Design a Coat Contest! - ENDED
Aug 17, 2012 17:58:23 GMT -5
Post by Aries on Aug 17, 2012 17:58:23 GMT -5
Hey guys, I thought I'd run a quick contest to up activity and introduce custom coats. Your task is to design a coat of your own on one of our aboriginal linearts (you can find pixel linearts below for you MS paint users).
RULES These rules should be followed when creating your design. If you're unsure about something in your design you can send me a PM about it.01 Do not base your design entirely off of an existing animal. This contest is all about what you can come up with.
02 If unnatural colors are used in the design, do not use more than two. Unnatural colors should not cover more than 30% of your design. If you are unsure of what colors are considered "natural", check the coat color rarity, all of the coats under the solid category for each species is what is being considered natural for this contest.
03 No hearts, stars, ect should be used in your design.
04 No mutations.
05 No more than one entry per user.
06 Designs must be submitted to this thread by the first of September (9/1/12).
JUDGING Entries will be judged by only one judge, me (Aries). They will be judged in the following categories:Creativity. Is the design something I haven't seen anything like? Does it stand out amongst the others? Is it interesting to look at?
Color. Do the colors go well together? Do they contrast and compliment eachother?
Design. Do the markings flow to create coherent design? Is the design balanced? Is it pleasing to look at?
Each category can earn a maximum of five (5) points, and an entry can earn up to fifteen (15) points.
PRIZES All participating users will be awarded fifteen (15) EXP for participating. The grand prize will be awarded to the person who created the highest scoring design and so on for second and third place. In the result of a tie both users will recieve the prize.01 A custom character with the winning design's coat redrawn to match the site's style.
02 A custom character with a custom coat coat based on an existing animal that a coat isn't already based on. This includes exotic animals.
03 A new character with a custom coat made using the bases from existing coats. Small amounts of unnatural color allowed.
If winners choose so, coats can be applied to an already existing character.
LINEARTS If you have photoshop, gimp, sai, or a similar program download the smooth lineart and directly open it in your program and color under the lineart. Don't worry about keeping everything inside the lines. For MS Paint users, you can just copy and paste the pixel lines/base into Paint.Canine - Smooth Canine - Pixel Feline - Smooth Feline - Pixel Reptile - Smooth Reptile - Pixel
Good luck everyone, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with! If you have any questions or concerns leave me a PM.
