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Title: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on November 30, 2014, 08:34:03 PM

Contest Details

Duration: From now until December 31st
Deadline for submissions: December 28th (11:59 PM PST)
Judgement: by tribunal from December 29th to December 31st at midnight and Winners announced on the morning of January 1st (or earlier if the judges are already done)

Volunteer Judges: Dracula9, uzo, Lelygax

Theme: Design FOODS! (free for all, can be themed or not)
Prizes: Award medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners.

Guidelines for Participants:
-Provide your sprite in 1x and 2x zoom at least.
-Use only 16 colors per food item (any color of your choice)
-Size is restricted to 32x32 pixels per food item
-Contestants may submit up to 5 entries and each one will be evaluated individually.
-Must have a write-up of the description of each food item submitted (can be funny/punny or just plain ol' serious)
-Contestants may update their entries freely before the submission deadline.
-You may withdraw any entry at any time before the judgement begins.

Guidelines for Judges:
-Judgement will use a point system.
-4 points awarded for your first place choice.
-2 points awarded for your second place choice.
-1 point for your third place choice.
-When posting your scores write up an explanation/critique of your judgement.
-Additional rounds of judgement will be used for tie breakers.
-Judges cannot participate in the contest.

Entries:

First Place Winner
Blood Pack - Jop

Second Place Winner
Bat Sandwich - kaonstantine

Third Place Winner
Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake - theANdROId

Shiroi Koumori
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Christmas Pudding Cupcake
A traditional English pudding now in a easy to eat package.

theANdROId
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Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake
A rich and delicious dessert.  A small slice is plenty!

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Take a moment to have some Cold Ones with Homestar and the guys.

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Enjoy some Spiced Egg Nog as you celebrate the Holidays!

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A celebration cake for the celebration that should have been!

darkmanx_429
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X2
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kaonstantine
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Bat sandwich
Exploring Dracula's Castle could be an exhausting task even for the strongest hero. Recharge your energy with this extra crunchy roasted bat sandwich.

ZeroSaberGreen
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Giant pot roast: Mutated Castlevania pot roast, good for the heart
Brick-Grown mushroom: Gives the illusion of increased height, favored by plumbers.

Jop
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Left to Right:
Blood Pack:
For a Vampire this is the better way to restore the afflection in the body, its heal a lot, for a human its only to replinish the blood losed, its Universal 0.

Soup Demon Teeths:
this teeths have special powers that some people think can cure mental illness, if its prepared well it can restored from fatal wounds.

Demon Bones:
Its hard to kill a demon in special this kind, for a werewolf its the best bone he can chew, it have special effects for them (heal a lot), some people use the teeths for make a soup that cure mental illness but the bones dont have anything special for a human.

Soul Bottle:
This special bottle it was made to trap souls inside, with this souls it can restore the life of creatures that where made by magic or alchemy.

Crazy Chef Master Work:
After many yers of fail in cooking this chef start mixing all type of foods to make something good, when he die he left in his journal this food and in the journal he called the Master Work.
 In the Journal he say that use Human Blood, Demons Bones, Soup of the Demon Teeths to mix and the souls of the Souls Bottle to keep energy from the others foods, only someone with a powerfull stomach can eat this and fell the secret power that this food have.

The Demons Bones was made for Cornell and the Soul Bottle is for Pumpkin, Crazy Chef Master Work only some belmont can eat that.

If i have some errors gramal im sorry.

The main idea was to make the food for not human characters, still there is food for humans, 2 ideas came from my friend but let me use the ideas.

Soul Bottle animated
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VladCT
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Gingerbread Man: That's an awfully big smile for someone who's about to be eaten.

And here's something to go with it:
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Milk: Can't go wrong with a glass of milk... Unless you're lactose intolerant, that is.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on November 30, 2014, 10:12:46 PM

The 16 color thing...just to clarify...it's fine to pick my own set of 16 colors, out of anything on the spectrum, for one item?  There aren't certain set colors we can or can't use?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on November 30, 2014, 10:27:21 PM

The only restrictions of color are those that you choose yourself (such as spriting your entry in NES fashion). There's no rule for it, though.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 05, 2014, 06:48:45 PM

So...I was messing around on Paint to see how this works...I have a few questions, if I can ask.
-- My version of paint has a little counter in the bottom left that seems to change based on where the mouse is...for example it might read 40, 29 px...I can only assume this is like a pixel position?  Anyone know?
-- In relation to the last question, and the 32x32 pixel limit...I could use the number thing (if it is pixels) to be sure I'm within the limit?
-- I saved my first attempt as a JPEG, and I noticed that it "blurred" the colors of what I'd done...I made a pizza box (just because I thought it'd be simple to do, it's not gonna be an entry), and where I'd written "Pizza" in red now has pink blurred around it.  Is this normal?  Why'd it do this?  Is this fine or will I need to recolor to adjust for this?
-- How do you do the 1x and 2x sizes?

If I can't be asking this stuff, I apologize...just let me know that I can't ask this and I'll just do and figure out what I can.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 05, 2014, 07:07:53 PM

That counter is the pixel location. Yes the number thing is the pixel count.
Dont save as jpeg. It always makes things blurry to compensate of the low compresssion rate. Use gif or png.
Copy paste the sprite and drag until it reaches 64x64.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 05, 2014, 07:34:56 PM

1x and 2x are scale. The regular sprite size is 1x. To make it 2x, just hold your Control key and press the + on the numpad. Voila!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theplottwist on December 05, 2014, 07:52:56 PM

Quote from: theANdROId on December 05, 2014, 06:48:45 PM

So...I was messing around on Paint to see how this works...I have a few questions, if I can ask.
-- My version of paint has a little counter in the bottom left that seems to change based on where the mouse is...for example it might read 40, 29 px...I can only assume this is like a pixel position?  Anyone know?

What is your version of Paint? And as Shiroi pointed out, yep this is the pixel position.

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-- In relation to the last question, and the 32x32 pixel limit...I could use the number thing (if it is pixels) to be sure I'm within the limit?

I don't know what Paint you're using, but there should be a "Resize canvas" or "Resize" or "Redimension" somewhere there. If a prompt pops up, select "Pixels" if it's available, and put in 32 for horizontal and vertical. More reliable than doing it by eye.

