sure who to enter

still working on pory Z

[slow gyro]

My four rule bending sprites

[elder topaz]

hero stop rubbing it in that you're gonna win smh

[jagged hinge]

Balloon dragon will probably be executed

[elder topaz]

i mean i don't think drifloon reflects onto its own body in gen 5, does it

[slow gyro]

Nope, it was approved

[jagged hinge]

Wait wtf

[slow gyro]

It’s called creativity

[jagged hinge]

What did you teak

[elder topaz]

my glorious draconic robot son

still WIP but

[fallen light]

i have decided i will not in fact be making a U-Necro sprite

[elder topaz]

i mean.

i think making the body's shading reflective is a heavy adjustment, but i'm not gordo so i don't have a say over it

dear smogon Ult! Necrozma.

WHY

WHY IS YOUR OUTLINE COLOR 151515

[fallen light]

yeah its uh "fun"

[elder topaz]

me and the boys hate 151515

if there are no 151515 haters i am dead

nah but on a serious note, why 151515

[slow gyro]

There’s where you’re wrong, the shading isn’t heavily adjusted

[elder topaz]

101010? ok, maybe. WHY 151515

[slow gyro]

I just added light reflections that is something different

[elder topaz]

you redrew the wings i mean-

[slow gyro]

And? This is not a splicing contest

This is like the fifth time I told you that

You can sprite in your sprite

[elder topaz]

i didn't even mention splicing.

[slow gyro]

What’s the issue with me making the wings into balloons then?

[long basin]

face

[minor roost]

mischevious face

[slow gyro]

LMAOOOO

[long basin]

reminds me a bit of my conkoala

[fallen light]

peak is real

why does metagross have so many shades

this only use the base pallet rule is more annoying than i thought it'd be

[slow gyro]

Is it going to be juggling the fireballs Magmortar has as shoulders?

[fallen light]

i just need 1 more shade of porple

[long basin]

yes it was actually. i was gonna use the ball on the hat as an excuse for the sfx

[slow gyro]

Just use black, it always work

Makes the shading look cool

[long basin]

guess i dont really need an excuse tho

[fallen light]

not when i need a light purple it dont

[mighty sinew]

#1472340796870234364
Made this guy for the weekly raffle :)

[slow gyro]

I thought you meant as the darkest shade
Just use white then

[long basin]

you can still use black. like if you want to

[fallen light]

oh wait, ambipom has 4 shades of porple

oh, one shade is for 3 pixels

[mighty stump]

To be honest I don't approve of the extra shininess and backlighting for sprites for this contest because we all know GameFreak wouldn't do that, but Gordo is allowing it so it's allowed ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[elder topaz]

-# it's moreso "Don't heavily adjust shading"+"Don't superimpose on the parts"+SFX for me? i take no offense in you making new parts or turning them into balloons(i probably would've done the same, a drifloon without actual balloon parts is bal(lo)oney); it's moreso the "reflective gloss" alongside being such a centerpoint of its design to where it's confusing for me on if it runs alongside this contest's rules. I obviously DO NOT have a say in what makes your sprite legal, gordo does, but i personally think it just barely skirts around the rules for SFX because it's on the body and not specifically something like fire, light or sparkle SFX.

[fallen light]

my pallet didn't have any of the colours i wanted, so i've replaced them all with black

[minor roost]

peak ngl

[elder topaz]

contest winner

[fallen light]

is it readable chat

[mighty stump]

[elder topaz]

Anorith/Anorith :3

[fallen light]

so true

[mighty stump]

Dragon Hunter you gonna win

[fallen light]

i think i just won art

[minor roost]

actually i have a good idea for a sprite hold up

[mighty stump]

I bow down to your greatness

[fallen light]

now back to making a monstrosity

[minor roost]

this is my marowak self fusion as you can see it clearly follows the gen 5 style i think i've cooked

[slow gyro]

The rules don’t say not to adjust the shading, just not to heavily do it, so avoid 5 shadow colors for just one color

That doesn’t mean you can’t work with the colors you already have

[elder topaz]

should've given it two bones

[slow gyro]

You’re not supposed to just recolor things, you can actually sprite

[elder topaz]

this is my note on it.

i think this best summarizes my feelings on it i think

[mighty stump]

That's fair it just felt against the spirit of the contest to me, but that's just my opinion

[slow gyro]

Duke no one’s stopping you from doing the same

[mighty stump]

Your sprites are really cool and Gordo approved them so there's nothing to argue there

[slow gyro]

Just be smart and find a reason for it to be justified

[mighty stump]

I'm sticking to how strict I have been for my entries, it's not fun to treat this like a normal contest for me

[slow gyro]

I wanted to add rim light and light reflections? I did a balloon, I wanted SFX? I did a Typhlosion, I wanted a mega? Mawile/Dodrio, Wanted Alolan Exeggutor? Made a Huntail cause it’s long and has a fake head on its tail

Everything is following the rules and have a reason to justify it

It called adaptation

https://tenor.com/view/jujutsu-kaisen-shibuya-arc-mahoraga-shibuya-arc-gif-14345339483327262720

[elder topaz]

its also, uh

#1389037691353694291 message

we were told this at the start

[minor roost]

damn

[mighty stump]

Augh this has just been a rules clarification nightmare

[slow gyro]

The only thing that wouldn’t make that thing allowed, is the green bulb

[minor roost]

ngl that's true, so there is just one last thing to give me a chance of winning

cheating and bribing

[long basin]

tbf it does specifically say "dont heavily alter the BODY's shading"

[mighty stump]

Anyway Imma stick to my strict rules, what anyone else does doesn't matter just that Gordo approves it, I hope no one gets mad or gets bad blood between anyone over the rules, this is for fun

[minor roost]

but tbf ye didn't expect to people actually cook this much with all this restrictions

true true

[mighty stump]

I'm still impressed by the drifblim, I'm shocked you got a GameFreak palette to allow you all that rendering

[slow gyro]

Rules are made to be bend

[slow gyro]

Tbf at first I wasn’t going to add light reflections until I noticed it actually worked

[elder topaz]

working on this dishonorable creature

[echo peak]

BEHOLD!

