ForumsArt, Music, and Writing[Closed] Armor Games' Armatar Contest: SPRING!!

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MrDayCee
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Now that we have had our annual dosage of chocolate and colored eggs, it is time for our returning seasonal themed edition of the ArmorGames Armatar Contest! The season that brings out everyone to play, even the game characters! They too are taking a short break to enjoy the colorful scenery of:

SPRING!!!

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As usual, here are the guidelines that help you figure out what is allowed and what is not :

# ARMATAR CONTEST GUIDELINES :

1) All entries must be appropriate. They cannot be offensive or profane in nature. Keep it clean!
2) The entry must be squar and at least 512x512 pixels in dimension.
3) Your entry must scale down well to 100x100. So if it looks good in its larger form, make sure that it will still look good when it is scaled down to the armatar size. Here are a few suggestions about this :
⦠Sometimes keeping it simple is better. If you go into a lot of detail, it might not look as great when you scale it down. So keep in mind what the Armatar size will be and check often how it looks when it is scaled down.
⦠Remember to save a lot while you are making it! Better to delete 20 -in between made- save files later on, than ending up with a finished piece you don't like or an end result that is showing up blurred when scaled down...
⦠If you are able to do vector, by all means! That can help with the sharpness of the image. However, since they are small in Armatar size, this is probably not a big issue.
4) An entry must be completely original. You cannot use entire (or even elements from) pieces of artwork made by someone else, the entire armatar must be 100% created by you! A Moderator can ask you to provide conclusive proof that the entry was created by you entirely and you are obligated to provide this when asked for.
Plagiarism will not only exclude your submission by means of disqualification, it will also exclude you from participation in any future contests AND will have further consequences!
5) All entries must be fitting to the current contest's theme. If a certain entry is debatable to whatever extend, a Mod or Admin will give the decisive and final ruling for submission.
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# CLOSING DATE OF THIS CONTEST :

As always with the Spring Edition, the window for this contest will be a little longer, from 05/20/2013 untill 07/01/2013, so there's plenty of time for you to submit your wonderful pieces of art!!
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# WINNING SUBMISSIONS :

Every participant of an official edition of the Armor Games' Armatar Contest receives a well deserved Merit for submitting one -or more- entries to every separate edition held. This means a maxmimum of one Merit per participant, per edition.
Alongside this Merit for your participation, we now have a special non-game Quest to award for the winning submissions of the Armor Games' Armatar Contest!! This special Armatar Creator Quest will be bestowed upon the creators of the winning entries that were chosen for every contest held from now on. The winners will receive this Quest to show our appreciation for their outstanding work. Wear this Quest with pride!
⦠Winners will be chosen after the edition is officially closed;
⦠The winning entries are non-debatable, results are final;
⦠The Quest can only be awarded to a user once per year. If a particular user wins several editions during the same year, they will only receive that particular Quest once, as we can not award a particular Quest a second time;
⦠Every year there will be a new Armatar Creator Quest, which will be achievable for every participant;
⦠As a special appreciation for their outstanding work, all the winners and their winning entries of every edition will be placed into the Armatar Creator Quest Winners Hall of Fame! (Official thread link will be implemented when created.)
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We're looking forward to seeing your contributions! So, soak up that fresh Spring breeze, let those first rays of sun tickle your skin and your imagination, be inspired by the huge palet of vibrant colorful scenery outside and grab that pencil or mouse to splash those ideas onto paper or your computer screen! It's Spring time people! Make 'em look good! Amaze us!!! =)

And remember... there's a second contest running alongside of this annual returning event!
The GemCraft 2: Chasing Shadows Special Armatar Contest Edition!!

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MrDayCee
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And this is the revised version... =)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/14443793174_73ef5db7ef_o_d.png
Spring Ducky (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3859/14443793174_2d5091bdd9_t_d.jpg
Spring Ducky (100x100)

I wonder which one you all like best? =)

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ooo doggy I have been waiting for a duck

I like the second one the smile is more pronounced with the shading there

MrDayCee
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Glad I am able to put a smile on someone's face with my ducky idea! =)

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Oh man! Look at that duck! I guess we should get these armatars up soon eh?

MrDayCee
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Yay for the @Ferret!! =)

Never knew ferrets liked ducks? Well for hunting maybe... =P

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It's springtime! The sun is shining, nice temperature, so... you go outside to play! You wonder the streets singing joyfully and when you pass a high fence, you hear kids laughing! What are they doing? You want to know, but... the fence is too high and there's no opening in sight?! Oh wait... here's a small hole in the fence!! You look through and...

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14271622367_f845f9b30c_o_d.png
Peek-A-Boo!! (512x512)

https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2912/14271622367_61508d44a5_t_d.jpg
Peek-A-Boo!! (100x100)

MrDayCee
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Spring comes with butterflies! =D

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/14459221285_eed8c07304_o_d.png
Butterfly Orange (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3916/14459221285_39d6a365c8_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Orange (100x100)

I will be adding other colors to the set soon! =)

MrDayCee
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As promised... here are two more colored butterflies! =)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/14464192332_2381da891c_o_d.png
Butterfly Purple (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3870/14464192332_676d3431bd_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Purple (100x100)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3865/14278946968_e539696f98_o_d.png
Butterfly Green (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3865/14278946968_056ab5c815_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Green (100x100)

More colors will follow to complete the set!

EDIT : I realized that I forgot to 'white-out' the dots for these two! Ooops... that's fixed now!

MrDayCee
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And as promised... more colors! =)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3896/14278934849_73c973700b_o_d.png
Butterfly Blue (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3896/14278934849_59f2ae96aa_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Blue (100x100)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/14464222452_350fd48ecc_o_d.png
Butterfly Pink (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3903/14464222452_305171a835_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Pink (100x100)

Still two more coming! If you want a certain color of butterfly and different background, let me know and I'll see what I can do!

MrDayCee
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And here are the Red and Yellow versions of these beautiful metamorphing creatures! =)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14445383506_138a2aae48_o_d.png
Butterfly Red (512x512)

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3838/14445383506_442ca6283a_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Red (100x100)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14488630563_655d538e6d_o_d.png
Butterfly Yellow (512x512)

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/14488630563_453f647666_t_d.jpg
Butterfly Yellow (100x100)

Ferret
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Updated!!

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Does my flour bag qualify? It's...um...wheat based, yeah, and...and...

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Some sort of landscape... with flowers, obviously.

http://i1163.photobucket.com/albums/q550/kegaumongo/db82b13a-1631-4d51-ac0a-6321ecb744c6_zps31d928b1.jpg

MrDayCee
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Looks great @kegaumongo! I looked at it on my mobile phone and was zoomed out, which initially made me think it was a piece of exotic fruit cut in half! Sorry... =P

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Lol, I think you're right. I have to say that, thanks to you, I no longer see the field of flowers I originally drew... I see a papaya. Ha, ha.

By the way, your butterflies are reeaally beautiful ^^

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