Revamped Sprites (52%)

[InPhiKnight]

I am making mine, can I get some more time?

[Jahvansi]

just be fast befor poll gets set up, deadline actually is already over but I guess noone would mind it if u will post it today

[InPhiKnight]

Was making somthing else, had to rush up and rusty as always
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[Silverthorn]

Poll's up, yo
Deadline: something like 9 days or so. Why 9? Because that's the first number I hit


Big thanks to everybody that participated in this round! In order to honor this, I'll write up something about each entry (simply voting wouldn't be fair for the effort put into each sprite). Gonna do this within the next few days

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POWEREDIT!

Ok, time for some writing!

Once again, thank you to all of you that participated! I really appreciate the effort. The following are just a few personal critique-points that can be taken light-heartedly (means: I'm just writing from my own opinion, feel free to differ from it as much and as hard as you would like).

EXG9
Well, what am I supposed to say? The technique is superb; this includes the pose as well as the execution itself. As for the character himself, he's got depicted fairly accurate. Why fairly? He looks buffed, yes. However, he now seems so small. Imagine him tanking through hordes of enemies. I can't quite seem to picture that in my inner mind with your sprite-universe (because it clearly is EXG9-styled). He seems ordinary-sized and can be actually terminated by something else than \0
Nevertheless, most in me says "yes", so there's a vote right there!

LutiChris
Another sprite at a high skill-level. In terms of voting solely based on execution, yours would probably be somewhere at the top. However, you did deviate quite a bit from the concept. The black suit was replaced by a more vampirish attire (at least how I imagine it) and the whole face looks a little more dead. I was struggling really hard with myself but ended up not giving a vote primarily due to these concerns. The competition is just TOO STRRRRRONG!

YinYin
The right choice. The true choice. The only choice. The Maskman! The dynamic pose! I totally dig it! I vote it!

JoHo15
Nicely executed! The chains seem a little... unnecessary but apart from that, I like. Kind of like I imagined the magic-cast-mode to look like. Ye shalt receive a vote!

Apocalipsis
I am having the same issues like with Luti. If I didn't know the original design, I'd totally vote for it because of sheer awesomeness. I guess this is also the fundamental criterion most people went with. However, I'm doing things differently and try to take the "how much does it fit to the original design" into account as well. So, let's start with the mask. In fact, I had the following on my mind:

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Just in white and with an elliptic shape.

This would be just a minor thing, though. Much more surprising for me was the transition from bat-like wings to feathers on the loss of the arms. Let me re-state, the sprite itself is great. It is just for these elements that let me have difficulties sleeping at night and biting tables. As much as I wish for it, the vote will stay with me this time.

The Hari
Oh boy, MASSIVE sprite! Even though I'm repeating myself, I really need to say this again: great execution! Initially, my plan was to make him have a somewhat outgoing personality once he breaks those chains, instead of sucking people in
Then again, I didn't mention that anywhere so where should one get that info from anyways?
The facial expression (if it can be called like that) still does not seem all too menacing and it's lacking the dynamics (I imagine that breaking chains would be a more forceful process than how it looks like). It is a difficult sprite and, after much consideration, I still came to the conclusion to drop a vote on yours.

mundvoll_
I did not expect anybody to actually get something out of that sprite
Great work on it, and a vote for you!

davis60
This sprite got the most audible chuckle out of me. I guess I'll have to give a little bit of backstory as to why exactly this is so hilarious:
Somewhen in 6th or 7th grade, I felt the great need for a new comic character. And so, I devised the maskman. Essentially, he hunts for humans, especially nobleman, a dude with expensive clothing and a ridiculously looking hat. Maskman's quest is to find nobleman and eat him. During the years, the whole thing developed into a whole universe with several different masked men (that simply were numbered for the simplicity's sake, apart from the Maskking, ruling over the realm and demanding sacrifices, the Maskpope who, apart from appearing in one or two panels, has no real function, and the Maskgod (an angry cloud) who demands sacrifices himself. If latter doesn't get what he wants, he just sends a lightningstrike down and fries people, maskmen, etc. to eat them), their respective imitations (guys that looked similar to the maskmen but not identical and much weaker), nobleman (he actually stayed the way he is), No-Face (a dude whose face is blank so he kind of walks through the world thinking that he might be here-and-there, suddenly running off because he thinks that a maskman is catching up), All-Face (who has faces looking in all direction), Sandyman (a sandbag that came to life that makes the maskmen's life hard because they hate eating sand), Lightman and Darkman (who, only during the right daytime are a threat to the maskmen; otherwise they should hide), and quite a few others that I forgot now. Ooookay, so that should suffice for background-info.
So, now we have a guy here, eating his ice-cream and having a red nose. I'm not quite sure what to think of this, haha
In comparison to the other sprites, yours was also not quite up to the others. Sorry, no vote as well.

[YinYin]

davis60 your entry was more than worth it.

[InPhiKnight]

Ah it was a last minute sprite, so did not had much expectation.

Hey, did I win ?

My Vote for Joho, looks cute and idk why I like that sprite.

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eyes could have been better? .

[Rhino.Freak]

My vote goes to : EXG9 (dat arm), JoHo15 (fabulous), The Hari (3spooky5me), Apocalipsis (looks badass).. Good job everyone ^^

[klodasmone]

Add my vote to Apoc, if possible. If not, I still think it's the most professional one. Prove me wrong. (Or not.)

[Marko]

NEW ONE NEW ONE NEW ONE NEW ONE!

[Silverthorn]

NEW ONE NEW ONE NEW ONE NEW ONE!

Ya, mkay.


Next up: davis60

Deadline is something like... January 4, 2015. MAEK IT HAPPEN!