switching things up! Black backgrounds are TOUGH cuz they make it real obvious when you have a lot of anti-aliasing or are missing pieces thanks to a poor render. You should only use black backgrounds if you wanna test your renders or if you're using really good pre-renders or something. I assume Ceej was using his own renders because he always did seem to put some effort into these pics.
This was p good. I like that there's obvious tension but Link is just gonna get his cel shaded ass shot off. MELEEEEEEEE strikes again but I guess back then it was fresh and not overused yet. Brawl is too overused nowadays; that stock Snake pic was used like 10,000 times after it was released.
Also: No names! I hate how people think names are necessary at all past round 1. Once nobodies like Laharl are knocked out, characters shouldn't need their names in front of them so you know who they are. This is a gaming site; I know not everyone will know MacMillan or Vyse but that's why they get their asses knocked out right away. Round 2 Link does NOT need his poorly rendered name in front of him! It's just a hassle.
Overall: 8.5/10
Wind Waker Link Count: 4
Little bits of anti-aliasing here and there around Cloud's clothing, but you have to get close to see it. Sonic is pretty clean except for some white on the bottom left of his hair. Is that even hair? Is it fur? Sonic confuses me sometimes. Does he only have one eye?
Pics are just safe choices; I wish he used 2D vs 2D or 3D vs 3D. KH was brand new at this point, right? Makes me feel old.
Overall: 7/10
Pretty OK choices. Man, 2003 was a great year. Sephiroth beat Mario! SEPHIROTH. BEAT. MARIO. Think about that for a sec. It was standard fair after this for Clinkeroth to never be dominated, but now.... How far has FFVII fallen?
So a switch to white backgrounds. Did Ceej originally intend for two black and two white? I personally think that Sepiroth wasn't pre-rendered as the art was too new and the internet really didn't have good renders back then and he didn't wanna go through the trouble of rendering the wings. Or Sephiroth is too black and would blend in? Either way he should have had some damn foresight!
Overall: 7.5/10
HOLY GAWD JEEZ it's the SAME SNAKE FOR THE FOURTH ROUND IN A ROW. Oh my gawd.
Overall: 3/10 just because the VERY IDEA OFFENDS ME. How does an icon have such a poor selection of art?!
ALL CEL SHADED ALL THE TIME. Can't even make out Cloud's background but it seems just like a super blown up version of his default art. Same ol' stuff from the previous rounds. Like the VS though. I'm not a fan of big blurry heads as a background.
Overall: 6/10
Wind Waker Link Count: 6. It takes 6 to take down Link! Let's try that next contest.
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~Zen