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-- I saved my first attempt as a JPEG, and I noticed that it "blurred" the colors of what I'd done...I made a pizza box (just because I thought it'd be simple to do, it's not gonna be an entry), and where I'd written "Pizza" in red now has pink blurred around it.  Is this normal?  Why'd it do this?  Is this fine or will I need to recolor to adjust for this?

Again as Shiroi pointed out, GIF or PNG are the optimal format for pixel art. However, you can still lose information with GIF formats. If you ever have any doubt, go always for PNG unless GIF is strictly necessary.

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-- How do you do the 1x and 2x sizes?

How I do on my Paint: Select the "Selection" tool. Right-Click on the screen (no need to select anything), and "Resize". On the prompt, select "Percentage" and fill in for horizontal and vertical with 200. This will resize the whole thing accordingly. If you need to resize specific parts, then you can select them independently with the "Selection" tool.

EDIT: Seeing D9's answer, I might have interpreted it wrong. If you're talking about zooming in to work with the pixels, you can always use the "Magnifier" tool. D9 ponted out you can use CTRL and +, but I couldn't get this to work with me.

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If I can't be asking this stuff, I apologize...just let me know that I can't ask this and I'll just do and figure out what I can.

Dude, by me you can ask whatever the hell you want. Only can only learn by asking and doing research, and the contest doesn't hinder you from learning  :)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theplottwist on December 05, 2014, 07:55:03 PM

Quote from: Dracula9 on December 05, 2014, 07:34:56 PM

1x and 2x are scale. The regular sprite size is 1x. To make it 2x, just hold your Control key and press the + on the numpad. Voila!

Dude, I'm pretty sure it doesn't work on MS Paint. I mean, I have two versions here (XP and Win7) and in neither this worked :O

Is not Android asking how he can resize his art?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 05, 2014, 08:03:07 PM

I'm sure he's asking how to resize his art.
The zooming on ms paint is easy since it is right there at the toolbar. I prefer to work on the max zoom size. Lol i' m just blind.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 05, 2014, 08:05:22 PM

They removed it on Paint7. It works on XP provided you have the keypad turned on, as the + next to Backspace doesn't do it.

I know all the Paint tricks. You're not gonna tell me you don't know about the fourth zoom level next, are you?  :rollseyes:

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theplottwist on December 05, 2014, 08:13:08 PM

Quote from: Dracula9 on December 05, 2014, 08:05:22 PM

They removed it on Paint7. It works on XP provided you have the keypad turned on, as the + next to Backspace doesn't do it.

I know all the Paint tricks. You're not gonna tell me you don't know about the fourth zoom level next, are you?  :rollseyes:

Oh so that's why it didn't work for me, as my tool is a laptop without keypad.
 
What, I know about the secret 10x zoom. Now, do YOU know how to color over specific pixels using the Eraser? And what about the extra copy-paste that keeps one copied element intact on the clipboard, while you paste something completelly unrelated?  ;D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 05, 2014, 08:15:15 PM

If I didn't know the eraser trick that dragon would have never been finished.

Ctrl-copy also made that dragon possible, since development of him resulted in a giant sheet with about eight unfinished versions of each limb floating around.

Don't make me Shift-drag you out back for a whippin'.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 05, 2014, 08:17:06 PM

Sheesh guys, no need to 1up each other on paint tricks. Everyone has their own way of using paint.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theplottwist on December 05, 2014, 08:26:31 PM

Quote from: Shiroi Koumori on December 05, 2014, 08:17:06 PM

Sheesh guys, no need to 1up each other on paint tricks. Everyone has their own way of using paint.

Haha we're just having fun, bat girl!  :P

Might aswell teach the tricks:

Painting with the Eraser: Use the Eyedropper and use left-click to pick the color you want to replace. Select it again, and right-click on the color you want to replace the previous color with (or simply choose it from the color table using right-click). Next, select the Eraser and hold right-click to replace the undesirable color with the new one. The Eraser will ignore everything but that specific color selected with the left-click.
This is EXTREMELLY useful when you want to deal with stray-pixels that are a pain to find either because their color is *almost* like the color you want to replace them with, or because the Paint Bucket can't reach that tiny annoying pixel without accidentally coloring the neighboring ones.

Phantom Copy-Paste (As I like to call it): Use the Selection tool to select de desired area, but instead of using CTRL+C and CTRL+V to duplicate it, just hold CTRL as you drag that area around. This will create a copy of that area, but not place it on the clipboard, allowing you to copypaste without overriding what you have on the clipboard. This is also great when you want to have multiple copies of the same thing: All you have to to is drag that area around, release CTRL when it's on the place you want, and hold it again to create another copy!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 05, 2014, 08:27:41 PM

Whaddaya mean there's no need for 1upping?

I've only got one life left!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 06, 2014, 07:49:23 PM

Okay...I kinda don't wanna be the first one to post something, but I know my competition so I don't imagine I have a snowball's chance in hell at placing so I might as well! ;-P  Let's see if I can figure out how to post it...

...nope.  I can attach it...I realize this is probably a silly question but, what do I need to do?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 06, 2014, 09:46:00 PM

You can either post the image on a image sharing site the use the insert image command (what the others have done in previous contests) or you can just add it as an attachment.
The image links would allow for easy copy pasting, though.

I'll add my entry as an attachment and see if it works.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 06, 2014, 10:56:14 PM

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Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake -- A rich and delicious dessert.  A small slice is plenty!

That seems to work in the preview!  But now I have two more questions...
-- The white line on the left...that was for the pixel space marked 0.  Even if I resize, I have an X,Y for 0...wouldn't that mean I'm getting 33x33?  I intentionally left it blank for now...I may go back and fix it somehow.
-- Do I color in all the white space?  Is there a way to make certain parts transparent?  I haven't really looked yet, but still...


EDIT: Fixed the size, and colored in the white.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 06, 2014, 11:09:22 PM

Select the image and move it one pixel left and up for the 32x32.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: VladCT on December 06, 2014, 11:14:00 PM

Quote from: theANdROId on December 06, 2014, 10:56:14 PM

-- Do I color in all the white space?  Is there a way to make certain parts transparent?  I haven't really looked yet, but still...

In Paint Shop Pro 7 you can set palette transparency to a certain color, though I don't know about other programs.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 07, 2014, 12:15:34 AM

Ahahahaha! I just decided to join with a...

