[WAR] ●Drawn Art●

[Coru]

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Welcome to PXR's First WAR!
Join in the festivities by supporting your team in the WAR and submitting your works of art to have a chance in grabbing some points for your teams.

Try to show off your pure talent by creating a work of Drawn art and trying to rack up some recognition and some of the valuable needed points which could lead your team to victory and dominance of this WAR. Are you ready? You will face off weekly challenges. Each week will explore a new area which you must be prepared for. You will stroll from the universe of reality to the universe of imagination. This will test your drawing skills and imagination. Any medium may be used. Pencil/Graphite, Crayon, paint or even using programs such as Photoshop and SAI, use anything you wish for your entries. However, it must not be digitally altered with renderings or gradients or any other digitally enhancing features and must be either scanned in, a good quality photo provided or it saved in a .PNG file [for Digital Works] for it to qualify for this contest.
It's time to show what you're made of. It's time to draw.


Grading:
Each week I will Judge your work. Your work will be judged using four simple categories, all marked out of 10, You will have a maximum mark of 40 and the highest marking pieces of artwork will be awarded with the appropriate amount of points.
Quality
The quality of the piece of work will be assessed. The proportions and anatomy of any pokemon/animals will be reviewed and any other qualities related to consistency will be looked as. This category will include any shading on the piece.
Success
This will assess how successful you were in your piece of artwork. It will see how well you used your chosen Medium and it will look at how the piece matches the criteria given in the weekly challenge. Make sure you are able to portray what you want well, otherwise you may get a low score in this category.
Creativity
The creativity you have worked into this piece will be assessed. If I feel like you have not spent much time on this and it is something that I feel I have seen many times before, you won't gain many points. It will take in the level of risk you took and the thought put into the work along with the effort put into the work.
Overall Appearance
This is the category which is heavily dependent on the others. If the other categories are good, chances are this will be, however, if there are negatives, it could be dragged down. If I am impressed by the work and it instantly caught my eye, you have a good chance in the category.


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
3rd place - 1 point

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). Only three people would still be awarded points if this occurs, the only exception is if there is a 3rd Place tie. (For Example, if there is a tie for 1st place or 2nd place, there will be no 3rd place as the person would technically be in 4th place, but if there is a tie in 3rd place, there would still be the three designated places that are awarded points)


The WAR contest has officially closed!

RULES:
1. All PXR rules apply
2. All artists are to have respect. NO mocking pieces of work, NO flaming, NO trolling.
3. Stick to the theme! This is a must for entries to score highly.
4. All artwork must be new, whether that be a remake of old work, or a completely new piece, therefore I can assess your ability at the current moment.
5. ABSOLUTELY NO ART THEFT will be tolerated. Your entries must be yours alone. If not, your entry will be ignored and you will not be allowed to enter this contest.
6. Any medium is allowed, however, Digital Alterations such as Rendering and Gradients are not allowed. If you wish to colour digitally, use tools such as the brush tool, pencil tool or watercolour tool etc. This is so it doesn't give an unfair advantage over others that may not have used programs to create their work and the tools will simulate the mediums used traditionally.

Side-Notes:
- If you are planning on doing some traditional art, a scanner would be beneficial to get a clear image of your work for it to be posted here, however, if you do not have access to a scanner, a good quality photo taken by a phone or a camera will be just as good.

Have fun, and may the best Team win in PXR's first WAR.

[Coru]

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Judging
@Tenacity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=75)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance:7 /10
Total: 29/40
Comment: I like this and I like the idea of it being a big robot with a remoraid controlling it at the top. That definitely gives you creativity points. I also like how you have tweaked the colours slightly. It makes this Octillery stand out from its original form. However, I feel it looks a little bit flat as some areas do not have the shading which should be seen on that type of texture. Such as the wheel/tracks that clearly are from a tank. They follow the overall shading of the body/feet, which makes them look flat on the pokemon, making them look more like markings. Other than those few shading issues, it’s a good design and good idea, Well Done
@Shadow Tracker Max (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=169)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity:6 /10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 30/40
Comment: I like this as an Ambipom Mega, I like the creepy face it has, even if it was intentional or not. I also like the spikes on the head. Even though it is a small change, it adds to the look of the pokemon by making it look more threatening. I also like the shading technique. It is simple but it suits the piece really well. However, I feel a bit more could be done with this. If you changed a bit more and added to the Ambipom Mega, I feel that you could gain a few more marks for creativity. Other than that, I like it and it is a good piece of work. Well Done.
@Brettles (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=318)
Quality: 6/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 7/10
Total: 29/40
Comment: I like how you have added two arms which use rockets/missiles as hands. That’s a good touch. I also like the black markings you have added. You also seem to have made Beedrill slightly more humanoid rather than bug-like, which I think looks better on the concept you created. Also, I like how you changed the wings, it makes it look more streamlined. However, there are some shading issues with this. Some areas look completely flat due to a lack of shading, such as the rockets and drills. It may just be the scanning, but it looks like they have no shading so they look completely flat. The arms and legs are fine, but I would have liked a bit more shading on the body to show off the round nature of Beedrill’s body. Other than the few shading issues, great Mega. Well Done.
@Velocity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=106)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 31/40
Comment: This looks great. I especially like the shading technique. The sketchiness of it really looks good with this style that you used for the Mega. Also, I like the way you make Togekiss’ wings more bird-like by adding feathers. The head also looks good, the wing shaped eyes are a good addition. One issue I have with this is the feet. I feel that they look awkward. Not much for the right foot, but the left foot looks strange. To me it looks like it should be a side view it looks more like a view of the bottom of a foot, however, I understand how hard feet are, so this brings down the anatomy score down slightly. I feel that if this had a background with it, which some of the entries had, it may have been a close to winning.

@XaiakuX (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=144)
Quality: 6/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity:8 /10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 31/40
Comment: You surely know how to make a pokemon creepy, haha. I feel the creepiness of this Raichu is a good touch. We are so used to Raichu being a cute Mouse pokemon that it makes it look almost a different pokemon due to its character. I like the hair (If it is hair) That extends from its head to its back. It makes Raichu look a lot more mature. The only thing I can mark this down on is the shading. I understand that this style is not meant to have shading, however, I feel the lack of shading makes it slightly harder to know exactly the features of the pokemon. Such as the hair, I almost knew it was hair due to the look of it, but I had to look and think to be sure. This is the only thing that could be improved, but I understand that it is part of the style with small amounts of shading. Good creepy Mega, Well Done.

@Shruikan (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=3263)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 29/40
Comment: I like the idea of this. I like how you have made Gallade a soldier, it really suits the pokemon. Also, I like how you have made Gallade’s red crest into a Jewel on the armour, that was a good idea. One thing I feel could be improved is the feet. The look quite awkward and flat. They do not look natural, but as I have said in Velocity’s comment, I understand feet are really awkward. This is a good sprite and the shading works well with the style. To improve, you could have added a background. Well Done.

@Pokemon Trainer Sarah (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=26)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 9/10
Overall Appearance:8 /10
Total: 32/40
Comment: I really like this one, it is really unique. I especially like how you have tried a different perspective and it is as if it is flying over you. That will give you more creativity points. I also like how you have made Skarmory a plane. It suits the pokemon as it is originally a metal bird. Also, although simple, the background is a nice touch. I feel that the outlines could be improved slightly. Some seem quite shaky and rough and in some places it doesn’t connect up, mainly on the right side of the neck. Fixing the outline would result in a much better piece. Other than that, there is not much more that can be improved. Maybe try to add more contrast to the grey tones if anything else is needed. Good Piece and Well Done
@Suicune's Fire (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=44)
Quality: 9/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 34/40
Comment: Wow, I’m struggling to fault this, it is a great piece of work. The outlines are smooth, the shading is done very well and the background is a nice touch to the work. I like how you have made it look more like a torpedo as well. It looks slightly more true to its name now you have made it look more streamlined. The only thing I can say to improve is you could have expanded on the background a little to be a bit more creative and made it look better, however, it isn’t completely necessary as it is about Mega Evolutions, not backgrounds. Well Done it looks great.

@Lunar Latias (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=2851)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance:8 /10
Total: 30/40
Comment: I like this one, it is a great Vaporeon Mega Evo. I like the Trident Head and how you have expanded on the flappy bits (Excuse my bad terminology, haha.) The shading style goes great with the drawing and It is an overall great design. However, I feel that you could have expanded slightly on the pokemon. I feel that you could have added a few more features to set it apart from the original Vaporeon, however, this is probably just me being picky. I feel the only other thing this lacks is a background. If this had a background, or if the other entries did not, you would have a chance at winning, as it gives extra creativity marks and makes it look better, in my opinion anyway. Other than that, great work here. Well Done.
@TheProtobabe (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=62)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 8 /10
Total: 30/40
Comment: I like this as a Ninetales Mega. (Eventhough it doesn’t have Ninetales now, haha) I like how you have expanded on the hair tuft, it is a nice addition and makes it look great. Also, I like how you have made Ninetales look more rugged with the spiky fur, not the sleek smooth hair the original has. The Purple energy balls are also a good idea. I feel that you could have done a bit more with this. I feel that not much was done with the concept on this to completely set it apart from its original form. Again, it might just be me being picky. Also, I know the shading style is meant to be messy, but I feel you could have shaded the tail a little bit better as, to me, it looks a little flat. Overall, great design and good Mega. Well Done

@The Frost Dragon (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=341)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 6/10
Overall Appearance:7 /10
Total: 29/40
Comment: Flygon! I like this as it is simple, but effective. The shading works as it is very simple but the shades are easily distinguishable and fits well with your style. Also, I like how you have changed the wings. I feel they suit Flygon much better than the rhombus shaped wings. I feel what is needed here is a bit more creativity. It is a good drawing, however, I feel that you have not changed much from the original Flygon, I see that you have changed the wings and tail, but not much else seems to stand out. I feel that if you changed something else or you tweaked something such as a colour in one area or another aspect of the pokemon, it would stand out more. It is a great piece of work, however. Well Done.

I know this sounds like a Cliche but I mean it. Everyone deserved to win this week. Every entry was a great standard, as you can tell by the extremely close scores. The only thing that stopped some from getting top marks was the lack of a background when others had them. Carry on with the great work and you are all talented artists. Hopefully I will be able to see and judge more of your work in the challenged coming up in this event. Congratulations everyone.


Winners
This week was close competition. There was only 3 marks between last place and third place. Well Done everyone for doing so well and you are all winners as you all had great art.
Click the names of the winners to see their art.