[minor roost]

truly ngl i think that if there is an event where everyone except me had to sprite without hands and blindfolded i would still get cooked, but we try regardless

[elder topaz]

i mean

[mighty stump]

Awesome

[slow gyro]

I genuinely love the Huntaik’s silhouette

[echo peak]

Thank you!!

[elder topaz]

we could also have a contest where we let everyone compete but Hero that'd even the scales.../j

[mighty stump]

Chat is it funnier to use a wailord or kyogre body for this contest

[slow gyro]

Wailord

[minor roost]

tbf by looking in spritework there are also some other insane sprites for this event

[slow gyro]

https://tenor.com/view/gojo-gojo-satoru-satoru-gojo-toji-jujutsu-kaisen-gif-12836151480807853885

[elder topaz]

yeah but hero is the winner pretty much from what we can see rn

[minor roost]

damn we really gotta seal Hero

[long basin]

progress on my entrants so far

[elder topaz]

is that Mime Jr final? that one's gonna win

[idle forge]

Honored by who

[long basin]

wdym by final? im definitely submitting if thats what you mean, but its too small and undershaded to stand much of a chance

[fallen light]

i think i made it a bit uhhh scrungly

[long basin]

idc much about winning tho its looking good so far

[minor roost]

silly guy

[fallen light]

ignore the incorrect shading, he is in progress

[slow gyro]

Duke you know I’ve never won a contest ever, right?

Only a speed Spriter

[long basin]

but the badge says contest champ

[elder topaz]

i mean either these three roles are superconfusing or

[minor roost]

ye true

[fallen light]

that mime is peak

[slow gyro]

I need y’all to read

[long basin]

i did read i was joking

[elder topaz]

what are these symbolizing though then because atm they sound like they're, yk, contest related even if they're not specifically that

[fallen light]

i've won a dex entry contest, and not come in the top 75% for any spriting contest

[slow gyro]

Every contest every one say that I’ll win and whatever, and I’ve literally never won a contest

So stop ranting about it

You’re just discouraging me from entering and that’s not fair

[minor roost]

ye i was joking aswell like i can't even say anything since i've got my contest elite four role from the damn role icon event

[long basin]

im a contest winner

[minor roost]

hi a contest winner

[long basin]

hi who are you

[slow gyro]

I’m doing my best and I’m here to tell you to also do your best and the only thing I hear is that you don’t want to participate anymore and that my entries should be invalid and that you want to make a contest without me

[minor roost]

idk honestly

[slow gyro]

And again, I’ve haven’t even won a contest

[elder topaz]

this was a joke, i'm pretty sure i put a tone tag on there

it's 23:00 as i'm writing this

[fallen light]

[mighty stump]

Hey lets not fight, again Gordo approved Hero's entries, that's final

[minor roost]

ye

[slow gyro]

[long basin]

katten fatten

[mighty stump]

If the rest of us want to impose more restrictions on ourself we're free to do so and have fun with it without making others feel bad

[long basin]

did someone say feel bad

get better soon or something

im just finding reasons to use the sticker everyone else should too

[minor roost]

ok then

there we go

[elder topaz]

time to do something evil.

[minor roost]

eww

[long basin]

evil deer

[mighty stump]

What did the stantler do?

[long basin]

ran over a family of four (my guess)

[minor roost]

everything

[minor roost]

ngl idk what to do for my next entry

[fallen light]

i hate having to reshade limbs

[fallen light]

i have an idea

[glass reef]

i hate having to shade period

unless theres a concept

then i love shading

[fallen light]

so true

[minor roost]

Idk i think this would not be all that peak with event restrictions umm

[fallen light]

in that case, just take it an idea for a non-event sprite

[elder topaz]

i have a quite wondrous idea

[lament matrix]

#1355989314290450452 message
New non if hunt if interested

[elder topaz]

@cedar quest is removing the antlers (for something else to come in its place, soon) too big a change?

[cedar quest]

yes

oh wait

[elder topaz]

the something else is another pair of antlers

[cedar quest]

misread I thought you just meant only removing antlers

yeye nvm

should be good

[elder topaz]

just antlers that fit my agenda...

[mighty stump]

Do the true authentic GameFreak way and don't

[long basin]

blastoise shoutout

[fallen light]

so true

[elder topaz]

new antlers who dis(yes i took inspo from wyrdeer yes they're wonky)

i needed extra space in the antlers i'm sorry 💔

there we go

[long basin]

these arms dont look worse than the original, do they?

[elder topaz]

and people wonder why i have a humongous work sheet

(and they look fine, imo)

[long basin]

but do the original arms look better

[long basin]

in this image

[fallen light]

no

imo

[elder topaz]

i think this one's better

[fallen light]

i like the magmortar arms

[long basin]

ok cool, just making sure i wasnt making a mistake

[mighty stump]

They're cool and awesome

[elder topaz]

i found a mistake...

[long basin]

it has some errors i know but im curious about what youre gonna say

[elder topaz]

he's too cute he's giving me a heart attack 💔

[long basin]

oh too bad ig

[elder topaz]

please fix this mistake

[long basin]

nuh uh

too busy sproting

[elder topaz]

trying to figure out antler shading

[mighty stump]

Are the white spots on the face hightlights?

[elder topaz]

yeah, i gotta change em a bit i just really quickly added those

chimecho has em too

[carmine falcon]

first rockruff fusion in a while lowk

I think like

a couple of months

[elder topaz]

he looks like a grumpy old dog

[carmine falcon]

I think I got burnt out plus me quitting and all that

[mighty stump]

Oh okay then you are already changing what I was gonna point out

[carmine falcon]

he's gonna be grumpy if he is too not by the book

[mighty stump]

So cute

If you used only chesnaught's colors you should be all good

[carmine falcon]

btw I gave it the helmet cause the forhead was HUGE

so I needed something to hide that thing

[elder topaz]

i hate shading the antlers...

but i NEEDED the damn antlers

because else i can't do what i intended.