Christmas Pudding Cupcake
A traditional English pudding now in a easy to eat package.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 07, 2014, 12:38:02 PM

Here is my entry for this month's contest: Mcdonalds Big Mac Meal

(Since I am finally not a judge! lol)


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X2
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Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 07, 2014, 02:41:07 PM

Mmm... that junk food is certainly appetizing...
I love Fries (i'm a big fan of Fries). :D

But Cheesecake with a Swirl is good, too! And cupcakes! :D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jop on December 07, 2014, 09:44:56 PM

I was thinking in not participate in this but My mind think in something but its weird what I made, its okey if I pm to someone (I dont know how send the pm so I want to know that) to see if my work can participate? its not to see if its good or bad, its only to know if fit with the Theme or it will affect some rule?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 07, 2014, 09:57:59 PM

@darkmanx_429: Please add in the x2 size of each of the food + Must have a write-up of the description of each food item submitted

@Jorge: I love fries too!  :)

@Jop: To send a PM, click the speech balloon icon underneath the awards panel of the person you want to send a message to.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 08, 2014, 11:07:55 AM

Quote from: Shiroi Koumori on December 07, 2014, 09:57:59 PM

@darkmanx_429: Please add in the x2 size of each of the food + Must have a write-up of the description of each food item submitted

@Jorge: I love fries too!  :)

@Jop: To send a PM, click the speech balloon icon underneath the awards panel of the person you want to send a message to.

Done

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jop on December 08, 2014, 11:39:33 AM

Quote from: Shiroi Koumori on December 07, 2014, 09:57:59 PM

To send a PM, click the speech balloon icon underneath the awards panel of the person you want to send a message to.

And to whom I send the pm, to the judges?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 08, 2014, 12:43:11 PM

Quote from: Jop on December 08, 2014, 11:39:33 AM

And to whom I send the pm, to the judges?

Dude, why don't you just post what are making on the thread?

That way you can get feedback from everyone to include the judges...

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 08, 2014, 02:14:38 PM

Yeah quit bein' a ScaredyCat. :3

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: kaonstantine on December 08, 2014, 11:30:56 PM

I had considered not to participate in this, because as a mexican boy, i feel the commitment of spriting mexican food. Suddenly, while i was watching the current submissions, i felt the uncontainable impulse of spriting this.

Bat sandwich
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsim1.subirimagenes.net%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F09%2F141209080656391309.png&hash=72abf1092b46242be8b1690dd4f35324)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsim1.subirimagenes.net%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F09%2F141209083053391328.png&hash=cfc0a55afcb63a29c3d3db46c0602cb8)
Exploring Dracula's Castle could be an exhausting task even for the strongest hero. Recharge your energy with this extra crunchy roasted bat sandwich.  ;D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 08, 2014, 11:52:23 PM

HA! Nice one, kaon.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 09, 2014, 12:42:28 AM

@kaonstantine: Ahahaha! Love the extra crunchy bit.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 09, 2014, 06:14:11 AM

Quote from: kaonstantine on December 08, 2014, 11:30:56 PM

I had considered not to participate in this, because as a mexican boy, i feel the commitment of spriting mexican food. Suddenly, while i was watching the current submissions, i felt the uncontainable impulse of spriting this.

Bat sandwich
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsim1.subirimagenes.net%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F09%2F141209080656391309.png&hash=72abf1092b46242be8b1690dd4f35324)
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fsim1.subirimagenes.net%2Fimg%2F2014%2F12%2F09%2F141209083053391328.png&hash=cfc0a55afcb63a29c3d3db46c0602cb8)
Exploring Dracula's Castle could be an exhausting task even for the strongest hero. Recharge your energy with this extra crunchy roasted bat sandwich.  ;D

I am hungry now...

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 09, 2014, 07:00:38 AM

Crunchy images aren't loading for me. :\

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jop on December 09, 2014, 02:41:48 PM

Quote from: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 09, 2014, 07:00:38 AM

Crunchy images aren't loading for me. :\

and now?

(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2F9N1AAOT.png&hash=b38aecc6ddda7a64099e3b721d01f46d)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 09, 2014, 02:56:07 PM

Yyyyup, there it is. ;)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 09, 2014, 06:21:01 PM

Quote from: kaonstantine on December 08, 2014, 11:30:56 PM

...as a mexican boy, i feel the commitment of spriting mexican food...

Is there a reason you can't sprite Mexican food?  Personally, Mexican and Asian style foods are my two most favorite types!


On a side, somewhat related note, the crunchiness reminds me of an old webcomic I used to read.  You should check out Squidi.net and the Modest Destiny comics.  Particularly, I recall one minor character from the second story, a bat named Crunchy.

...poor Crunchy. :'-(
;-D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 09, 2014, 06:26:41 PM

theANdROId, that host forbids you from linking that image.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Lelygax on December 09, 2014, 08:44:08 PM

Try saving it and re-hosting in another place or adding a link to this image :P

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 10, 2014, 05:30:14 AM

^Yeah what Lelygax said.
Some of these hosts seem unreliable (like Kaonstantine's), and the images don't always load, or we're getting 403 Forbidden Errors.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 10, 2014, 10:51:12 AM

Use Imgur never, ever had a prob with posting images using it.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 10, 2014, 10:56:16 AM

Imgur master hosting race.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Lelygax on December 10, 2014, 01:29:21 PM

I ever use Imgur, before I've used imageshack but it seems that you need to create a account now, also they've deleted my sig.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: kaonstantine on December 10, 2014, 02:30:36 PM

Ok, Ok, guys, I get it... i'll use Imgur From now on   :)

Quote from: theANdROId on December 09, 2014, 06:21:01 PM

Is there a reason you can't sprite Mexican food?  Personally, Mexican and Asian style foods are my two most favorite types!

Certain Mexican dishes are popular and well known but specifically talking about mexican christmas food (wich is what i'd like to sprite), i think most people here are not familiarised with that food (they had to google it to know what it is  ;D)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 10, 2014, 03:19:27 PM

So?
So we'll learn a little.  Nothing wrong with getting some Education and Culture here.
Also, are you Mexican?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 11, 2014, 02:24:07 AM

^ Yup he is.

Quote from: kaonstantine on December 08, 2014, 11:30:56 PM

...because as a mexican boy, i feel the commitment of spriting mexican food.