In Third Place, with 31 marks, we have:
XaiakuX (http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/SirX-kun/MegaRai.jpg) and Velocity (https://38.media.tumblr.com/963e6286ce202d458d1c9d656635431d/tumblr_n8i4zgi1W91ri2b8oo1_1280.png)
You each get 1 point

In Second Place, with 32 marks, we have:
Pokemon Trainer Sarah (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pokemontrainersarah/megaskarmory.png)
You get 2 points

In First Place, with 34 marks, we have:
Suicune's Fire (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/193/8/0/megasharpedo_by_goldflareon-d7qbggc.png)
You get 3 points

Well Done!
For Teams, the scores are:
Team Awesome: 2 Points
Team Trainer: 2 Points
Team Aqua: 3 Points

[Coru]

Banner will be edited in when made!
~The Natural World~
There are so many examples of beauty in the natural world and so many strange and unique sights you can see. For week Two, I would like you to recreate a strange and unique piece of nature that you find really interesting. It may be an animal, a plant, scenery or anything to do with nature. Good luck.
Artist's examples:
Nature at night (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/127/5/6/nature_at_night_by_dart12001-d4m7098.jpg) by dart1001 (http://dart12001.deviantart.com/) | Mother Nature (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Mother-Nature-367494081) by NynjaKat (http://nynjakat.deviantart.com/)
Judging
@Brettles (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=318)
Quality: 5/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 9/10
Overall Appearance:7 /10
Total: 29/40
Comment: This is a creative piece. I like how you chose to show nature in four different ways. It will definitely give you quite a few creativity points there. I also like how you didn’t make them all the same size, it makes the desert and hills stand out more, which I think is quite effective. The main thing that let down this piece was the lack of shading. You seem to have coloured the drawing in, but there is little shading and the colour looks quite consistent throughout, however, this may be because of it being a scan-in. You have made the outlines prominent as you have make them darker, but I feel if a little shading was added, it would have made it that little bit better to make certain areas stand out. Apart from the shading, A great thought through piece, well done
@Velocity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=106)
Quality: 9/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 33/40
Comment: I didn’t know what to expect when you asked about it in an earlier post, but it wasn’t something like this. I quite like it. I especially like the sun shining through the water, that’s a nice touch. I’m struggling to think of something to say to improve it as the shading is spot on and I don’t have an issue with the anatomy of the tiger. Good piece, well done.
@Elysia (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=1923)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 31/40
Comment: I like the colours in this. I’m guessing you were going for a sunset/starry night. It is very unique as you used the reflection of the water to show the sky. I also like the touch of the lotus flower. It adds something to the piece so it isn’t just a reflection and it shows it is a reflection as it is floating on the water. One thing that I feel could be improved here is the way the water ripples. It ripples, but the image itself does not bend with the ripple, so it looks like the ripples are just floating, not a part of the image. Also, the rain drops are quite big, so making them a little smaller may look a little bit better. Overall, good piece. Well Done
@Dragon Master Mike (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=461)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 9/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 32/40
Comment: A watercolour piece. I like it. I think this is a good piece for a watercolour as you show shading and depth of field. There isn’t much I could say to improve this except for the wooden jetty, or whatever it’s called, looks slightly weird at the angle it is, but that is only something minor which could be because of it being a watercolour. A great piece. Well Done.
@Felly (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=17)
Quality: 5/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 6/10
Overall Appearance: 6/10
Total: 24/40
Comment: This is a good idea, but could do with some improvement. I like the flower and basket of fruit. It’s a nice touch. However, I feel like the tree trunks are too thick and the trees look strange. Also, there isn’t any ground, which may make it look like it is floating. There would be a horizon where the land and sky appear to meet, however, you haven’t put this. No worries though, it is only a minor thing but makes it look a lot better. The other thing is, like with Brettles, there appears to be almost no shading here, I think that makes it look lower in quality. Again, it may be because it is a scan, but shading is really important in making it look good quality. A good idea, but it could do with a few improvements. Well Done though.

Winners

Click their name to see their image

This means that:
In first place, with 33 points, is Velocity (https://33.media.tumblr.com/d26d2f1f0729867ed7dc8f05f1c97d44/tumblr_n8x8glQk4l1txj99jo1_r1_1280.png)!
You receive three points for your team.

In second place, with 32 points, is Dragon Master Mike (http://oi58.tinypic.com/wrl3sx.jpg)!
You receive two points for your team.

In third place, with 31 points, is Elysia (http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/nature_zpsd44b8fd8.png)!
You receive one point for your team.

This means that:
Team Awesome receive: 5 Points (1st and 2nd)
Team Yoga Bears receive: 1 point (3rd)


So there are the results for week two, I hope you enjoyed the theme and feel free to join in for any other week in the war.

If anyone disagrees with my judging or wishes to know more about why I gave you those marks, either so you can improve or you can understand why you got those marks, then feel free to PM me and I'll try to help you as much as possible. :3
Thank you for joining in!

[Coru]

Banner will be added when done
FAKEMON
Yes, it is time for Fakemons to get their theme in the war. Go crazy with the concept. It can be an evolution or pre-evolution of a current pokemon, or a completely new pokemon. You need to choose something to base the pokemon off, whether it be an animate or in-animate object. Choose a type or dual type and create a fakemon. Take the type into consideration when adding features and do anything you wish. Feel free to do something such as another frog pokemon or do something completely different, like a pegasus pokemon. Anything now goes as long as it is has potential to be a pokemon. Also, you should name your new pokemon and if you wish, create a pokedex entry. However, the pokedex entry is not compulsary.
Examples: Brezeon (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Fakemon-Brezeon-192363982)by Rueme (http://rueme.deviantart.com/) | Gustella (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Fakemon-Gustella-149704978) by IceCatDemon (http://icecatdemon.deviantart.com/)

Judging XaiakuX
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 33/40
Comment: I like the concept, especially how you have created a creepy looking fairy/dragon type, not the typical cute, small fairy pokemon. I also like the idea of the ornament. It really goes well with the type. There isn’t much I can say to improve this as it is quite good, but I would have liked to see it from the front or at a ¾ view as the side view only shows one side, not both. This is a very minor thing though as it still looks great sideways.
@Brettles (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=318)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 7/10
Total: 29/40
Comment: This is strange, haha. I like the idea of having a four-headed snake. Also, the shading is done well for the style you were going for. However, this could be improved a bit. I got a bit confused at the left-most head which is faced backwards. I didn’t know what it was at first and realised what it was when I read the entry you created. Maybe if you had it slightly angled so we could see the face partially it may make is slightly clearer. Also, the two middle heads seem almost identical. It may be just me being picky but I feel that makes it look strange and I would try to avoid making body parts look really similar as it could look like you have just duplicated it and did that as a shortcut. Overall, great concept and I like how you used the Hydra as the origin for the Fakemon.
@Shiny Totodile (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=2105)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance:7 /10
Total: 30/40
Comment: This fakemon is quite colourful. I like how the pattern is so abstract, and out of the shapes, you have made a face. Great Idea! The definition is a little... creepy.. haha. Where does it take all the children? xD I feel you could have exaggerated the outline of the pokemon by making the sides of it slightly more curled, so maybe one of the corners would flop or curl, this would make is look slightly less flat on the page, however, that is just to make it look slightly more 3D, but as this pokemon is flat, it doesn’t need too much, I just feel like it looks quite flat out on the page. Anyway, it is overall a great idea that i’m surprised Game Freak hasn’t already adopted. Great Work!
@Prince Vultan (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=4066)
Quality: 5/10
Success: 6/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance:6 /10
Total: 24/40
Comment: I like this idea. We don’t have too many porcupine pokemon around (Well, none that i can think of, except maybe for sandslash) so it feels orginal. However, it lacks colour as the only colour it has is the red bands on its body. In a challenge like this, I feel colour is quite important as the colour of a pokemon can say as much as the whole concept. Also, the anatomy needs a bit of work. I would look at the anatomy of a porcupine and try to recreate it as much as possible when it comes to basing a fakemon off an animal as you want a starting point and something that can help you create a body for your pokemon. If the anatomy doesn’t look right, then the fakemon won’t. Also, you have given a side view, although it isn’t too major, a front view or a ¾ view would be more preferential as it will show the whole pokemon, not half of it. A good idea, however, it could use a little help with the anatomy. Well Done though!
@Elysia (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=1923)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 9/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 32/40
Comment: Haha, I like Budducks, very original concept xD
I like your idea from Greek Mythology, sadly you couldn’t finish the Prevolutions. They would have looked great! I like the colour scheme. It really fits the type well and I like how you have tried to stay away from the typical weak route 1 bug type that seems to appear every generation. To me, it looks like quite a glamorous pokemon. The only thing I would say that could be improved is the body of the moth. I feel that it looks a little simple and it does not seem to have any legs. You may have purposefully done this, however, I feel it looks a little bit weird. A great concept and if only you had enough time to finish the other pokemon in the line. I wonder what the finished product would have looked like.
@Velocity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=106)
Quality: 9/10
Success: 9/10
Creativity: 9/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 36/40
Comment: Interesting. I like these. I’m not sure that the typing is completely expressed in the appearance, however, it doesn’t always have to be because it is also about the origin of the pokemon and the story behind it, which I understand as a Manticore is mythological creature, hence the fairy type and the idea of the poisonous spines it has is where poison comes from. I like the shading style. It really expresses the fur. There’s not much at all that I can fault with this as it is all good. Well done.
@The Frost Dragon (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=341)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 32/40
Comment: This is such a cute Fakemon. I like the colours you have used here and I like the whole concept, shading and style. It all suits the pokemon well because it makes it look quite adorable, which I think is good, whether it was intended or not. I feel you could have put a little bit more detail into the pokemon’s features to make it really stand out, but other than that it is a great pokemon nonetheless. Well Done!
@Pokemon Trainer Sarah (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=26)
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 31/40
Comment: Another Dinosaur! I like this as it isn’t too similar to the others. I feel this shows more character than the others. I also like the whole bond idea that you have included with the evolution line. It isn’t often you see pokemon from one evolution line have such a close relationship so I like it. I also like how you have tried out a different style of medium for this. However, I feel that some aspects seem a little messy. Mainly the line art. However, this is only something that is very minor as it seems to fit with the style of art. I just feel that some areas have too much of an outline gap, but that may be my picky nature with art, haha. Great idea though and a great try at a watercolour technique, I think it suits your style well and when you find out how you use it best, if you have not already, I feel it will be great.
@3m0d0ll (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=5)
Quality: 6/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 6/10
Total: 28/40
Comment: A strange water/poison type. I like it! I really like how you have given multiple perspectives about it so you get the whole view of the pokemon. This helps us to see the whole pokemon and I think it was a good idea. Also, I like the whole idea. We don’t have many poison/water pokemon, so I like the typing. The one obvious down side to this is the lack of any colour. As stated before in Prince Vultan’s comments, colour helps to show the character of a pokemon and is a really important part of the concept, to me anyway, so I feel as this is lacking that, I can’t see the pokemon to its fullest. If a pokemon was dark and had reds and purples it would give off a dangerous vibe, but if it had bright pastel colours, it would seems happy and non-threatening, so colour is quite important to give it a character. If you added some colour, I feel you could have done much better in this competition, however, that aside, it is a great fakemon that has a great concept and origin. Well Done! Suicune's Fire
Quality: 9/10
Success: 9/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 35/40
Comment: Ahh, I suspected someone would do this. The Miltank/tauros prevolution, and you have pulled it off too. The shading is great, the outline is great and so is the concept. I like how you have done shiny versions too and how there are differences in the male and female. Those small touches are great additions. A nice simple background as well, although it is not really needed, it still suits and looks good. I like this concept. Definitely looks like it would fit in with the Miltank/Tauros line that the fandom want to happen so desperately. Well Done!

