Emoticon Contest #2 - Creeps!

[Squidle]

Creeps
Contestants are to create emoticons based on WC3's creeps. You can choose to use one creep for your whole set or use a different one for each emoticon, it's up to you!

• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• All submissions must follow the current theme. If any emote does not fit, a moderator will tell you as soon as possible as to avoid confusion.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • The files in GIF format
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that it’s yours.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Judges and/or hosts may not participate.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
• Final versions of the emoticons must be a maximum of 40x40 pixels in size with a transparent background. (Basically, don't make it much bigger than )
• Emoticons do not have to be animated but animating them would be a good idea.
• The emoticon's purpose should be clear. People should not have to squint to see what it's doing.
• You must make at least 3 emoticons

• First Place: 40 reputation points and your entry on an award icon
  
• Second Place: 25 reputation points and an award icon
  
• Third Place: 15 reputation points and an award icon

• HailFireer
• mattplaz

Quality	Is the emoticon well made? Are there floating white pixels? If it's animated, does the animation loop well?	/20
Originality	Is the idea original? Or has it been done to death before?	/10
Clarity	Is it easy to see what it's expressing without squinting?	/10

• 75 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 25 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

• The contest shall begin on 13th July 2010 and conclude on 23:59, 13th August 2010, GMT

Shamanyouranus	Owlbears
M0rbid	Trolls
Midnighters	Skeletons
FadedLeveling	Demonic/Undead
Dan van Ohllus	Ogres
Red Shift	Wolves
Mr.Goblin	Goblins (What else?)
hunalexnl	Voidwalkers
AlienAtSystem	Murlocs
Just_Spectating	Draeneis
L_Lawliet	Skeleton Orcs
Jaret	Various Creeps
supertoinkz	Tuskarr

[TD]Contestant Name[/TD][TD]Theme[/TD]

 

[Deolrin]

How many emoticons must each entrant create?

 

[ZIR]

Just one question should everyone only do 1 emoticon or more than one?
€: Too slow.

 

[M0rbid]

I love the idea and would participate, if I would have time.
But is this already approved?

And I think 40 rep is a bit high for a first place of an emoticon contest, isn't it?

 

[TKF]

Debode, you need minimum 3 icons!

Is it wc3 game icons? Can wc3 icons be animated?

 

[Tleno]

Awesome, I kinda tough that one day there will be a new emoticon contest and look, I was right! But oh, I wanted a peasant emoticon for understandable reasons!

 

[supertoinkz]

Woot, it started!

 

[shamanyouranus]

I call the owlbear!
Early wip

Slightly improved WIP

Further improved WIP

Yipee! (Messed up shading though)

Q_Q:

A Sentry ward (expect the shit to be animated out of these)

 

[Tleno]

Man I should make a siege golem of some kind... I already tryed pixel art while making mods for Cortex Command, so I might succed...

 

[supertoinkz]

Oh yeah, I'll do Tuskarr.

 

[M0rbid]

Me is on a Troll atm

Here is a WiP:

Second WiP (work on animation):

 

[Numerion]

I have a question...Is clockwerk goblin acceptable as creep? It's a summon of neutral hero so it's hard to tell

 

[M0rbid]

New WiP:

 

[L_Lawliet]

i might join looks pretty cool.

 

[WorldEdit]

good

 

[Miss_Foxy]

I wonder if anyone thought of doing the Mur'locs

 

[M0rbid]

I thought of doing one, yes, but I do not have time to continue working right now!

 

[Midnighters]

I am going to try this, I call the Iron Golem

EDIT: Never mind, tleno has already called it, I will find another.

 

[Pyritie]

you guys don't need to "call" a certain creep >__> you can make 5 emotes of different creeps if you want, for example

 

[Numerion]

you guys don't need to "call" a certain creep >__> you can make 5 emotes of different creeps if you want, for example

shadap...and answer my question (its up there)

 

[PoLlOrOn]

When I finish my gif participates in the contest

Golem Rulz!

 

[Squidle]

w00t! It is really happening, it is hosted!

I submitted this a long time ago, been away for a while, came back.. and see this.

Good luck all!


EDIT: Oh, and I would love to judge this contest. ;D

 

[Midnighters]

Hmm.... I ain't nothing compared to the others entering in this....

My wip..

WIP1

WIP2

WIP3

Look more like an emote now xD

 

[Mr.Goblin]

Does goblins count as Creep?!

 

[Billy the Cat]

Interesting! I might join this.

leet.firefox

 

[The World Is Flat]

i suck at art and cant make moving gifs, but hell, i might give this a shot.

 

[Midnighters]

I think I am failing at this....

 

[FadedLeveling]

My emoticons

I got below the ones I want to submit , the first one is a voidwalker , the second is a zombie , and the last one is a doom guard. And I will I assume for the demon show my unfinished stuff.

 

[Midnighters]

Okay, this is my submission.

There is a reason too, because I cannot animate gifs.

 

[Kuhneghetz]

Behold my ogres in progress, starting with hurr hurr.