[elder topaz]

@cedar quest is this fine btw, the antlers like this?

[mighty stump]

It reminds me of the "Get your ears out of the caption" meme

[carmine falcon]

if this'll be my 3rd entry

[elder topaz]

as comparison

[carmine falcon]

I'll make my 4th entry the most meta thing I can

like I'll look through every sprite

for the best palette

and through all the bases for the best pose

[carmine falcon]

to prove skill beats meta (I have no skill)

[elder topaz]

but yeah gordo

is this good or

in sense of the antler size

[carmine falcon]

what even the question here

there's no reason it won't be qualified

people got off for much crazier things you should be fine lol

[mighty stump]

Yeah

[elder topaz]

better safe than sorry.

[mighty stump]

Fair, I'll still force Gordo to look at my pancakes even though there is no reason they'd be disallowed

[carmine falcon]

what

why would you submit

pancakes to a contest

I'd just eat them if I was you

[signal nexus]

Delicious

[mighty stump]

Stunfisk

[long basin]

how do these fireballs look?

[signal nexus]

fine, but they blend into the hair

[elder topaz]

i'd say combine a bit yellow in there

creature

[mighty stump]

https://tenor.com/view/la-creatura-armaldo-pepn-shake-gif-24550486

[long basin]

So true

[elder topaz]

dont worry i have enough anoriths

[long basin]

not sure if they still look like balls now

[elder topaz]

yeah they do

[mighty stump]

I might need to sketch out marking ideas for stunfisk/spheal off to the side they don't feel stunfisky enough yet

[elder topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/stunfisk-gif-20662212

you're missing yellow on the tail

[carmine falcon]

I read this as marketable and it made sense cause I need a plushie of this

[mighty stump]

Yeah getting to that- I had no idea it had a yellow marking on the underside huh

[elder topaz]

dialga is fire(dragon)

[mighty stump]

Lowkey tempted to make an ultra necrozma spheal looking at this

[mighty stump]

I've got other plans though

[long basin]

what do we think of this as the final sprite

[elder topaz]

i mean the only reason i even thought of that necrozma being ANY form of a good idea

is because pory-Z levitates a bit

[mighty stump]

Cutie pie

[elder topaz]

and the smogon base has about the same angle

[elder topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/peak-mountain-top-mountain-mountain-range-wind-gif-12834632201688728871

[long basin]

i know this is a small change but is this better for the outlines on the right fireball im not really sure about the outlines rn

[elder topaz]

@slow gyro i did the thing... i became original...

[mighty stump]

Oh cute!

The tail upsets me

[elder topaz]

@mighty stump what do the dangling bits read as

really quickly

[long basin]

His ego sickens me. (pos)

[mighty stump]

Those like wind chime things (I forget the name )

[elder topaz]

nope...

[mighty stump]

Oh what is it?

[elder topaz]

they're little (paper) tags

[mighty stump]

Oh like spirit tags?

[elder topaz]

yep

felt it was kinda fitting for chimecho

[cedar quest]

im taking another break from the pings

WHEN I SAID PING ME, I DIDNT MEAN QUESTION EVERY SINGLE FUCKIGN DECISION YO MAKE

PLEASE

STOP IT

HAVE SOME AUTOMANY

AUTo

FUCK WHATS THW WORD

[mighty stump]

The rules are confusing

[cloud solstice]

@cedar quest can we use palette of effects that are part of the head's animations but aren't on the static sprite?

[cedar quest]

AUTOMONY

YOU HAVE A BRAIN!!

[cloud solstice]

oops

[elder topaz]

ONLY IF ITS ON THE FRAME YOURE USING!!!!!!!!!!

[cedar quest]

DONT PING ME AT EVERY SINGLE SMALL STEP

PLEASE

I BEG YOU

[cloud solstice]

but it's the head not the body?

[elder topaz]

iirc that was what we got told when we asked about zekrom

[cloud solstice]

do I have to specifiy wich frame I'm using for the head?

[mighty stump]

Well I haven't pinged you once yet, so I think I'm good

[cedar quest]

Then no

[elder topaz]

huh

[long basin]

oh mb i had pung you for no reason in my thread because i felt like it :(

[feral surge]

you have too much faith in discord users

[elder topaz]

wait, since when

[cloud solstice]

but isn't that for the body? why would you need to polish it otherwise

[elder topaz]

its confusing ok...

[cedar quest]

feusdiwfhwhu3e

im just

[feral surge]

so you know what you are looking at instead of a pixel mush

[cedar quest]

im legitmately concidering just cancelling this

this idea sucks

im neber doing this one again

never

this one is just

too much

way too much

[mighty stump]

I'm sorry Gordo

[cedar quest]

way too many questions

way too many pings

pings that wake me up in the middle of the night

[elder topaz]

i think you could ask other people to help out

[cedar quest]

i dont get to sleep

i just

[elder topaz]

so you're not overloaded

[cedar quest]

this contest particulary is going to make me crash out

[cloud solstice]

I think you could ask other ppl for help yeah
hopefully it will calm down in a few days when all the questions have been asked

[elder topaz]

^^

[cedar quest]

I place any kinda of restiriction and the first things that happens are always

either someone overthinks it

[mighty stump]

I'm so sorry Gordo, is there anything we can do for you?

[cedar quest]

or someone tries to get around the rules

[elder topaz]

you shouldn't have to overload yourself.

[cedar quest]

and it's always both

always

[elder topaz]

I mean, that happens with large populations of people...

there's always going to be someone who does that. me included.

[mighty stump]

We all think differently and communicating rules clearly to a large group of people is difficult

[elder topaz]

^^

but you should be free to take a breather. you could ask one of us to help out so you don't have to shoulder the load.

[long basin]

i would help

[cedar quest]

Like I'm not just going to DQ people over simple mistakes

[elder topaz]

like, not turn us into event manager or anything, i mean like more as a temporary helping hand so you don't have to shoulder the load of this contest.