Winners


Click their name to see their image

This means that:
In first place, with 36 points, is Velocity (http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/photophinish_2007/5FD75839-4B17-4755-ADA4-A47936739D09_zpscffk9hmc.jpg)!
You receive three points for your team.

In second place, with 35 points, is Suicune's Fire (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/208/5/5/bocalf_by_goldflareon-d7skn9d.png)!
You receive two points for your team.

In third place, with 33 points, is XaiakuX (http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/205/f/5/galyonx_by_xaiakux-d7s1cm5.jpg)!
You receive one point for your team.

This means that:
Team Awesome receive: 4 Points (1st and 3rd)
Team Aqua receive: 2 points (2nd)


So there are the results for week three, I hope you enjoyed the theme and feel free to join in for any other week in the war.

If anyone disagrees with my judging or wishes to know more about why I gave you those marks, either so you can improve or you can understand why you got those marks, then feel free to PM me and I'll try to help you as much as possible. :3
Thank you for joining in!

[Coru]

Banner will be posted when made
Death/Life
Life is individual to each person. Only they get to see life through their eyes. Therefore everyone has a unique idea on life. What does life mean to you? What do you find beautiful in life and what do you feel the meaning of life is? Anything to do with life is acceptable this week. Also, the process of death and mourning is one of the hardest things we go through during our lives, whether it be a loved one or a pet. they both are heartbreaking. What is your opinion on the afterlife? Is there a heaven? Ghosts? Reincarnation? Grim Reaper? How do you see the process of mourning? Express in anyway possible the emotion that you associate with death or express your idea of what the afterlife is like. This may be as personal as possible or as cliche as possible, anything goes. It can be as realistic as possible or as magical/fantasy based as you wish, it is your choice. Anything to do with life and death can be acceptable. Anything goes. Have fun!
Examples: Grave (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Grave-53155673) by Hazzard7 (http://hazzard7.deviantart.com/) | White Death (http://www.deviantart.com/art/white-death-94673605) by Tobiee (http://tobiee.deviantart.com/)

Judging


Brettles
Quality: 7/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 7/10
Total: 30/40
Comment: I like the idea of this. The idea of the Cubone with it’s mother missing. It is a really nice homage to the Cubone/Baby Kangaskhan theory and it also suits the theme well. The shading is also reasonably good, even though I feel the piece could do with some more as it is lacking in some places. I feel you could have shaded the grassy background a bit to make it look less flat, and some areas such as the head could have done with a little bit more shading. Also, I feel there are a few anatomical issues with this as the face looks a little bit too elongated at the nose and the toes look strange as you can’t see any distinguishable toes. Overall, great concept but could do with a bit of improvement. Well Done!
@XaiakuX (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=144)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 33/40
Comment: I like this one. I think you have been very creative with this and I like how you have made most of the image quite dark. I also like the idea of the baby. It seems like the image then shows the whole process of life. Birth, life and death and I like the whole back story to it. Very interesting. I also like the style you used in this, it really fits with the theme. The main issue I have with this is the reaper. It looks like you have drawn him to be behind the main person in the middle, as if the reaper is about to try and grab him, however, the scythe is in front of his head in the image, making it look like the reaper is in front of him. This is slightly confusing but I may just be interpreting it wrong, haha. Apart from this, it is a great piece of work. Well done!
@Velocity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=106)
Quality: 9/10
Success: 9/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 34/40
Comment: Once again, there is not much I can say here for improvement as the shading is spot on and I have no issue with any of the proportions and anatomy. One thing I would say is that you could have been slightly more creative with the concept of this, however, it is a great piece of art nevertheless. Well done for another great submission.


Winners


This means that:
In first place, with 34 points, is Velocity (https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png)!
You receive three points for your team.

In second place, with 33 points, is XaiakuX (http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/SirX-kun/Drawings/Incarceration.jpg)!
You receive two points for your team.


This means that:
Team Awesome receive: 5 Points (1st and 2nd)


So there are the results for week Four, I hope you enjoyed the theme and feel free to join in for any other week in the war.

If anyone disagrees with my judging or wishes to know more about why I gave you those marks, either so you can improve or you can understand why you got those marks, then feel free to PM me and I'll try to help you as much as possible. :3
Thank you for joining in!

[Coru]

Banner will be here when made
Pokemon at war
War has broke out across the whole pokemon world and it is all pokemon against one another. You have no limits here. You can place typeVStype generationVSgeneration or pokemonVSpokemon. You can draw pokemon in battle or you can draw pokemon that are ready for battle, so they would be put in protective armour etc. You can even draw the trainers with their pokemon in battle. As long as it relates to both pokemon and battle, it should be allowed. It can include small amounts of blood and gore, however, not extensive. Keep it at a 12+ Rating if you are to include any blood. Pokemon can be seen using their own attacks or using weapons. Any pokemon can be used in the image and humans can be used to help the pokemon. Go ahead and have fun.
Judging

@Brettles (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=318)
Quality: 5/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 5/10
Total: 25/40
Comment: I like the idea of the Original three starters having a three-way fight. It pays homage well to the first generation. However, I feel that this was slightly rushed. Eventhough it is a great concept and I think you have pulled it off to some extent. I feel that if a bit more time was spent on it, you could have made it much better. The anatomy of the pokemon seems to be slightly awkward. For example, charizard has a long neck and awkward looking wings. If the anatomy was fixed, I feel it would look much better. Good work though.
@Velocity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=106)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 32/40
Comment: This is a very unique and imaginative idea, comparing the dragon types to the characteristics different animals. I also like how you seem to have adopted a slightly different colouring style to this piece of work. It looks good. The only one thing I think could improve this slightly is adding a little bit more texture to the rocky arch. Although you can tell what it is, it seems to be a little too flat for what you seem to be going for, so by adding a bit more texture by adding some more dark tones and light tones here and there, I feel it would portray a rocky arch a bit more. Another great piece of work. Well Done
@The Frost Dragon (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=341)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 8/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 31/40
Comment: I like this mainly due to the simplicity of it. It clearly shows pokemon in battle, but not in the way we would expect and weapons are being used, and the abstract background makes it seem more intense and as if the battle is fast paced. Gardevoir’s leg looks slightly strange, I think it’s because Gardevoir’s dress thing usually covers it’s legs so it seems strange to see the legs. Overall, A great piece of art.
@Lunar Latias (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=2851)
Quality: 9/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 9/10
Total: 33/40
Comment: I really, really like this, but I like Sceptile anyway so that probably adds to why I like it, haha. I think the shading is spot on in this, along with the colours. I also like how you have chosen to use one pokemon in this, but just used the Mega Evolution along with the Original form. I can’t completely see what is going on but that is just because of the positioning of the pokemon and it isn’t really much of an issue. There isn’t really much more to comment on as you have done well with this, well done.
@XaiakuX (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=144)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 6/10
Creativity: 8/10
Overall Appearance: 8/10
Total: 30/40
Comment: It’s a shame you didn’t manage to finish completely. Even though you were slightly late, I will let that go as you notified me in a PM explaining this. I like this, even though I don’t quite get what is going on here, haha. I see that it is Scizor and Deoxys though. It’s not really as bad as you are making it out to be. I don’t think there are stray lines or poor recolouring. It is a good piece of work for something that was a last minute idea and was slightly unfinished. I feel if you managed to finish it, you could have pushed up a few more points. It’s a good piece but with a bit more time it would be much better. Well Done.

Winners

Click the name of the winners to see their winning piece.
This means that:
In first place, with 33 points, is Lunar Latias (http://i59.tinypic.com/30j5sug.png)!
You receive three points for your team.

In second place, with 32 points, is Velocity (https://31.media.tumblr.com/07e5cceb0a527c78f32f2b507fd9f4d7/tumblr_na3pw9FodZ1txj99jo1_1280.png)!
You receive two points for your team.

In third place with 31 points is The Frost Dragon (http://i62.tinypic.com/64jvp4.png)!
You receive one point for your team.

This means that Team Aqua gain 3 points, Team Awesome gain 2 points and Team Trainer gain one point.


So there are the results for week Five, I hope you enjoyed the theme and thank you for taking part in Pokemon Crossroad's first War!



If anyone disagrees with my judging or wishes to know more about why I gave you those marks, either so you can improve or you can understand why you got those marks, then feel free to PM me and I'll try to help you as much as possible. :3


Thank you for joining in!

[Shruikan]

I have a quick question before I start;
I normally draw the basic outline on paper, but then use a program for the 3DS called Colors 3D, which can use a photo as a background to draw over, and trace over the first drawing. Would that be allowed?

[Coru]

That's absolutely fine. Drawing on any program is allowed and so is tracing, as long as no special effects are used. It needs to be 100% drawn in any form so it means you can't use any renders and you must shade it yourself if you intend to. This means that as long as you have done it all yourself, without any shortcuts and special tools, go ahead and it will be allowed to enter. :)

[Tenacity]

Username: Tenacity
WAR Team: Team Trainer
Link to Art: Mega Octillery (http://oi62.tinypic.com/6qfgy8.jpg)
Art Submission:

http://oi62.tinypic.com/6qfgy8.jpg

Flavour text: The Octillerite is implanted into its head. A strange Remoraid appears upon Mega Evolution...

