Sprite Jam: >>>Powerful People<<< (Voting Time until 10th of january)

Kumpel · Tue 29/11/2016 02:16:39

Hello dear Sprite Jammers,

since we are living in times, where old leaders are dying, and new leaders are on the rise, where elections are colliding with emotions and populism is on a new all time high all over the globe, I want this thread to be about people in power.

You can recreate living or dead tribe leaders, dictators or prime ministers of the world as well as invent the next Big Boss of a utopian (or dystopian for the pessimists...) future. Or perhaps you are more into monarchs, and/or - allegedely - godsend people like kings, emperors, tzars, sultans and anyone else whose head is big enough for a crown or a bonapartian hat. Your character could also be the Cockroach queen of a bug state in your basement if that is what you've been worried about for all your life...

The only rule is: The character must have any kind of political power (No magic, jedi-force and stuff like that!)
If it isn't obvious, what kind of power he or she or it has, please explain it in one sentence.

For your endless efforts I can offer you the following sweet trophies !

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/8Vr7C8F.gif[/imgzoom] King of them all!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/bMsmswx.gif[/imgzoom] All hail the merkelian rhombus!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/FVH8enD.gif[/imgzoom] POTUS of the Month!

You have time for participating until the 27th of december 23:59 MET.

Happy Spriting!

Kumpel

Grok · Wed 30/11/2016 20:21:39

There are no lizard overlords.
We are not secretly running the planet.
It is all filthy lies.
Walk on. Nothing to see here.

Kumpel · Thu 01/12/2016 16:05:41

Oh look! It's a lizard overlord. Uh no it isn't... They don't exist. We all know that.

Anyway, thanks for breaking the silence in here with a neat first sprite, Grok!

Blondbraid · Thu 01/12/2016 22:16:47

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/tUPUg5h.png[/imgzoom]
This princess not like all the other princesses who are "not like all the other princesses".
She doesn't daydream of running away from her royal life, she wouldn't be caught dead wearing pants and she sure as heck doesn't know karate.
She is perfectly content in doing things befitting a royal princess, such as singing, dancing, looking for suitable suitors, applying drops of belladonna to make her eyes appear larger and
rigorously study Il Principe by NiccolÃ² Machiavelli.

Kumpel · Sat 03/12/2016 12:56:33

True power often is hidden under a weak surface...

Thanks for giving Grok a challenge here so soon

Btw, I envy you for having developed a unique artistic style. The right curl alone somehow screams BLONDBRAID at me

(that of course applies to both of you

)

Blondbraid · Mon 05/12/2016 20:34:46

Why thank you!

I do like Grok's lizard overlord as well,
and I'm looking forward to see what other entries show up here!

CaesarCub · Thu 08/12/2016 11:08:01

Here is one of the most evil people in power. Not only is he real, he has a reign of terror in the North Pole, where he forces what can only be children in elf costumes to work all year at his malevolent sweatshop.
When kids go missing, it's because he needs to reinforce his workforce.

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/bEDsReF.png[/imgzoom]

Kumpel · Thu 08/12/2016 19:59:28

This guy is cruel to the core! I know of his habit to never answer any of the billions of letters from sweet children all over the world

I like the way you are thinking, CaesarCub...

Kumpel · Tue 20/12/2016 17:34:19

Just a friendly reminder that any potential participants have got 7 days left to upload there powerful entries!

Priabudiman · Sat 24/12/2016 07:52:41

awesome entries from awesome people! im tempted to send my own entry, but will it be enough time? heheh..

Danvzare · Sat 24/12/2016 10:43:26

Quote from: Priabudiman on Sat 24/12/2016 07:52:41
awesome entries from awesome people! im tempted to send my own entry, but will it be enough time? heheh..

If it reaches the deadline, but is still incomplete. Send it in anyway. I've seen plenty of unfinished entries do brilliantly.

Misj' · Mon 26/12/2016 16:14:05

Same starship captain, three renditions.

Decided to go for thin single-pixel outlines to make animation a bit easier (if I ever were to animate them).
Also, I wanted tot use black as a basis for my colouring (simply because I like the effect, but also because
I haven't done it in a while). The characters had to fully work without any colours added, so black had to be
used to add depth, define shapes, and create a focal-point. The colouring itself is basically flat (the first
version had a bit more shadings, but these are really created using a layer set to overlay and using black
and white to draw), which should make it easier to work with.

EDIT: And because I'm really bad at PixelArt (having no experience whatsoever)

(hay, the deadline has passed, so this kinda doesn't count anyway...)

Hobo · Tue 27/12/2016 13:07:43

The King is dead, long live the Queen!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/dCt1mot.png[/imgzoom]

Kumpel · Thu 29/12/2016 04:34:06

A merry belated Christmas! It was a nice surprise to see two more entries!

Time is up NOW and voting begins on these magnificent 5 entries:

There are indead lizard overlords in here, thanks to GROK.

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/tUPUg5h.png[/imgzoom]
This "Il Principe" reading belladonna is the work of BLONDBRAID.

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/bEDsReF.png[/imgzoom]
And even a whiplashing Knecht Ruprecht aka Father Christmas Santa Clause found his way in here through CEASARCUB.

Starship Captain by MISJ is so powerful, He even defied space and deadline time!

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/dCt1mot.png[/imgzoom]
King: 0
Queen with sharp arguments by HOBO: 1

Happy voting until 10th of january!

Grok · Mon 02/01/2017 17:59:48

We just vote for the winner of our choice then?