[long basin]

im not pinging you again btw, i didnt think it was that bad

[cedar quest]

The rules are just a bit more specific to make sure no one cheats

That's all

[mighty stump]

Yeah we could help, although we'd have to make sure not to let our interpretation and way of going about the contest get in the way, only use what Gordo has said and okayed as reference

[elder topaz]

mhm

[cedar quest]

That's the thing

[long basin]

quote the gordo

[cedar quest]

I'm also winging this!

Legit I've only said no to like one thing

[elder topaz]

then let us wing it too 🔥

[cedar quest]

THARA WQHA YTOU

AAAaa
A

autoMONY

DEU0W89IFDRHEW

[elder topaz]

anyway

gordo

[cedar quest]

YES

DO THA

[elder topaz]

when youre going to sleep;

[mighty stump]

People just don't want to get disqualified and this contest is new so people are are worried

[elder topaz]

set your status to DND

[long basin]

dnd? ive never played

[cedar quest]

i cant

[elder topaz]

how so?

[cedar quest]

it effects a script

that I use

for my PC

[feral surge]

or just mute discord or device it's on

[elder topaz]

ah.

[elder topaz]

or that

if it's mobile that wakes you up

disable notifications from mobile discord when you go to sleep

(and i mean like all notifications. i removed my mobile discord notifs because it was driving me crazy. i have like 100 servers so it was CONSTANT)

but yeah

really, just let us help you out (with winging it) instead of shouldering the entire load on your own

[feral surge]

or just putting a chanel on mute makes it so you don't get sound and push ones from the channel, that's what I have 90% of the server put on

[proven hinge]

-# if it means anything i dont think this event sucks ass. Its hard to make a rubric of rules thats easy for all skill levels and also no restricting

[elder topaz]

I'm willing to help, i don't think i'm the right guy for it (i would probably kill hero ) but i think some other people are willing to help too

[elder topaz]

same

it had a rough start which, i mean, yeah, new event and the rules were confusing at first but

that irons itself out after a lil bit

[topaz quest]

I could maybe help a bit, I think I might have a decent grasp on the rules(?)

[hushed stream]

I'm sorry this is so much gordo :(

I'm really excited for this contest, and I'm sorry that people are freaking out about it so much

[carmine falcon]

3 entries so far (rockruff has been confirmed)

honestly somehow rockruff is the one that sucks the most rn IMO

I'm really out of shape with rockruff

[hushed stream]

It bums me out when people complain and try to break the rules of a contest that I think they were not the target audience for. like, if you don't like the concept of the contest or you're gonna try to do anything to push the boundaries of the rules, maybe the contest isn't for you

[mighty stump]

I interpretted it as vastly more restricting at first and that's actually what I wanted because I thought the challenge and limitations was fun. With it a lot more open ended it seems, it makes me a little demotivated, but I can just set my own goals to follow and keep doing the challenge I wanted to regardless.

[potent sorrel]

checks online
Gordo in shambles
"Checks out"
I feel bad for Gordo
Leave a positive message for the homie, just don't ping em

[carmine falcon]

I also thought it would be more restrictive

[elder topaz]

same here

[carmine falcon]

and tbh gordo's been doing a great job setting this contest

I do still think it's a really complex contest though

especially cause it's so different

shit

it's one 1 am and I got school tmmrw

[minor roost]

In the process of making this creature hopefully it's not too sfx heavy i think it works for a ponyta fusion

[carmine falcon]

was focusing on an assignment

[elder topaz]

since when do you follow... a normal sleep schedule

[long basin]

oh right heres thread #1472365428071338206

[minor roost]

sleeping is overrated anyways

[carmine falcon]

since I still live in my parents house

[feral surge]

I was asleep when the announcement was made so I saw the announcement after the clarification posts where made with the beldum, I think reading the rules back to back with seeing "here is a clarification but wait actually the clarification needs to be more clarified" made it sound more restrictive and confusing than it actually is, just makes your brain go well if it was simple clarifications of clarifications wouldn't be needed so it has to be complicated/restrictive

[carmine falcon]

and if they find out I'm awake I'm actually cooked

[mighty stump]

I make fully custom fusion sprites from my own concept art with colors I tweak myself outside of contests, I'm sure I can compete pretty well in normal contests but that just isn't what I wanted. I wanted to have fun seeing what I could make with the restrictions and then the restrictions were immediately pushed wide open.

None of this is anyone's fault though, again. I'm just voicing thoughts. We can all still have fun in this contest whichever way we decide to go about it.

[elder topaz]

oh my mom's awake rn dw

[elder topaz]

we could make our own little contests

[carmine falcon]

lycanroc is crazy copying me lil big bro

[mighty stump]

We could!

[carmine falcon]

#1149373303669145751

[cloud solstice]

damn

I got sniped

[carmine falcon]

actually

an event focusing on making good splices

[mighty stump]

Yeah!

[long basin]

mega contest where you need to use a gf base sprite and can only change 3 colors and need to work in 64x64

[carmine falcon]

we could make that an official thing

like

[elder topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/xanpeus-discord-gif-14397594285520444678

[elder topaz]

THIS IS ME...

[mighty stump]

Call it "Oops all splices!" or something

[long basin]

i know

[carmine falcon]

splicy and spicy

[elder topaz]

people when they forget i work in 64x64 for my megas and want me to make huge things that i really just can't afford with space allotted... 💔

[minor roost]

i have stolen your rockruff and evolved it

[carmine falcon]

no but it could actually

work

[mighty stump]

Oh you work in 64 by 64? Any particular reason?

[carmine falcon]

I would do it if I had time

[cloud solstice]

pretty sure only reshiram's affected since zekrom has the blue in is base sprite

[elder topaz]

GBA romhack

[mighty stump]

Ahhhhh

[carmine falcon]

like imagine an event

where you are only allowed to make

[mighty stump]

I see very cool

[carmine falcon]

really simple sprotes

and it would be ranked by like how

pokemon-ish it feels

[elder topaz]

oh yeah i recently finished the female player :3

bleh

least obvious Leaf reskin...

