ALL ATTACKS:

What is Art Fight? How does it work?

For every repeat attack or counterattack you make for a specific target throughout the competition, there will be a % reduction to your net score based on what # attack it is:

• This is to encourage people to hit more targets, and also to be strategic with their first attacks on a person.
• Final score = Net score * (4-n)/3, where n is the # of times you attacked this specific person
• The rectification is graded based on the individual level, not team level (IE: Two separate people can attack one target and get 100% points; however, one person who attacks a person with two separate attacks will get 100% of the points for the first one, but 2/3rd (66%) of the points for the second one, etc.)

Counterattack Bonus

+2 point to your FINAL score for responding to another player’s attack on you

• This is to encourage people to “complete” the art attack exchange.
• This bonus does not apply to Friendly Fire pieces.

Flag Bearer

We will be keeping track of the ratio of attacks sent vs attacks received for every participant. Those with the highest ratio of attacks sent vs attacks received in addition to other deciding factors will be put on our Flag Bearer target board, in which if you attack them, you will get +5 points to your FINAL score!

• The attacks made vs attacks received ratio is a guide and heavy influence for who will be deemed the flag bearer for the week but is not the only deciding factor. The final decision will be at moderator discretion.
• This is to encourage people to attack very active and present individuals who haven’t been attacked much in the competition.
• This bonus only applies once, (IE if you draw them twice only your first attack will be +5).
• You cannot do both a counterattack and a Flag Bearer in the same attack. You can, however, make two pieces: one that is a counterattack, and one that is a Flag Bearer attack.

Point Cap

Every attack will be capped at 30 pts.

• This is to minimize conflicts with point farming via some large group pieces with tons of background characters of whom resemble no NPCs nor participants.

Point Cap

2D ARTWORK (Traditional or digital drawing, painting, etc.)

Level of Finish (how completed the artwork looks upon submission):

• 0 - anything we deem too “low-effort” for scoring (stick figures, etc.)
• 1 - Rough sketch (visible construction lines and sketchy outlines)
• 2 - Lineart/Lineless (clear silhouette, defined lineart if applicable, no/few construction lines)

Color (how the artwork is colored in):

• 0 - No Color/Monochrome/Basic gradient
• 1 - Rough coloring, limited color (think like a storyboard)
• 2 - Full flat color
• 3 - Painterly technique, color mixing is apparent, rendering apparent
  ‍NOTE: Greyscale counts as fully colored if the character design calls for it

Lighting/Shading (how the artist is portraying and/or using light):

• 0 - No Shading/Lighting
• 1 - Cel Shading
• 2 - Soft Shading, Single Tone (one Light source)
• 3 - Soft Shading, Multitone (multiple Light sources)
• Up to +3 to total - Highly rendered, translucence, subsurface scattering, etc.

Background/Compositions (any background or composition):

• 0 - No/minimal Background (some trees and a building does not make it a background)
• 1 - Simple (must have some intent of setting the scene; simple camera angle)
• 2 - Complex (detailed background/layout elements, complex camera angle)

Multiple Characters:

• 0- There is only one character in the scene
• +1- every character up to 5
• +1- every 2 characters after 5 characters

3D ARTWORK (3D modeling, digital sculpture)

Level of Finish (effort into model presentation, general topology polish):

• 1 - Raw import of game files/Just a screenshot of the 3D sculpt
• 2 - Adjustments to topology/UV changes, setting the beauty lighting in a renderer

Modeling Technique and Subject (what and how you modeled/printed something):

• 1 - Ingame Import + Posed (model was not made by you, simply posed by you)  
• 5 - Prop Sculpt from Scratch - Basic Matte
• 7 - Character Sculpt from Scratch - Basic Matte (default grey mesh sculpt)
• 9 - Character Sculpt from Scratch - Textured (different parts of the model have different textures applied appropriately to indicate different materials)

Color - (how the sculpt or print is colored in):

• 0 - No Color/Monochrome
• 1 - Minimal use color
• 2 - Full color
  ‍NOTE: Greyscale counts as fully colored if the character design calls for it

Scene – (setting objects in fore/mid/background, using lighting/shaders to elevate comp):

• 0 - None/minimal
• 1 - Simple (some props/BG present; moderate effort in using lighting/shaders)
• 2 - Complex (detailed background/layout elements, big effort in using lighting/shaders)

Multiple Characters:

• 0 - there is only one character in the scene
• +2 - every character up to 5
• +2 - every 2 characters after 5 characters

SCULPT-BASED CRAFTS (IRL sculptures, 3D prints, castings, etc.)

Craft Presentation - this pertains to how completed the artwork looks upon submission:

• 1 - Ingame Export + 3D Print (model was not made by you, simply printed by you)
• 5 - Prop Sculpt from Scratch* - Basic Matte
  NOTE: using a 3D print of an ingame asset and using it to make a mould/cast will be graded as making a prop
• 10 - Character Sculpt from Scratch - Basic Matte and/or Simple build (single character)
• 15 - Character Sculpt from Scratch - Textured and/or Complex (different parts of the model have different textures)

Color - this pertains to how the sculpt or craft is presented in its colors:

• 0 - No Color/Monochrome
• 1 - Deliberate single color for style reasons
• 2 - Simple painted/small color palette range and usage in your medium
• 3 - Detailed paintings/wide range of color usage in your medium
  ‍NOTE: Greyscale counts as fully colored if the character design calls for it

Multiple Characters:

• 0 - there is only one character in the scene
• +3 - every character

TEXTILE CRAFTS (knitting, crochet, cross stitch, needle felting, etc.)

Craft Presentation - this pertains to how completed the artwork looks upon submission:

• 1 - Reference was not from scratch (image was transferred to a cross stitch pattern)
• 5 - Prop Pattern designed from scratch
• 10 - Character Pattern from Scratch
• 15 - Character Sculpt from Scratch - Textured and/or Complex

Color - this pertains to how the sculpt or craft is presented in its colors:

• 0 - No Color/Monochrome
• 1 - Deliberate single color for style reasons
• 2 - Simple painted/small color palette range and usage in your medium
• 3 - Detailed paintings/wide range of color usage in your medium
  ‍NOTE: Greyscale counts as fully colored if the character design calls for it

Multiple Characters:

• 0 - there is only one character in the scene
• +3 - every character

SEQUENTIAL ART (comics and/or animation, can be 2D or 3D)

These will be graded on a case-by-case basis – but here are some things we look for:

• Number of different key panels/key poses
• Complexity of panels/key poses/rigs/skin weighting
• Depth of storytelling/secondary actions
• Cinematography choices
• We will also apply any of the above categories, wherever applicable
  Example: Animating an imported model vs Animating your own model

WRITTEN PIECES AND MUSIC (fanfics, poetry, lyrics to a song, original composition, etc.)

1 pt for every 300 words (fics)

• Breaking a story into sections to bypass the 30 point cap will no longer count as it is deemed against the spirit of art fight – keep the fics one story.
• Crack-fics will be graded for 10% of the Net total in addition to the Rectification calculation

Poetry and Lyrics will be graded on a case by case basis but things we will look for:

• Number of stanzas
• Utilization of Rhymes and Meter
• Clever use of symbolism or word play
• Other notable literary devices

Music will be graded on a case by case basis but things we will look for:

• Length of composition
• Arrangement and complexity of instruments
• Selection of instruments and song style (for example: purposely choosing to compose a shanty for a character whose backstory is nautical)
• Anything else the musician thinks we should note