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Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 12 2018, 04:46 AM

Design contest for everyone!


In honour of Darth Krytie being a super great amazeballs Admin (lol), we have decided to honour her loveliness with her very own novelty!
Here's where y'all come in! One of you gets to design it!

Contest information:---

Questions you may have:

'I can't art. Should I even bother trying?'

Answer:
Yes! Everyone can enter. It's not about whether you art really well.
Did you see the pencil Krytie drew? It's about the concept.

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'Are there any restrictions?'

Answer:
Yes, you must base the novelty on one of the three Pokemon: Altaria, Psyduck, Vanilluxe.
They must be female. Nothing stolen from other fandoms (for example: you sadly can't stick a lightsaber in Psyduck's hand and call it a day).

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'Which medium should I use to create my novelty concept?'

Answer:
You can draw in any drawing program, or take a photo of an art you drew by hand. As long as the design concept is clear. Also, please use the provided form when sending in your entry (you can find the form below).

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'So, I designed a novelty and entered. Now what?'

Answer:
Starting on the 3rd of September, we'll be going through a voting stage to determine the winner:Just to be clear: voting is anonymous. Promoting your own design will be grounds for disqualification.

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'Are there any prizes to win?'
Yes! Everyone who enters in good faith will get a participation prize ('good faith' means you actually have a novelty concept and you don't just submit an added black dot to the existing Pokemon, call the novelty 'asdgagfad' and call it a day).

The top 10 (5 selected by users, 5 selected by staff) will receive another prize.
The winner will also get a guaranteed shiny of their designed novelty.

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'How long do I have?'

Answer:
You have two and a half weeks. All submissions must be received by reset on the 31st of August. No late submissions will be accepted.

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Most importantly, have fun!
We can't wait to see what you guys will come up with!


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Entry form

https://forums.gpx.plus/index.php?act=Msg&CODE=4&MID=99214 with the form below to enter.
She will collect all entries.(Don't know how to upload your entry? https://imgur.com/ is an excellent site for it.)

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This thread may be used to ask questions and talk about the contest, but it's NOT a place to share your concepts.
Of course, you're welcome to share all of it AFTER the winner is announced. Let's keep this a fun, fair event!

Posted by: Zerxer Aug 12 2018, 11:08 PM

Happy birthday, DK! happy.gif

Posted by: Gryphaena Aug 12 2018, 11:24 PM

With all due respect, I would like more parameters.

What pixel size do you desire?

I have no idea what size to make my submission.

I or others may think of other questions.

Posted by: Cytosine Aug 12 2018, 11:27 PM

Happy birthday, Darth Krytie!

I think I'll take a shot at this. Better dust off the ol' spriting techniques.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Aug 12 2018, 11:29 PM

How interesting! Looks like I was right about there being some kind of design contest, to an extent.

Though I'd love to participate in this, I honestly don't have any ideas...was never good at the whole fakemon thing.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 12 2018, 11:32 PM

OMG this sounds like fun! Happy b-day!

Since I can't art for shit be ready for my crappy photoshop.

Posted by: Sleeppari Aug 12 2018, 11:32 PM

Is it okey to use existing sprites as the base for the novelty (from actual games) or should it be fully selfmade?

Posted by: Zerxer Aug 12 2018, 11:36 PM

QUOTE(Gryphaena @ Aug 12 2018, 11:24 PM) *
With all due respect, I would like more parameters.

What pixel size do you desire?

I have no idea what size to make my submission.

I or others may think of other questions.


Nom and DK are running this, but I think I can answer this question from what I understand of it:

This contest is simply for designing the concept, the actual sprite will be created by PokeNOM, so there's no size limit for your submission.

It should certainly be a concept that can be sprited to whatever the size of the current largest Pokémon is, but there's no pixel size requirements for your submission. Someone might draw a large image on a piece of paper and take a photo of it, for instance. That's fine!


QUOTE(Sleeppari @ Aug 12 2018, 11:32 PM) *
Is it okey to use existing sprites as the base for the novelty (from actual games) or should it be fully selfmade?

Using the existing sprites as the base is fine! Consider Zergoose and Bidofo.

Posted by: Gryphaena Aug 12 2018, 11:53 PM

Thank you, O Admin!

I made something, thinking details now.

I'm just so forgetful and impatient, if I don't submit it today I'll forget and get pissed at myself.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Aug 13 2018, 12:22 AM

QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Aug 12 2018, 09:32 PM) *
OMG this sounds like fun! Happy b-day!

Since I can't art for shit be ready for my crappy photoshop.



Same here... I'll probably see if there are any Vanilluxe sprites I can download off of the internet and then just rework that.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 13 2018, 12:31 AM

QUOTE(AregularFrankiefan @ Aug 13 2018, 01:22 AM) *
QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Aug 12 2018, 09:32 PM) *
OMG this sounds like fun! Happy b-day!

Since I can't art for shit be ready for my crappy photoshop.



Same here... I'll probably see if there are any Vanilluxe sprites I can download off of the internet and then just rework that.


I'm already working on mine. @_@;;


Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Aug 13 2018, 12:35 AM

QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Aug 12 2018, 10:31 PM) *
QUOTE(AregularFrankiefan @ Aug 13 2018, 01:22 AM) *
QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Aug 12 2018, 09:32 PM) *
OMG this sounds like fun! Happy b-day!