[carmine falcon]

yet another pif spriter highlighting everything /j

anyways I'm off to bed

[elder topaz]

SLEEP EM...

[carmine falcon]

ow

I have a stomachache

[feral surge]

if it's just about splicing and not specyficaly gen 5 sprites only splicing Paya is winning

[carmine falcon]

would paya have time to participate is the question

[feral surge]

she can have 6 or more different assets credited and it not looking spliced at all

[carmine falcon]

true

I once got ponged by paya

was very P-eakIF

[signal nexus]

yeah
i really like the idea of a contest deliberately trying to go against the contest meta! even if i don't end up doing well in it
i just want to do my thing and see if it fits

[feral surge]

right now no but if it happened in a time frame she was more free in

[cedar quest]

text wall for you

that should clarify what I meant

And if you still feel like ur stepping on eggshells

[elder topaz]

i would say... this is good!

[cedar quest]

Then I will die

I will become this

[cloud solstice]

gamr hates me 😔

[hushed stream]

you've had way more patience with this than I would have gordo

[cedar quest]

That will be me

[signal nexus]

well we can't let that happen
blood is banned

[elder topaz]

we're not allowed to sprite blood... gordo what did you do

getting the mods rn

[hushed stream]

gordo is actually a type of watermelon slice

[elder topaz]

smh

[elder topaz]

regional meltan

[mighty stump]

Gordo we love and appreciate all your hard work

The text wall should be good

[hushed stream]

I would have no patience for this. I'd just be like. idk submit it by the deadline and then after I'll decide then if it breaks the rules, so do you want to risk skirting them or not

[mighty stump]

Probably be a lot easier that way lol

[feral surge]

enjoy the whiplash I'm getting from this contest with what sprites it's sandwiched between

[mighty stump]

Very silly bad contest idea that is centered around having a ton of very specific rules for your sprites but no clarification or having someone else tell you if you followed them is allowed, so the challenge lies in spriters reading

[topaz quest]

Oh man but I can’t read

[mighty stump]

Disqualified I'm afraid

[elder topaz]

we could split off this contest into a #1149373303669145751 thread maybe

[feral surge]

well looking how often people ask where to find things linked in spriting guidelines most of the spriters can't

[signal nexus]

also me working on my mega fusion and concept claim while musing on this

[elder topaz]

what do yall think of this deer

[mighty stump]

I like em

[elder topaz]

decided to try and improve the design

[mighty stump]

Ooh yeah leg stripeys are fun

[slow gyro]

Just to be sure my sprites won’t be discouraging people from participating, I’ll also say it here

I won’t participate this contest

[elder topaz]

dude you can still compete

[slow gyro]

I’m exited to see what y’all make for it

[elder topaz]

-fixed some of the feet and gave the ears the ends of chimecho's tag(same as the tail)

[slender thunder]

gordo don't become gordon't

[elder topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/jcsoos-gif-21682697

[minor roost]

damn you've already made the entries that would be a shame :(

[elder topaz]

you WILL participate...

[slow gyro]

Duke I’m not in the mood

[minor roost]

but do what you want tbf

[slow gyro]

Have fun everyone

[elder topaz]

i mean you do have the sprites already so like it's just submitting it atp?

[mighty stump]

Duke it's best not to push this

[minor roost]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1472381800721678426 and so another entry done idk how to feel about this but eh

[cedar quest]

I like the idea here

Is a smart usage of Lycan's hair in terms of the base

And how to not change the shape, but still get something good out of it

[minor roost]

thank ye ngl i really like the lycan midnight base sprite so i had to atleast make one

[elder topaz]

i have too many entries

but like

it's

-i see a mon

-i have a idea or like the autogen

-sproted

stantler is the idea one

the other three non anorith are the autogen ones

tangrowth in specific is just the autogen

[supple epoch]

#1472385765412700332

[elder topaz]

spriteworked 🔥

unsure if i should bring in jynx, swoobat, duosion or regigigas

[potent sorrel]

Idk why everyone's so upset at Hero's entries ._.
They were very clearly in the rules
I just think people are getting more upset than they should be...

https://tenor.com/view/hockey-only-game-bryzgalov-anahe-gif-8306971

[slow gyro]

Just let it go :p

[minor garnet]

Still think it will be funny if you made the gf base yourself

Like just made the existing gf base yourself copy the exact thinf

[dense jackal]

Clearly the contest should've just been "make a sprite that looks at home in a gen 5 Pokémon game"

Leave it up to the spriters to work it out

-# if it's poorly made - low score
-# is it looks like it came from octopath - low score

[topaz quest]

Ummm…. That’s what I did

Like I sprited over thie smogon base

[long basin]

thats exactly what i was thinking.
why not have how closely it follows the gen 5 style be part of the judging criteria? idk if theyre already doing this but it sounds like a good idea with the theme of the contest and all

[cedar quest]

It already is

[long basin]

oh thats good then

[minor garnet]

Time for a recolor

[dense jackal]

Problem is, it's so hard to define an art style.
We could make the announcement 3 times as long and still be finding loop holes because it's just about working with the spirit of the thing - and no amount of rules can pin it down

Which actually ended us up with some restrictions that are tighter than the spirit required in some areas too which is amusing

But either way, I fully intend to make at least one sprite for this contest because I like the concept a lot

[long basin]

yeah, i think the current contest rules work well enough for this

[minor garnet]

I am gonna make a bad sprite

Bc I have free will

[dense jackal]

And once everyone gets the hang of "make things actually in the gen 5 style" we can throw the April fools contest of "gen 1 style only" at them instead

[signal nexus]

i might end up bending the "follow the body's shading" rule because this fecker has no shading
but i feel the spirit of the rules is "don't go ham with the shading tricks", so i think it's alright

[dense jackal]

That is a lot fewer colours to stretch onto such a varied palette!

