Topic: Sprite Jam: Pirates! Ahoy There (WINNER ANNOUNCED)

[Hannah_Banana]

In honour of my favourite adventure game, it’s time to draw a pirate character!

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Guidelines:
1. An original pirate character
2. Who smashes pirate stereotypes in some way (not just your typical pirate...)
    I.e. are they a bit clumsy(like guybrush), do they have a cat instead of a parrot, or perhaps a bionic peg leg...
3. By 10 June 2021.

Judging Criteria:
1. Character design - How interesting is the character? Do they show their personality?
2. Creativity - How unique are they? What stereotypes do they smash?
3. Artistic appeal - What’s their overall look/feel from an artistic side (colour, line, texture)?

[stylez75]

Here is my entry

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[Iamarobot]

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[Creamy]

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@Iamarobot: if you use the button "Insert Zoomable Image" instead of "Insert Image", we'll be able to zoom easily on your small picture. Nice parrot!

[Hannah_Banana]

These are looking great! Love how everyone’s got a very different take so far.

@stylez75 - how creepy! 😂 like something from a horror movie.
@Iamarobot - love the take of pirate riding the parrot. Great imagination!
And @creamy - the clown pirate 😄 almost think ppl would be more scared of running into him than a real pirate...

With another 10 days to go, look forward to a few more entries!

[Iamarobot]

@creamy thanks for the tip, I had a bit of bother even getting the image to show up hahaha. What image hosting site do u guys usually use?

My picture is a bit rushed i never really made pixel art before just fancied something to do. Was thinking I might fix it up a bit and make it nicer before the competition  ends so if I do I'll  try and upload the improved one to be zoomable.

Nice pirates pals

*didn't mean to say it was rushed, just pixelling takes waaaay longer to do than I had imagined and I ran out of steam by the time I was doin the parrots wing feathers and a background haha. I think the parrots body and pirate look fine but I wanted to make the rest of the parrot less messy lookin and jazz up background a bit

[Cassiebsg]

Now, this is a SPRITE jam, and a BG isn't normally part of the sprite. 

[Iamarobot]

Well just as well u told me that before I set the scenery lol

[Klatuu]

As pirates love life at sea, being buried alive in the desert was a particularly devious punishment for this pirate. But after his evil spirit was freed, he made the most of it and created a vessel that rose and fell with the dunes as if they were crashing waves, plundering caravan and ancient tomb alike for their treasures. So don't think it a mere tall tale if distant travelers tell you stories of ... the Pirate of the Sands.

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[Hannah_Banana]

Time to Vote

Thanks for everyone for your great entries! This ones going to be a tough pick.

Stylez75:

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Iamarobot:

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Creamy:

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Klatuu:

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Judging Criteria:
1. Character design - How interesting is the character? Do they show their personality?
2. Creativity - How unique are they? What stereotypes do they smash?
3. Artistic appeal - What’s their overall look/feel from an artistic side (colour, line, texture)?

[Creamy]

Chara design: Klatuu.
Creativity: Stylez75. I wonder how she can unbuckle her belts without hands
Artistic appeal: Iamarobot.

[Sinitrena]

Character design: Styles75
Creativity: Iamarobot
Artistic appeal: Iamarobot

[Klatuu]

Character design - Creamy
I like his sour expression. Even if he's a clown pirate, it's obvious he's not happy!

Creativity - Stylez75
A lot of really creepy combinations make this undead pirate scary and unsettling.

Artistic appeal - Iamarobot
There's a lot of great detail on the parrot, and even the tiny pirate shows a lot of character.

[Hannah_Banana]

Adding in my votes and closing this comp off. Tough to choose!

Character design: creamy
Would hate to run into this guy… he’s so confused about his identity (am I a clown or a pirate?) he’s sure to not be all there. Very interesting character and concept!
Creativity: iamarobot
Love the reverse pirate bird idea. Very cool and creative! I actually want to see him in a game sometime.
Artistic appeal: klatuu
I like your use of shades ‘ different colours to add depth to his bandages. And even having the loose wraps is good attention to detail.


So with 5 votes, that means this round goes to iamarobot!

[Hannah_Banana]

@iamarobot - this ones over to you to setup the next one!

[Sinitrena]

This round of the competition is over since the middle of June and it's now the end of August. Iamarobot hasn't been online since July.

I don't want to see this competition die, so I offer to start the next round, unless someone else has a great idea for a new topic and actually entered this round and is therefore more worthy of getting this honour. Otherwise, I volunteer as tribute and I'll start the next round in the next 24h.