Now, don't you guys start talking in Spanish...  ;)
I want a Bacalao stew!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 11, 2014, 08:06:12 AM

**+1's Shiroi's Comment** :D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: kaonstantine on December 13, 2014, 02:03:27 PM

Quote from: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 10, 2014, 03:19:27 PM

So?
So we'll learn a little.  Nothing wrong with getting some Education and Culture here.
Also, are you Mexican?

Yes, I am. I'll se what can be done, right now i'm a little busy with other sprites and things  ???

Quote from: Shiroi Koumori on December 11, 2014, 02:24:07 AM

Now, don't you guys start talking in Spanish...  ;)

I´m tempted, but no. ^^

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Inccubus on December 14, 2014, 10:32:43 AM

I might just throw my hat into this one. It'll be hard to top the bat sandwich, though. I must see that put into a game.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 14, 2014, 06:17:30 PM

My entry:

(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FmEIG5bV.png&hash=35dc205e7472b5d624eadf7ebee1dfb8)

Giant pot roast: Mutated Castlevania pot roast, good for the heart

Brick-Grown mushroom: Gives the illusion of increased height, favored by plumbers.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 14, 2014, 09:35:45 PM

Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 14, 2014, 06:17:30 PM

Brick-Grown mushroom: Gives the illusion of increased height, favored by plumbers.

If there was an award for item descriptions, this would win it.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 15, 2014, 05:43:36 AM

Those are really cool, ZSG.  The oldschool Dithering is very Retro.  Totally giving me a Joe & Mac vibe. :P

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 15, 2014, 05:50:51 AM

Ha, we have good entries this month!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 15, 2014, 03:20:25 PM

Thanks guys. :D I'm not sure I'd win tho. Kaonstatine, Shiroi, and Darkman all have awesome entries (that actually have CV style shading too).

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 16, 2014, 08:34:57 AM

Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 15, 2014, 03:20:25 PM

Thanks guys. :D I'm not sure I'd win tho. Kaonstatine, Shiroi, and Darkman all have awesome entries (that actually have CV style shading too).

Don't downplay your sprites Zero, those are damn good entries! ;D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 17, 2014, 01:41:08 PM

Quote from: darkmanx_429 on December 16, 2014, 08:34:57 AM

Don't downplay your sprites Zero, those are damn good entries! ;D

I have this wierd issue where I think all of my art is bad. :P

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 17, 2014, 08:41:21 PM

Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 17, 2014, 01:41:08 PM

I All artists have this weird issue where I they think all of my their art is bad. :P

FTFY  : D

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 17, 2014, 10:49:55 PM

Drac9 is right.  I think you might even be able to expand that to a more general statement on how everyone tends to be more hard on their own selves, especially when compared to how hard others are on them.

I'm doing the same thing for this contest -- being much harder on myself than I should be.  While it may be my first time spriting, I'm sure I'm not an idiot, nor am I incompetent.  And from what I've seen you sprite, you most certainly aren't those things either, so keep your chin up!  And don't give up either!  You seem to have a talent for this!
By the way...I LOOOVE the mushroom, particularly because of your description! X-D  Hilarious!  Way to show that creative wit!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 18, 2014, 09:13:41 AM

Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 17, 2014, 01:41:08 PM

I have this wierd issue where I think all of my art is bad. :P

Nothing wrong with pushing yourself, but eventually you have to drop that mindset so that you get more confident in your abilities.

In the long run you start to become a better artist because you are able to judge your own work more honestly while still pushing yourself to make it to that next level.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 18, 2014, 10:28:08 AM

Quote from: darkmanx_429 on December 18, 2014, 09:13:41 AM

Nothing wrong with pushing yourself, but eventually you have to drop that mindset so that you get more confident in your abilities.

In the long run you start to become a better artist because you are able to judge your own work more honestly while still pushing yourself to make it to that next level.

Quote from: theANdROId on December 17, 2014, 10:49:55 PM

Drac9 is right.  I think you might even be able to expand that to a more general statement on how everyone tends to be more hard on their own selves, especially when compared to how hard others are on them.

I'm doing the same thing for this contest -- being much harder on myself than I should be.  While it may be my first time spriting, I'm sure I'm not an idiot, nor am I incompetent.  And from what I've seen you sprite, you most certainly aren't those things either, so keep your chin up!  And don't give up either!  You seem to have a talent for this!
By the way...I LOOOVE the mushroom, particularly because of your description! X-D  Hilarious!  Way to show that creative wit!

Quote from: Dracula9 on December 17, 2014, 08:41:21 PM

FTFY  : D

Alright. Thanks for the encouraging words, guys.

Another thing, does anybody have anywhere I can go for tips on dithering?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 18, 2014, 01:19:15 PM

Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 18, 2014, 10:28:08 AM

Alright. Thanks for the encouraging words, guys.

Another thing, does anybody have anywhere I can go for tips on dithering?

http://www.spriteland.com/tutorials/pixel-art-dithering-tutorial-what-is-dithering.html (http://www.spriteland.com/tutorials/pixel-art-dithering-tutorial-what-is-dithering.html)
http://www.pixeljoint.com (http://www.pixeljoint.com)
http://kitted.deviantart.com/art/DITHERING-TUTORIAL-Basics-69747353 (http://kitted.deviantart.com/art/DITHERING-TUTORIAL-Basics-69747353)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 19, 2014, 03:55:09 PM

What's the next contest gonna be? I was thinking it should be a "rework your old sprite" or "rework this castlevania sprite" style contest.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 19, 2014, 06:14:51 PM

Quote from: ZeroSaberGreen on December 19, 2014, 03:55:09 PM

What's the next contest gonna be? I was thinking it should be a "rework your old sprite" or "rework this castlevania sprite" style contest.

We actually have the next couple of contests picked out.

It's kind of a surprise for next month, but trust me the next contest will be right up your alley! :-X

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 20, 2014, 01:40:52 AM

Next month's contest is awesome.
If you want to spill it out darkmanx, you may do so in another thread.
If you leave it up to me, I'll make a post on it after Christmas.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 20, 2014, 04:27:39 AM

Quote from: Shiroi Koumori on December 20, 2014, 01:40:52 AM

Next month's contest is awesome.
If you want to spill it out darkmanx, you may do so in another thread.
If you leave it up to me, I'll make a post on it after Christmas.

