Paperdoll Competition

[Bryan]

Alright, most of what is going to be shown has not been seen by the community and some staff. There are a lot of things and developments in the art department, that will be released in small segments. The purpose of this competition is to lower my work load and get the community more involved. I think this should be in announcements, but I'll let the big guys figure that out. Now let me get to it.

I'm going to release the male sprite in this thread, and allow the community to paperdoll them. There are 12 positions, at the moment, that need to be paperdolled. The rules are simple, as followed:

- You will only be allowed one entry. You may substitute an old entry for a new one.

- You may use any palette, but it will be judged on how well it blends, creativity, and uniqueness.

- Try to stick to 3-4 shades of one color. You can use as many colors you want.

- You will have two weeks to create a fully paperdolled male sprite. Then a community poll will began. The top three entries at the end of the one week poll, will then be sent to the staff to make the final decision, and the winner "could possibly" have a position in the art department as a Paperdoll Artist.

If you have any questions, then post here or send me a PM.



Paperdoll example, front and back of female, and eyes.


Paperdoll parts: http://p1cture.it/images/g701g9c16ab69edc1522.png

Eye Placement:

[Yume Tsuki]

Seems pretty awesome in my opinion.
They will add their own ideas for appearence and give inspiration for clothes/accessories/etc.
I'll give it a try.

[Arctus]

Nice idea getting the community involved. I  might also try it, but once i fail at what I'm planning, that's when i'm gonna re-realise how much i fail at art

[Jerry]

Paper doll artist as in creating the different layers to fit on the sprite?

Anyway, for the contest itself, does that mean that contestants will have to post the 'accessory' layer separately? Or maybe it'd be best to have one picture of the 'accessories' on the sprite, and one picture of the accessories alone?

[Mr_Dark]

Great idea. I hope our community comes up with some unique and awesome ideas.

I've added a link in the start post which will show you out of which different parts our characters exists.

[Jerry]

I think 'eyes' be on the list as well here, aye?

[Mr_Dark]

I think 'eyes' be on the list as well here, aye?

Ah yes you're right. That example is from the old character which had the eyes on by default. But with this one, be sure to include the eyes

[Bryan]

Even if you have no artistic ability what so ever, you can still participate. It's fun, and to see what everyone comes up with. It doesn't even have to be good, its the creativeness and how unique it is. I can always fix up whatever entries players submit. So think of it as a creativity challenge.

We also have eight(?) differently colored eyes, I'll get a image up here soon so players can see the eye placement. Also, if you want, you don't have too; but I'll separate the images from each other.

You have til May 25th to have your entry completed, before the poll begins. Good luck, and have fun with it. Staff my edit my post if anything needs changing.

[lubbies]

I've started on mine and believe me I'm very bad at art but when I look at what I've made it's easy and fun

[FireDarkGuy]

but when I look at what I've made it's easy and fun

Because the hardest part is organizing the pixels on the worksheet. Bryan did the hardest part...Now it's like a dress-up game.

[lubbies]

Lol yeah but now I'm having an artists block on the clothes... WHY DONT YOU LOOK SHINY!... Now I know what they go through.

[Bryan]

Also if you want to you guys can play around with the female sprite. I still need to do side views; other than that have fun. And post your entries here; or even your WIP to get feedback.

[lubbies]

Will do once I get the stupid jersey to look nice

[Zatir]

Hey all,

As I joined PU as software developer I actually love to do also different things. So last week I installed GIMP to do some pixel art for fun, but GIMP has too many functions which I can't handle! So now I tried paint, which is easier to understand (for me at least)!

I've just uploaded a WIP already, just the hair is done. Tell me what you think

[Bryan]

Hey all,

As I joined PU as software developer I actually love to do also different things. So last week I installed GIMP to do some pixel art for fun, but GIMP has too many functions which I can't handle! So now I tried paint, which is easier to understand (for me at least)!

I've just uploaded a WIP already, just the hair is done. Tell me what you think

The eyes on your side views need to come back a bit. 1-2 pixels. I can't remember what it was. I'll get a sprite sheet with the eyes on it. The hair looks sweet, is it a mullet?