It's inspired by tanks and cannons, just as regular Octillery is:
http://us.123rf.com/450wm/mkoudis/mkoudis1302/mkoudis130200005/17806680-a-black-cannon-attached-to-a-wheeled-carriage-belches-fire-from-it-s-muzzle.jpg

[Suicune's Fire]

http://oi62.tinypic.com/6qfgy8.jpg

THAT THING LOOKS FREAKING AWESOME. XD Nice concept, bro-cookie. Is the remoraid on its head?

P.S. I'll be joining in on this for sure! 8D Good week one theme!


~SF.

[Tenacity]

THAT THING LOOKS FREAKING AWESOME. XD Nice concept, bro-cookie. Is the remoraid on its head?

P.S. I'll be joining in on this for sure! 8D Good week one theme!


~SF.

Thanks a lot. :) Yup, the Remoraid is on its head, looking all menacing. I wonder what it's doing up there!

I look forward to your entry, too. c:

[Rival Max]

Username: Shadow Tracker
WAR Team: Team Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: Mega Ambipom (http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z65/cameraguyjoe36/megaambipom2_zpsf0eac530.png)
Art Submission:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z65/cameraguyjoe36/megaambipom2_zpsf0eac530.png

[Brettles]

Username: Brettles
WAR Team: Team Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: Mega Beedrill (http://i57.tinypic.com/29koxll.jpg)
Art Submission:
http://i57.tinypic.com/29koxll.jpg

[VeloJello]

Username: Velocity!
WAR Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: Mega Togekiss! (https://38.media.tumblr.com/963e6286ce202d458d1c9d656635431d/tumblr_n8i4zgi1W91ri2b8oo1_1280.png)
Art Submission: https://38.media.tumblr.com/963e6286ce202d458d1c9d656635431d/tumblr_n8i4zgi1W91ri2b8oo1_1280.png

[Coru]

Dayum! There are so many great ideas and pieces of art here, and you all have so many different styles and techniques. It's great. Continue with the good work everyone! Remember, you only have two more days to enter, so make sure you finish your artwork if you intend to join in with this contest!

[Steel Lunpara]

Ech. I'm gonna miss those gradients, they're that one subtle factor that made my avatar look nice. In fact, just to get an idea of the rules, would my avatar, ignoring the gradients, be within the rules? It's not the submission, obviously, but I just need to get an idea of what's allowed and what isn't for the medium.

[Coru]

Ech. I'm gonna miss those gradients, they're that one subtle factor that made my avatar look nice. In fact, just to get an idea of the rules, would my avatar, ignoring the gradients, be within the rules? It's not the submission, obviously, but I just need to get an idea of what's allowed and what isn't for the medium.
Yeah, it should be, as long as the shading is done by you completely without the use of gradients and editing. I wouldn't have any issue with accepting something like your avi without the gradients. :)

[Shiny Totodile]

I am currently working on my submission! I just need to color it in.
If you want to know what I'm doing you can look in the spoiler.
Mega Carnivine

[XaiakuX]

Username: XaiakuX
WAR Team: Awesome
Link to Art: Mega Raichu (http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/SirX-kun/MegaRai.jpg)
Art Submission:

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/SirX-kun/MegaRai.jpg

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I hate the fact that I lack a proper scanner. So I'm stuck with taking pictures on my phone. So the quality gets bummed for my lack of decent technology. </3

[Shruikan]

Username: Shruikan
WAR Team: Team Trainer
Link to Art: Mega Gallade (http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah105/Shruikan7/MegaGallade_zpsbe778e27.jpg)
Art Submission:
http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah105/Shruikan7/MegaGallade_zpsbe778e27.jpg

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Username: Pokemon Trainer Sarah
WAR Team: Trainer
Link to Art: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pokemontrainersarah/megaskarmory.png
Art Submission: Mega Skarmory
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pokemontrainersarah/megaskarmory.png

[Suicune's Fire]

Username: Suicune's Fire
WAR Team: Team Aqua!
Description: This is Mega Sharpedo, chosen in light of my WAR team, Team Aqua! Y'AARRRR!!!!!
Link to Art: Here! (http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/193/8/0/megasharpedo_by_goldflareon-d7qbggc.png)
Art Submission:
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/193/c/0/megasharpedo_by_goldflareon-d7qbhbo.png

Mega-Sharpedo can fold its fins against its body and rocket itself forward with its torpedo-like body, its powerful jaws able to tear through almost anything.


http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z65/cameraguyjoe36/Pokemon%20Items/Mewtwo%20Egg_zpsjco4xtqg.png
GCEA: Mewtwo Egg 1983
(ONLY FOR GCEA Not For PXR Egg Hunt)

[Chibi Altaria]

Username: Lunar Latias
WAR Team: Team Aqua
Description: Meet Mega Vaporeon. This trident on its forehead glows when danger is approaching.
It also acts as a beacon to ships sailing towards land. IT'S COOL. :cool:
Link to Art: > Here < (http://i61.tinypic.com/2d6ocp3.png)


http://i61.tinypic.com/2d6ocp3.png

[TheProtobabe]

Username: TheProtobabe
WAR Team: Team Awesome
Link to Art: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn81/zorayda-chan/My%20Art/WARcontest-Ninetalesmega_zps82463c82.png
Art Submission: http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn81/zorayda-chan/My%20Art/WARcontest-Ninetalesmega_zps82463c82.png
Consumed by thoughts of revenge, Ninetales allows the nine souls of the sages within its tails free and controls their power. Even direct eye contact will invoke its wrath.

Changes: Spiky fur everywhere, one tail, longer mane/tuft, glowing red eyes, nine balls of purple energy surrounding it. Becomes Fire/Ghost.

[Coru]

You only have a few hours left to enter any more art for this weeks category!

Make sure that if you are planning on entering, you post here with your entry by 12:00PM [EST]
If you are late posting your entry, sadly it will not be allowed to enter, so make sure that you don't miss out.

Everyone's entries are great. I know for a fact that this will be close competition. Good Luck to everyone and the results should hopefully be posted some time tomorrow. I do volunteer work on a Sunday, so they will either be up on the afternoon or sometime later. I will also update the first post with Week Two's Category.

[Steel Lunpara]

(Bursts out of front door, with toast in mouth) Wait for me! I'm finally ready!

Username: The Frost Dragon
WAR Team: Team Trainer
Link to Art: Right over here! (http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rzxtvm.jpg)
Art Submission: http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rzxtvm.jpg

Thank god you guys run on the same time zone I do. I would have freaked out if you were in Australia or something and tomorrow was actually today.

[Chibi Altaria]

(Bursts out of front door, with toast in mouth) Wait for me! I'm finally ready!

Username: The Frost Dragon
WAR Team: Team Trainer
Link to Art: Right over here! (http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rzxtvm.jpg)
Art Submission: http://oi57.tinypic.com/2rzxtvm.jpg

Thank god you guys run on the same time zone I do. I would have freaked out if you were in Australia or something and tomorrow was actually today.


That's why being an Australian is kind of difficult for these events.

Though it's kinda like we get an extra day, but we don't. xD

[Suicune's Fire]

That's why being an Australian is kind of difficult for these events.

Though it's kinda like we get an extra day, but we don't. xD

It's confusing. XD I hate the timezone differences. I sort of go off when your own timezones are, but that doesn't work for us since the new week's theme doesn't get posted till a day late. XD

*coughcan'twaitforresultsandthenewthemecough*


~SF.

[Brettles]

*coughcan'twaitforresultsandthenewthemecough*


~SF.

You should see a doctor about that cough, SF. It seems serious :)

Also I am probably not supposed to be encouraging rival teams during the WAR, but Protobabe, I love that Mega Ninetales. Seriously want one!

[Coru]

OMG. I just did all of the judging and it all just got lost as the browser crashed and the autosave feature did not work
*Facepalm*
Ok, What I am going to do is put down the winners for this week in the results post and later on I will update it with the marking which I will redo, as it took me an hour and a half and I have got a lot of college homework stuff to do. I hope that is ok for everyone. I am sorry for the inconvenience. I promise it will be up later and everyone can see how they did and read the comment I have put for them. Again, so Sorry. I should have done it on word or notepad or something.
Edit: The Winners have been posted and the new category for Week 2 has been posted. Again, later today, the judging will be posted.

[VeloJello]

Prompt question. Does it have to be something wholly natural, or can we include more fantastical elements (such as the "Mother Nature" piece you showed)? If so, to what extent can we take these elements?

[Suicune's Fire]

Holy crapola! I WON?! XD WOW. Was not expecting that, but thank you so much! That's fantastic news! I loved ALL the entries, seriously. It's not fantastic news that your browser crashed though. D: That's terribly unfortunate. I did mine in Word because I was paranoid about something like that happening. x: I hope you can remember half the comments you made so you can do it faster this time!

Good luck to everyone again this week!


~SF.

[TheProtobabe]

My favorite was Lunar Latias; 's Mega Vaporeon. Holy cow it's amazing and I thought it was gonna win. Surprised it didn't, to be honest--looks like it's even done with traditional markers and such, and it's such a great idea.

[Coru]

My favorite was @Lunar Latias (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=2851); 's Mega Vaporeon. Holy cow it's amazing and I thought it was gonna win. Surprised it didn't, to be honest--looks like it's even done with traditional markers and such, and it's such a great idea.
It was such close competition though. There was only 6 marks between the lowest scorer and the top scorer and most people missed out on one of the top three places by one or two marks. The winners mainly won because the way the work was presented, not the work itself as all of the work was so high quality. For example, Pokemon Trainer Sarah presented hers as a view of Mega-Skarmory above the viewer as if it was flying over the person, this gave her more creativity points and boosted her up to 2nd place.


Holy crapola! I WON?! XD WOW. Was not expecting that, but thank you so much! That's fantastic news! I loved ALL the entries, seriously. It's not fantastic news that your browser crashed though. D: That's terribly unfortunate. I did mine in Word because I was paranoid about something like that happening. x: I hope you can remember half the comments you made so you can do it faster this time!

Good luck to everyone again this week!


~SF.
Well Done, everyone really deserved first place, but unfortunately only one could win, and after judging, yours got the highest score. I can pretty much remember what I marked the pieces as and what I said so when I have time tonight, I should be able to get it done within half hour. Thank God I have a good memory, haha.