This is hard. Excellent entries all.
And all of course are Lizard Overlords in disguise ... I mean NONE of them is a Lizard Overlord in disguise ...none at all.

My vote goes to the chubby guy in the red underwear, with the big whip. Santa by Ceasarcub.

Creamy · Mon 02/01/2017 18:09:26

Since there can be only one, I vote for Hobo's king slayer.
Yet, they are all worthy pretenders in their own style.

Danvzare · Mon 02/01/2017 19:20:10

Oh this is a real tough one.
But after much deliberation, I have to give my vote to Hobo.

Cassiebsg · Mon 02/01/2017 20:32:00

I'll cast my vote for MISJ's many renditions of the Starship Captain, I just love that clean perfect cartoon style.

But good work everyone, wish I could vote for all, cause you all winners!

[delete} · Mon 02/01/2017 22:38:12

I vote for Misj', wonderfully expressing how much unexplored territory there is still in 1px borders. Also I like the starfleet uniform colors, reminds me a lot of Tim Allen's Galaxy Quest.
If only Misj' would craft a playable adventure, with lovely animated characters and lavish backgrounds.. *sigh*

My second-favorite entry is the irascible Sinterklaas by Caesarcub. Me was always more scared and refused to recite my learned poem when such costumed actor in Santa costume visited my family... [/anecdote]

Hobo · Fri 06/01/2017 17:40:18

My vote goes to Misj'. A neat concept and great execution. I also like the amount of thought and reasoning put into this sprite, which is completely opposite to my style of cluelessly pushing pixels around until something sort of happens

.

Blondbraid · Fri 06/01/2017 18:46:14

Now I had a really, really hard time to only pick one, all others were great in their own right,
but my vote goes for Hobo's self made queen.

Amayirot Akago · Fri 06/01/2017 18:51:56

I'mma vote for MISJ too

xBRANEx · Fri 06/01/2017 22:16:41

Beautiful entries! It was a tough call but my vote goes to CEASARCUB

DBoyWheeler · Fri 06/01/2017 23:12:45

It was a hard choice between MISJ and Hobo.

But in the end, it was the queen's royal badass-ness that won my vote, so my vote goes to Hobo.

Twirlly · Sun 08/01/2017 01:22:58

This was tough. I'm feeling the jolly spirit of the big guy in red, but I have to vote for what looks like the killer Queen Bey by Hobo.

Mandle · Mon 09/01/2017 11:04:12

It was a real hard choice but I must go for CaeserCub's entry: The gorgeous flow of that cape in so few pixels won me over...

Riaise · Mon 09/01/2017 13:26:13

This is difficult, all the entries are really amazing, but my vote goes to CaesarCub.

Kumpel · Wed 11/01/2017 00:18:47

The Sprite Jam has now ended and it has been a really tough race for the gold and the silver trophy.

Preliminary Skirmishing

The temporary result shows a draw of 4 votes for MISJ and CEASARCUB...
But as we are talking about powerful people here, there can only be one (for each rank)!

So I am taking the the liberty to vote myself and my vote goes to CEASARCUB.

BUT

This again leads to a new draw between HOBO and CEASARCUB...

BUT

as HOBO has been rightfully voted for the most, he will get a bonus point.

For which this ridiculous attempt on finishing the contest leads to the following final results ...

(Jesus, who thought, manipulating voting results could be so complicated???)

RESULTS

MISJ 4 Votes
That Captain of yours has sucessfully defied the deadline and thus lands his magnificent space ship of victory on the 3rd rank!
You are from now on POTUS OF THE MONTH!
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/FVH8enD.gif[/imgzoom]

CEASARCUB 5 Votes
"Bad, Badder, Santa Clause" whipped himself through the election and reaches the 2nd rank!
You are from now on the proud owner of the almighty MERKELIAN RHOMBUS!
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/bMsmswx.gif[/imgzoom]

HOBO 6 Votes
The wittiest characters in history have always been the victorious ones (rules don't apply if you try to invade russia in winter)
And your DIY queen with cutting edge methods wins this tiny episode of "Game of Thrones"!
Here is your reward:
Kin... uhm QUEEN of them all!
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/8Vr7C8F.gif[/imgzoom]

Thanks guys for participating and I am happy to see you Hobo creating the next Sprite Jam soon!

(I'll very much miss this guy)

DBoyWheeler · Wed 11/01/2017 01:59:47

Congrats to Hobo--his badass queen helped secure the 1st place win!

Danvzare · Wed 11/01/2017 12:14:20

Wow, that has got to be the more confusing tie breaker I've ever seen.

Congratulations Hobo on winning the title!
So what shall be your first decree?

Blondbraid · Wed 11/01/2017 12:20:46

Congratulations Hobo!

Hobo · Wed 11/01/2017 16:04:50

Hey, thanks everyone! I would have gladly accepted a draw, so that I could hand over the hosting responsibility to someone else

, since I'm already running the coloring ball, but I actually do have an idea for a sprite jam and I'll get it up later today.

CaesarCub · Thu 12/01/2017 21:10:42

Yay! I got a prize the way powerful people do!
By having someone tamper the popular vote to secure me a better spot

Congrats Hobo!

Kumpel · Sun 15/01/2017 11:45:52

So please wear your prize with pride, CeasarCub!

You are the only one of the three winners, who wears his prizes

CaesarCub · Tue 17/01/2017 13:29:33

There we go.
Sorry I didn't add it before, but I have had a complicated week