ANNOUNCEMENT: FFHacktics Winter Sprite Contest 2009!!

[Vanya]

Get your digipens out! It's time for another round of custom sprites on the rocks!!!

All who want to participate need only post their *Winter* themed sprites here!! =)

*Winter* = Anything associated with the winter season or holidays that take place during. Any holiday is welcome; Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Chrismakkahwanzaaca, whatever! It doesn't even have to be associated with a living culture!

Criteria:
Best Over-all
Most Fitting to Theme
Most Creative
Chilliest/Funniest

Rules:
1 ) Most importantly you must have fun.
2 ) Obviously the entries have to have fit the theme.
3 ) Entries should be in PNG format.
4 ) Entry must be submitted in 1x & 2x size in one file for clear visibility.
5 ) The base sprite must be an official Square FFT/WotL sprite, or a custom sprite from scratch in FFT style.
6 ) Entry must have at least forward-angled frame and one other, with additional frames optional.
7 ) No resubmitting of old sprites.
8 ) Judges can't participate, duh.
9 ) There is no limit to the number of entries that can be submitted.
A ) No vulgarity.
B ) Sprites must not exceed 16 colors, but do not have any restrictions as to what colors are used.

Deadline:
December 31, 2009
12 midnight GMT

Submission Format:

Sprite Title
Name of Base Sprite(s)
<Embedded Image of entry>
Download of entry (*optional*)

Here is an example entry:

spoiler

Artist: Seushiro
Islude as Raziel
Islude + Demon

   
Artist: woodenbandman
Santa's Elf
Goblin body + green squire head and colors + some of the red squire colors (for the hat and socks).


Artist: Cold52
Behemoth as Rudolph and other reindeer (plus santa's sleigh)
Behemoth+Custom


   
Artist: jimmyjw88
Snowman
Female Chemist+Custom


Artist: jimmyjw88
The Nutcracker
Beowulf+Female Geomancer+60 year old man+Malak+Custom


Artist: dwib
Holiday Penguin
Uribo + Cockatrice + Time Mage + Custom


Artist: dwib
Christmas Behemoth??
Behemoth + Custom


Artist: Zodiac
White Saber-tooth
Coeurl


Artist: Jon
Gingerbread Man Normal and Half Eaten (I know, kinda cheap...)
Uribo + Imagination


Artist: Jon
Cola Bear
Uribo + size correction and frame addition


Artist: jimmyjw88
Icy Demon (End of the World)
Demon with Recoloured


Artist: Kagebunji
Queklain Santa
Queklain+custom


Judges:
1: SilvasRuin
2: mav
3: PX_Timefordeath

Judge Magister:
Xeno3

Finished Submissions:

[SilvasRuin]

I would be happy to be one of the judges again.

[Vanya]

Groovy!

[jimmyjw88]

Ooo....winter. Another contest. Looking forward to see what spriters come up with.

[Vanya]

We had some pretty cool ones last year! ^_^

[Seushiro]

yep last year had unique entries and break is near so expect spriters to be at their finest for this one cant w8. . .

[VampragonLord]

Count me in. i just gotta figure out what im gonna make...

[mav]

If you need a judge, I guess I'll help out. Though if some more qualified people are willing to, I won't mind stepping down.

[PX_Timefordeath]

I'll fill in as a judge, although my activity plummeted, prepare a back up in case I fail. I would enter, but I fail at spriting.

[jimmyjw88]

Mav is great being a judge ^^

[Kagebunji]

Well, I can be judge again, if you don't mind ofcourse ^^

[Xeno3]

I'll be Judgemagister as I don't think it would be proper for me to be to be a judge as this is the first event I have been active in

[woodenbandman]

in like flint.

[MiKeMiTchi]

When will the contest start and end?
I can be a judge again if you guys want...
well.. if I'm really that deserving..

[mav]

Why not take the spriting path then, MiKe?

[jimmyjw88]

Yeah, Mike. I like to see what you come up with ^^

[Vanya]

Start now. End the day before Xmas eve.

So we have Kage judging, and Xeno for tie breaker.
One more judge left.

Everyone feel free to start submitting, I'll have all the details up as soon as I recover from tonight's rather drunken food/toy drive.
It went pretty well, btw.

[Kagebunji]

Vanya, Mike volunteered as a judge too.

[woodenbandman]

I've got my idea, and a few frames are already done. I could just do like 2 frames a day and finish if I wanted. Should we do previews, or would that cause a bias or something?

[Vanya]

Right! So we have all our judges! Groovy!