Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well.
I’m really glad for the continued support you provide for the CCC, even after all this time, so thank you, from the bottom of my heart.
If you're new to the concept, click here to learn more about it
What is the CCC
The CCC is an art contest where the participants create portraits for various characters to expand the FE Fangame Essentials, a resource that compiles Fire Emblem-related assets, including portraits, battle animations, music, amongst others, to create Fire Emblem content or rom-hacking in general.
The artists may represent the characters following the round’s theme in any way they like.
For existing characters, they can be in their classic attire or have re-designs, including but not limited to de-ageing or ageing the characters, giving them new outfits or attributes, genderbending them, cosplaying them, etc, as long as they are recognisable and keep defining features of said characters.
This contest isn’t targeted towards a specific audience. Despite being a contest, it is very casual, and everyone is encouraged to partake in this contest, no matter their skill level and experience. The main goal is to have fun and create portraits for the Community to use and enjoy!
Rules
1.
All submissions to this contest will be F2E by default unless stated otherwise by the artist! This contest involves expanding the resources available for the Portrait Repository, but I understand not everyone participating wishes their work to be F2U or F2E.
2.
Artists may create custom battle animations, music, map sprites, or any form of art related to the featured characters, however, only posts with a portrait will be eligible for the vote.
3.
Artists may create an alternate outfit/design/etc for one or multiple characters, if they wish.
4.
Artists may submit multiple designs, if they wish. They will all count toward their one submission vote. (Voters will vote on all of the works they created at once)
5.
No pre-existing artwork! The point of this contest is to expand the repository. It would be unfair to compete against artwork that may have had several weeks or months of editing work put into it ahead of time.
6.
Eye/mouth frames are preferable but optional. They aren’t necessary, but it would be awesome if they were included!
7.
Characters must be fully original.
However, they can be inspired by pre-existing characters of any media, share certain features, if done by splicing, for instance.
8.
All characters must be sprited in GBA format!
(Hackbox size is not necessary)
(Halfbodies/fullbodies are authorised)
(Please try to keep the colour count at or below 16, that would be great.)
9.
Submissions must at least somewhat respect the theme of the current round!
10.
First Place picks three themes, which are groups or categories that include a variety of characters (such as classes, roles in the story, related characters, and archetypes…), and Second Place picks two other themes for the next round, then the community gets to vote among the 5 they prefer!
Previous rounds
Fire Emblem rounds
Round One - Anna, Jake
Round Two - Eirika, Ephraim
Round Three - Karel, Karla
Round Four - Hugh, Cath, Lysithea
Round Five - Nino, Jaffar, Sonya
Round Six - Larum, Elphin, Homer, Phina
Round Seven - Mia, Astram, Flavia
Round Eight - Lance, Alan
Round Nine - Lachesis, Larcei, Rutger
Round Ten - Athena, Marisha, Erik
Round Eleven - Zane, Arete, Klein
Round Twelve - Anna, Ryoma, Hinoka
Round Thirteen - Cecilia, Pent, Saleh
Round Fourteen - Michalis, Minerva, Maria
Round Fifteen - Palla, Catria, Est
Round Sixteen - Camilla, Elise, Felicia
Round Seventeen - Alear, Louis, Yunaka
Round Eighteen - Hector, Jahn, Idunn
Round Nineteen - Cherche, Libra, Olivia
Round Twenty - Hanon, Rutger, Sue, Uhai
Round Twenty One - Silvia, Lara, Nils, Ninian
Round Twenty Two - Dorothea, Annette, Marianne, Yuri, Constance
Round Twenty Three - Tanya, Rebecca, Neimi, Python
Round Twenty Four - Finn, Amelia, Berkut
Round Twenty Five - Merric, Delthea, Asbel
Round Twenty Six - Dieck, Guinivere, Saber, Celica
Round Twenty Seven - Camus, Perceval, Seth
Round Twenty Eight - Caeda, Nanna, Lilina, Tana
Round Twenty Nine - Arden, Oswin, Effie, Louis
Round Thirty - Hartmut, Barigan, Hanon, Elimine, Roland
Round Thirty One - Manaketes, Xane, Nagi, Naesala, Ash, Freya
Round Thirty Two - Galle, Eldigan, (FE8) Selena
Round Thirty Three - Elbert, Eleanora, Hector’s Mother, Hussar, Ionius IX, Sitri
Round Thirty Four - Bramimond, Niime, Canas, Katarina, Tharja
Round Thirty Five - Marcelus, Priscilla, Mist, Sharena
OC rounds
This month’s theme is Redemption Seeker.
I understand how that theme can seem more abstract to some of you.
It gives some leeway but also feels less defined.
From how I understood it, this theme would include playable characters who regret previous actions and wish to clear their debt, errors by now serving a more noble cause, committing good deeds, to regain their honour, and finally be atoned.
I mentioned playable characters because otherwise, if we include enemy characters who feel guilty, it would be very similar to the Camus archetype we did previously, but in no way can they truly redeem themselves; the best way is by seeing that growth directly, through gameplay, something that can only be seen amongst the playable cast of each game.
However, it is not an easy task to find someone who fits this description. I’ll provide some characters that could fit as examples below, but aside from those, there aren’t that many that immediately come to mind, so feel free to be somewhat loose with this theme.
Anyway, as always, if you have any doubts about the legitimacy of a character, you can always ask me.
You can submit artwork for any character that would fit these criteria. I’ll suggest five of them below:
- Character 1: Julian, Tender Thief from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon
- Character 2: Renault, Burdened Bishop from Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade.
- Character 3: Duessel, Onsidian General from Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
- Character 4: Dimitri, Savior King from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
- Character 5: Zelkov, Mystery Man from Fire Emblem Engage
For those of you who aren’t quite sure about what sorts of designs you could make, you can click on each character’s name to access their wiki pages, complete with alternate designs and artwork.
Reach into your imagination, and the first place could be yours!
The deadline is July 1st.
To not miss any future rounds, you can now join the CCC Discord Server, where I announce every new round, voting period and results.
Have fun, everyone!