[WAR] ●Drawn Art●

[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 (by Nei-Nei) 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
That should be fine, yeah. I'll look forward to seeing what you come up with
@Suicune's Fire
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
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
Art Submission:

Spoiler:

[Chibi Altaria]

@Lunar Latias
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.