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Published: 2010-03-06 16:01:27 +0000 UTC; Views: 1511; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 22
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DISCLAIMER: I have NOT entered the UBF contest! I just love the idea. So I did this yesterday(edit: Ages ago), and I'm glad I did, it was great background practice...my previous bg's tend to suck hard.So, idea being: Flying in a blizzard is risky. Fire types are only good as long as long as their attacks last...snorlax (plural) seem like good choices, but I don't have one, preferably I'd use a combination of a pokemon that can be used for transport and a psychic type for a barrier of somesort...the latter I didn't have also, then I remembered that my Swampert knows protect. As well as being resistant to ice and fire attacks, sturdy and surefooted, and a quadruped! But I'm still not actually part of the competition...that's okay, I wouldn't have time. And even if the beacons are property of the UBF, last time I checked route 216 was open to anyone. It's not my fault I just happened to be in the area... lols. I love pretending that this is real, it's like being a young kid again. NOSTLAGIA FTW!
Oh. And kecleon doesn't like his pokeball... but I don't think he'll be complaining for much longer.
Photoshop Elements 7, Wacom tablet, and some random time that's certainly less than 24 hours. And the snow brushes I used were made by =arrsistable .
:EDIT: Totally updated this with a better one - still basically the same, but the colours, details and lines are MUCH better. Honest.
:ANOTHER EDIT: Did it again, after realising a) the ground snow was something awful, b) there wasn't a blizzard, and c) the lighting made no sense. This is actually version 3.5 - won't do it again, promise.
Whut? AN EDIT!?!?: Just to say I'm submitting this to a group - I forgot last time. Actually, that reminds me to check out the actual battle frontier entries. Or even if they've got a new contest.
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That Kecleon... killed me.
Swampert is one of my favorite starter evolutions... <3 I remember my first Pokemon in the handheld games... a lil Mudkip. I named it Trepmaws (which is Swampert spelled backwards) and even though he's dead now, (stupid babysitter deleted my game D<) that collection of blue and orange pixels still has a place in my heart... <3 /stupid long tangent thingy
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I know, right? I really do liek mudkipz! They're teh Pwnage.
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I lieked them even before the invasion xD
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Nice! I love the Kecleon holding on for dear life, and the use of Swampert's Protect is absolutely ingenious!
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Lol, thanks a bunch! That's a compliment to both the picture and my trainer skills! And thanks for the fave, too!
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I dub this an epic win for one reason and one reason only! SWAMPERT!!!
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Lolz. I hope that's a good thing!
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Indeed it is! The art is really awesome as well, but I was personally sold the second I saw a Swampert.
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Very cute and well made. 
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Thanks, and thanks for the fave, too!
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Yay for kecleon!
That's an intelligent way of using protect. Awesome!
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Hmm, I dunno.
The sky is much better, and maybe the Protect barrier, but in all fairness the dulled colours made it seem thicker with snow, and not letting as much light in. The colours are nice and vibrant, and the Kecleon is especially noticable now, but I don't think it compliments the blizzard effect o_0
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I guess. Originally I just didn't like how washed out swampert was, so I lessened the barrier, but then I had to increase the hexagons, and that led to a whole bunch of stuff.. perhaps I shouldn't have lowered the opacity of the snow flurries?
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I can't really say...just the effect of the whirling blizzard is lost a little. Although now a day later I've forgotten what the older one looks like and this doesn't look all that bad now. I guess it's because I had the other in the back of my mind.
Meaning this is actually better than I thought now o_0
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Lol. It's funny how that works.
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And all the better for you.
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Swampert! Spwee! Awesome work, riding a Swampert is always fun ^-^
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Yes, yes it is...providing you've got a saddle.
Thanks!
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Cool beans in Awesomesauce!
I just love that little Kecleon so much. I don't think that tongues going to unstick easily.
Also the dark patch in the background works well, it looks like all the snows blowing from that direction. Those are some damned small trees though.
Also, Protect is an awesome idea, but you have to remember, each time it wears off there's a 50% geater chance of failure!
You've made me want to draw me Sparceboarding now as well -_- or if I do it as surfing I won't look like I'm copying the theme.