Since I can't art for shit be ready for my crappy photoshop.



Same here... I'll probably see if there are any Vanilluxe sprites I can download off of the internet and then just rework that.


I'm already working on mine. @_@;;



Nice! I'm just brainstorming...and wondering if my idea is good enough lol. I guess there's only one way to find out!

Posted by: Gryphaena Aug 13 2018, 12:35 AM

Bah, I forgot to say "Happy Birthday, DK!"

There.

Thanks for this design opportunity! grin.gif

Posted by: YoRHa No9 Type S Aug 13 2018, 01:12 AM

Hey, I'm just doing a mouse drawing in Photoshop. I'm too lazy to even hunt down my tablet pen. Haha nope this is not a drawing I can do with just a mouse.

Posted by: Luneon Aug 13 2018, 01:24 AM

That's a pretty cool idea
I'm looking forward to see what y'all cook up
I don't think something like that ever happened here before
As a fan of fresh and exciting ideas I'm glad to see this sort of stuff going on

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 13 2018, 03:54 AM

Happy birthday, DK! ^^
It's the perfect moment to start this event!

I'm really looking forward to your concepts, guys!

Posted by: RifRifRif Aug 13 2018, 05:12 AM

First of all, happy birthday!

I have a couple of questions about the contest - are there any restrictions on how the novelty can be obtained? For example, could it evolve from a regular Pokemon (like Porygon-T)? Also, can it have multiple forms?

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 13 2018, 05:15 AM

QUOTE(RifRifRif @ Aug 13 2018, 12:12 PM) *
First of all, happy birthday!

I have a couple of questions about the contest - are there any restrictions on how the novelty can be obtained? For example, could it evolve from a regular Pokemon (like Porygon-T)? Also, can it have multiple forms?

Yes, there are some restrictions. It must be a Pokémon based on one of these three Pokémon: Altaria, Psyduck or Vanilluxe.
You can design one Pokémon (no evolutions).

Does this answer your question?

EDIT: Yes, I suppose it could be a form change of Altaria, Psyduck or Vanilluxe.
It would still have to be clearly based on one of these three, though.

Posted by: RifRifRif Aug 13 2018, 05:22 AM

QUOTE(PokeNOM NOM NOM @ Aug 13 2018, 01:15 PM) *
QUOTE(RifRifRif @ Aug 13 2018, 12:12 PM) *
First of all, happy birthday!

I have a couple of questions about the contest - are there any restrictions on how the novelty can be obtained? For example, could it evolve from a regular Pokemon (like Porygon-T)? Also, can it have multiple forms?

Yes, there are some restrictions. It must be a Pokémon based on one of these three Pokémon: Altaria, Psyduck or Vanilluxe.
You can design one Pokémon (no evolutions).


I understand that, but I wanted to make sure that - say, if it's Altaria - it evolves from a regular Swablu (or is formchanged from an Altaria like the Cherrim novelties) rather than hatching straight from the egg.

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 13 2018, 05:27 AM

QUOTE(RifRifRif @ Aug 13 2018, 12:22 PM) *
QUOTE(PokeNOM NOM NOM @ Aug 13 2018, 01:15 PM) *
QUOTE(RifRifRif @ Aug 13 2018, 12:12 PM) *
First of all, happy birthday!

I have a couple of questions about the contest - are there any restrictions on how the novelty can be obtained? For example, could it evolve from a regular Pokemon (like Porygon-T)? Also, can it have multiple forms?

Yes, there are some restrictions. It must be a Pokémon based on one of these three Pokémon: Altaria, Psyduck or Vanilluxe.
You can design one Pokémon (no evolutions).


I understand that, but I wanted to make sure that - say, if it's Altaria - it evolves from a regular Swablu (or is formchanged from an Altaria like the Cherrim novelties) rather than hatching straight from the egg.

Yes, that's fine. happy.gif
I re-read your question and it became clear to me what you meant, so I edited my previous answer.
Have fun designing and feel free to ask if anything's unclear!

Posted by: Lunar Eclipse Aug 13 2018, 01:37 PM

Happy birthday, DK! ^-^

I might have to sit on this one for a while, but I think I could give a shot at this. Not the most artistic person, but I'll scrounge around for some inspiration and start stalking DK

Posted by: Inuzuka28 Aug 13 2018, 04:42 PM

Are we allowed to submit more than one entry each?
For example, if we have an idea for more than one of the three Pokemon and want to submit an entry for each one.
Or alternatively, if we have two different ideas for, say, Psyduck, can we submit two different entries for it? (presumably just filling in the form twice)

I haven't decided for certain if I will (or if I will even enter at all), but just in case I get more than one idea.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 13 2018, 05:38 PM

QUOTE(Inuzuka28 @ Aug 13 2018, 05:42 PM) *
Are we allowed to submit more than one entry each?
For example, if we have an idea for more than one of the three Pokemon and want to submit an entry for each one.
Or alternatively, if we have two different ideas for, say, Psyduck, can we submit two different entries for it? (presumably just filling in the form twice)

I haven't decided for certain if I will (or if I will even enter at all), but just in case I get more than one idea.


I'm in the same boat cause uhhh all of a sudden my creativity just freaked out and is like on overdrive...

