Description

The resource creation event you've all been waiting for (again)!

Kids Design The Darndest Things 2
Make monster graphics from my 5 year old's designs



At the end of 2016 I held an impromptu event for you to create monster sprites and/or game art based on my then-7-year-old's crayon artwork. This time, I want you to make monster sprites and/or game art (battle sprites, concept art, facesets, charsets, ...whatever you want!) based on my 5-year-old's artwork.




In this short event we will:
  • Create pixel art version of these monster designs for use in RPG Maker
  • Come up with descriptions and movesets for these monsters
  • Submit them all to this event page
  • Vote on our favourite entries
  • Pick an overall fan-favourite entry


I will post the 11 designs below. The submission deadline is January 25th31st.

Submit your entries using the toolbar in the upper right, and then make a post showing them off in the comments below!



If you submit at least one monster, you will be deemed a participant and receive a Big Pig achievement worth 5ms. If you submit at least six monsters, you will receive an additional Spikey achievement worth 10ms. Participants who submit an entry for all eleven monsters will receive an additional Megalord achievement worth 15ms. That's 30ms in total!

The fan-favourite (as determined by voting after the event) will win the Chompy achievement worth 20ms.



Big Pig

"A very big blue pig with ice powers."


Brownguy

"He is small. He likes to break things."


Roar Dragon

"He has a super big roar! (the large R is his roar). He likes to eat ghosts and people."


Robit

"He got spikes on his head. He's very strong."


Spikey

"He is covered in super-spikey fur."


Monstery

"He flies and bites people."


Ymunwv

"He's got a really very long body."


Chompy

"He is superduper tall and he likes to chomp with his teeth."


Sunmagic

"He is a sun that uses magic spells. He has angry guys that help him."


Wiggleyarm

"He has long arms that grab you."


Megalord

"He is the boss monster. He is superduper strong! The strongest."


Submissions are due by end of day January 31st (UTC)
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Introducing some bonus artwork to this event! If you submit at least one bonus monster, you will receive a Wormy achievement worth 5ms.

Snowman


Oo-oh


TT and TtT


Fireblock


Rounder


Wormy


Submissions are due by end of day January 31st (UTC)
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At the end of this event, the event page voting will open from January 26th until January 31st. This will be used to vote for our overall favourite submission! The artist will receive the Chompy achievement.

Also, starting on the 26th, I will create voting topics in the forums so that we can vote on each monsters' fan-favourite entry. There are no rewards for these voting rounds beyond self-satisfaction. I will update this section with links to the voting topics.


Unleash your inner-5-year-old and make some monsters!

Details

  • 01/11/2018 11:00 AM
  • 01/31/2018 11:59 PM
  • 02/07/2018 11:59 PM

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Participants Entries
kentona
Dyluck
Healy
LockeZ
TheNecromancer
Bart_Sol
Rose_Guardian
Seiromem
Gourd_Clae
unity
pianotm
RedMask
riderx40
chenbaiwan
Cap_H
Fflo
zDS
suzy_cheesedreams
Frogge
Gredge109
aquatorrent
Muffle
mirin
PsiSteve
plum_child
ModeGone

Posts



I may add minions to this fiery dopehead eventually.

Edit: gourd your style is so awesome I may have to try and learn how to do a more simpler thing like that, it looks super professional

Great use of imagination Link!
author=RedMask
Thanks Gourd_Clae

Yeah it might be best to make these 3D models look more 2D.

Here is the Wind Spirit Ymunwv
Oooh, Wind Spirit~<3 The eyes look a bit odd to me, but the design is really good overall!

@zds Thank you, I derive my style from laziness. XD I love your sun man's dopey expression. It does the original artist's drawing justice.


Next up, I did my main monster Spikey! He looks quite a bit different, but I imagined his body kinda flowed behind him when he moved and I settled on orange as the base color.

Awesome. I'm definitely going to enter this.

Edit: Brownguy is the first. He's one pissed off little dude.

Dyluck
For thousands of years, I laid dormant. Who has disturbed my slumber?
5184
One of these minions is disgruntled with the boss.

This is seriously cute. Also, a good incentive for me to start making resources again.
halibabica
RMN's Official Reviewmonger
16903
Megalord has a Dugtrio brain tumor.
When I saw Chompy's arms I immediately thought of Navajo Sandpaintings which have the power to heal.

So this image basically combines inspiration from the original Chompy and Navajo art.

Here is the Healing Spirit Chompy


@Dyluck - Love the little red dude who looks mezmorized by his own weapon :3
And good job doing all the peripheral characters.

@Gourd_Clae - That's a very cute version of Spikey :D

@Link_2112 - Thanks for the input :)
Two more! These ones didn't take too long.

Brownguy

Ymunwv


@Psi ooh, he looks like a zombie!

@Red The navajo connection is fun! I feel like it adds a very mature feel to the little kiddy design.

@Dyluck the shrugging green one is my fav (and very relateable!)
Alright, I'm making a couple monsters for this. First off is Robit and Blue Pig, formatted for use in your RM2K games.

Ymunwv. We were all thinking it.





More to come.

Including Archstone 2.
Yes!
The last one of this was fantastic. Definitely joining in again.
author=Gredge109
Ymunwv. We were all thinking it.





More to come.

Including Archstone 2.

HONESTLY I was! >.> <.<
Me too. I had to include it.
author=Gredge109
Ymunwv. We were all thinking it.





More to come.

Including Archstone 2.


You and your fancy animations. Also, WELCOME TEMPORARILY BACK

fake slack aka discord aint the same without yee
I have decided to tackle the Roar Dragon:

Note his sharp teeth.


My take on the Megalord. My brain couldn't comprehend shading with all the fire, so it might be a little off haha.


Welp, here is Brown Guy made by the most inexperienced sprite artist ever. Isn't he beautiful? Might make another one later.

Alright, one down, still far too many left to go!
@Muff It stays true to the original feel of the piece. XD

@bert Ahhhh I love it! I wouldn't want to stare him down in an ice dungeon!
So I recently finished a painting inspired by the Bwa masks of Burkina Faso and figured I'd add that African visual language to the Sunmagic character since the Bwa happen to have a sun mask.

Here is the Solar Spirit Sunmagic



@Healy The T-shirt Idea is awesome :D

@Bart_Sol Very classy looking sprite work!