Prompt question. Does it have to be something wholly natural, or can we include more fantastical elements (such as the "Mother Nature" piece you showed)? If so, to what extent can we take these elements?
It must have some aspect of nature. If it is something such as a Unicorn or anything else which is more fantasy than natural then it can't be entered, however, if it is something such as a humanization of nature such as mother nature or nature shown in a different manner than it is, such as, again in the mother nature example, where the fish are swimming in the air, then that will be allowed, as long as an explanation of what it is and how it works is given. Hopefully that has explained anything :)

[TheProtobabe]

So does that mean there can't be a Pokemon anywhere in the picture? Because my piece was gonna be based off of something real, but have a Pokemon hanging out somewhere in the environment.

[XaiakuX]

I apparently drew a better picture than Gemma. My ego is massive, right now.

MEGA RAICHU WILL RULE YOU ALL!

[Suicune's Fire]

My favorite was Lunar Latias; 's Mega Vaporeon. Holy cow it's amazing and I thought it was gonna win. Surprised it didn't, to be honest--looks like it's even done with traditional markers and such, and it's such a great idea.
>Implying that mine wasn't

xD I'm kidding; I thought either yours or Gemma's would win, or, well...any of the others, really. xD


Well Done, everyone really deserved first place, but unfortunately only one could win, and after judging, yours got the highest score. I can pretty much remember what I marked the pieces as and what I said so when I have time tonight, I should be able to get it done within half hour. Thank God I have a good memory, haha.

Thanks. x) And yeah, they totally did! Ah I see. Well that's good then! Haha yes, a memory would certainly come in handy.

Backgrounds are one of the hardest things to draw for me so...I may not even enter this week. x: Depends I guess. xD


~SF.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I really liked Gem's Mega Vaporeon too. I wish it was real because I want one haha. And congrats SF, your piece was beautiful and you definitely deserved to win! Such clean lines and shading!

This week's theme sounds pretty interesting. I suck at backgrounds. xD

[Suicune's Fire]

I really liked Gem's Mega Vaporeon too. I wish it was real because I want one haha. And congrats SF, your piece was beautiful and you definitely deserved to win! Such clean lines and shading!

This week's theme sounds pretty interesting. I suck at backgrounds. xD

Aw, thank you, Sarah! ^v^ Yours was definitely awesome and I loved the angle!

Hahaha same here. XD I can imagine all these beautiful pieces and then our pieces:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/goldflareon/bruteful_zpsee318d17.png

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Aw, thank you, Sarah! ^v^ Yours was definitely awesome and I loved the angle!

Hahaha same here. XD I can imagine all these beautiful pieces and then our pieces:
http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll34/goldflareon/bruteful_zpsee318d17.png

Hahaha! Oh my gosh, you liar! You are awesome at backgrounds. PRETTIEST TREE EVER! YOU WILL WIN!

[Coru]

The judging is now up, after that annoying issue. The score may have varied from the original, but they are almost the same and I have tried to keep them the same. Everyone has a small paragraph on what I liked and what I feel could be improved.
TheProtobabe
As long as the pokemon is not the prominent feature and the nature is, I guess it can be allowed. As nature can be a lot of things, I will give some leeway to what is allowed and what isn't.
Pokemon Trainer Sarah Suicune's Fire
You don't have to do backgrounds if you wish not to. The main reason I chose this is it gave people the chance to pursue a realistic style rather than a cartoonistic style if they wanted to. If you are not good at backgrounds you can choose to draw an animal, as long as it is a unique animal and not a common animal like a dog or cat. Or you could do a humanization of nature, such as mother nature or things such as elementals (http://nei-nei.deviantart.com/art/Nature-Elemental-81449756) (by Nei-Nei (http://nei-nei.deviantart.com/)) as long as they do not cross over to the fantasy genre too much.

[VeloJello]

It must have some aspect of nature. If it is something such as a Unicorn or anything else which is more fantasy than natural then it can't be entered, however, if it is something such as a humanization of nature such as mother nature or nature shown in a different manner than it is, such as, again in the mother nature example, where the fish are swimming in the air, then that will be allowed, as long as an explanation of what it is and how it works is given. Hopefully that has explained anything :)

Does that include animals in environments that they wouldn't normally be in? I have an idea that involves an animal outside its natural habitat (though still in nature) and I was just wondering if that kind of thing would result in docked points. If you want me to PM you and be more specific, let me know, and thank you for reading. I know I ask a crapton of questions I just want to make sure that I do well haha.

[Suicune's Fire]

Hahaha! Oh my gosh, you liar! You are awesome at backgrounds. PRETTIEST TREE EVER! YOU WILL WIN!

Bahaha I am not! I have NO clue how to do them! xD OH, WELL, EXCEPT THAT TREE I MEANT. I mean that IS a pretty good tree. I won't lie.

Anyway, good luck to everyone this week. xD AND HAVE FUN!

Voidlich: Oh okay, that sounds awesome. 8D A unique animal. xD Whatever. I happen to think that any "common" animal can be completely beautiful. Who gives a crap about how common or popular they are? If I find it beautiful, it's not up to popularity to tell me I'm wrong, is it? xD I get what you mean by "choose something uncommon," but I think it's stupid to restrict what we find beautiful.


~SF.

[Coru]

@Velocity (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=106)
That should be fine, yeah. I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with
@Suicune's Fire (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=44)
I meant to say pet when I put common animal, sorry. The main reason for this is because most animals that are pets these days are mostly created from selective breeding so they inherit a certain trait, not nature, so I don't really think it represents the idea of nature that I was going for in this theme, however, if you feel that it is a beautiful part of nature, it will be acceptable for the theme as it is about your perception of nature. :)

[Dragon Master Mike]

Question: Is there any rule that says the piece has to have been made specifically for this, or can it be something I had made before hand?

[Suicune's Fire]

@Suicune's Fire (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=44)
I meant to say pet when I put common animal, sorry. The main reason for this is because most animals that are pets these days are mostly created from selective breeding so they inherit a certain trait, not nature, so I don't really think it represents the idea of nature that I was going for in this theme, however, if you feel that it is a beautiful part of nature, it will be acceptable for the theme as it is about your perception of nature. :)

Aaahhhhh, okay, that makes sense. xD Right, so it's sort of artificial in that sense. I understand. Cool! Thanks for clearing that up!

[Tenacity]

Question: Is there any rule that says the piece has to have been made specifically for this, or can it be something I had made before hand?

Rule 4 in the OP says it has to be new artwork. :)

[Brettles]

Username: Brettles
WAR Team: Team Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: 4 faces of nature (http://tinypic.com/r/6sxix1/8)
Art Submission:

http://i57.tinypic.com/6sxix1.png

[Chibi Altaria]

@Lunar Latias (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=2851)
Quality: 8/10
Success: 7/10
Creativity: 7/10
Overall Appearance:8 /10
Total: 30/40
Comment: I like this one, it is a great Vaporeon Mega Evo. I like the Trident Head and how you have expanded on the flappy bits (Excuse my bad terminology, haha.) The shading style goes great with the drawing and It is an overall great design. However, I feel that you could have expanded slightly on the pokemon. I feel that you could have added a few more features to set it apart from the original Vaporeon, however, this is probably just me being picky. I feel the only other thing this lacks is a background. If this had a background, or if the other entries did not, you would have a chance at winning, as it gives extra creativity marks and makes it look better, in my opinion anyway. Other than that, great work here. Well Done.

I purposely didn't give Mega Vaporeon extra details because it would have been too much of a distraction. Most Pokemon are rather simple in design.
Also, the Mega Evolutions to date don't have much in the way of variation between their original form. I like to make my artwork as close to the officials as possible.

I didn't realise a background was required for extra points, perhaps that should have been stated. Though my opinion is it detracts from the Mega Evolution itself. Just my opinion. xD


My favorite was Lunar Latias; 's Mega Vaporeon. Holy cow it's amazing and I thought it was gonna win. Surprised it didn't, to be honest--looks like it's even done with traditional markers and such, and it's such a great idea.

Thanks! It was done with actual markers. :'D I spent ages on that thing. I kinda wish it was real, too, now.

[Dragon Master Mike]

Rule 4 in the OP says it has to be new artwork. :)

Oh. sorry for not paying enough attention to the OP, I was really tired at the time of that post and didn't think to check the rules before asking.

EDIT: I just read the rules. Does new mean made specifically for this, or new as in just made recently? Like, could I have made it a week ago and then enter it now? That would still be pretty new.

[Chibi Altaria]

Oh. sorry for not paying enough attention to the OP, I was really tired at the time of that post and didn't think to check the rules before asking.

EDIT: I just read the rules. Does new mean made specifically for this, or new as in just made recently? Like, could I have made it a week ago and then enter it now? That would still be pretty new.


All artwork entered into WAR must be made once the theme has been posted and not a day, three days, or even a week before-hand.

That's how it's always been, to make it fair for everyone.

[Dragon Master Mike]

I'm sorry about all the questions, but i've got one more.

I have a picturethat I have been working on. It was started, but i only made it about half way through. If I finished it for the contest, would that count as being made for it, or because i started it beforehand would that still not count?

[Chibi Altaria]

I'm sorry about all the questions, but i've got one more.

I have a picturethat I have been working on. It was started, but i only made it about half way through. If I finished it for the contest, would that count as being made for it, or because i started it beforehand would that still not count?


Unfortunately, I can't answer that one for you. So! I'm going to direct the question to Corrupt_Voidlich.

[Coru]

Sorry I haven't checked in a few days so I haven't answered any questions, I've been quite busy with college stuff. Anyway, It could still be counted for the contest. The 'no old work' rule only applies for work finished before the theme was set. This is so it gives everyone a fair representation of their current skill. As long as it fits within the criteria of the theme and you did not finish it before Monday when I set the new challenge it should be accepted. However, this will not be the case for all unfinished work. Only work recently started which is unfinished will be allowed to be entered. For example, if you started a piece a few months back, forgot about it until now and tried to enter that once you finished it, It would not be allowed. Hopefully that has helped. :)

Remember, if you are planning on entering, you have until Saturday, so you have just over two days. Good Luck to whoever is planning on entering.

[VeloJello]

Username: Velocity!
WAR Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: A Strange Forest. (https://33.media.tumblr.com/d26d2f1f0729867ed7dc8f05f1c97d44/tumblr_n8x8glQk4l1txj99jo1_r1_1280.png)
Art Submission: (warning: this is kind of a big fracking file) https://33.media.tumblr.com/d26d2f1f0729867ed7dc8f05f1c97d44/tumblr_n8x8glQk4l1txj99jo1_r1_1280.png

[Dragon Master Mike]

Question: What time zone is the deadline? If I can get it done on time, i'm going to be close to the deadline, so I don't want to accidentally go over.