OTL.

Posted by: TQQ Aug 13 2018, 06:45 PM

been practicing my spriting for the past 10 years, can't wait to throw my hat in the ring this month!!

on a related note, I reeeeeeaaaaaaaally miss the spriting competitions we always used to hold in the IRC. we should bring stuff like this around more often.

Posted by: Mikaku Onchi Aug 13 2018, 07:07 PM

Happy Birthday DK, hope you've been having a nice one!
I'll try to participate but it all depends on how my creativity plays because I already know I suck at art lol. I see if I can work with the sprites or something, I've got some ideas but most of them are crappy.

Posted by: TQQ Aug 13 2018, 08:16 PM

QUOTE(Mikaku Onchi @ Aug 13 2018, 07:07 PM) *
Happy Birthday DK, hope you've been having a nice one!
I'll try to participate but it all depends on how my creativity plays because I already know I suck at art lol. I see if I can work with the sprites or something, I've got some ideas but most of them are crappy.

definitely try your hand at spritework! it's very rewarding and easy to learn. it also provides alot more flexibility than you'd imagine

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 13 2018, 08:28 PM

I have some kickass ideas I can't art or sprite for shite. Ah well hopefully the staff with understand what I'm trying to do...

THROWS COLLAGE PUKE AT ADMIN. LOOK AT MY IDEA AND TRY TO GET INTO MY SCREWBALLED HEAD.

Inb4 I'm like literally the first one to enter... @_@;

Posted by: Gryphaena Aug 13 2018, 09:57 PM

Nah, I think I'm one of the first people to enter, Natsume, I submitted my entry yesterday at 10:19 PM.

I know the time because I save copies of sent PMs so I can keep track of what I said.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 13 2018, 09:59 PM

QUOTE(Gryphaena @ Aug 13 2018, 10:57 PM) *
Nah, I think I'm one of the first people to enter, Natsume, I submitted my entry yesterday at 10:19 PM.

I know the time because I save copies of sent PMs so I can keep track of what I said.


XD. Lmao. Good to know! I was like, omg I'm already done with this concept?!

Question: What do you mean by female? All 3 are 50/50 gendered and none have different gender images....

QUOTE
'Are there any restrictions?'

Answer:
Yes, you must base the novelty on one of the three Pokemon: Altaria, Psyduck, Vanilluxe.
They must be female. Nothing stolen from other fandoms (for example: you sadly can't stick a lightsaber in Psyduck's hand and call it a day).

Posted by: YoRHa No9 Type S Aug 14 2018, 12:25 AM

I'm guessing it means the winning novelty will be 100% female, kind of like Bidofo vs Bidoof.

I'm just finishing up my entry. It ended up quite a bit different from my initial idea, but I really like what it turned into!

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 14 2018, 12:42 AM

QUOTE(YoRHa No9 Type S @ Aug 14 2018, 01:25 AM) *
I'm guessing it means the winning novelty will be 100% female, kind of like Bidofo vs Bidoof.

I'm just finishing up my entry. It ended up quite a bit different from my initial idea, but I really like what it turned into!


That'd make sense. Well time to shoot it off then.

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 14 2018, 03:58 AM

QUOTE(Inuzuka28 @ Aug 13 2018, 11:42 PM) *
Are we allowed to submit more than one entry each?
For example, if we have an idea for more than one of the three Pokemon and want to submit an entry for each one.
Or alternatively, if we have two different ideas for, say, Psyduck, can we submit two different entries for it? (presumably just filling in the form twice)

I haven't decided for certain if I will (or if I will even enter at all), but just in case I get more than one idea.

No. Once you have submitted an entry, that's that. Design one Pokémon (so not 1 Psyduck, 1 Altaria and 1 Vanilluxe).
Don't worry - just take your time, you have until the 31st of August.
If you're unsure, just let it rest for a while, and then come back to it. happy.gif

QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Aug 14 2018, 04:59 AM) *
Question: What do you mean by female? All 3 are 50/50 gendered and none have different gender images...

YoRHa No9 Type S is right. The novelty will be 100% female. ^^

Posted by: PeeGirl Aug 14 2018, 10:26 AM

Happy birthday!

Just making sure, can these be anything as long as it's based on one of those three, or should they specifically represent DK in some way (a la Zergoose)?

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 14 2018, 10:46 AM

QUOTE(PeeGirl @ Aug 14 2018, 05:26 PM) *
Happy birthday!

Just making sure, can these be anything as long as it's based on one of those three, or should they specifically represent DK in some way (a la Zergoose)?

Yes, it's like you said. ^^
The novelty will be female-only. As long as it's based on one of those three, it can be anything!
And nothing from other fandoms (like Star Wars, etc.).
Have fun! ^^

Posted by: medoli900 Aug 14 2018, 05:25 PM

What a great time to sign up! I'll crunch some creative juice bar and come back.
Oh, of course happy Birthday DK cat.gif

Posted by: Luxrayx Aug 15 2018, 11:22 AM

Ok, so we only have one entry each. But what about forms? Like if it was a single pokemon, but with multiple forms, similarly to Bidofo and Dracowymsy. Is that allowed?