Let's wait till after Christmas, let's make em wait...lol

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on December 21, 2014, 09:09:14 PM

Are there going to be any more entries?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 22, 2014, 01:59:47 AM

The deadline is on December 28th (11:59 PM PST). If there are more people who wish to join, they can still join.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jop on December 23, 2014, 05:22:29 PM

well here is:

(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffc05.deviantart.net%2Ffs70%2Ff%2F2014%2F348%2F4%2Fe%2Fitems_by_drameloch-d89whk1.png&hash=6c63ca116a927002da726445beec4559)

(click to show/hide)

Left to Right:
Blood Pack:
For a Vampire this is the better way to restore the afflection in the body, its heal a lot, for a human its only to replinish the blood losed, its Universal 0.

Soup Demon Teeths:
this teeths have special powers that some people think can cure mental illness, if its prepared well it can restored from fatal wounds.

Demon Bones:
Its hard to kill a demon in special this kind, for a werewolf its the best bone he can chew, it have special effects for them (heal a lot), some people use the teeths for make a soup that cure mental illness but the bones dont have anything special for a human.

Soul Bottle:
This special bottle it was made to trap souls inside, with this souls it can restore the life of creatures that where made by magic or alchemy.

Crazy Chef Master Work:
After many yers of fail in cooking this chef start mixing all type of foods to make something good, when he die he left in his journal this food and in the journal he called the Master Work.
 In the Journal he say that use Human Blood, Demons Bones, Soup of the Demon Teeths to mix and the souls of the Souls Bottle to keep energy from the others foods, only someone with a powerfull stomach can eat this and fell the secret power that this food have.

The Demons Bones was made for Cornell and the Soul Bottle is for Pumpkin, Crazy Chef Master Work only some belmont can eat that.

If i have some errors gramal im sorry.

The main idea was to make the food for not human characters, still there is food for humans, 2 ideas came from my friend but let me use the ideas.

Soul Bottle animated

(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FMdkYnd1.gif&hash=f2bf2eeb0ca0906e034d73771a578a09)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 23, 2014, 06:42:52 PM

Very nice.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 23, 2014, 09:32:33 PM

Heal items for the monsters...an interesting concept. Good entry, Jop.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Lelygax on December 24, 2014, 12:55:53 AM

Very nice of you, now pumpkin can eat something too, also I can totally imagine Arikado finding a blood pack.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 24, 2014, 01:03:45 AM

Added Jop's entry to the top post.

Those are great ideas Jop!
Arikado would love the blood pack.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: VladCT on December 25, 2014, 12:32:53 AM

Welp, here's my not-really-serious kinda-half-assed entry:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fir81qsy3v%2Fgbman.gif&hash=c860aac39508ac1b3cbce41a79c8f302)(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fo41hiobe3%2Fgbman_2x.gif&hash=dae490a1b016443725ca2dbd31e957bd)
Gingerbread Man: That's an awfully big smile for someone who's about to be eaten.

And here's something to go with it:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Flnzo4ttbf%2Fmilk.gif&hash=f8e0cfc588358d1029af4e71a4728945)(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F3mgj70zaj%2Fmilk_2x.gif&hash=7b2c4357484a0e564d88bcafbff86b6e)
Milk: Can't go wrong with a glass of milk... Unless you're lactose intolerant, that is.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on December 25, 2014, 11:20:44 AM

Quote from: VladCT on December 25, 2014, 12:32:53 AM

Welp, here's my not-really-serious kinda-half-assed entry:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fir81qsy3v%2Fgbman.gif&hash=c860aac39508ac1b3cbce41a79c8f302)(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Fo41hiobe3%2Fgbman_2x.gif&hash=dae490a1b016443725ca2dbd31e957bd)
Gingerbread Man: That's an awfully big smile for someone who's about to be eaten.

And here's something to go with it:
(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2Flnzo4ttbf%2Fmilk.gif&hash=f8e0cfc588358d1029af4e71a4728945)(https://castlevaniadungeon.net/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs25.postimg.org%2F3mgj70zaj%2Fmilk_2x.gif&hash=7b2c4357484a0e564d88bcafbff86b6e)
Milk: Can't go wrong with a glass of milk... Unless you're lactose intolerant, that is.

Ha! That Gingerbread man is EPIC! lol

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 26, 2014, 01:12:06 AM

2 days left for submissions.
Is there anyone else who'd like to join?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 26, 2014, 11:04:27 PM

I've got a few more to add...I have until midnight tomorrow (Sat. Dec. 28) though I think...or later since I'm eastern time?  Nothing fancy, but I've just been busy and with family, so I've worked on them slowly.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 27, 2014, 09:38:04 PM

Ugh...I hope these aren't late...or aren't too late. :-S  My excuse is that the internet at my parent's place is being wonky, and I promise that's the truth.  If I'm too late though, I understand.



(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10848061_572657294824_6212710473430015956_n.jpg?oh=85c4ce995f56b79e20f1f6505e8c8f5d&oe=553C2B48)

(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10356183_572657319774_4450527314654900769_n.jpg?oh=e05eb6b0da318a1fe617845c4f30eae0&oe=552AF6CA)

Take a moment to have some Cold Ones with Homestar and the guys.


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1012954_572657329754_6679028197739355921_n.jpg?oh=b2a2ccfac0a200ede476de796fc39552&oe=552CA8A5&__gda__=1425875836_5d485efd15f331d9b1dfef7c1b8639be)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10423664_572657339734_3390946861157982326_n.jpg?oh=5fa344c9d1e67918d52c4644c9b53f3c&oe=5541EBFE&__gda__=1430202645_4339459c76347b4b3adcd4ac6131ca85)

Enjoy some Spiced Egg Nog as you celebrate the Holidays!


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1544329_572657299814_3231020555477820491_n.jpg?oh=794ac907b8452131792c7e0dd9e0ce74&oe=553001EA&__gda__=1426149427_501f3c434d1a587f387b793aa5b54a10)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10891661_572657284844_1688285125233487330_n.jpg?oh=afee38d31234812c806ccc1a9fc1ccb0&oe=55306CD3&__gda__=1425944238_ecf89eeb2f02def01727a8be77ef5f6a)

A celebration cake for the celebration that should have been!