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Yes, but it lasts a whole turn, i.e until I'm attacked. So I just hope nothing's stupid enought to try...
When a pokemon uses surf, where does the water come from? I'd imagine it loses quite a lot of power after the pokemon uses a toilet.
And do-it do-it do-it! A really dynamis one, plz??
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Small difference is small.
Although the ground does look a hell of a lot better.
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I'll read into that as a compliment rather than an insult. Although in my defense, I couldn't actually see the shoddyness of the snow what with the whiteness and the fact it was at the bottom of the screen - made a glare.
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Oh you should, you should.
And are you saying the snow still is shoddy, or it just took you a hella long time to notice it in the first place? Because I didn't notice it until the update
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It's not shoddy now - whereas before it was just made of opaque circles - not good. you'd need to compare it to the old one to notice, though.
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Oh well, there's always the quick way of doing something and the thorough way. I guess with something like ground I'd always choose the quick way. Although after something's finished I oddly have the urge/time to do a better one. I never do mind. But the improvement to yours was pretty noticeable. I suppose, it that sense, nothing can ever be "finished", no matter how satisfied you become with the way something looks. There's always another way something could be done or improved.
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Yeah...but there comes a point where you've got to say "okay, I'm happy with this", even if it's nowhere near perfect. And I'm happy with it now ^^
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Of course, and you should be! I'm just saying that oftentimes I can finish something and say it's good right there, then maybe a week, month etc later I'll think "did I really do this like that? I should have done it like that" and realise, in reality, it was just a load of rubbish all along.
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I'm not sure PokΓ©mon have the capacity to use a thunderbox, so I don't think you have anything to worry about there. You could also argue where the sandstorm comes from when you use Sandstorm, or where all the rocks come from in Rocktype moves like Rock Throw and Stone Edge, so Surf? It just summons Water like other moves summon other things. It doesn't have to make sense.
Also Protect would go regardless of whether you were attacked or not o_0 e.g. if you used Recover instead. And it'd still get a 50% fail chance next time. It'd probably last about a minuite and then wear off, so you'd need to take lots of PP restoring items.
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Well. I'll borrow some of your pp-ups, I'm under the impression you're not using them...and in any case, a single surf can last several routes long in the field. The difference with fire attacks is that eventually the pokemon will have to take breaths, and stop, and restart, thus wasting pp. You can obviously stll use them though, and things like charizard's tail flame are a constant source of heat and light. It's artistic licence!
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PP-Ups wouldn't help; you can't use them to restore PP!
Some Fire moves wouldn't; Flame Wheel for example. The user is cloaked in fire, no breath involved. Also most fire types would give off heat anyway and melt the snow around you.
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Well, yeah. But you wouldn't be able to use a flame-wheeling pokemon for transport, unless you're flame resistant. I suppose something like...flamebody or magma armour? You wouldn't be able to ride them, but...oh. Rapidash! Can horses walk in snow? You could give up on fire types and just use ones accustomed to the area, like mamoswine. Or something bulky, like rhydon. Although rhydon are really stupid, they might walk into a frozen lake...*shivers* Maybe a levitating pokemon? Flygon? Aside from the 4x weakness to ice, it'd be a good choice, what with the eye visors.
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Well, if you were strong there's quite a simple answer. Bronzong; portable tent. I doubt a bell can feel the cold, and you can float it just above the ground, with you under it, if it had Levitate. If not you'd have to lift it o_0 but you could sleep and rest under it.
I don't think a horse would fare well in snow. It just depends whether Rapidash would be able to melt enough around its hooves. And to avoid Rhydon walking into lakes, just evolve it so it actually develops a bit of a brain o_0
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Yus, but it could fall into a crevasse that was covered in snow! You could just bring a hoard of munchlax, warm and 'packing junkfood. Or let a drifblim carry you away, if the wind was going the right way.
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Or, you could just let the entrants do all the thinking. o_0
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But that's no fun! I still really want to know what the next one is, but that won't be for another month...tag battles? Capturing comp? Contests? Who knows? Maybe a surfing competition...dunsparse away!
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Lol I'm doing a Dunsparce pic now. No blizzard involved, but it's still on snow.
I'm sure whatever the next contest is will be better if you just wait to see what it is rather than making haphazard guesses.
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