This is very exciting either way. Happy birthday DK grin.gif

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 15 2018, 12:07 PM

QUOTE(Luxrayx @ Aug 15 2018, 06:22 PM) *
Ok, so we only have one entry each. But what about forms? Like if it was a single pokemon, but with multiple forms, similarly to Bidofo and Dracowymsy. Is that allowed?

This is very exciting either way. Happy birthday DK grin.gif

I appreciate the idea, but let's keep it at one design per person. ^^

Posted by: An Elric Brother Aug 15 2018, 05:09 PM

Oooo I have a really cool idea for this. Just one question to make sure what I'm planning is alright.

Is the concept okay to be based on mythological creatures (ie a mythological bird for alteria or psyduck, or like, a cold-dwelling mythological creature for vanilluxe)?

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 15 2018, 06:58 PM

QUOTE(An Elric Brother @ Aug 15 2018, 06:09 PM) *
Oooo I have a really cool idea for this. Just one question to make sure what I'm planning is alright.

Is the concept okay to be based on mythological creatures (ie a mythological bird for alteria or psyduck, or like, a cold-dwelling mythological creature for vanilluxe)?


Don't see why not. They're not copyrighted/trademarked. (Myths)

Posted by: Gryphaena Aug 15 2018, 08:16 PM

Continuing what NR said, Bidofo is based on a fantasy archetype, (the knight or wizard) I think, with its use of weapons and spellbooks so I would think mythological influences would be acceptable.

Posted by: Moonlit Aug 16 2018, 12:44 AM

Well Happy Birthday DK! Glad to see you're gonna be getting a novelty for yourself!

I don't have any ideas yet and I don't see myself as so creative but I'm definitely down to try and throw a submission in. This sounds like an awesome concept for a contest and hopefully I remember to put one in!

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 16 2018, 03:04 AM

QUOTE(An Elric Brother @ Aug 16 2018, 12:09 AM) *
Oooo I have a really cool idea for this. Just one question to make sure what I'm planning is alright.

Is the concept okay to be based on mythological creatures (ie a mythological bird for alteria or psyduck, or like, a cold-dwelling mythological creature for vanilluxe)?

Yes, that's fine! ^^

Posted by: PokeManiacSunnychan Aug 16 2018, 12:28 PM

This might be a silly question, but how do we attach out picture to the form? When I try to attach an image it asks for a url, so do we have to post it somewhere before sending in?

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 16 2018, 01:18 PM

QUOTE(PokeManiacSunnychan @ Aug 16 2018, 07:28 PM) *
This might be a silly question, but how do we attach out picture to the form? When I try to attach an image it asks for a url, so do we have to post it somewhere before sending in?

Don't worry, it's not a silly question at all!
You can upload your image to a site like Imgur (linked at the bottom of the first post). Then you get a link, that you can send to me. ^^ Give it a try, and just ask for help here if it doesn't work out.

Posted by: PokeManiacSunnychan Aug 16 2018, 09:36 PM

QUOTE(PokeNOM NOM NOM @ Aug 16 2018, 01:18 PM) *
QUOTE(PokeManiacSunnychan @ Aug 16 2018, 07:28 PM) *
This might be a silly question, but how do we attach out picture to the form? When I try to attach an image it asks for a url, so do we have to post it somewhere before sending in?

Don't worry, it's not a silly question at all!
You can upload your image to a site like Imgur (linked at the bottom of the first post). Then you get a link, that you can send to me. ^^ Give it a try, and just ask for help here if it doesn't work out.


Thanks for the help, hopefully that my form was able to go through all right ^^

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Aug 17 2018, 04:07 PM

Can't wait for voting to begin. I wanna see what others have come up with!

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 18 2018, 11:23 AM

QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Aug 17 2018, 11:07 PM) *
Can't wait for voting to begin. I wanna see what others have come up with!

Yes, it's very exciting!

I love getting PMs with new entries.
With still a week and six days to go, I'm looking forward to the ideas coming in!

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Aug 26 2018, 05:01 AM

Just a friendly reminder that NEXT FRIDAY (31st of August)
will be the LAST DAY to send in your entry!

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Sep 1 2018, 09:36 AM

Submissions are closed!

It's great to look at all the entries that were sent in!
Thanks, everyone!

Voting starts the 3rd of September!
Looking forward to it!

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 1 2018, 01:38 PM

Uh, I think you mean 3rd of September is when voting starts, Admin NOM?

Anyway, I want to get down to voting!

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Sep 1 2018, 01:49 PM

QUOTE(Gryphaena @ Sep 1 2018, 08:38 PM) *
Uh, I think you mean 3rd of September is when voting starts, Admin NOM?

Anyway, I want to get down to voting!

Oh, hahaha! My head is still in August-mode. ^^;
Yes, absolutely! The 3rd of September.

I'll edit my post.

Posted by: Zerxer Sep 2 2018, 10:57 PM

Voting has begun! Head here for the polls: https://forums.gpx.plus/index.php?showforum=157

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 2 2018, 10:58 PM

AH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Nvm. Imgur was having issues.

Posted by: Zerxer Sep 2 2018, 11:02 PM

QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Sep 2 2018, 10:58 PM) *
AH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Nvm. Imgur was having issues.


If your edit was about the third image in the first poll, it was a mistake on our end and I fixed the URL!

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 2 2018, 11:05 PM

QUOTE(Zerxer @ Sep 3 2018, 12:02 AM) *
QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Sep 2 2018, 10:58 PM) *
AH YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH.