[signal nexus]

i just want to get the rest of my spritelocke 'mons done

okay i'm gonna suffer with no other red

[dense jackal]

You have 3 reds, but you've only used 2 in that WIP

[signal nexus]

oh wait i do have another red!

i noticed right as you were typing ^_^;;

[glass reef]

Guy

[mighty stump]

Why is Joltik's entire black and white animation just it angrilly shaking at you

[long basin]

Filled with rage

[signal nexus]

it's a tic

[sharp mountain]

but mommmm, I won't want to use the official palette, it's baaad

[mighty stump]

Blu lore when I first played black and white 2 I was so entranced by Litwick's lil dance in its animation that I would go into a battle for it to appear and just watch it for way too long, not even battling it, just literally watching its little animation

[sharp mountain]

i liked simisage's animation, probably what makes it objectively the best

[mighty stump]

Very strange ask, can I submit sprites to a contest but have them excluded from the judging and any eligibility for winning. It's fine if the answer is no (that's probably the expected answer lol.)

[signal nexus]

what's the purpose of submission, then?

[mighty stump]

To be with everyone else's sprites for a fun theme

[signal nexus]

ah, so have your sprites photobomb the final collage

[mighty stump]

Yeah

[dense jackal]

That would actually be interesting. If there was a folder called "collage only" inside the submission drive, how many would use it

[signal nexus]

is there even going to be a collage?

[mighty stump]

Normally I don't think there is one but it would be cool!

[signal nexus]

maybe the answer will be yes but only if you put together the final collage

[mighty stump]

I could do that!

I still kind of want them in the drive a little just because it's nice to be able to look back at previous drives and see all the sprites for X contest, maybe I could purposely exclude details in the file name to instantly disqualify them

[signal nexus]

include a single pixel outside of the palette to get them disqualified

[rigid abyss]

File name 573.573

[mighty stump]

Why not make it even more obviously invalid by putting 6767.6767

[rigid abyss]

"This sprite was made to be disqualified"

[sharp mountain]

#1472462439709933568 📖
?

[icy jasper]

shining bright like a gemstone

[near horizon]

half of jacket : done

[proven hinge]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1472592521992470558 pawnch

[cerulean prawn]

are we allowed to rotate the whole base?

[supple epoch]

#1472609770102849750

[mighty stump]

What would be a good background for a collage of the by the book contest entries?

Actually wait it could just be an open book couldn't it

[signal nexus]

bookshelf if you want to play around with placement against the bg

[mighty stump]

Aw that'd be cute

[dense jackal]

Pc box because they're designed to look extra like they fit in the game

[mighty stump]

Are there any other suggestions? I can put all the ideas to a poll

[minor garnet]

I still say the bible

anyways heres my entry

[long basin]

is this skitty/wailmer

[minor garnet]

yes

[mighty stump]

That might be against a server rule if our fusions are supposed to have no religious imagery

[long basin]

looks a bit more like a quagsire/wailord, you might wanna do something to improve readability

[minor garnet]

Then do a book that looks suspiciously like the bible

no

[plain wing]

.

[mighty stump]

Okay suggestions from #1389037691353694291 are:

• Hamburger??
• the library of alexandria
• a classroom
• a copy of the spriting guidelines written in blood
• the da rules book from fairly odd parents
• an ikea manual

[minor garnet]

I should get started on that then

[signal nexus]

i like the library of alexandria idea
but i don't think there are any photos

[mighty stump]

Pixel art rendition

[tame egret]

dw we can just go back and snap a few

[minor garnet]

Can I suggest an ikea manual

[mighty stump]

Sure

[signal nexus]

gdi i don't know how to find that quote from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy about doing things in chronological order because it's easier that way

[plain wing]

This is the only quote I'm finding (I haven't read or seen Hitchiker's guide)

“Anything that happens, happens.

Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen.

Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again.

It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.”
― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

[rapid knot]

As someone who lacks context, this is so strange

[plain wing]

About what the background image for the collage should be

[signal nexus]

there's a quote (in one of the later books, i think?) about a monument or smth that was in the way of some new construction project, so it was easier to go back in time and prevent the monument from ever being built
as such, photographs of the monument from before it was un-built are worth a ton of money
Adams caps it off saying something about doing things in chronological order because it's easier that way

[sly shuttle]

The oldest version of the PIF loading screen

[mighty stump]

Sure, what does that look like?

[sly shuttle]

No idea

[signal nexus]

the artist removed it due to the controversy that shall not be named

[sly shuttle]

@vast jay Where could we download PIF version 1.0?

[mighty stump]

OH

[plain wing]

Yeah, I'm not finding anything '

[mighty stump]

I may have to veto that one akfjcnauionfuioanfoian

[signal nexus]

it got un-existed like the monument itself!

[plain wing]

It's probably not a quoted moment
If I knew which book it was in, I could probably find it

[vast jay]

It's archived on the wiki!

https://infinitefusion.fandom.com/wiki/Version_History

[jagged hinge]

Whoa 1.0 is 10+ years old

[kindred valley]

if the old loading screen can't be used, screee's new one? (w permission) the one with the porygon, the office space, and lofi vibes, i think that's who made it

[tame egret]

i can't find it either

[minor garnet]

Game from 2015

[tired jay]

Game is older than some people that have played it

[minor garnet]

Game is older than the game that came out in 2016

[rapid knot]

Unfusing didn't even exist until 3.0

Hope you like them that way

[tired jay]

Gen 2 wasn't a thing till 4.0

[rapid knot]

What
There was a Golbat Soar minigame??

[tired jay]

There were a few minigames I believe

[rapid knot]

These changes are crazy

[tired jay]

You used to be able to see them in the debug maps menu

[cedar quest]

[mighty stump]

Unfusing not existing is wild

Woahg turkey

Hope you're not as overwhelmed today Gordo

[cedar quest]

yea for the Golbat Boots, right?

[rapid knot]

DBZ Edition

[cedar quest]

ancient

[rapid knot]

We should release PIF Hoenn without the unfusing mechanic

[tired jay]

Why not go a step further and remove fusing

[rapid knot]

Truth in advertising

This is Pokémon Infinite Fusion, not Pokémon Infinite Unfusion

[minor garnet]

I still think pokemon finite fusion should be a thing

Like 10 pokemon total

[signal nexus]

wild turkey?

