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Zophia
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Alrighty, this has been brewing in the artistic minds of a few AGers lately - an animation contest!

Similar to the Art Skills Competition we need a few rules in place (largely copy/pasted, so credits to Carlie for parts of this):
1. Must be hand drawn, either on paper or in a program. It can then be manipulated in an graphics program (GIMP is a nice free one with a build in animation filter - google it). Copyrighted images cannot be used. All pieces containing copyrighted images will be disqualified.
2. Submissions must follow the current theme. If you submit more than one piece, please clarify which one you would like to be judged.
3. If your animation is larger than 630 pixels wide, please provide a link to the animation instead of posting it in the forum. Otherwise, the animation will be cut off.
4. Artists cannot win in subsequent weeks. You can still submit, but if you won the week before, you cannot get first place again the next week. Unless only one person submits......let's hope that doesn't happen!


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Alright, let's see if this kicks off.
First theme will be ~ Jumping.
It's a basic thing to learn in animation, and it can be anything from a pixelated blob performing up/down motions, to - anything jumping.
Like: http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z121/Mazzelh/Emote.gif
I don't know who will do the judging yet (will be me, if no one else (like Strop?) decides they'll do it).
Deadline for first round will be October 20th, since animation is a somewhat time consuming process. Go make those pixels jump!

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Zophia
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What? ONLY THREE DAYS! ARGHARGHARGHAKRGHARE!
Hey, it was originally a week. :P
I just got so many complaints about the last one lasting too long!! EVERYONE! Deadline extended with a few days! I shall not judge this round before next Wednesday (the 22nd).

Nope but to be entirely proper you should probably have mentioned where you got it from.
If I knew, I'd add that now - but can't remember my search words. >.> Sorry!
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Hmm...Till Wednesday...

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it's the colour of green diarrhea.

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Very nice I must say KingRyan can't wai to see it finished.

Zophia
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Okay... Can't judge when there is not a single entry.
*sighs*
This thing is gonna die?

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Sorry, did not have the time.

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@fst6:
GIMP?

@Cenere:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww.

@the contest:
*sigh*
If I throw another week on the deadline, will anything happen?

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I think the main issue with the contest here is that "sprites", while a fascinating topic, is actually really hard to pull off, not least because it's quite an open ended thing.

I'm actually giving this a shot but I'm having difficulty because my animation style is a lot smoother than the nature of sprites, and generating a whole action sheet, which is what I want to do (and the example you gave) is a daunting task.

So the way I'm interpreting this is using the modular approach compatible with event-based gaming, like in fighters and platformers, and stringing that together. You'll see what I mean...in about a week 8D

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Strop, Bro' You're art is wonderful. I am Frustrated because I can't draw like that >:l

Zophia
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X3 I'm never telling you guys to do such a complex theme again!
Though I'm tempted to say... Just be creative! :3
Then it's not that difficult.

Conclusion: Strop just got online. That means I've stayed up too late again... >.>

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I don't even know what time it is in Denmark ^^; But it'd be a similar timezone to GMT right?

Eh, maybe I'll do a "tangentially related non-entry" xD

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GMT+1, yes~ So when I notice you posting, I know it's waaaaaaay past my illusive bedtime~

Doh. :3 As long as it's something!

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Hehe...I should have won....my little creature consisted of two exactly the same frames...therefore...I win by default right?

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It appears to be "when there's enough entries" xD

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@kingryan:
I... Don't think that counts as an animation. X)

@fst6:
What Strop said. 'Enough' being at least two.

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