Nvm. Imgur was having issues.


If your edit was about the third image in the first poll, it was a mistake on our end and I fixed the URL!


You sneaky you.

Posted by: Shroom Agent 27 Sep 2 2018, 11:24 PM

When you say " Promoting your own design will be grounds for disqualification.", does that mean you cannot vote for your own design in the polls, or you cannot go around saying "Hey, you should vote for [my Pokemon]!"

Posted by: Zerxer Sep 2 2018, 11:25 PM

QUOTE(Shroom Agent 27 @ Sep 2 2018, 11:24 PM) *
When you say " Promoting your own design will be grounds for disqualification.", does that mean you cannot vote for your own design in the polls, or you cannot go around saying "Hey, you should vote for [my Pokemon]!"


You're welcome to vote for your own concept!

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 2 2018, 11:57 PM

Hehe, great artworks, everyone!

I feel like mine might do better if all the info that I sent with my entry PM was included, but oh well.

I'm just glad I remembered to try for it.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 3 2018, 12:06 AM

It's still early in the voting but I'm not putting much stock in mine. *Shrugs.*

Lots of great ideas out there and some that could be lumped into one category haha.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Sep 3 2018, 03:14 AM

Cast in my votes! We'll see how this goes.

Posted by: Tiamat Sep 3 2018, 11:40 AM

Cast my votes! Hoping mine does well, but there are a lot of really good ideas there.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 3 2018, 01:16 PM

Casted my votes as well. I really wish the descriptions were added to the entries as well.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Sep 3 2018, 06:02 PM

Can't wait to see who's going to win. grin.gif

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 3 2018, 06:22 PM


Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 4 2018, 11:08 PM

So if voting for round 1 is open for two days, does that mean it's supposed to be Round 2 now?

Or perhaps I am counting wrong?

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Sep 4 2018, 11:31 PM

The final round is up and will be for two days!

https://forums.gpx.plus/index.php?showtopic=75561

Don't share your entry yet, even if you didn't make it to this round.
Staff will be selecting 5 entries from all the concepts that remain, later.

Posted by: Zerxer Sep 5 2018, 12:02 AM

REMINDER: You ARE allowed to vote for your own design!

Voting for yourself is not what we mean when we say no self-promotion. If your design is in the final poll, you're more than welcome to vote for it and nothing else!

The only thing that's not allowed is telling other users which entry is yours, or asking them to vote for it.

Posted by: matchstickmirages Sep 5 2018, 06:38 AM

It's been so hard to choose the best ones! They're all pretty great. Good luck to the finalists!

Posted by: Mamanator Sep 5 2018, 01:46 PM

Wow! You all are AMAZING!!

That sure was a tough contest; there are so many amazingly talented idealists and artists out there. I'm pretty sure I can't say who I voted for but it was a very tough call. I truly like one of the top two novelty Pokemon and wish you both (well, actually, ALL of you) the best of luck.

It was so good to see so many participate in this contest and I really hope you all enjoyed it. Most of the novelties I voted for the other day were knocked out. As I said... this has been a very tough contest indeed!

I do hope that all our artists here high five themselves and pat yourselves on the back. You all deserve it!!

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Sep 5 2018, 05:18 PM

Wow, final round already? Time really flew by.

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 6 2018, 10:58 PM

So I think voting is supposed to be closed now?

Great work to all entrants! :]

Posted by: Zerxer Sep 6 2018, 11:04 PM

The poll has now closed and user voting is over!

The staff, excluding DK herself, will now spend a day or two deciding on the other 5 designs that we'd like presented to DK alongside the top 5 that you all have chosen.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 6 2018, 11:25 PM

DECISIONS DECISIONS.

Posted by: koala bear Sep 7 2018, 07:49 AM

Well, the voting is ending, and I the ideas I like could be picked!

Posted by: RicFule Sep 7 2018, 10:19 AM

So, will we see the designs the staff pick, or will it be, "This is the design DK chose."?

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 7 2018, 10:53 AM

Final choice is up to DK I do believe.

Posted by: Mamanator Sep 7 2018, 12:10 PM

Once the decision is made, they might let us see the other concepts that were presented to DK. I'm fine with not knowing what they are until after the fact. That way there is no underlying, unknown, but well meant intentions to influence. Ha ha ha. I'm just excited to see when the decision has been made and... oh man! I really hope I do well with this upcoming SWSHY. Why do I feel as if I have to get a SWSH shiny in order to get the new novelty? I'm presuming that is when it'll be released so... we might not even know which design/concept is chosen until after the SWSH. Which means... prepare for a long September....

Cue's up "When September Ends" laughing.gif

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 7 2018, 04:12 PM

Idk the new novelties are based on Pokemon we can already get so I doubt that'd be the reward atm. Only one that I could see being a reward voucher or something would be the one based on Psyduck. The others can be evolved with different items and weather conditions or what have you.

I wouldn't be surprised if we get one of the ultra beasts or necrozma's other forms. Still got a bunch of those to get on the site as well.

Just speculation on my part.

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Sep 7 2018, 06:25 PM

Tbh I completely forgot about the rest of the Ultra Beasts. But yeah, I guess we'll just have to spectulate what the rewards for this SWSH will be.