EDIT: Added FFFFFFFUUUUUU emote

 

[Red]

WIPS!

Evil Grin

Face Palm

Whistle

 

[L_Lawliet]

woah.look who's on the thread

 

[Midnighters]

Damnit, well, I have no chance of winning this now..

 

[FadedLeveling]

Who bets probably Red Shift is gonna win this in 1st place?

 

[Midnighters]

Most likely..........

 

[Cweener]

Who bets the contest has just started and nothing is certain yet and not even all of the possible participants have entered yet and that you can be wrong and are dumb to make an assumption so early?
(and yes, that's a very specific bet

Although I've got nothing against your submissions Red. (ofc)

 

[Red]

Trust me Cweener, that kinda stuff annoys me just as much as it does you...

 

[Cweener]

Trust me Cweener, that kinda stuff annoys me just as much as it does you...

Thank god I'm not the only one.
Anyways on to the entries.

Red Shift
Those look pretty good, on the new whistle one, I'd find a way to make the notes stand out more.

Dan van Ohllus
Lol...
Those are pretty badass.
We've always needed an emote for FFFFFUUUUU

Midnighters
They're really not that bad.
I don't know why you think they suck so bad.
Fix some of the smiles tho, they look too stiff in some.

M0rbid
It needs some more definition on the face, and the nose looks kinda high(?)
I like the blinking though.
But there is a red hair particle away from any hair touching and that's going to need to go.

shamanyouranus
Looks good, other then the shading on that horn(?) in the animation.
What emote will the represent? eating?

 

[Mr.Goblin]

please tell me.. are goblin considered as creep?!

 

[Cweener]

I would say so, even though they aren't in wc3. I'd find it hard to argue against goblins being creeps, but ultimately it's the judge who decides :/

 

[shamanyouranus]

Mr.Goblin, all of the goblin units models are in the "Creeps" section of the mpq. So I think it's safe to safe that they are.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

WIP! which one should I use?

(oh wait... I think this reminds me of something...? >.>)

 

[Deolrin]

This is becoming a huge success!

Shamanyouranus:
It's great, but... What's happening to his left horn?

M0rbid:
It looks too shiny\new, I think it should be darker andw ith more shadings.

Midnighters:
Your first wips with the dark 'smile' looked better, if it only was less blurry.

FadedLeveling:
They all seem kind of flat and undefined, as in needs more shading and such. They also seem somewhat deformed and the doom guards, well, they don't look like doomguards.

Dan van Ohllus:
Rofl. Awesome. xD

Red Shift:
Awesome, although 'facepalm' doesn't really looks like 'facepalm'... Dunno how to explain. And the notes on whistle, I noticed them only after someone said they're notes... Maybe make them stand out more, somehow? Bigger, outlines, dunno.

Mr.Goblin:
The green is too bright and unnsahded compared to their cflothing, and you can always use all btw.
I like the... Pilot one? Dunno, the first one. Although I think you should make them more different - various googles, various scarves etc. Not just color edit, if you see what I mean.

 

[Mr.Goblin]

each of them are basicly jokes I made to myself.. don't even know if I'll use that as a base icon.. will see..

but I'm definatly keeping the goblins..

 

[L_Lawliet]

sh*t, unsubscribing~ school works, good luck. i hope an animated emoticon just like this ~> >.< will appear. just hoping.

 

[Squidle]

Shamanyouranus:
Wow, you're quick. And wow, you even animated them, nice! But, there's something wrong with the left horn and the shading is indeed a bit messed up. But you definitely have a good chance to win this contest.

M0rbid:
Very nice! A lil' bit too bright, but it looks good. I suggest you to make other kind of trolls as next emoticons, like an Ice Troll, Jungle Troll, etc. As you only got one emoticon yet, I can't say anything more..

Midnighters:
Wow, 8 emoticons! Good Job! Currently, you have the most emoticons. They all look a bit likes each other, but the facial expression is different. D, , :|, >, , ^^, -.-, xD)

Dan van Ohllus:
Those are the most creative, original and funny emoticons at the moment. I have never seen such emoticons! And you understand them immediately. Also, the quality is also amazing. I am looking forward to see your new emoticons.

Red Shift:
You already got 3 high quality emoticons in two days, unbelievable! And look at them, they're all amazing. I really like the face palm emoticon. Would be awesome if you would create one or two more emoticons.

Mr.Goblin:
Haha, now that's cool! They're indeed to bright, but for examples they're awesome.
I can't say that much at the moment, as you don't have anymore wips..

Everyone has a great chance of winning this contest. All I see is quality, quality, originality and quality... And awesomeness.

Good luck y'all!

 

[Deolrin]

Just a question - will the winner's emoticons be included in the Hive's list of emoticons?

 

[hunalexnl]

Here are the basic layers to prove that this is my work...

 

[supertoinkz]

Voidwalker?

 

[hunalexnl]

Voidwalker?

Yup, it's him! ^^
Or her, whatever...