[WAR 1] .:Pixel Art:.

[Suicune's Fire]

Welcome
good pixel/sprite artists...

THIS IS THE VERY FIRST POKÉMON CROSSROADS WAR!

Here we see the mighty strength of each and every WAR team come together and clash with an echoing boom to prove their worth and emerge victorious.
How, you say? Why, through spriting with pixels, of course! What better way to express yourself than through meticulous detail placed with unwavering care?

Prepare yourselves, sons and daughters of Mew, for you shall be put to the test and graded weekly through trials of hardship! With each new week comes a new challenge, so ensure that your spriting skills are in check and your ability to produce wonderfully harmonious pixels is fired up and ready!



Grading Rubric:
Neatness: /10 Did you colour within the lines? Clean up said outlines? Are there stray pixels you forgot to colour in? Neatness is self-explanatory!
Creativity: /10 Is your sprite as boring as the beige paint that cover the walls of the café below my classroom at school? If not, you'll score highly! Don't be afraid to get creative!
Overall Look and Effort: /10 You can often gauge how much time was put into a sprite based on its overall appearance. Will you impress the judge?
Relevance: /5 This is obviously how closely your entry adhered to the theme.


Contestants who win first, second or third place will be awarded prize points for their WAR teams!
1st place - 3 points
2nd place - 2 points
There is no third place because apparently that's normal.

In the case of a tie, the point award system will remain the same, so the entries that tied will obtain the same amount of points (a.k.a. 2 points each for two entries that come second).

The WAR contest officially opens on MONDAY the 7th at 12am!

RULES:
1. . Respect your fellow artists and follow all PXR rules!

This includes NO flaming, NO bickering and NO mocking of WAR scars!

2. Stick to the theme! This is a must for entries to score highly.
3. NEW SPRITES are the way to go. No reusing old sprites that were made before WAR!
4. You are only allowed to enter one single sprite per week. You may submit an entry and edit it anytime up until the deadline.
5. ABSOLUTELY NO ART THEFT will be tolerated. Your entries must be yours alone.

I myself will sent you into a mine field and watch with a shaking head as you try to avoid what may or may not be a set of deadly explosives set to go off at the slightest touch. (A.k.a. You will be disqualified instantly.)

6. No Generations VI Pokémon are to be used!

As there are no official sprites for Gen 6, you cannot use any pokémon from that generation unless you sprite them 100% yourselves. For instance, with fusions, you may scratch on a some fennekin ears and a tail if you choose to use one (where it applies to the week's contest, of course)

Side-Notes:
- You do not HAVE to use Pokémon sprites for entries that do not specify that you need to, but it is encouraged
- Remember two of the basic but essential rules to spriting: Never, EVER save in .JPG format. Save in .PNG or your sprite's quality will be eaten alive. Secondly, never resize sprites! They are not designed to be any bigger!



WEEK ONE:
This week's theme shall be something simple to begin with. Therefore, you shall complete for me...

-- A recolour!
Choose a sprite. Any sprite! It can even be non-pokémon related. Recolour it how you wish, with whatever palette you wish. Feel free to include the palette in your entry!
Remember - You may not alter the position of the shading or the outlines. Only the colour. There are ways around the shading so don't feel like you're restricted by this rule!
Check out some winning entries from the previous WAR! (Made by 2gamers and 5TailedDemonLizard from PE2K respectively!)
First place | Second Place


Please use the following form to submit your wonderful entries, OR MAY THE REAPER HIMSELF HAVE MERCY ON YOUR LITTLE TOES.

Username:
WAR Team:
Link to Sprite: (Link to the image)
Sprite Submission: (Post the actual image)

THE DEADLINE for WEEK ONE is SATURDAY, the 12th of July at 11:59pm, 2014.

WEEK ONE RESULTS!

Winners:

Spoiler:

Coming in second place is...

Pokémon Trainer Sarah!
&
TheoreticalSelkie!

Pokémon Trainer Sarah:


TheoreticalSelkie:



Coming in first place is...

*confetti*Speed-X!*confetti*

Have a bucket full of good luck, combatants, and may the best WAR team win! :D