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 7 2018, 06:54 PM

It can be anything! Haha. Still would be cool whatever the prize is.

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 7 2018, 10:57 PM

One day closer to knowing who wins!

This is an interesting tension-maker!

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 8 2018, 10:56 PM

I wonder if today is the day we learn the winner?

I am very curious!

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Sep 9 2018, 02:11 AM

Wanna Make Me?! - Top 10

Hello everyone!

Thank you all for participating (and voting) in this fun event!
We loved what you came up with!

We were very interested to see what concepts you guys would pick as your top 5. And what lovely entries they are!
After much deliberation, we added five more designs to the list. Together, they're this contest's TOP 10!

Entries are listed in random order.

https://imgur.com/MPRRZca

https://i.imgur.com/HCIkIwX.png

https://imgur.com/iy7oEat

https://imgur.com/JSAxFeW

https://i.imgur.com/7IXPG4H.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/6kXi7Wg

https://i.imgur.com/zuxPSDf.png

https://i.imgur.com/ZzKH8EG.png

https://imgur.com/RpApVMN

https://i.imgur.com/gMC7Yha

Now it's up to Darth Krytie to decide which one will be on the site.
An announcement will be made as soon as she does!

If your entry is not in the top 10 above, feel free to show/talk about it now. ^^

Posted by: Winter Wonder Lulu Sep 9 2018, 03:26 AM

@PokeNOM NOM NOM link from 5th entry (Cosmic Altaria) refers to Vanilishake instead of Cosmic Altaria grin.gif

Posted by: PokeNOM NOM NOM Sep 9 2018, 03:40 AM

QUOTE(Winter Wonder Lulu @ Sep 9 2018, 10:26 AM) *
@PokeNOM NOM NOM link from 5th entry (Cosmic Altaria) refers to Vanilishake instead of Cosmic Altaria grin.gif

Oops! Fixed!
Thanks for letting me know!

Posted by: r0xas Sep 9 2018, 04:07 AM

Wow they're all so pretty! Congrats to those who made it to top 10, I'm excited to see everyone else's entries clap.gif

Posted by: koala bear Sep 9 2018, 04:13 AM

I'm glad, for my liked is picked!
1, I choose the Melonait and the Sundae Altaria, just!
2, I choose the Sunset Altaria, the Volcaniluxe and the Treataria.
3. I choose the Mintiluxe, the Cotton Candy Altaria and the Snowy Altaria.
4, I choose the Cosmic Altaria, the Simock and the Mint Chocolate Vanilluxe.
5, I choose the Celestial Altaria, the Altadyn and the Bublaria.
Mm, I wonder which pokemons are the results!

Posted by: Trainer Emily Sep 9 2018, 04:27 AM

Congratulations to those picked!

I'm a little disappointed to see mine didn't make it, but I have to admit that against the wonderful concepts of everyone else, I had little chance. I would be unbelievably happy to see any of these on the site, (though I have a soft spot of Platypus Psyduck).

Well done to everyone who contributed, we're all winners!

Trainer Emily.

Posted by: Skins T Sep 9 2018, 04:39 AM

Kinda sad mine didn't make it, but ah well. Here it is:


Posted by: Mr Spaz Sep 9 2018, 05:46 AM

Mine got almost no votes, but it just so happened to be the same concept as one of the ones voted into the top 10. Yes, I'm still kind of salty about that

Posted by: Primaxal Sep 9 2018, 06:16 AM

Platypus psyduck ftw

Posted by: Sealeo Sep 9 2018, 06:50 AM

Well, naturally I'm disappointed that mine didn't get top 10 after geting in the finals, but oh well.

That aside, mine was Lofty Altaria!



I didn't include this sprite I made in my entry, but here it is now -

Posted by: Vande Sep 9 2018, 09:32 AM

I kept voting yours Skins! It was so adorable!

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 9 2018, 09:55 AM

Mine didn't make it either. Ah well. I guess nobody appreciates a good meteorological reference that ties so well with the altaria line. It was part of the similar concepts group. *Shrugs*

The description that went with the concept:

Pokémon's name: Storm Altaria

Pokémon's Pokédex description (optional): Storm Altaria sings in a resonating mezzo-soprano. Its wings are like cotton clouds that crackle with electricity. This Pokémon takes on the qualities of a raging thunderstorm and becomes one with it.

Any other details on the Pokémon (optional):

Evolution-> Thunderstorm w/Thunderstone
Type: Dragon/Electric

Pokémon design:

Note: The head and tail streamers are shaped like lightning. The recolored sprites don't show that but the concept art does. I can't sprite to save my life.

Page-stretching image (click to show)

Posted by: Cytosine Sep 9 2018, 11:06 AM

I was pretty happy with mine, but it didn't make it past the first round, sadly. This was mine, Nefaria:



It had a description, which may have added more to it:
Pokémon's Pokédex description (optional): This corrupted form of Altaria is completely surrounded by smoke clouds and noxious fumes. Like its counterpart, it likes to sing, but its melodies make unfortunate listeners become anxious and filled with dread.
Any other details on the Pokémon (optional): Type: Poison/Flying

I wonder which one will end up winning!

Natsume I really liked yours, and I also liked yours, Sealeo!

Posted by: Shiny Dragonite Sep 9 2018, 11:44 AM

Congrats to those who made it in!