I was also working on another, but didn't get it done enough. :-/

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 28, 2014, 01:49:19 AM

^ You got it in time~!

Less than 24 hours left.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: uzo on December 28, 2014, 08:28:23 AM

Quote from: theANdROId on December 27, 2014, 09:38:04 PM

Ugh...I hope these aren't late...or aren't too late. :-S  My excuse is that the internet at my parent's place is being wonky, and I promise that's the truth.  If I'm too late though, I understand.



(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10848061_572657294824_6212710473430015956_n.jpg?oh=85c4ce995f56b79e20f1f6505e8c8f5d&oe=553C2B48)

(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10356183_572657319774_4450527314654900769_n.jpg?oh=e05eb6b0da318a1fe617845c4f30eae0&oe=552AF6CA)

Take a moment to have some Cold Ones with Homestar and the guys.


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1012954_572657329754_6679028197739355921_n.jpg?oh=b2a2ccfac0a200ede476de796fc39552&oe=552CA8A5&__gda__=1425875836_5d485efd15f331d9b1dfef7c1b8639be)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/10423664_572657339734_3390946861157982326_n.jpg?oh=5fa344c9d1e67918d52c4644c9b53f3c&oe=5541EBFE&__gda__=1430202645_4339459c76347b4b3adcd4ac6131ca85)

Enjoy some Spiced Egg Nog as you celebrate the Holidays!


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/1544329_572657299814_3231020555477820491_n.jpg?oh=794ac907b8452131792c7e0dd9e0ce74&oe=553001EA&__gda__=1426149427_501f3c434d1a587f387b793aa5b54a10)

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10891661_572657284844_1688285125233487330_n.jpg?oh=afee38d31234812c806ccc1a9fc1ccb0&oe=55306CD3&__gda__=1425944238_ecf89eeb2f02def01727a8be77ef5f6a)

A celebration cake for the celebration that should have been!


I was also working on another, but didn't get it done enough. :-/

Why the hell are these jpg files? Export GIF or PNG and resubmit.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 28, 2014, 01:28:35 PM

I'm sorry...I don't know.  :-S  On my compy they all say they're PNG.  I'll attach them quick as attachments and see if I can figure out what's wrong.  Sorry! :-S

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 28, 2014, 01:31:46 PM

Again...sorry. :-S  I guess -- probably -- uploading to Facebook is what I did wrong?  I figured that I could share the photos that way, using an account in something I already have.  I didn't mean to make things more difficult.   :-/

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: uzo on December 28, 2014, 05:05:09 PM

Not only will using Facebook mean people without Facebook CANNOT see them, it will always force them into a JPG format. Always use something else. The forum has an upload feature for a reason (which you discovered, so that works).

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on December 28, 2014, 10:59:47 PM

Updated the first post with Android's png images.

And submissions are over.
It is now time for the judges to start deliberating.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Lelygax on December 29, 2014, 12:14:30 PM

To who I send my judgement?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: uzo on December 29, 2014, 04:37:23 PM

I'll handle it. See me on Skype.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jorge D. Fuentes on December 29, 2014, 07:41:22 PM

TheAndroid, why you no transparency?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on December 29, 2014, 10:02:23 PM

I didn't see how to do it at first (and figured I'd look harder later on in the process), and then when I saved it said I'd have to lose all transparency to save.  I kinda didn't bother looking and completely forgot after that.

I actually have no idea what it means, though I'd assume it means that white, or maybe a certain color of my choosing, acts as "clear".  If that's not it, I don't have another guess.

This is my first time ever making sprites though, so I don't really know techniques or terminology or anything, which I'm sure shows.  At some point in the recent past, several dungeonites sent me a few links on tips and stuff, but I hadn't gotten a chance to sit and read before this contest, and since I didn't want to miss out, I just did my best to wing it.  I tried to remember anything I'd learned from the art class I took when I was 10-ish, and then tried to recreate that in pixels.

Whether or not my entries are any good, I had fun making them, and I'm fairly pleased with them! :-)  If I need to do the transparency thing, I'd be glad to try and fix that too.  I don't wanna stall the contest, but I don't want to be a problem either.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on December 30, 2014, 08:10:34 PM

My judgments have been submitted. Think it's just uzo now.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on January 02, 2015, 08:00:37 PM

How is the judgement coming along?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jop on January 02, 2015, 08:46:48 PM

Thanks to all for the kind words, sorry if I dont say anything, I take a break and now im ready to keep going.

@Jorge D. Fuentes

I dont see a problem with the transparency, Zero and I dont make that too XD.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on January 02, 2015, 08:50:19 PM

Quote from: Jop on January 02, 2015, 08:46:48 PM

Thanks to all for the kind words, sorry if I dont say anything, I take a break and now im ready to keep going.

@Jorge D. Fuentes

I dont see a problem with the transparency, Zero and I dont make that too XD.

By transparency he means why is there a background color showing.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Lelygax on January 03, 2015, 04:13:25 PM

Quote from: darkmanx_429 on January 02, 2015, 08:00:37 PM

How is the judgement coming along?

I've done my part days ago, a hour after my last post.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on January 03, 2015, 04:43:46 PM

Quote from: Lelygax on January 03, 2015, 04:13:25 PM

I've done my part days ago, a hour after my last post.

Sweet! Who's all left?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Dracula9 on January 03, 2015, 06:59:48 PM

Quote from: Dracula9 on December 30, 2014, 08:10:34 PM

My judgments have been submitted. Think it's just uzo now.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on January 03, 2015, 10:15:23 PM

^ As usual. LOL

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on January 04, 2015, 11:24:40 AM

Where's Drac9's meme when you need it?! ;-D lol

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: uzo on January 04, 2015, 03:06:09 PM

I work multiple jobs. Some of which require me to unexpectedly work late and on weekends. So sometimes I will get held up on things. Either way I have completed my judgement now and can post the results:




First Place Winner
Blood Pack - Jop

Second Place Winner
Bat Sandwich - kaonstantine

Third Place Winner
Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake - theANdROId


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1st Place: Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake - theANdROId
First off I will state I am discounting the fact that the sprite was submitted without proper transparency. It appears the artist doesn't have much technical experience or the tool set that a serious spriter has but I also don’t think points should be taken off as a result of this. I know not everyone may agree with this but I feel in this case the tools were keeping him from doing what I believe would have been achieved if they were not an issue.

