Name: Speed-X
What sections are you applying for?
Pixel art! Duh! :D
What is your experience in the area(s) you want to be a judge for?
I was in last year's WAR, though I really didn't participate much. I only participated in one section...so I was really surprised when I got the "[WAR I] [3rd] Most Valuable Player" token! o A o And yeah, I'm still a budding pixel artist of about somewhere around ten years or so. It's just what I do!
If chosen for the judging position, how would you go about judging it and distributing points?
Wow. I typed up a WHOLE BUTTLOAD of stuff earlier and then my computer magically shut down and now everything is LOST. T^T I'll try to remember everything that I said.
I'd like for this year to be a little different than last year. Instead of focusing on the mainstream stuff such as the recolors, fusions, retypes, and whatnot, I'd like to change things up a little bit so that they're both more interesting AND fun. That's not to say it won't still be related to Pokemon, though; plus Xanthe did a really good job last year with pushing this category into the right direction. :> The thing is with a lot of the art sections is that as the weeks progress, people lose interest because the challenges get to be too difficult and require more prior knowledge on the category. I'd like to think this is really bad with the pixel art section since we have so few pixel artists here.
So the actual quality of the art will be important, sure, but I'd like to focus just as much on creativity and innovation as well as quality. After all, when it comes to art, creativity is a BIG factor. Though mind you, we won't get into anything absurd like intricate character design (Fakemon). That's a little too much...and that's not really what we want to focus on! I just want to make it so that the super-creative minds have almost just as much of a chance at winning as the more skilled artists.
I think that when it comes to the art section, fewer novices join because they feel intimidated by the more experienced participants. While I can't TOTALLY control this, I plan to make it so that anyone can jump in at just about any time. And I'm hoping for a similar turnout to last year's WAR, in which a couple of pixel art novices joined in on the fun, stuck with it through to the end, and actually learned a lot from the critiques they received. :D I want to make it challenging but fun! Of course I also need to go relatively easy on the judging as well. I'll make sure that along with what was wrong with the entry I'll provide pieces of advice and point out the things that I enjoyed about their entry, since we want them to keep coming back. ^^ Being harsh is a great way to get your point across, but we want this war to be as un-elitist as possible. :>
Oh and as for the points, most likely the standard format: 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd, 1 for 3rd.
Wait...is it supposed to be 2 for 1st and 1 for 2nd?
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