I had a concept partially made but couldn't get it done on time for the competition. Oh well, next time.

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 9 2018, 01:51 PM

Mine was https://i.imgur.com/US7s29F.png.

I was going for a punny homophone.

Pokemon type: Water/Fighting

Pokedex description:
A female Psyduck that discovered an affinity for Martial Arts (specifically the use of sai in combat) after tragically being born with minimal Psychic power, she aims for the vulnerable parts of the enemy.

Any other details on the Pokemon (optional): A faint green glow of the remnants of Saiduck's psychic energies surrounds the weapons, preventing them from being taken from her.

Her usual color is the shiny blue-green(?) color of a Regular Psyduck and her shiny is a light red-orange.

The regular Saiduck wears a white ribbon at her waist with a red circle in the middle to represent the Japanese flag since she uses a Japanese style of fighting with sai weapons.

The shiny Saiduck's ribbon is golden but still with a red circle.


I should have tried to use clor in Paint 3D but I was so impatient and wanted to send this before I forgot. My rushing probably hurt what chance I had.

Posted by: RoyalEspeon Sep 9 2018, 01:53 PM

QUOTE(Skins T @ Sep 9 2018, 05:39 PM) *
Kinda sad mine didn't make it, but ah well. Here it is:




Yours was my favorite ='( so gorg

Posted by: Lambert Sep 9 2018, 02:37 PM

Loved seeing all of the different ideas! :-D Melonait is my favourite and I'm glad to see it as a finalist!
Mine didn't get super far, but I was the person behind the Neapolluxe!

Pokémon's name: Neapolitan Vanilluxe / Neapolluxe
Pokémon's Pokédex description (optional):
Sometimes captive-bred Vanillites take on the appearance of iced treats. The Neapolluxe is the result of these very pokemon getting stuck together! It's very popular for trainers to decorate their Neapolluxe with things such as cheris and sprinkles. Don't be fooled by their delicious look, they still pack a wallop.
Any other details on the Pokémon (optional):
The shiny form's cherry is based on a rainier cherry, figured it'd be okay to stretch the lore a little since I'm *sure* there are different looking berries out there! wink.gif Naturally, feel free to change it into a more typical cheri if it's chosen to win!

Here are the regular and surprise shiny formes!

beep beep (click to show)


I had this idea almost instantly and it's so fun to see other people had a similar idea. ^^

Posted by: AlbertWasTaken Sep 9 2018, 02:45 PM

Didn't really expect my entry to gain traction, so I'm not too upset about not making it past the first round. Here's mine, Mint Chocolate Vanilluxe: https://imgur.com/a/Ct79KHI (amateur sprite-editing is amateur)

Nonetheless, I'm happy I managed to wriggle out of my shell and enter this contest. A thousand "thank-you's" to anyone who voted for me!

All of these finalists are amazing by the way, no surprise they made it this far. I love the soft colors for (#5) Cosmic Altaria, the ambitious design (and top-tier name) for (#2) Vanillishake, and the simple but effective idea behind (#6) Platypus Psyduck. Best of luck to all, and I can't wait to see who wins!

Posted by: AregularFrankiefan Sep 9 2018, 03:25 PM

Oh cool, quite a few of the ones that I voted for ended up making it into the finals. Congratulations to the finalists!

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 9 2018, 03:37 PM

I can get behind all the different ice cream flavored vanilluxe no joke. Would have been perfect this brutally hot summer tbh. Plus fun. LOTS OF FUN. Or the volcanic cause reversals are fun.

Saiduck when explained would be a fun concept too cause it's opposite of its original one. The explanation actually gave it way more depth because just seeing the image on paper alone didn't really encapsulate the whole concept.

Posted by: Gryphaena Sep 9 2018, 03:41 PM

QUOTE(Natsume Reiko @ Sep 9 2018, 01:37 PM) *
Saiduck when explained would be a fun concept too cause it's opposite of its original one. The explanation actually gave it way more depth because just seeing the image on paper alone didn't really encapsulate the whole concept.



Yeah, I didn't do a good job translating the idea into a drawing.

Still, it was fun to think of a new Pokemon! :]

Posted by: Cycloneblaze Sep 9 2018, 04:20 PM

Ahh, I'm happy that Simock and https://imgur.com/MPRRZca Cosmic Altaria got picked, even though they weren't voted in. They were two of my favourites! Staff have good taste. I was a fan of your Storm Altaria as well, Natsume. grin.gif

Posted by: Mamanator Sep 9 2018, 04:32 PM

Congrats to those who made the top 10! I noticed 4 of my favs were in so kudos to those four! Awesome!!!!

Those are going to be some real tough choices. I'm not sure if we're allowed to say yet which ones we favored so I'm reserving those comments until after. Suffice to say that all of these are really, really good! I look forward to seeing what design concept goes forward. Too bad it could only be one because the two I'm thinking of are really worthy.

With that said, all of these are really good and I hope all the conceptualists (is this even a word?? LOL) are happy. Good luck to you all!! I don't envy Darth Krytie her choice!