That aside I really liked the execution of this one. The cake looks, well, real. The little swirls of chocolate on the top stands out to me as being well drawn. The shading to make the shape of the cylindrical pan is also well done. I like the detail of the surface layer seen where the slice has been removed, well contrasted with the inside material of the cake.

I will criticise one thing though, the choice of colors. It looks more like something you would see out of an old DOS game. I am going to presume this is also a factor of you using inadequate spiriting software. You used MS Paint didn't you? The default colors it gives looks like the ones here in the image. For having such a limitation you actually did remarkably well. I can't bring myself to deduct points for it.

2nd Place: Big Mac - darkmanx_429
This is something I can definitely see sitting in my inventory in a Castlevania game. The size and color style are pretty much spot on. The burger construction seems upside down though for the fillings? SHouldn't the lettuce be on top of the patty? Then again if it was an authentic Big Mac you’d never be able to see the almost non existent patty. The shading is a little basic, but not bad for the amount of detail present.

3rd Place: Bat Sandwich - kaonstantine
A very comical entry. I’m sure Ozzy Belmont would love this dish. Some part of me thinks it looks a little unbalanced in it’s design though with the one wing hanging out so far. The coloring and shaping are excellent though. The filling of the sandwich is particularly well done and very readable. At such a large scale though I did expect to see more texture on the bread.


Did Not Place: Alt Entries - darkmanx_429
Your alt entries confused me a little, being so different from the Big Mac. While the Big Mac looked hand sprited, the other images looks like resized/automated and color reduced images. It is very weird and stands out as being unnatural compared to other entries.

Did Not Place: All Entries - Jop
It’s interesting to see you branch out into an alternate view of the guidelines and make it monster food. That said the execution and some choices were pretty questionable, to the point where some of them I don’t believe really qualify as ‘food’ even for monsters.

The only things I could identify even basically what they were when first looking at them was the pile of bones, the potion, and to a lesser extent the blood pack. I think the way you shaded them, and the detail you tried to add to them, made it very hard to see what they were. It felt messy.

Did Not Place: Christmas Pudding Cupcake - Shiroi Koumori
The biggest thing I found wrong with this entry was the ribbed texturing on the cupcake wrapper. I’ll admit these are hard to do when you first think about them, but it stands out too much on it as being a very poor execution of that kind of texture. One of the key skills of spriting is learning when to ‘mush’ your detail. By that I mean you don’t need to have exact detail on smaller or harder to read portions of a sprite. Sometimes you even need to enlarge details unrealistically for people to read them properly, which can actually often go unnoticed, or feel like a nice stylistic quirk for older games. In this case have less ribs but them being very visible in the center, bigger and more easy to read potentially, but as you reach the sides it turns thinner, and more ‘mushed’ into the outline color losing detail and thickness as you reach the outside. It’s a little hard to explain though I admit.

Did Not Place: Alt Entries - theANdROId
The 25th cake was kind of cute. It really lacks shading. Very readable despite that though. The beer seemed really basic, perhaps the cap at the top seems too large or shaped improperly. The labels also seem to be trying to stuff in too much detail. The coffee cup could have had much better color choices for the white cup itself. Also why is it sitting on a shelf or table as a part of it’s icon? Doesn't seem like much of a game icon that way.

Did Not Place: All Entries - ZeroSaberGreen
I was actually very torn about whether you should take third place or not. I think your entries were playing it too safe though. Countless pot roasts exist, even giant ones, in the series already. The Mushroom, while very well executed, also did not stand out as much as the others to me. But again, your execution was actually really high here. You did a great job on the art itself. It was a very tough decision.

Did Not Place: All Entries - VladCT
THe gingerbread man seems more like an actual creature than a cookie. It looks as if he is actually standing on a floor. The torso also seems kind of misshapen, and even besides that, a different style or proportion than the legs and waist. The milk on the other hand is barely visible and seems to have no shading at all.


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1st Place: Blood Pack - Jop
I’ve chosen this one because I can really imagine that item on a modern title, like AoS or DoS and being used by Arikado, even the perspective feel right. So while its simplistic it just felt right to put it on 1st.

2nd Place: Brick-grown Mushroom - ZeroSaberGreen
It was hard to choose between this and Shiroi's entry, but with that kind of description who could resist? xD
 That Luigi’s easter egg on MoF only helped at making my choice.

3rd Place: Christmas Pudding Cupcake - Shiroi Koumori
Like Jop’s Blood Pack, this entry falls like a glove for a kid character like Maria, also I like this cartoonish shading, would be fun to see it on Dracula X.


Did Not Place: Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake, Cold Ones, Spiced Egg Nog and Celebration Cake - theAndROId
These entries need a better shading work (like these Cake and Chocolate for example) and Chocolate Swirl Chesse misses transparency at the upper part I think, but you did a wonderful job at managing all these little pixels on the Cold Ones and the Celebration Cake, this cake would totally fit as a bonus item, like Konami Man and Twin Bee while these beers would help to relieve John’s pain, poor John.

Did Not Place: Big Mac, French Fries (?), Soda Elixir (?) - darkmanx_429
Since they only have a description I don't know their right names but they need better shading, right now they seem to be pillow shaded to me, apart from that they seem tasty and very well colored, very cool effect in these burguer dots. Makes me wonder if these items would heal or hurt and poison you.

Did Not Place: Bat sandwich - kaonstantine
Good shading and colors, maybe it could be a little more bright but its very good, if we could choose 4 entries you would be in it, It was really hard to not choose this entry, but Castlevania also needs sweet and cute food so Shiroi got 3rd, also good description xD

Did Not Place: Giant pot roast - ZeroSaberGreen
Good shading and pixel management, but in my opinion it lacks a bit of originality, I’ve already seen a giant meat in RoB if I recall correctly. Even so its very well made and I can really see the effort that you put in your entries, you are on the right track.

Did Not Place: Soup of Demon Teeths, Demon Bones, Soul Bottle, Crazy Chef’s  Master Work - Jop
While these entries have a good amount of humor its hard to talk about them, you did a good job at coloring and shading it, These entries aren't bad and your animation is good.

