CAP 35 So Far
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This thread is open for WIPs, comments, and final submissions for the design of CAP 35. Over the course of the art thread, CAP will decide on all competitive abilities, defining moves, and base stats. While the art thread is open now, we recommend that you follow along the competitive process and to hold off on investing heavily into a design until defining moves, competitive abilities, and base stats are decided upon.
Posting Rules
***All material in both the main design and supporting material must be your own. Using another piece of art for inspiration is allowed, but derivative art is not, and blatant plagiarism will result in warnings or bans depending on the severity.***
Collaborative material is not permitted. The following are examples of what counts as collaborative material (this list is not exhaustive):
Posting Frequency
Intentionally or unintentionally, thread-hogging tends to be more prevalent in the art submission thread compared to other CAP threads. In order to ensure that everyone has a reasonable chance to showcase their designs and air their opinions, thread-hogging will be moderated. If you wish to add new comments or art, but don't want to hog the thread, please consider editing your most recent post to add new content.
Posting Rules: Artists
All artists must make a final submission post conforming to the following rules, including those for the Main Design, in order to be included in the art poll.
Main Design
The main design is intended to follow the same general posing and layout as the "Official Art" for existing in-game Pokemon. It must be suitable for display on the CAP Pokedex section of the CAP Website and any other CAP propaganda where a picture of the Pokemon is needed.
The comparison to 'Official Pokemon Art' is only applicable to the basic content of the main design; it does not imply any standards or guidelines regarding artistic style or rendering technique.
The following rules of content must be followed for the Main Design:
Supporting Material
There are almost no rules when it comes to supporting material. Action scenes, movement studies, interaction with other Pokemon, animations, sculptures, and cartoon strips are all allowed. Non-art supporting material is also allowed. This includes detailed descriptions of the art, background data, stories, etc. All supporting art and information must be related to the main design in some way.
Examples of useful supporting material to include:
Art submissions are due 48 hours after Stat Spread Poll results are posted.
Art Polls
All art polls will contain the Main Design and, if applicable, a link below it titled "Supporting Material". This will link to the artists final submission post, if applicable. All final submissions conforming to the rules above will be slated.
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This thread is open for WIPs, comments, and final submissions for the design of CAP 35. Over the course of the art thread, CAP will decide on all competitive abilities, defining moves, and base stats. While the art thread is open now, we recommend that you follow along the competitive process and to hold off on investing heavily into a design until defining moves, competitive abilities, and base stats are decided upon.
Posting Rules
***All material in both the main design and supporting material must be your own. Using another piece of art for inspiration is allowed, but derivative art is not, and blatant plagiarism will result in warnings or bans depending on the severity.***
Collaborative material is not permitted. The following are examples of what counts as collaborative material (this list is not exhaustive):
- a work made by multiple artists
- a vision and art direction by a non-artist and execution by an artist
- a text prompt by a non-artist and execution by image generation software
- a work by an artist and style transfer by image generation software
Posting Frequency
Intentionally or unintentionally, thread-hogging tends to be more prevalent in the art submission thread compared to other CAP threads. In order to ensure that everyone has a reasonable chance to showcase their designs and air their opinions, thread-hogging will be moderated. If you wish to add new comments or art, but don't want to hog the thread, please consider editing your most recent post to add new content.
Posting Rules: Artists
- Artists can post any work-in-progress (WIP) artwork in order to solicit feedback or to help develop ideas. WIP artwork does not need to conform to the standards of a Main Design. It can be in any medium or stage of completion, but it must be related to an original art design by the poster.
- Do not post to state your intended design. You may not reserve an idea for yourself.
- Do not post questions asking for help in making art. For art resources on Smogon, check out Smeargle's Studio.
- Do not post inconsequential updates to designs. Only if you have made a significant change should you post an update in the thread.
- Do not bump art or beg for feedback. If no one comments on your design, consider the silence to be your feedback. Also, check out the CAP Discord channel or the CAP PS Room for open real-time discussion on CAP art.
- Images posted are subject to the following rules:
- They must be in .jpg, .png, or .gif format.
- They must be hosted on a reliable image hosting service (such as Smogon forums or Imgur). Do not use the 'Attach a photo' tool on messaging apps (e.g. Discord). Do not use Iaza or Ezimba.
- Each post should contain no more than one (1) full-sized image, meaning:
- The image is at most 640 pixels in both width and height.
