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Carlie
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Hello Armor Gamers!

Spring is finally here! And with the change of the seasons, so arrives the Spring Armatar Contest!

You can submit your own original armatars to this thread following the theme of the Spring. If it meets our quality standards, I will add it to the 1AP armatar section for all members to use! You can reference previous contests for a better idea of what this is all about here. You can also check out a few select returning Spring armatars from 2009 in the 5AP section.

There are some guidelines, and unless your entry follows these set of rules it will not be accepted.

GUIDELINES:
1. Must be appropriate. Cannot be offensive or profane in nature. Try to keep it clean!
2. The entry must be square, and at least 100x100 pixels in dimension.
3. Must scale down well to 100x100. So if it is larger, make sure that it will still look good when it is scaled down to armatar size. A few suggestions about this:
- Sometimes simple is better. If you go into a lot of detail, it might not look as great when you scale it down. So just keep in mind what the final size will be.
- If you are able to do vector, that can help with the sharpness of the image. However, since they are so small this probably isn't a big issue.
4. Must be completely original. You cannot use elements from other piece of artwork, the entire armatar must be 100% original.
5. Must be Spring themed.

Good luck! And I look forward to seeing great armatars =)

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wistress
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Wistress, I would use both of your armatars, good job Are you sure they are 100x100 though?


Thanks Yoda, and yes, I am positive they are 100 X 100. However, even if they weren't, they are square and could be sized to 100 X 100.


Wistress, both of yours are great. I remember when I asked you to make me an armatar when I first got on here. :P


Thank you adios. I remember that too, during the Winter Armatar contest ...
Yodadude53
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Wistress, what do you use to make your armatars?

wistress
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Wistress, what do you use to make your armatars?


I just use GIMP 2.4, but I am sure any version of GIMP would work the same.
Yodadude53
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This is my entry, the Multi-Colored Four Leaf clover, I hope you guys like it.:
http://rookery9.aviary.com.s3.amazonaws.com/3673500/3673982_463f_625x625.jpg

Yodadude53
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So... what do you guys think? I'll make some more later...

BijouRIP
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I think its pretty good

XVERB
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http://www.photofurl.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/3d_tree_wallpaper-100x100.jpg

tree. woop

wistress
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Yoda - I really like the abstractness of your four-leaf clover, however, the "wine" color on the one clover leaf seems to be out of place with the rest of the clover's color palette. Remember though, that it just my opinion, so take it with a grain of salt.

XVERB - I really like your tree and the whole green scheme of your armatar.

wistress
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OK ... here's a monarch butterfly ... well, the best I could draw on gimp anyway.


http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii287/wistress/Spring2010/SpringAvatar03.jpg

adios194
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XVERB, your tree is great. I want that as my armatar. I am all for the green scheme. I hope it wins.

FryLock19
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wistress, I can see that being accepted easily. Nice work.

Yodadude53
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the "wine" color on the one clover leaf seems to be out of place with the rest of the clover's color palette.

Shall I do it with light blue? I think I'll add a background too...
wistress
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Shall I do it with light blue? I think I'll add a background too...


You already have the three primary colors on there, red, yellow, and blue; I would make that other leaf white and fill in the background with black ... You could also fill in that leaf with green and leave the background white ... once again, just suggestions.

wistress, I can see that being accepted easily. Nice work.


Thank you FryLock, that is much appreciated.
wistress
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Here is a Lily pad with one lily flower in bloom ...


http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii287/wistress/Spring2010/SpringAvatar04.jpg

MrDayCee
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Have to ask: has there been a second round of accepting winners in this contest, I must have missed it if there was... :S

And nice lily pad there wistress...

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