Actually, I agree, it really doesn't make a difference, and it compliments the dullness.






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Of course Honchkrow would be there!!

Okay Richie it's been over a week now! Judge already!

This message was edited by Boo123 on May 20 2008.

Here's mine:



It's ground pokemon recoloured with grass. The recolour is Tropius.

Aya Chan -

This card is beautiful. I like how the background's are simple but compliment it well. As mentioned by someone (was skim reading xD) the dark parts of Corsola are a little too dark and blend in. I think I would've moved the female trainer over to the right a little 'cause of her awkward body angle but doesn't matter. Overall a very nice card just look out for the little things like that recolour (can always custom the colour template specifically for a a Pokemon) and the eighth badge needed to be moved to the right a tiny bit. A

Boo123 -

Interesting card Boo, the first thing which grabbed me was how her clothing kind of ghosts. ^^ Good card with fine recolours... I think instead of a block blue background I would've gone with something else though as the backgrounds are clashing. B+

moon_lady_13 -

Well you said you weren't happy with it but it isn't too bad. I think the main thing is just the fact you put in 6 Bulbasaur. ^^ Trainers Card could've used recolouring and perhaps a proper name box though I do like the originality. B-

JiZZi -

Interesting how a soft red can compliment a blue. I'm liking this card a lot though I am not a fan of the Onix cut, interesting use of a massive Gym Leader. xD Good badge recolours but where did the purple come from!? Trainers Card could've done better lighter like the rest of the card also. A

AyraCalaenlen -

Nice card also. The recolours are all working for me with an exception to the Salamence. I love the backgrounds and it has a nice flow. I don't know if I'm mental but her name seems a little too much to the left as well. ^^ A

Artirtico -

Darn your cards always impressing me... it's naturally striking and I'm loving the recolours. Like you said however the bg is showing behind the badges which is a shame and the trainer to me is kind of blending in a little. A

Sweet Sorrow -

Love this card also but what strikes me straight away is the massive grey outline around the badges themselves and the recolouring has made them sort of look unnatural though perhaps this is a result of saving in jpeg? (Yes I am letting you off this time because you do know the rules and made a genuine mistake plus it's still relatively ok) Only other thing is Bellossom's fourth dress leaf (far right) is like lighter than the others and should've been darker for cohesive purposes. A

Lauzi -

This card at glance is really nice. I am bother by half the recolours (Honchkrow, Farfetch'd and Tropius) kind of looking somewhat unnatural or kind of 2d with absent shading. I love pretty much everything else though 'cept perhaps would've done the text parts in something other than white. ;D A

ArcadianSky -

Interesting choice of colours, it is working though. Also nice to see someone continue with that template as most have given up. Trainers Card and Xavier is a little dark though making it hard to read and the way the badges are done you don't really notice them as they seem to be part of the bg. Try to avoid block looking backgrounds like the green one. A-

Woop! Third place!
Okay, new theme, new theme!

Well I didn't PM anyone but if any of my judges see this and want to take over the round for me you're welcome to but I shall set this up.

New Theme - Status impairments! (ohnoes =0)

Ok, basically how this theme works is you're going to take something like burned, frozen, paralyzed etc and use this to recolour and if you can, theme your card.

So for example I choose any six Pokemon and then recolour them all in yellows to represent the paralysis and theme the card around those colours.

So really in reality I'm looking at red/black (burned), yellow/orange (paralysis), blue/white (frozen), green (sleep) and purple (poison).

Making a TC and just slapping the colour on and saying a status impairment is easy though so try and give it a theme for your own sake. ^^

Everyone hop to it!

To be honest, I haven't been entering lately, and it's because nearly every theme is based on recolours. I'm sick of them, and so many cards are based on the skill of the recolouring, and not the actual card. Although the themes are unique, they are better off suited to a Sprite contest.






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*Note, I'm judging this round, I talked to Richie about it.






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Obviously my theme is burned.
I picked grass Pokemon because they're weak to fire. And I picked a grass gym leader to go with it.
Four of the badges are two colors, because that's how they usually are. The color red replaced the color part of the badges, and black replaced the gray part.

Oh, and it's png this time.