A nice sprite contest. [r10 open for entries: version-exclusive mixes!]

[Sebastian Moran]

I've made a contest topic, wow.

This is how it will work.
-I announce a specification for the round. e.g. mixes.
-You have 72 hours (3 days) to submit your sprite to me via PM.
-I put the sprites up in an anonymous poll (ooh).
-The poll will stay up for roughly 72 hours (3 days).
-Awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd are then given accordingly, as well as an award for my personal favourite.
-Yes you can vote in the poll, yes you can vote for yourself if you want.
-Everyone has a lovely time.

Extra information:
-You do one round at a time, and you can enter as many or as few as you like, you don't have to sign up or anything.
-Places will not be saved. You either submit a sprite before the closing time or you don't. If you get yours to me just a bit late it doesn't matter, provided that I haven't yet set up the voting poll.
-The sprites that you submit to me will be reuploaded for the duration of this contest, and taken down once the poll is over.
-No gif animations, please, and no sprite tags (no adding your name).
-I will make your sprite transparent for you, if it isn't already.
-Only pixel art will be accepted. that is to say, no gradients or textures or brushes. The sprites should be made pixel by pixel, using flat colours (dithering is accepted). Put simply, they should match the style of the in-game sprites.
-Don't post your sprites here. It won't disqualify you, but if they're not PMd to me they won't be entered.
-If your sprite doesn't fit the specifications for the round then I won't accept it. Because I'm a killjoy. So yeah, read the below "details" carefully. Most of it should be obvious/same as usual.

Ok I think that's everything. Let me know if you have any questions. 
 
Previous Rounds:
Round 1: Archeops recolour - over!

Round 2: Fire/water type mix - over!

Round 3: Pokémon/Trainer mix - over

Round 4: MS Paint recoloured bugs - over

Round 5: Type swap to fire type - over

Round 6: Revamp a grass type from Gen II - over

Round 7: Mix scoliopede & breloom - over

Round 8: Recolour devamps - over

Round 9: Revamp Kingler from Green - poll now open!
Round 10: Version-exclusive mixes - now open for submissions! - 1 entry so far!
Round 11: ???

Now accepting submissions for round 10:
Version-exclusive mixes

DETAILS FOR THIS ROUND:
Mix two pokémon together, one exclusive to one game of a generation, the other exclusive to the other game. Ignore exclusives for "third" games like yellow or emerald, and ignore spin-off games.
Example: purugly (exclusive to pearl) mixed with skuntank (exclusive to diamond).
Example: ekans (exclusive to fire red) mixed with misdreavus (exclusive to leaf green).

The pokémon must be from the same generation! So spinarak (exclusive to gold) mixed with lotad (exclusive to sapphire) would not be accepted. Just check a list of exclusives to make sure they're both exclusives in the same pair of games.
Don't worry about extra specifics (e.g. in-game trading): so long as the pokmémon are on the list, they should be grand.
Lists of version exclusive pokémon can be found online, including on pkmn.net: B/W2, DP.

Number of pokémon to mix: Two.
Sprites allowed: full colour, so Gen III and up. Please use an official sprite for the base, but you can scratch bits of the sprite.
Shiny colours allowed?: No.

Feel free to ask any questions, but remember: no sprite tags or animations.
Please PM your sprites to me any time before Thursday October 10th, 6:00pm (UK/Ireland time zone).
(that is, 1:00pm EDT, 10:00am PDT). This will be when the poll closes.

Pokémon sprites can be found on pkmn.net, or there's the spriter's resource site for any others.

[Spriter]

Well, I don't sprite very often, but I don't see why I can't try this.

I'm giving it a go.

[Jackal]

If one were to ass patterns as part of the recolor, would that go against specifications?

[Sebastian Moran]

yup, patterns and things are allowed. 
so long as it doesn't look as though something physical has been added onto the pokemon's body, if that makes sense. basically the outline should remain the same. 
 

[Jackal]

I was only asking for future reference. I don't see how easy Archeops would be to work with if one were to add patterns. he has barely any surface to work on. but if anyone can then awesome!

[Sebastian Moran]

it's cool, questions are always allowed haha. 
one day left for submissions woah. 
four so far, so that could well work out as a trophy for everyone. 
i intend to decide which sprite wins the "favourite" award before voting starts/ends, to try and stop it from influencing my decision. but not yet, in case there's (hopefully!) more entries. 
   
 

[Jackal]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR DA Poooooooooll

[Sebastian Moran]

okay, the poll is up and submissions for round 2 are now ready to be accepted! 
thanks to everyone who entered, and hopefully there will be a good number of people voting. 
 
results will be hidden until voting is over, but you can change your vote. 
please don't discuss who you voted with in the topic though, otherwise there'd be no point in it being anonymous haha. 
 

[Jackal]

are we allowed to scratch any parts of it? just minor things, related to the two sprites being fused?

[Sebastian Moran]

you can scratch almost all of it if you like (apart from the base sprite, you should base it on an existing sprite of a fire-type pokémon).. whatever you think looks best/flows smoothly. 
so if you wanted to add, say, lumineon's fins but they looked awkward having copied and pasted them, then you could draw its fins yourself directly onto the sprite. and so on. yup <: 
 
the basic rule is that i should be able to tell which two pokémon have been fused together, and i can easily find out what base sprite you used by looking at a list of them. 
 

[Jackal]

Ready for another question? Say I wanted to put a pattern of a pokemon onto the base I am working with, but I already used something to fuse. Is that against regs?

[Sebastian Moran]

a bit late answering but no, you can fuse as much as you like onto the base, so long as it's still recognisable what the base was. otherwise youd end up with a stance swap rather than a mix :v 
 
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round one is over! phew. here are some trophies! 
well, plaques. 



sorry about the late changeover, i was out of action yesterday due to... uh... hangover. professional! 
but im back now so thats grand hurray! 
voting for round 2 is open and round 3 is also accepting sprites woo! 
will be interesting to see how many people give it a go, but hey. if its less than four then everyone wins.

[Spriter]

Yay I was second! Thanks, loving the plaque. Might put it in my sig if I feel like it

[Wolstenholme]

Why does my plaque say Wolverholme?   

Honestly, Mark! 

[Sebastian Moran]

Why does my plaque say Wolverholme?   

Honestly, Mark! 

i have no idea what youre talking about.