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Agetian — Contest #26: A Splash of Retro Color [Now Judging]

Published: 2013-09-20 18:43:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1643; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 3
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Description Dear friends,
Allow me to present you with the graphical instructions for my contest #26 as announced in my journal here: agetian.deviantart.com/journal…

The contest is an allusion to the history of personal computers - in particular, the early history of videocards which only allowed to use a highly limited amount of colors to produce pictures. The so called color graphics adapter (CGA) was able to use only four colors at a time (and their brighter counterparts), and the enhanced graphics adapter (EGA) was able to use no more than 16 specific colors at a time in most common resolutions.

This contest will run from September 21, 2013 till October 31, 2013.
THE CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF JUDGING THE ENTRIES.

The initial prize for all three top places is 400, but this value may grow later with prize pool donations. The special prize for the "fourth place" is 100, and a participation donation for anybody who enters the contest and submits a valid entry according to the submission guidelines above within the timeframe of the contest is 20.

Other rules in addition to the ones mentioned in the instructions:
- You are only allowed to draw an original character (which may be a fan character or a fully original character) that you own. Using someone else's character is not allowed.
- All deviations submitted to this competition must be submitted according to DeviantART submission guidelines. Anything that is prohibited on DeviantART is obviously strictly prohibited in this contest. Anyone breaking this rule will be disqualified.
- All submitted pictures must be brand new work drawn specifically for the competition. Any derivative work, including reworked or recolored pictures, used with or (especially) without permission, is strictly prohibited in this contest. Anyone breaking this rule will be disqualified.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them either privately or here in the comments for this deviation.

Current participants:
1. AliciaWarner - aliciawarner.deviantart.com/ar…
2. Miracle12
3. to-lazy-for-username -
4. ThatCanuckToonNerd - thatcanucktoonnerd.deviantart.…
5. Esiano -
6. RemmyWakko - remmywakko.deviantart.com/art/…
7. fanahthefox333
8. cutebearfluff
9. Mikireikai - mikireikai.deviantart.com/art/…
10. Little-Power -
11. ArianaDA
12. AnnaTheWondergirl01 - annathewondergirl01.deviantart…
13. Ginger-Ann - ginger-ann.deviantart.com/art/…
14. Thuledrawer09 -
15. MarchAlius
16. Volchitsa-V - volchitsa-v.deviantart.com/art…
17. Shadow-OFF - shadow-off.deviantart.com/art/…
18. THMLP
19. LillyTheSeedrian
20. 17cherry - 17cherry.deviantart.com/art/A-…
21. IATMAC -
22. LittleMissPerkyPop - littlemissperkypop.deviantart.…
23. SophieDoodlz
24. CleverConflict - cleverconflict.deviantart.com/…
25. LD-Mei -
26. Bethanymbell
27. olive0816
28. Momiji-aya - momiji-aya.deviantart.com/art/…
29. wafflenaw - wafflenaw.deviantart.com/art/S…
30. CaNd3CaN3 - cand3can3.deviantart.com/art/C…

Main judge:
Volunteering judges:
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Comments: 119

ArianaDA In reply to ??? [2013-09-21 02:11:55 +0000 UTC]

I have a question
each stage is a different drawing?

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Agetian In reply to ArianaDA [2013-09-21 02:18:10 +0000 UTC]

Hi my friend
Ummm there should basically be four character drawings on one canvas, so it's one picture but with the character drawn four times.
If you've ever seen those "age progression" pictures you most likely know what I'm talking about, except instead of age progression you have color progression, so to speak

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ArianaDA In reply to Agetian [2013-09-21 02:21:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I explained it well because English is difficult for me

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Agetian In reply to ArianaDA [2013-09-21 02:23:05 +0000 UTC]

Aww no problem at all, my friend! So, do you want to join?

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ArianaDA In reply to Agetian [2013-09-21 02:37:08 +0000 UTC]

Yeah . and I really liked this style makes me nice to have my own character

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Agetian In reply to ArianaDA [2013-09-21 13:38:25 +0000 UTC]

Ohh very nice, my dear friend, welcome and good luck!

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ThatCanuckToonNerd In reply to ??? [2013-09-21 00:18:01 +0000 UTC]

Count me in, Ag! This contest wouldn't be too complex for me, especially knowing that I am strongly interested in vintage computing. I'd find it suitable to draw my character in a pixel art style in MS Paint, which is just one step further to reminding us of the olden days of DOS computing

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Agetian In reply to ThatCanuckToonNerd [2013-09-21 02:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Aww that's really great! Hehe absolutely, good ol' days! How far into the game history do you remember as far as DOS games go? Ever played Alley Cat?
And good luck with the contest!

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ThatCanuckToonNerd In reply to Agetian [2013-10-29 20:14:08 +0000 UTC]

Here it is: fav.me/d6sa0g3
And oh, yes, I love Alley Cat

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Agetian In reply to ThatCanuckToonNerd [2013-10-30 05:23:01 +0000 UTC]

Ohh nice, I'll take a look in a sec!

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Spider-Toast In reply to ??? [2013-09-20 23:10:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm in! ^^

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Agetian In reply to Spider-Toast [2013-09-21 02:19:35 +0000 UTC]

Aww alrighty, dear friend, good luck!

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Esiano In reply to ??? [2013-09-20 21:43:25 +0000 UTC]

ohh sounds like a nice challenge! I'll enter~

So we can use any OC huh? Awesome! I guess i'll just draw whatever OC I find fitting :3

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Agetian In reply to Esiano [2013-09-21 02:19:09 +0000 UTC]

Umm it has to be your own character, my friend (your own OC, but yes, any OC you have and want to draw)
And sure thing, good luck and have fun!

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AliciaWarner In reply to ??? [2013-09-20 19:11:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh, now i get it!Well, can it be a sonic charather?

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Agetian In reply to AliciaWarner [2013-09-21 02:20:00 +0000 UTC]

Of course! As long as it's a Sonic OC that you own

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to-lazy-for-username In reply to ??? [2013-09-20 19:00:57 +0000 UTC]

OMG, i am SO in , i LOVE a challenge like this

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Agetian In reply to to-lazy-for-username [2013-09-20 19:08:34 +0000 UTC]

Aww glad that you do, dear friend! Wanna join?

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