Sorry if i'm getting annoying with all the questions.

[Coru]

Haha, it's ok, as long as they are helpful, I don't mind.
I will go for EST (Eastern Standard Time) as I specified that in last week's challenge. I didn't realize I didn't put that in the first post, I'll add it now.

[Elysia]

Hi, I'm new to PXR and kind of joined WAR just for this, haha! (I'm from the BMGf branch of the URPG, but I never really had the time to hop on over here. Seems super awesome, though, and I hope to stick around!)

Username: Elysia
WAR Team: Yoga Bears
Link to Art: River in the Sky (http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/nature_zpsd44b8fd8.png)
Art Submission: http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/nature_zpsd44b8fd8.png

I, uh, hope this is okay! ^^

[Dragon Master Mike]

Username: Dragon Master Mike
WAR Team: Team Awesome
Link to Art: I took two pictures of the painting. Picture One (http://oi58.tinypic.com/wrl3sx.jpg), Picture two. (http://oi61.tinypic.com/2wno4rs.jpg)

If for some reason I'm not allowed to put two pictures of it, use picture one.

Art Submission:

Pic #1
http://oi58.tinypic.com/wrl3sx.jpg

Pic #2
http://oi61.tinypic.com/2wno4rs.jpg


Took around 9-10 hours. I work slow, could probably have gotten it done faster.

This was behind a vacation house I used to have. The place wasn't totally the middle of nowhere, but compared to where I lived at the time, it might as well have been. I felt totally at one with nature there, which is why I thought this picture would be perfect for the theme.

Yes, this is the one that i keep saying I was working on, and I finished it this week for the contest.

[Coru]

You only have a few hours left to enter the competition! If you plan to enter, make sure you do it in the next few hours.

There have have been great submissions entered so far. They are so different, but they all have their own shine that shows how the artist admires nature. Keep up the good work! I should have the results and next theme posted early on Monday. As I volunteer on a Sunday, I doubt I will be able to get them up on Sundays. I will try, but as I found out last week, it is quite tricky as I don't have much free time on a Sunday. I have a great idea for a theme, so I am looking forward to how you all show it in your art. Good Luck!

[Felly]

Took a picture of it given that it's very last minute, but I wanted to enter anyways. :3 Picture quality isn't horrid, thankfully. The bottom corner on the right is cut off, but it's just the blue of the background, and there's nothing of great importance there.

Username: Felly
WAR Team: Yoga Bears
Link to Art: Click. (http://i62.tinypic.com/ejvnlg.jpg)
Art Submission: http://i62.tinypic.com/ejvnlg.jpg

[Coru]

The judging and the winners are posted!
Also, the new Theme for week three is posted!
Good Luck everyone and well done everyone who entered Week Two!
I've had this idea from the start but i'm going to alternate each week between different art styles. On week 1,3 and 5 I will choose a theme that is more cartoon based but on weeks 2 and 4 I will choose a theme that is slightly more realism based. Therefore the contest will try to be fairer to each artist as some art better at realism that cartoon and vice versa.

[VeloJello]

Can we depict multiple Pokemon, ie the fakemon's whole line, in our entry?

[Elysia]

Wow, I actually did something! Wheeeee~~

Also, would alternate formes for pre-existing Pokemon count as a Fakemon? Ie Shaymin-Sky for Shaymin, or the Therian Formes for the genie trio? (Uh to clarify more, not that I intend to draw Shaymin-Sky or something, but an alternate forme of a Pokemon that doesn't already have one?)

[Coru]

Can we depict multiple Pokemon, ie the fakemon's whole line, in our entry?
Yeah, that should be fine as it is still fakemon.

Wow, I actually did something! Wheeeee~~

Also, would alternate formes for pre-existing Pokemon count as a Fakemon? Ie Shaymin-Sky for Shaymin, or the Therian Formes for the genie trio? (Uh to clarify more, not that I intend to draw Shaymin-Sky or something, but an alternate forme of a Pokemon that doesn't already have one?)
I would say that it would need to be a completely different pokemon, sorry. I feel like doing a different form of a pokemon would be too close to week One's theme, which was Mega-Evolutions. Sorry. You could make an evolution of the pokemon though, so the alternate form could be classed as an evolution as long as it looks different enough from the original pokemon which it would evolve from. Hopefully that makes sense.

[XaiakuX]

Galyonx

Dragon/Fairy


Ht: 2'4"

Wt: 9 lbs.


Entry:

Despite its small size, it is capable of incredible special powers that can take down the biggest of foes. The golden ornament on its jaw is worn to intimidate enemies into thinking its bite is worse than its bark.

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/205/f/5/galyonx_by_xaiakux-d7s1cm5.jpg

To further explain this fella. Most Pokémon of the Fairy type are depicted as cute and fluffy. Not all fairies are such things. Some can be relatively sinister and creepy looking. Combining such a creature with a Dragon? It's going to look a little strange, but still kinda cool. To better explain the epic jaw thing, it's an ornament, because fairies are attracted to shiny objects, while Dragons covet gold and gems. It's safe to say that the ornament it wears is worth quite a lot of money.

[Brettles]

Username:Brettles
WAR Team: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: Pyquad (http://tinypic.com/r/bfieps/8)

Pokedex: Pyquad, the Hydra Pokémon. Pyquad is a Poison-type. Impossible to sneak up on, Pyquad watches in four directions as once, and always has at least one head awake.
Art Submission: http://i59.tinypic.com/bfieps.png

[Shiny Totodile]

Username: Shiny Totodile
WAR Team: Team Magma
Link to Art: http://mrcoolbro3.deviantart.com/art/Alterion-470493817?ga_submit_new=10%253A1406241893
Art Submission:http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2014/205/5/3/alterion_by_mrcoolbro3-d7s4bcp.png
Pokedex:This Pokémon is most commonly found flying in the sky above the clouds. Whenever a child is left unattended and is seen by this Pokémon it will land on the ground near the child, and if it gets on, the Alterion will take it far away.
Name:Alterion

I was thinking of Drifblim while I made the definition. XD

[PV]

Username: Prince Vultan
WAR Team: Yoga Bears
Link to Art: http://postimg.org/image/551ro6wy7/
Art Submission: http://s27.postimg.org/5ukk0jxhu/20140726_054709_1.jpg

Warcupine, the Spike pokemon.
Height: 5'6
Weight: 200lbs
Typing: Ground/Fighting

Warcupine hunt in packs and are known to be very vicious Pokemon. The red bands around their body channel the energy of their muscles further into Pure Power.

[Elysia]

^the above deleted post was a request asking when the deadline was because I wasn't sure if I was going to make it in time, but I think I made it, so deleted for no double-posting?


First, a joke, courtesy of a thirty-second doodle in the URPG AIM Chats. This is not my actual submission (I understand we only get one?), but Felly made me.
Username: Elysia
Team: Team Yoga Bears
Link to Art: http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/no_zps53fece45.png
Art Submission: http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/no_zps53fece45.png

Budducks, the Butt Duck Pokemon. Normal-type. Specialists spent several years trying to determine any useful function for Budduck's strange shape. They did not find any.

haha I am like twelve

Actual Submission
Username: Elysia
War Team: Team Yoga Bears
Link to Art: http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/morimaga_zpseecf2d0c.png
Art Submission: http://i1316.photobucket.com/albums/t611/Fields_of_Elysia/morimaga_zpseecf2d0c.png

(I was going to design the entire line but ran out of time. The two on the left are pre-evos, but the submission is the Pokemon on the far right which is actually colored and stuff)

Morimaga, the Silkmoth Pokemon. Ghost/Bug. Many believe that the thread wrapped around its body is used to measure the lives of Pokemon. Although it cannot be proven, Morimaga are said to cut these threads when a Pokemon reaches the end of its lifespan.

Background/designer thoughts:
Never did a Fakemon before. This was really fun!

I went in wanting to do something pertaining to Greek Myth, because that's my standard fallback on things, and also because most of the good Japanese legends have been taken by GameFreak already. I settled on the concept of the Moirai, or the three fates, which are said to spin, measure, and cut the threads of life for mortals. This made the idea of a ghost Fakemon seem pretty cool (and also ghosts are fun to draw and purple is an awesome color), and I settled on Ghost/Bug because I didn't really know what other type is string-related. I based this on silkworm larvae and silkworm moths, if only because spiders are hard to keep track of all of the legs and because I wanted to incorporate the cloaky/wings aspect (the Moirai are depicted as a trio white-robed women). I liked the three-part evolution line because it fit the spinner/measurer/cutter aspect of the three fates, and here we all are.

I also wanted to subvert the typical first-route-weak-bug thing in games. As a kid, I always wanted to use my Caterpie/Butterfree because it was the first Pokemon I ever caught and we were awesome together, but statwise, the first-route bugs really start to fall behind. Here, the first evolution (Clovae, pure-Bug type, and its body is made up of dobbins but its hard to see in the sketch haha) is weak akin to its counterparts (ie Caterpie/Weedle/Wurmple), as is Lachrylis (pure-Bug), the second evolution. However, at a much higher-than-normal level, Lachrylis will evolve into Morimaga, a fairly-fast and heavy-hitting special attacker.

Morimaga is a portmanteau of "Mori" (derived from Moirai, the collective name for the three fates because Atrophly would've been great and fit with the naming scheme but not a moth as well as deriving from the Latin name of the silkworm, Bombyx mori) and "imago," the final stage of insect metamorphoses.

Also, imago is just a really fun word to say.

[VeloJello]

Username: Velocity!
WAR Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: Manticore monsters. (http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/photophinish_2007/5FD75839-4B17-4755-ADA4-A47936739D09_zpscffk9hmc.jpg)
Art Submission: http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb320/photophinish_2007/5FD75839-4B17-4755-ADA4-A47936739D09_zpscffk9hmc.jpg

You know what we need? A manticore line. You're welcome. From left to right, we have:

Culeo, the Cub Pokemon. Fairy Type, Defiant or Intimidate abilities; Huge Power hidden ability. Culeo sleeps for more than half the day, conserving its energy for evolution. If its sleep is interrupted, it will lash out with its razor sharp tail.

Noblion, the Lion Pokemon. Fairy/Poison Type, Defiant or Intimidate abilities; Huge Power hidden ability. Noblion is constantly searching for a fight in order to get stronger. By the time it is ready to evolve, it can deliver one strike with its tail each second.

