CHALLENGE: Fighting Character

This week's challenge was created by weekly challenge winner DoMINo.  Create a character for a fighting game with a standing animation (aka an idle stance for those that need more explanations).

Example 1 | Example 2

• Only original characters. No fan art or existing characters.
  
• Must be humanoid character. (doesn't matter if its a robot or a monster, but must be humanoid.  meaning it has the physical characteristics of a human.)
• 32 colour maximum (counting transparency)
• MUST HAVE A Transparent background
• Minimum size: 60 x 120
• Maximum size: 100 x 150

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CHALLENGE RULES

• Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
• Only new pixels allowed.
• Open to all members.
• Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.

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CHALLENGE JUDGING

• Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
• Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
• Winner announced the following week.

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CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES

• Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
• Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
• 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
• No matter what happens you get challenged :)

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Fighting Character pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!



Edited by Ensellitis - 22 May 2007 at 6:28am

I think so

Oh, does it have to be animated? :(

It dpoesn't say in the Rules "Must be Idle Stance"   So I've Started,   but my Question is,  Does a Normal Human Count as humanoid...?

WIP --> 

It says "with a standing animation", I think this is an exactly what an idle stance depicts.

No, they are just examples, you can use your own drawig style as long as the character is original and has a standing animation.

this looks like a dirty attemp to stop jalonso from submitting anything.

everyone should make a fighter sprite of this guy

Damn Chun Li had a huge ass back in the day. It's like they used a Clydesdale for a model.

Are props, external items or the like allowed in possession? I don't want to stretch it, I guess I'll make two.

All you biatches and any Serbian that even tries, is going down!

I believe the rules say original characters only..

@Lar, I wondered what you were talking about and started roughing in my sprite. Seems 60x120 is thin and tall but I read 60x120 up to 100x150 meaning something like 120x120 is fine for example or say human proportioned 105x140 would fit within the rules. Right?

Just posting to see if this is legal or not. I'm assuming it isn't though. Not entirely done but I had fun making it anyway. The fighter is the imp who is controlling the unconcious dude. This is why I asked about props earlier..





Edited by Omenith - 21 May 2007 at 10:22pm

If you didn't draw the lineart then it is not allowed. But your shading skills are pretty nice, remember you will have to animate it to enter the challenge.

I might give it a try. Too bad that it has to be original characters, I was going to make a Sakaki or Shinobu fighting character. Oh well, maybe next time. Let's see how it goes...

i dont understand why so much complaining about sizes and blablabla, its a lot simpler than other challenges i saw before, with very strange topics (strange its not the word im thinking, more like some "complex ideas" or something) most of the time i preffer to not participate becouse the topics are so (that thing) that i dont find them fun xD (ya probably im not so cult in pixel art)
this one is so simple, make an animation between 60x120 and 100x150, too big? well thats a rule, and maybe the fighting games chars are not that big usually but blah who cares, its another rule, and if im not wrong in guilty gear the resolution was 640x480 so i supose the chars where bigger than usual so again, bleh :p

and yes, standing = idle, i know becouse i did the translation for domino myself because her english its not so good, and i didnt knew that you call that pose IDLE, for us is standing :p so its my mistake, sorry n_nU

aaaand in the end i think most of the people in pixeljoint its far good enough so i dont know why so much complains, thats all :p its a simple thing

hope i can find some time to do this one... D:

Fine, i'm not taking part. *Cries*.

Christ, don't take me so seriously. It's just that it's hard enough making an idle fighter sprite in a week anyway, let alone one that's twice the size of what i'd consider normal.

Anyway, no worries, good luck everyone.

Here's my work in progress.  This will be a fun challenge to animate.  I want everything to look like it's on springs. 

Edited by AdamPlays - 22 May 2007 at 1:06pm

I hate myself for not entering the previous one. THIS ONE FOR SURE! >_<

Read all the rules to make sure you're fine. Check the 'weekly challeneg option' when you submit your entry. Finally, its BY Sunday not ON Sunday.

Ey thank you ^^ I'm glad that you like it!
I use a character of my comic for reference.

I use MS Paint for do the lines and the composition of the sprite, animation with Graphics Gale and Photoshop CS2 for change the colors.
Enmixtyxero, the hand is great, but the shoulders are a bit small than the head.
1up, so great! Remembers me Iori Yagami with this smile xD.
Omenith, your sprite is incredible!
Adamplay, your sprites doesn't sucks. Is your style, and the clown is a great idea!


Edited by Pickspy - 23 May 2007 at 8:23am

I've been meaning to enter one of these challenges for a while now.   Why I chose to do something this time is beyond me since I haven't done fighter sprites before :\.  Anyway, here's what I have so far,


Some colour tweeks still left to do, and I'm not happy with the shins being devoid of character.  Maybe some more definition in some areas.  Animating will probably be a pain though, not because it itself is hard, but the tools I use aren't that elegant for larger sprites (love it though for smaller stuff).

Suggestions welcome.