Did Not Place: Gingerbread Man and Milk - VladCT
Needs better shading and this Gingerbread Man is very funny, the description only add to it, now I want a haunted Gingerbread Man too as a enemy, so you can drop and eat it for a tasty victory xD
Mix it with the Milk and Jonhy-boy would surely come to eat it, no doubt.



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1st Place: Roasted Bat Sandwich - kaonstantine
I love this entry. It looks great, the description is funny, and it looks like it easily would fit in SotN or its like games. But really, what won me over the most here was its campy humor, something I always was fond of in the series. I wonder what it’d taste like...

2nd Place: Type-O Bloodpack - Jop
As I said in the thread, the concept of heal items for enemies is a very, very nice one. Your others were nice, too, but the Bloodpack is easily the star of the show. As has been mentioned a few times already, I could definitely see Genya chugging one after a hard-won fight. Maybe getting a little blood-tipsy afterwards, too?

3rd Place: Christmas Pudding Cupcake - Shiroi Koumori
I liked this one; first off because it’s a giant-ass cupcake, what’s not to like? It didn't quite hit the classic CV tropes/vibes my above two judgments did, but this one struck me more as a super heal item for young Maria or Pumpkin, or possibly even one in a Kid Dracula game. It’s kind of in the same vein as why I like Jop’s so much, it touches on a side of the series that’s not seen too often (the cartoony, silly side in this case). And I also run Maria like it’s my job in Chi no Rondo, so I'd love to break that hidden gravestone and get this bad boy in place of that giant heart.


Did Not Place: Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake, Cold Ones, Spiced Egg Nog, Anniversary Cake - theANdROId
These entries aren't bad, but they don’t quite have that CV look to them (the Cheesecake slightly being the exception to this). In addition to that, a lot of these types of items have been done already. SotN has a cheesecake (New-York style!) and coffee (similar to your nog), so while the sprites themselves aren't too shabby, they don’t have much going for them in the “uniqueness” department.

Did Not Place: McDonald’s Meal - darkmanx_429
I got a chuckle out of this, but I didn't feel it was a winning entry. The sprites could use with a little more work IMO, but aren't bad at all otherwise. Really, it was the idea of McDonald’s in Dracula’s castle that kinda killed it. One the one hand, the mental image of him calling up the local Golden Arches and sending henchmen to pick it up is funny as shit, but on the other it’s not really something I could seriously see in a Castlevania game; and ultimately that’s why this one didn't place for me.

Did Not Place: Giant Pot Roast and Brick-Grown Mushroom - ZeroSaberGreen
If we had four slots, you’d have had it. Unfortunately, this isn't the case. I really, really like these two. The Roast looks like it popped out of Chi no Rondo, and the Mushroom is just hilarious. I much prefer the Mushroom over the Roast, because the pot roast has been a CV staple for decades, so there’s not much new it brings to the table. Mushrooms have also been done, but not in this clever and funny of a way. Well done, but in the end you fell just a tiny bit short of my top three entries.

Did Not Place: Gingerbread Man and Milk - VladCT
I liked these (especially considering a passing thought that the player would have to grab the milk before it hit the floor, or it’d break and they’d cry), but they were just a tad too plain for my liking by comparison to the top three. I would've liked to maybe see a concept where you’d have to CATCH the Gingerbread Man before you can eat him, or something of that ilk, but really the simplicity of the designs made them wash over me somewhat. Not bad by any stretch, but lacking that extra “oomph.”

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: VladCT on January 04, 2015, 03:56:51 PM

Eh, never expected to win anyway. Congrats to the winners.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on January 04, 2015, 04:01:25 PM

There was a giant pot roast in RoB?

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: darkmanx_429 on January 04, 2015, 05:12:02 PM

Congrats to all the winners!
Alot of good entries for this month!
All my entries are open source feel free to use them in your fan-games as long as you give credit!
See all you guys in January's contest!

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Shiroi Koumori on January 05, 2015, 05:35:17 AM

Congrats to all the winners!

And thanks to all the comments on my entry.
I guess I must not approach spriting as a cross stitch pattern. hehehe.
Yeah, and feel free to use my giant cupcake on your games.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: Jop on January 05, 2015, 10:59:37 AM

Wow dont expect this, thanks to all and sorry about the transparecy XD.

@ZeroSaber Green

about that check this on the left I think thats the item they are saying:

http://www.spriters-resource.com/resources/sheets/10/10320.png (http://www.spriters-resource.com/resources/sheets/10/10320.png)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on January 05, 2015, 08:01:03 PM

Thanks to all for the comments, and congrats to everyone who entered!  There were lots of different items, but I think they were all pretty cool!

@Uzo - I did use MSPaint.  I thought I remembered several other forum members suggesting to just use paint and that it was what they used.  As for the transparency (and other) issues, it's as you said -- lack of technical experience and tools of a serious spriter.  As much as I enjoyed this though, I hope to start learning and working toward becoming a more serious spriter.

I certainly wouldn't mind program suggestions (or any other tips for that matter) from anyone if they have the time to PM me.  I really enjoyed participating in this and would like to learn more.

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on January 06, 2015, 08:46:49 AM

Quote from: theANdROId on January 05, 2015, 08:01:03 PM

Thanks to all for the comments, and congrats to everyone who entered!  There were lots of different items, but I think they were all pretty cool!

@Uzo - I did use MSPaint.  I thought I remembered several other forum members suggesting to just use paint and that it was what they used.  As for the transparency (and other) issues, it's as you said -- lack of technical experience and tools of a serious spriter.  As much as I enjoyed this though, I hope to start learning and working toward becoming a more serious spriter.

I certainly wouldn't mind program suggestions (or any other tips for that matter) from anyone if they have the time to PM me.  I really enjoyed participating in this and would like to learn more.

ASEprite. I use it alot  http://www.aseprite.org/ (http://www.aseprite.org/)

Title: Re: December 2014 Castlevania Dungeon Sprite Contest
Post by: theANdROId on January 10, 2015, 11:16:08 AM

I forgot to say that if anyone wanted to use my stuff as well, feel free to do so, and feel free to edit them as necessary to make them look better if you wish to do that as well.  I wouldn't mind a small nod to my credit though. :-)  Especially with the Anniversary Cake...it is a little awkward, and I really didn't know how to do any decent shading on that one...but I'm quite pleased with the idea and turnout of it.  I think, once I learn more about spriting, I'd like to come back to that one and make it better.