[VOTE] Official Sprite Contest: Heroes From Other Worlds

[Celdia]

Heroes From Other Worlds

First and foremost I would like to say thank you to everyone that entered the contest. We had an amazing seventeen submissions this time around which blows last year's Halloween spriting contest out of the water! So let the voting begin! As always, only one vote per user [please do not use alternate accounts to vote multiple times] and it is generally considered poor form to vote for your own sprite [but we really can't stop you.] Please refer to the judging criteria for guidance in voting, though it should be noted that all the following sprites are considered valid submissions. Feel free to discuss or ask questions in this thread and for those of you just burning to critique the various entries now would be an appropriate time to do so.

Voting officially ends on Halloween night, October 31st, at 11:59pm EST! I will tally up the votes and announce the winner then! Prizes will be determined shortly after!

If you submitted a sprite that is not on this vote list and you do not believe is failed to meet the submission rules, feel free to PM me with questions.

Judging Criteria:
1) Personal Preference: Vote for your favorite character that gets submitted! The old 'Creativity' criteria doesn't really fit when the goal is to replicate something.
2) Artistic Ability: The more like the original character/costume, the better. However, make sure to balance this with the visual quality of the sprite. General pixel art ability, design, and palette choice are important here.
3) Valid Submission: There are clear expectations for submission, please try your best to follow them.

Submission	Title	Contestant	Character Art
	Bartz	Jon	Link
	Colette Brunel	Jumza	Link
	Cress	jimmyjw88	Link
	Crystal Chronicles Heroine	Taichii	Link
	Cyclops	Choto	Link
	Denim Powell/Denam Pavel	theultrawolf	Link
	Freedan	Choto	Link
	Genis Sage	Jumza	Link
	Goku	Cheetah	Link
	Hawkeye	Kagebunji	Link
	Kain	Jon	Link
	Mario and Yoshi	Twinees	Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4
	Mesarthim	Lijj	Link 1, Link 2
	Morrigan Aensland	Toshiko	Link
	Nail	Ledin	Link
	Philia Felice and Clemente	Celdia	Link 1, Link 2
	Raven	GeneralStrife	Link

[Jon]

Umm you forgot my Squall and Edge...(Squall sucks but at least add Edge please...you can delete this post then)

[MiKeMiTchi]

All of these entries are winners. Great job everyone, including Celdia, for arranging such event! I'll comment on the sprites soon after the voting closes. For now, let me cast a vote!

Would it be better if we're allowed to select sprite entries equal to the same number of eventual winners from the poll?

[GeneralStrife]

So many amazing ones to choose from! It was not easy voting!

[Mobius]

Yes, I agree

I actually took some time to think this one out- Not easy when you only have one vote.

[FFMaster]

Damn, these are some great sprites. Give me a day or so and then I'll vote.

[The Damned]

(I'm still not used to anyone else ever referencing Saga Frontier, so seeing Mesarthim is kind of a weird.)

Nice sprites all around, even if that certainly wasn't the either of Hawkeyes that I was expecting. Heh.

Regardless, I've cast my vote already.

Thanks for holding this Celdia.

[Zetaro]

gahhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant decide! X( there just too good.

[GeneralStrife]

49 minutes from contest end!

[Celdia]

And the contest is over! Congratulations to Twinees who takes First Place with his Mario and Yoshi sprite! And we have a three-way-tie for Second Place between Taichii, Lijj and Toshiko!!! Since I don't intend to make people choose between them, this means we have even more winners than originally anticipated!

Thank you again to everyone that participated! I will be getting in touch with the winners about their prizes shortly. Keep an eye on your PMs, winners!

[GeneralStrife]

Only natural that twin would win. He's become a spriter in his own plane of existance. Congrats to all 4 of you!

[The Damned]

(Congratulations to everyone who won. And then to everyone who competed.)

Heh, Mesarthim still got second place...even though I ended up voting for the Morrigan sprite.

Thanks again for holding this Celdia.

[Choto]

Woo! Congrats to everybody. Contest was alot of fun, and turned out some really cool sprites!

[Cheetah]

Congratulations to all the participants and a special thank you to Celdia for hosting a great contest! I really enjoyed getting to participate for once.

[Celdia]

I finished the perler for our 1st place winner. Here's a pic for those that would like a peek.

spoiler

It's as close as I could manage with the limited palette that perler beads come in. Stay tuned if you're curious as to what the 2nd place winners will receive...just as soon as I figure out what to make, I'll post more pictures here.

[Jon]

Looks very nice, I like it ^_^

[Lijj]

That perler is great and so is the entree. Pretty interesting turn out.. I am surprised six of you voted for Mesarthim actually. I actually voted for Mario because it was well done. This was a great contest... big thanks to Celdia for putting it together!

[kadwin]

are any of these sprites available for download??

[Lijj]

I think these are limited to what you see here- mostly 1-framers.