Panthicore, the Manticore Pokemon. Fairy/Poison Type, Defiant or Intimidate abilities; Huge Power hidden ability. Panthicore's trumpet-like roar shakes the ground, and its toxic tail is strong enough to cut through solid steel. It does not get into fights on purpose, but once challenged it will never back down.

i was going to slap a background on this but never got the chance because life stuff. oops

[Coru]

I'm glad you could finish it on time, but you may still have time to finish the prevolutions as I am going to bump up the deadline one day. I like the whole Idea you went for.
All of the submissions look great so far, I'm impressed. They all look so unique and would look great as real pokemon. well done!
I have now decided that as I do not usually have the time to judge the artwork on a Sunday, from this week onwards, the deadline will be Sundays at Midnight, therefore the deadline has been pushed back one day. Therefore you have an extra day and it will fit better with my week as Sundays are usually a busy day. Hopefully this will benefit everyone and it shouldn't delay the results being posted on the Monday.

[Steel Lunpara]

Username: The Frost Dragon (geez, I have to sound pretentious with a name like that.)
WAR Team: Trainer
Link to Art: I almost posted with a version that had no shading. That would have been a nightmare, huh? (http://oi61.tinypic.com/34614j8.jpg)
Art Submission: http://oi61.tinypic.com/34614j8.jpg

Coryco, the dragon bat pokemon. A Dark and Flying type. Abilities are Klutz or Defeatist, or Dark Aura as a hidden ability. Noted for its calm attitude, it will attack when irritated enough, but has cowardly tendencies when it feels it is in true danger.

"So is it a dragon or a bat?" I pretend to hear you ask! I respond by chuckling dissaprovingly and running away without actually answering the question.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I went for an ink on watercolour style this week. I'm not sure I quite pulled it off, but it was fun to try. XD;

Username: Pokemon Trainer Sarah
WAR Team: Trainer
Link to Art: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pokemontrainersarah/florasaurs1.png
Art Submission:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pokemontrainersarah/florasaurs1.png


Floraptor the Young Dino Pokemon
Type: Grass
Ability: Strong Jaws/Chlorophyll
This Pokemon lives in dense forests, where its strong hind legs let it move quickly. It uses part of the egg it hatched from as armor and its cries attract Florex.

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Florex the Predator Pokemon
Type: Grass/Dragon
Ability: Strong Jaws/Chlorophyll
Florex's camouflaged body allows it to hide in forest areas and ambush prey. Its bones are light, allowing it to be extremely agile, even in thick foliage. Despite its tough demeanor, it protects its young fiercely.

[3m0d0ll]

Wow, mine is so lack-luster compared to these latest ones. D:

Username: 3m0d0ll.
WAR Team: Team Aqua.
Link to Art: Woosh. (http://i.imgur.com/vGYjSoQ.png)
Art Submission:
http://i.imgur.com/vGYjSoQ.png


Vertiesea - from the German words Vergiften, meaning pollution, and Tiesee, meaning deep ocean.
Type: Poison/Water.
Abilities: Poison Touch/Illuminate.
Height: 2'00"/0.6m
Weight: 3.7 lbs/1.7 kg

"They glow a faint yellow and smell like excreted stool. Their four asymmetrical eyes make it difficult to understand their intentions. The weak swimmers float with the current, feasting mainly on the salts and minerals found in ocean water."

The side view mainly exists to show that Vertiesea's spines go down the middle of his back, and that the top four are not darkened.

If you would like more information on the background if this Pokemon, please read my submission to Creative Writing, here (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?4058-WAR-SOLR-Infection&p=99981#post99981).

[Suicune's Fire]

Username: Suicune's Fire
WAR Team: Team Aqua
Link to Art: Bocalf (http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/208/5/5/bocalf_by_goldflareon-d7skn9d.png)
Art Submission:
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2014/208/a/c/bocalf_by_goldflareon-d7skr4t.png

Bocalf (from bovine and calf), a Normal type Pokémon and the pre-evolved form of both Miltank and Tauros. The males evolve into Tauros and the females into Miltank. The males are known for their feisty temperaments, charging at anything they deem an appropriate target. The females tend to be more relaxed, although that isn't to say that they don't pack a punch either. Even though their horns are smaller than the males', the females are just as dangerous. Male Bocalf's two tails split upon evolution, where as the females' tails meld together to form a single tail.

Shinies included!


Glad I got an entry in, although there are so many great entries this round that I don't think I stand much of a chance. xD


~SF.

[Coru]

The results are now up! Sorry they are slightly later today. I've been having dodgy internet connection lately so I haven't managed to get on much today to get the results up, but they are up now, as well as the new weekly theme.

This took me twice the time to judge too due to the really detailed entries. I didn't expect all that detail that everyone put into the entries, it was really surprising and I had a lot of genuine fun reading them all. Well Done everyone!

NOTICE: There will be no third place this week. This is because there was a tie during the first week of the war and I gave out an extra point. I will need to balance this out by removing one point from one week, which will be this week. As third place receives one point, I will just remove third place. This is only for this week. Next week, there will be all three places. It is to make sure I do not end up giving away too many points and the final tally not adding up.

Everyone submitted great art last week, I am really impressed, it was great! Hopefully I will see some more great art this week.
Also, next week is the final week of the war. I want to have a big finale theme for week five. I need ideas for it and I would like the entrants to have a say. Feel free to post here ideas on what you would like next weeks final theme to be and I will take them into consideration and maybe even combine a few.
Good Luck everyone!

[Suicune's Fire]

Yay, second place, thanks! I was going to go with an unrelated-to-a-pre-existing-pokemon fakemon, but I had too many ideas and nothing concrete and I'd always wanted to do a miltank/tauros pre-evo. xD I nearly did a scyther pre-evolution but decided to stick with the miltank/tauros one. But life sounds like a really cool theme to go with. O: I'm sure people can get a lot out of that! Congrats to XaiakuX and Velocity! ^v^


~SF.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Congrats guys! Definitely deserving winners, and so many cool ideas in this thread!

[VeloJello]

Suicune's Fire, thanks a lot! You've been pretty stiff competition thus far yourself, and it's really cool that you included the shiny forms - I never even thought of that!

Corrupt_Voidlich, GUESS WHO HAS A QUESTION (it me). I'm not sure where I'm going yet, but I want to check with you - is blood kosher? I'm not going to draw exposed guts or anything similar, but it would be helpful to know whether I can add a splash of 'ketchup'.

[Chibi Altaria]

All these Drawn Art themes seem to coincide with those for Creative Writing. It really exhausts my creative juices. xD

[Suicune's Fire]

Suicune's Fire, thanks a lot! You've been pretty stiff competition thus far yourself, and it's really cool that you included the shiny forms - I never even thought of that!

No worries, bro-sis cookie! 8D Haha yay. c: Glad I can be competition. AS WELL AS A RUTHLESS JUDGE, RIGHT?! ...Or not ruthless. Lol. And haha, I see it so much on fakemon pictures so I thought it would be fitting. x) I loved your ones, especially their descriptions. O:

Lunar Latias, they do? How so? xD Life and nature... I guess I can see how they're linked, although not really, considering this is week four's theme and nature was week three's CW theme.


~SF.

[Chibi Altaria]

No worries, bro-sis cookie! 8D Haha yay. c: Glad I can be competition. AS WELL AS A RUTHLESS JUDGE, RIGHT?! ...Or not ruthless. Lol. And haha, I see it so much on fakemon pictures so I thought it would be fitting. x) I loved your ones, especially their descriptions. O:

Lunar Latias, they do? How so? xD Life and nature... I guess I can see how they're linked, although not really, considering this is week four's theme and nature was week three's CW theme.


~SF.



I don't know. Maybe it's just how I link them. Either way, the story I just entered in CW has a direct link to this week's Drawn Art theme. Only obviously not drawn. xD

[Coru]

I didn't realize they seemed to fit together, but I can see that now. What a strange coincidence, haha. I was trying to go for something very open ended this week so people aren't restricted too much, and I thought of this without realizing that it went together with one of the writing themes.

Also Velocity you may add blood to your drawing. As long as you don't go too overboard with it that will be fine as it will make it more realistic. Don't add too much blood and gore though. :)

[Neo Emolga]

Actually, I think Lunar Latias was referring to how Week 4's Drawn Art matches Week 1's Creative Writing (Afterlife) and Week 2's Drawn Art matches Week 3's Creative Writing (Nature)

[Chibi Altaria]

Actually, I think Lunar Latias was referring to how Week 4's Drawn Art matches Week 1's Creative Writing (Afterlife) and Week 2's Drawn Art matches Week 3's Creative Writing (Nature)



Bingo. I meant the themes as a whole, in general. They're actually quite close. I was hoping for variation - mind you I'm not sure you consorted with the other judges so you could not have known.

Despite that, I'm still going to try to enter! I have fragments of an idea playing about in my head. xD

[Brettles]

Username:Brettles
WAR Team: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: image (http://tinypic.com/r/v8kj9v/8)
Art Submission:
Cubone has been searching for his mother. He doesn't understand where she has gone!
http://i60.tinypic.com/v8kj9v.png

[XaiakuX]

Username: XaiakuX

WAR Team: Awesome

Link to Art: The Death Sentence (http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/SirX-kun/Drawings/Incarceration.jpg)

Art Submission:

A man is sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit. At the same time, the man had brought a child into the world. A good man, honorable man, and respectable man. Because he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, he will never get to see his son grow up to be the same kind of man. His son will never know his father. He will wonder, he will have questions, and he will learn the truth.

http://i650.photobucket.com/albums/uu222/SirX-kun/Drawings/Incarceration.jpg

To further explain my style, I had planned to go a completely different direction with this when I drew the Reaper and the Man in the center. My plan changed when I decided to place a child into the scenario. So if everything seems a little off on the right side of the image, that's why. As far as the extra bits of grey floating around the image, I decided to keep them in place for effects, It sort of helps ME bring the image together a little bit. I also want to point out that I (for the most part) erase the background and made it black. I suppose I did this merely to emphasize the dark mood of the story and thus the art. Other than all of that, I did this drawing with a mechanical pencil and some colored pencils.

[VeloJello]

Username: Velocity!
WAR Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: Up From the Ashes. (https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png)
Art Submission:
https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png

There's a lot of life-and-death-related imagery surrounding birds, and I feel like the phoenix is the cumulation of that, symbolizing both sides of the coin in one. The phoenix dies in order to bring forth new life - not unlike trees after a forest fire. The fire has the potential to destroy, but sometimes it comes as a purge, clearing away the old in order to bring the new forward. That's what this phoenix is doing - using its power to bring life back to the ruined forest. Life and Death is a complicated subject, and so I decided to condense it into something closer to rebirth.