- Artists should post links to additional art or use thumbnails. Each thumbnail can be no larger than 160 pixels in either dimension. Any number of thumbnails can be included in a post.
- The sizing rules apply to the original image only. Using the forum "resize" tool will not change the original size of the image.
- The use of hide tags does not circumvent or alter any of the image posting rules.
- Please DO post constructive feedback for artists.
- Do not post ideas or images to serve as inspiration for artists or attempt to commission an artist in the thread to render your idea.
- Do not declare any artwork as "the winner" or make similar comments to that effect. Such posts are insulting to all the other competing artists.
- Do not comment that a design does or does not "look like a Pokemon/Digimon". There is no artistic style guide for Pokemon and therefore such comments are unable to be substantiated or refuted.
- Do not repost images from the thread. When quoting a post, remove any images.
All artists must make a final submission post conforming to the following rules, including those for the Main Design, in order to be included in the art poll.
- The post must have "Final Submission" (in bold) as the first line, the Main Design included in image tags below that.
- Any supporting material, if applicable, must be in a section below the main design with the header "Supporting Material". Including this header gives you an additional link back to your submission post from the poll.
- All supporting art must be included as links or as linked thumbnails no larger than 160 pixels in either dimension. Do not include full images of supporting art in the final submission.
- Only make one (1) final submission post. Artists are welcome to work on multiple designs and get feedback from the community, but only one design can be submitted for final consideration. If you wish to alter any aspect of your final submission, then edit your post. Do not make a new one, even if you delete your original post. Any deleting and re-posting will be treated as bumping and is subject to moderation.
- The artist gives the CAP project permission to use the submitted art for CAP and related projects. The artist also consents that the design can be interpreted by other artists for the CAP project and for other promotional purposes.
- Should the design become the winning design, the artist should be prepared to answer any flavor questions about his/her design for the remainder of the CAP cycle. This includes but is not limited to:
- 3D model
- Pokedex data (weight/height/color)
Main Design
The main design is intended to follow the same general posing and layout as the "Official Art" for existing in-game Pokemon. It must be suitable for display on the CAP Pokedex section of the CAP Website and any other CAP propaganda where a picture of the Pokemon is needed.
The comparison to 'Official Pokemon Art' is only applicable to the basic content of the main design; it does not imply any standards or guidelines regarding artistic style or rendering technique.
The following rules of content must be followed for the Main Design:
- The image must consist of a single Pokemon on a plain white background. The background cannot be transparent.
- The image must be a 2D digital or scanned traditional drawing. 3D media and photos are not allowed. Pixel art is permitted, as long as it is not intended to mimic the look of in-game sprites.
- No part of the Pokemon may be cut off by the canvas.
- The Pokemon must be in full color.
- The design must have a distinct outline on the entire subject in contrast to the subject and background. Colored outlines are allowed but must not obstruct the clarity of the design.
- No part of the design can be blurred into the background or blended into the background in any way.
- No props, action effects, move effects, or additional objects can be rendered on or around the Pokemon. If a prop is part of the Pokemon's basic design (i.e. Conkeldurr's pillars), then it is acceptable.
- The image must not include offensive or obscene imagery, or be intended to mock or insult the project or other users.
- The image must be in .jpg, .png or .gif format.
- The image must be at least 320 pixels and at most 640 pixels in both width and height.
- The image without whitespace must be at least 50% of the width and height of the canvas.
- The image must be hosted on a reliable image hosting service (such as Smogon forums or Imgur). Do not use the 'Attach a photo' tool on messaging apps (e.g. Discord). Do not use Iaza, Ezimba.
Supporting Material
There are almost no rules when it comes to supporting material. Action scenes, movement studies, interaction with other Pokemon, animations, sculptures, and cartoon strips are all allowed. Non-art supporting material is also allowed. This includes detailed descriptions of the art, background data, stories, etc. All supporting art and information must be related to the main design in some way.
Examples of useful supporting material to include:
- The main design image on a transparent background (for social media)
- Front/side/top views of your design (for 3D modeling)
Art submissions are due 48 hours after Stat Spread Poll results are posted.
Art Polls
All art polls will contain the Main Design and, if applicable, a link below it titled "Supporting Material". This will link to the artists final submission post, if applicable. All final submissions conforming to the rules above will be slated.
