Hello everyone, it’s already mid-September, this summer went by fast, I hope you’re ready for this new round of the CCC (Character Compounding Contest).
By the way, don’t forget about COCO, where you can make portraits for characters that aren’t from Fire Emblem, as I’m writing this, we need a character from the Ace Attorney franchise.
Therefore, if you like spriting, check it out!
I’ve updated the link to now feature the new FE Fangame Essentials website, you’re invited to test it out and report any issues you notice.
Furthermore, the links to the previous rounds now tell which characters were featured, making it easier to navigate.
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 Fire Emblem 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 featured characters we’re used to in many ways, whether they’ll be their classic attire or 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 recognizable 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! This contest involves expanding the resources available for the Portrait Repository, so this is mandatory.
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 weeks or months of editing work put into it.
6.
Eye/mouth frames are preferable, but optional. They aren’t necessary, but it would be awesome if they would be included!
7.
Characters must either be from the main Fire Emblem titles or one of the Fire Emblem spinoffs, such as Heroes.
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 resemble the original character!
10.
First and Second Place each pick at least one character for the next round, following a theme set by the first place winner
then the community gets to vote on the last character(s) they also want to see!
Schedule
- The artists may submit their work until one month after each round is announced.
- Then, the following week, everyone can vote for their favorite submissions.
- The voting period is then followed by a break of a week before a new round starts, meaning a round lasts one month and two weeks in total, but the deadline will be reiterated further down on the post.
Previous 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
Here are the characters featured this round:
- Character 1: Dieck, the Wounded Tiger from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
- Character 2: Guinivere, the Queen of Bern from Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade.
- Character 3: Saber, the Driven Mercenary from Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
- Character 4: Celica, the Caring Princess from Fire Emblem Gaiden and its remake, Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
For those of you who aren’t quite sure about what sorts of designs you could make, you can click on each characters names’ 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 October 15th.
To not miss any future rounds, you can now join the CCC Discord Server, on there, I announce every new round, voting period and results.
You can also vote for the last character(s) to be featured in the next round here
Have fun everyone!