TL;DR, Life and Death is really complex, the concept of rebirth and purification by fire is very interesting to me, and I love to draw birds and glowy bits.

[Chibi Altaria]

Username:Brettles
WAR Team: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: image (http://tinypic.com/r/v8kj9v/8)
Art Submission:
Cubone has been searching for his mother. He doesn't understand where she has gone!
http://i60.tinypic.com/v8kj9v.png


Totally stole my idea. xD Though it's okay because I didn't have the time to finish my entry. Darnit.

[XaiakuX]

Username: Velocity!
WAR Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: Up From the Ashes. (https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png)
Art Submission:
https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png

There's a lot of life-and-death-related imagery surrounding birds, and I feel like the phoenix is the cumulation of that, symbolizing both sides of the coin in one. The phoenix dies in order to bring forth new life - not unlike trees after a forest fire. The fire has the potential to destroy, but sometimes it comes as a purge, clearing away the old in order to bring the new forward. That's what this phoenix is doing - using its power to bring life back to the ruined forest. Life and Death is a complicated subject, and so I decided to condense it into something closer to rebirth.

TL;DR, Life and Death is really complex, the concept of rebirth and purification by fire is very interesting to me, and I love to draw birds and glowy bits.

Get out of here with that awesome thing. D:

[Dragon Master Mike]

Username: Velocity!
WAR Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: Up From the Ashes. (https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png)
Art Submission:
https://38.media.tumblr.com/cb2a1fc6923c81d616f249c3a58fafa0/tumblr_n9qv0o7aD71txj99jo1_1280.png

There's a lot of life-and-death-related imagery surrounding birds, and I feel like the phoenix is the cumulation of that, symbolizing both sides of the coin in one. The phoenix dies in order to bring forth new life - not unlike trees after a forest fire. The fire has the potential to destroy, but sometimes it comes as a purge, clearing away the old in order to bring the new forward. That's what this phoenix is doing - using its power to bring life back to the ruined forest. Life and Death is a complicated subject, and so I decided to condense it into something closer to rebirth.

TL;DR, Life and Death is really complex, the concept of rebirth and purification by fire is very interesting to me, and I love to draw birds and glowy bits.

Oh my god. This is just. Literally incredible. This is like, amazing! Are you like, a professional Digital artist or something?

[VeloJello]

XaiakuX, Dragon Master Mike - cease and desist immediately because y'all are going to make me blush.

Mike, I'm not a professional, although I do hope to be someday once I'm out of college and such. What skill I have I have because I've been drawing digitally for several years; I practice nearly every single day, and I study a lot of other digital artists' work too. So while I'm not yet making money off of it, it's something I've been doing and have been dedicated to for quite a long time.

But seriously, thanks a lot for the nice words. It means a lot. :O

[Neo Emolga]

Yeah... Velocity is quite frankly the main reason why I decided not to bother with Drawn Art this year...

If there was like an "Art Newbies" competition, maybe I'd be more at home with that. :P

[Shiny Totodile]

Looks like Velocity did win!

[Coru]

The results and the new theme is up. Only one week left!
It has been a great War, and it has been amazing judging it and getting to see all of the great work entered here. I am amazed at the quality of work that some people post. It is a wonder that some of you aren't working as professional graphic or traditional artists.

I hope the final theme is clear and I hope you enjoy it. I didn't know what to do so I just thought that I should combine the idea of war and pokemon together and as there is a pokemon war theory floating around it would be relevant. It was also a bit of an acknowledgement of the 100th year anniversary of World War I which was yesterday.

I think I am going to do a section when I have judged the final week. It will be at the bottom of the first post and it will be a sort of 'notable mentions' where I will look throughout everyone who has entered and I will mention some for things they have achieved, such as becoming 1st/2nd/3rd a certain amount of times or for entering every week or popular work etc. Therefore it will give acknowledgement to everyone and it will show that they have still achieved something even if they did not win any points in the competitions. What do you think?

Good Luck everyone!

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I think I am going to do a section when I have judged the final week. It will be at the bottom of the first post and it will be a sort of 'notable mentions' where I will look throughout everyone who has entered and I will mention some for things they have achieved, such as becoming 1st/2nd/3rd a certain amount of times or for entering every week or popular work etc. Therefore it will give acknowledgement to everyone and it will show that they have still achieved something even if they did not win any points in the competitions. What do you think?

Good Luck everyone!
I think that's a nice idea, Coru! Everyone should really be congratulated on their entries. It's been really cool to see them each week! :D

Congrats to the winners for this week. It was pretty close!

[Steel Lunpara]

Yeah... Velocity is quite frankly the main reason why I decided not to bother with Drawn Art this year...

If there was like an "Art Newbies" competition, maybe I'd be more at home with that. :P

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what's happening in sprite art right now. Speed-X has won literally all of the weeks so far, then it's Pokemon Trainer Sarah is doing really well, and god forbid what would happen if Graceful Suicune weren't the judge for the category.

[Brettles]

Username: Brettles
WAR Team: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Link to Art: this file (http://i61.tinypic.com/1zyu4xu.jpg)
Art Submission: "The eternal war", "Standoff"
http://i61.tinypic.com/1zyu4xu.jpg

[VeloJello]

Username: Velocity!
Team: Awesome!
Link to Art: Trespasser, Trespasser. (https://31.media.tumblr.com/07e5cceb0a527c78f32f2b507fd9f4d7/tumblr_na3pw9FodZ1txj99jo1_1280.png)
(Warning: bright colors, mild blood)
Art Submission: https://31.media.tumblr.com/07e5cceb0a527c78f32f2b507fd9f4d7/tumblr_na3pw9FodZ1txj99jo1_1280.png

Y'know how crows mob raptors that come too close to their nests? I figure that this would be sort of similar, albeit on a larger and deadlier scale.

I'm not sure what possessed me to set this scene underneath a rock arch, because I have very little experience drawing rocks, but oh well, live and learn. The amount of experimentation that went on here is pretty high; not sure how successful I was, haha.

[Steel Lunpara]

Username: The Frost Dragon
Team: Trainer
Link to Art: Swordfighting for swordfighting's sake. (http://i62.tinypic.com/64jvp4.png)
Art Submission: http://i62.tinypic.com/64jvp4.png

Some random facts related to the picture: I don't like curved swords as much as straight swords. That buizel is the one from my avatar, but it is neither me nor someone who would be fighting. The reason I decided to give them swords is because of Joshua, of Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones. Male Gardevoir can be cool, despite the fact that this is not male Gardevoir. I'm almost definitely not going to get first place. Abstract backgrounds are strange. Random facts in paragraph form seem disjointed and weird. The original version of this picture is gigantic.

[Chibi Altaria]

Username: Lunar Latias
Team: Team Aqua
Link to Art: Which One is Better? Original vs Mega!
Art Submission:

http://i59.tinypic.com/30j5sug.png

I RAN OUT OF TIME TO COMPLETE IT. ;n; For the longest time I've wanted to draw Mega Sceptile - so here!

[XaiakuX]

Username: Lunar Latias
Team: Team Aqua
Link to Art: Which One is Better? Original vs Mega!
Art Submission:

http://i59.tinypic.com/30j5sug.png

I RAN OUT OF TIME TO COMPLETE IT. ;n; For the longest time I've wanted to draw Mega Sceptile - so here!

Oh, come on! How am I supposed to compete against that? D:

I'll give it a shot.

Yes, I know.. lots of stray lines. Poor coloring. It was a last minute idea, and I don't really have time for perfection. I feel terrible about it, buuuuuut. I liked the idea, so I had to run with it. Forgive me.

Edit: I FORGOT TO DRAW THE SCIZOR WINGS! I GET ALL THE WAY TO THIS POINTS AND I ONLY JUST REALIZE THAT! Ffffffffffffffffffuu..-

Username: XaiakuX
Team: Team Awesome
Link to Art: Terminus (http://xaiakux.deviantart.com/art/Terminus-474825664)
Art Submission:


http://th00.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2014/223/8/9/terminus_by_xaiakux-d7up5ts.jpg

[Coru]

So, the results for the final week have been posted, meaning that this brings a close to the Drawn Art contest of PXR's War Season 1. I must admit, I have been amazed by all of the work submitted, no matter where you placed and how many points you won for your teams over the course of these five weeks, all that participated are talented artists. I honestly did not expect the standard I ended up judging when I first agreed to host this contest. It has been a pleasure hosting this and getting to see all of your work that you created.

I hope that you all have enjoyed this contest and I hope you all were satisfied with my Judging and the themes I chose. I am glad I ended up hosting this. Keep up all the good Arty work everyone!

The special mentions section will be edited into the first post some time tomorrow and I will try to commend as many people as possible so no one is left out and everyone is appreciated for the work they put into this contest. I thought earlier, would it be possible if the Special Mentions could be made into Tokens for the profiles of the people who were awarded with them? Would that work or would it be too much of a hassle. I will make the little token things as I need to make the banners for the results anyway so it wouldn't be much more of an issue and I was planning to make some anyway as a bit of a visual aid anyway. I guess that is another thing to look forward to as well then.

Thank you all for participating and I hope I can be here to do something similar in another event as I had so much fun doing this one. :)

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Thanks so much for running this contest, Coru! you're an awesome judge and it's great that you could help everyone with constructive criticism. I know I definitely found it helpful!

Congrats to this weeks winners! I loved your pic Gem! Mega Sceptile is awesome! And Velocity did some great work as always! And a special shout out to my buddy The Frost Dragon for getting Team Trainer a point! Great job! :D

Seriously impressive you guys! PXR's got talent!

[Chibi Altaria]

I won? O: Yays! But now I'll have to complete my picture when I have some spare time. :D

Congrats to everyone else who entered, too! Not just those who got points. I'm glad to have participated in PxR's first WAR. C': Next time I'm petitioning for Graphic Art as well!

[Steel Lunpara]

I did it? I actually scored a point? Well... Considering the competition, that's pretty awesome! Or... Cool, I guess, what with a certain team preventing us from saying the word awesome. It was a lot of fun, I'm happy to have made at least a little bit of a difference in this war!

And for the record, the reason gardevoir's legs look weird probably has something to do with the fact that I have no idea if she even has legs. I mean seriously, look at the official art. I haven't the slightest clue.