Posted by: finster Sep 9 2018, 05:04 PM

That platypus psyduck is so good

Posted by: matchstickmirages Sep 9 2018, 06:08 PM

Saiduck was a really fun concept! I loved all the Cosmic Altarias, but I couldn't help but think a lot of the similar concept 'mons could have been streamlined into one entry with all those who came forward with the same concept getting a prize if it won, but I can understand why that didn't happen.

Mine had a lot more explanation than it really needed. I don't know if it would have made much of a difference; all the entries were so, so good. It was kind of a lot of different threads pulled together. The whole dual head/personality thing was meant to be reflected in the theatre mask faces but idk if that came through. Oh well.

QUOTE
Pokémon's name: Krytilluxe (I went for the obvious for I am Not Creative)

Pokémon's Pokédex description (optional): Generally benevolent, its twin heads act to balance out its emotions and harmoniously make decisions by weighing up logical and emotional feedback. It has a fire burning deep within and constantly spouts steam from the column on its head.

OR

Its twin heads work together to make critical decisions regarding the Pokémon under its care. Generally a calm Pokemon, if it is enraged, the fire burning within will intensify and may cause this Pokémon to spew flame instead of steam from the column on its head.

Any other details on the Pokémon (optional): Fire/Ice typing. 95% female or Female only, potentially.

A Pokémon that lives in caves or mountains and acts as a guardian to weaker Pokémon such as Vanillite and Snorunt. When the weather is unseasonably cold it may use its steam to assist in hatching Pokémon or keeping hatchlings warm. If disturbed or threatened, its heads may synchronise and its expressions may change, or it may split the Pokémon, causing a catastrophic (literal) meltdown which is not only damaging to the Pokémon but may also cause serious damage to the environment around it (something like Explosion or Selfdestruct but with fire). It enjoys sweet treats so much so that it's known to sometimes sneak a Soda Pop or two from humans visiting its cave. Its heads share a brain and each controls its respective hemisphere in harmony to allow the Pokémon to survive and make decisions.

Normal
Shiny

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 9 2018, 06:27 PM

QUOTE(Cycloneblaze @ Sep 9 2018, 05:20 PM) *
Ahh, I'm happy that Simock and https://imgur.com/MPRRZca Cosmic Altaria got picked, even though they weren't voted in. They were two of my favourites! Staff have good taste. I was a fan of your Storm Altaria as well, Natsume. grin.gif


Ty for the vote! I'm kind of a science nerd and seeing Altaria honestly set off my love for meteorological phenomena. To be honest I was also playing with the idea for Aurora Altaria, Jet Lightning, Sun Dog/Halo as other alternatives.

Posted by: Anecdote Sep 9 2018, 07:00 PM

Mine didn't make it, but it was pretty simple compared to these.


Posted by: Lambert Sep 9 2018, 07:28 PM

Anecdote -- yours was one of my favourite entries, for sure!! Simple but so cute and effective, really makes me smile. You did awesome!

Posted by: Esc Sep 9 2018, 07:55 PM

I'm actually surprised I made to the next round! It was just a bad drawing lol.


HOLY SHIT PAGE STRETCH (click to show)


https://imgur.com/ilv6aS9

Posted by: Myou Sep 9 2018, 10:38 PM

I'm kind of sad mine didn't make it past the first round, but after seeing the storm alteria concepts that did make it, I was like, "D***, they did present it better."

Looking back on my drawing, it looks more like an edgy chocobo dumblook.gif

Dartaria (click to show)


Posted by: Lunar Eclipse Sep 9 2018, 11:27 PM

After I submitted my entry (which I know didn't get pass the first round, but hey, I tried!), I got swept up in work and social functions, so I totally missed the first round of voting! Glad I get to see some of the other initial concepts here happy.gif Love the finalists, definitely going to be hard to choose! I hope we can sneak more than one winner in through some other means...

Naming the entries was definitely the hardest part.

Posted by: Anecdote Sep 10 2018, 01:37 AM

QUOTE(Lambert @ Sep 9 2018, 07:28 PM) *
Anecdote -- yours was one of my favourite entries, for sure!! Simple but so cute and effective, really makes me smile. You did awesome!


Awww hsbfskdgK;a thank you so much that means a lot !! ♥

Posted by: Skins T Sep 10 2018, 03:45 AM

QUOTE(Vande @ Sep 10 2018, 12:32 AM) *
I kept voting yours Skins! It was so adorable!


Thank you very much ;v;!

QUOTE(RoyalEspeon @ Sep 10 2018, 04:53 AM) *
Yours was my favorite ='( so gorg


Thanks so much grin.gif I'm glad people liked it, at least ^^

Posted by: Vulpix D Sep 10 2018, 08:02 AM

QUOTE(finster @ Sep 9 2018, 06:04 PM) *
That platypus psyduck is so good


No lie, i came to this thread just to see if it made the top 10 ^_^.gif

Posted by: Natsume Reiko Sep 11 2018, 08:43 AM

Wut's the verdict?

Posted by: Rapps Sep 11 2018, 09:55 PM

It's such a shame you're only adding one, I'm sure Darth is gonna have a hard time choosing, there were so many amazing entries to this contest. Kudos to everyone who entered, you all did such a great job.

Posted by: MelodyTakiashi Sep 14 2018, 12:57 AM

Cool, cool, cool! Congratulations to Trixie! Psygronk is adorable. Can't wait to get one of my own!

Thanks for the prizes! These designs blew me away. happy.gif

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