[tired jay]

In like 2 years people born after the game was made would be able to join the server, if nothing happens to discord

[mighty stump]

Lowkey worried about our server Idk if the changes being done to practically everything online is gonna fuck us all up, like it shouldn't(?) Because we operate on everything should be suitable for teens anyway so nothing should be locked or restricted but who knows

[signal nexus]

i hope to god they back down from the age verification thing
i heard a ton of people cancelled their nitro, so fingers crossed, but...

[mighty stump]

Oh that's good, cancelling that does send a message

[icy jasper]

some people even deleted their discord accounts

[mighty stump]

Worst case scenario, it goes through and it does cause major problems my sister has been saying there's a couple alternatives you can easily migrate all of a server to but I hope it doesn't come to that

[sharp mountain]

HUH WHAT

[sharp pawn]

guys what event do you recommend that has the most personal "freedom", meaning I could draw whatever Pokémon i want

[mighty stump]

Technically the current contest is whatever pokemon that's in PIF but I think the rules other than that is anything but freedom

[signal nexus]

🤔 Magikarp Mysteries follows a prompt, but the prompt is vague enough to have multiple answers
no idea about Ink on the Watchog
the Adventure limits the pokemon you receive, but you can fuse (and sprite) them as you see fit. but i also think sign-ups recently ended
yeah, and the current contest doesn't control what you sprite but how you sprite it

Theme Blitz and Prize Hunters are hard nos, at least

[sharp pawn]

alrightyy tyty

also theoretically pokemon of the week if said pokemon is on the grid

but zweilous never there

[sharp mountain]

Something that flies! Latias?

[signal nexus]

you can always sprite whatever PotW is with zweilous

< totally not doing zweilous body for MM

[sharp pawn]

isnt there a grid :P

like the skitty

[signal nexus]

you thinking of pokedoku?

[sharp pawn]

I WANT TO TOO WHATS THE PROMPT

[signal nexus]

smelly

[signal nexus]

here: #1329228869282304142 message

[sharp pawn]

ohh that was the theme blitz

[sharp pawn]

thankss!!

[sharp pawn]

is zweilous smelly

[signal nexus]

you know who i think might be?
#1329228869282304142 message

[sharp pawn]

oh yea thats about to look fire

[echo peak]

I think I'm close to getting all four of my entrants posted at once

They aren't gonna win (trust me, I've seen like 5 winners), but my Weezing/Cacturne is probably my favorite one out of the four and I'm happy with the results

[slow gyro]

I decided that I will be participating in the contest cause I’m not letting the haters bully me out of participating

Don’t celebrate, I’m still unhappy

[mighty stump]

Do whatever feels best to you

I hope you can feel better sooner rather than later

None of us wanted you to have to not participate

[rapid knot]

I completely understand

We will grudge compete together

[signal nexus]

i thought you'd dropped out because you decided this contest wasn't for you and was heavily saddened to learn that it wasn't a decision that came from within yourself but due to unpleasantness coming from others

[proven hinge]

No matter what anyones opinion on the contest is no one should feel discouraged from participating

[mighty stump]

Hero if I'm ever crossing a line you can tell me okay? I don't know if I did but considering what happened I feel the need to clarify.

[near horizon]

is it ok so far ?

[slow gyro]

I imagine the arm will also be using the vine colors, and would come out from in between the leaves

Right?

I think it’s looking great so far btw

[near horizon]

yeah, something like that

but everything that is necrozma color = i didn't touched it x)

[mighty stump]

Victreebel has a pretty pleasant base sprite

[near horizon]

its palette is really nice

[near horizon]

!battle (i'm curious)

[loud raft]

Necrozma body fighting in 'securedroom'

[signal nexus]

incomplete fusion

[near horizon]

it'll be a nice sprite when done

[slow gyro]

The real 50% fusion

[near horizon]

yes, but was wondering if it would need to be recentered

[signal nexus]

yes
but also
incomplete fusion
evil science

[idle forge]

Can we celebrate a little

[near horizon]

Also

i still don't know what to do with the hands ...

i know for the arms, but not the hands x)

[idle forge]

Also @cedar quest sorry to bother but I asked this earlier and didn’t see an answer, this is gonna be weezing head, can I make the hair smoke or would that be considered "excessive" sfx

[cyan gull]

Man, events, amirite?

[idle forge]

Yup

[slow gyro]

No

[idle forge]

Oh well

Anyway

[cyan gull]

You may celebrate a little

[cyan gull]

It's Carnaval

[idle forge]

Completely unrelated party wurmple

[mighty stump]

I will join the unrelated party

[idle forge]

Auto correct your some strange and wounded creature aren’t you

[cyan gull]

Wrong you're, you are autocorrect is sick

[idle forge]

No, it’s simply your strange wounded creature is being auto corrected

[sharp mountain]

thats fine, weezing has smog coming out of it in literally almosf all sprites afaik

ini

[idle forge]

Well yeah but it’s a whole main so I wanted to check

I’ll do the surrounding area first so I can have both just in case

[cedar quest]

itll be fine

[signal nexus]

vines and leaves?

[jade chasm]

made a dog bird that i spliced 3 things on and called it a day

[jade chasm]

more pitcher plant

[mighty stump]

I imagine either no one else is also doing this or only like one or two other random people but if anyone also wanted to participate in the contest theme but not compete or get scored you can ping me in your spritework thread with your fella and I'll be sure to put them in the contest collage

[idle forge]

Why thank you gordo

[minor garnet]

What if I wanna ping you for a sprite not for the theme at all

[mighty stump]

If it has nothing to due with the contest I'm not sure why I'd put it in the contest collage

You can still ping me I suppose, nothing's stopping you but that doesn't mean it's getting in

[signal nexus]

alliteration

[long basin]

what if i made a spheal

[mighty stump]

Then I would be happy

[near horizon]

i had an idea in the meantime, but idk about the "pillars" of the hands T-T

[signal nexus]

garden trellis?

[near horizon]

can't add colors that aren't in the head palette, so idk if i could make it

[signal nexus]

could fudge it with careful application of the browns, but i see what you mean
guess you could make the vines twisty turny like this

or just. really stiff like rosebushes

hard to find a good example, but thornbush stems get browner the thicker and sturdier they are
so the arm columns can be-
i just realized i completely misinterpreted what you meant by "arm columns"
i was thinking the arms that hold up the giant yaoi hands
you mean the prism things

[near horizon]

yeah, that's why i said hand pillars x)

[signal nexus]

🪱

hmm

maybe a gall or wart?

botanical kind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall

[feral surge]

I'm just going for small guys at this point, probably going to rank near the bottom seeing what other people have been doing but whatever

(qwilfish is bigger because it's the max puffed up animation frame just didn't feel like making canvas big enough to also fit it in view)

[subtle moss]

This sprite would qualify for the contest, right?

[cedar quest]

yea

[subtle moss]

Kcool

[subtle moss]

I'm guessing there won't be many sprites in this contest that only use 7 colors

[cloud solstice]

-# Mine uses 6 colors

[carmine falcon]

hmmm

[near horizon]

it ... idk

[echo peak]

It can work honestly. The arms can be the brown roots with those little "claws" being the plant on the end and maybe the arms can be other Victreebell?

[near horizon]

some progress x)

[echo peak]

That works. And then the claws can literally be the leaves

[near horizon]

Still need to figure stuff for the hand pillars x)

[echo peak]

Maybe continue with the wavy looking leaves like around the body? Either way, you've got this

[signal nexus]

🤔 make extra mouths underneath the hadns with the leaves covering them up top like on the real head
and then really long stems holding up those leaves for the prisms

uhh lemme doodle

[near horizon]

so, mouth hole at bottom of the pillars with leaf on top ?

[subtle moss]

I googled plant prism and found this, probably too much detail for a small space like this

[signal nexus]

...
okay, i was not thinking they connected like that

[signal nexus]

also probably will have trouble fitting the guidelines

[near horizon]

they don't connect x)

the tail & head leaf are connected

but they aren't connected to the body

[signal nexus]

was my thought

[signal nexus]

yeah no for some reason i thought it was like this
the vine connecting the head to the body, then trailing off
hence my suggestion

[near horizon]

OK ... big spikes for pillars is a good idea

problem is

victreebel is lacking 1 shade of dark brown to make a good wood texture

T-T

[signal nexus]

i was suggestion more curved stem than a wood texture, but also works

[signal nexus]

i take it repurposing the black wouldn't do it?

[near horizon]

i'm macking something

that kinda give it a mystical wood vibe

[signal nexus]

mack the knife

[near horizon]

?

[signal nexus]

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

unless you're asking why i said that
i was just teasing you about the typo ^_^;;

[near horizon]

ah

i didn't saw the typo x)

but, is it good or not ?

(just so i know if i could make it to the other hand or wait first)

[signal nexus]

i think it passes for the mystical wood i can see where you're hurting for another brown... i guess you can play around with the shading to really sell it, perhaps
i think it looks like what you're going for, yeah

[near horizon]

yeah, one darker shade of brown and it would have been perfect

[proven hinge]

as a child i yearned for the mines https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1472978448673931425

[rigid abyss]

when i was a child i loved cranidos sm lol

[jade chasm]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1472688829973401872 https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1472076658633871442 my things- send review pls

[cold bay]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1473004953034297496 A child

[elder topaz]

anorith has 12

hey

[elder topaz]

@cedar granite

[cedar granite]

dukefrogpeasant

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hey

[elder topaz]

12!

[slow gyro]

And that Anorith you’re talking about, is here in this channel with us right now?

[elder topaz]

yes, actually

#1472391273032716318

[cloud solstice]

what's an anorith?

[elder topaz]

https://tenor.com/view/koraidon-pokemon-koraidon-14oliverhedgehog-oliver-blaze-tinkaton-gif-862159613118901355

[slow gyro]

I don’t know I think Duke’s tripping

[rapid knot]

What is this image from?

[slow gyro]

No idea it’s just a meme template

[cold bay]

If im not mistaken its a photo from the Nikolas Cruz trials (yall can look up what he did, im not gonna talk about it here) but it did become a pretty popular meme for a while

[slow gyro]

I don’t know who that person is

[elder topaz]

photo of a interrogation of a ||school shooter||

[slow gyro]

I’ll delete it if needed

Oh

Yea it’s better if I get rid of it

Done 🫡

[rapid knot]

Womp womp

[molten vector]

So I hear there's a splicing contest

[signal nexus]

ish

[molten vector]

I just might have to try to make some time for this

[signal nexus]

there's a joke i could make, but i think that might hit the "no religion" rule
it's not risque, but unfortunately it doesn't work if i secularize it

[molten vector]

no idea what that could be

[signal nexus]

the punchline is "Moses, do whatever the hell you want", if that helps

ah, to hell with it
yoinked a version from the internet:

screenshot for easy deletion if it is found in violation of the rules

[proven hinge]

gordo trying to set the rules and everyone misinterpretting them like:

[feral surge]

duck is becoming fish

[feral surge]

fish duck

[south meteor]

That's really pretty, you made them go so well together.

[proven hinge]

pony https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1473122780269645835

[idle forge]

An interesting freak that I’m pretty sure is fine

Smoke is gonna be hell but oh well

[feral surge]

The more of these I do the more I realize that despite me normaly working only from concept art with no bases and assets the challenges for me here are just not being able to make the pose making the workflow slightly different and not being able to tweak outline or shadow colours, when I desing fusions normally I try to stick to just using elements already present in the mons unless I feel like it's really plain because the head mon has much less details than the body or I had a specyfic concept before hand and just chose a fusion to execute it, so really how I desing the avrage fusion isn't too different than what our limitations are here