Official AAO Competition: AA-ify a Celebrity (Announcement!)

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Which entry is the winner of "AA-ify a Celebrity"?

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Official AAO Competition: AA-ify a Celebrity (Announcement!)

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Yeah, yeah. I know it's not the perfect representation, but live with it. :april:
Alright then. After a month and a few weeks of competition plus 5 days of voting, I'm ready to give my verdict. After checking the votes, it's clear that some people weren't following directions or there was some smurf voting going on. I nearly miscounted the votes because some votes weren't in bold like I asked!
To any future hosts, I do NOT recommend using the polls. With a seven vote differential between the polls and the forum votes (23 for poll, 16 for forums), that's a big enough discrepency to convince me that the polling system is very unreliable. As such, I am only counting forum votes (even though it wouldn't have made a difference :lotta: ).

With that out of the way, the winner of "AA-ify a Real-life Celebrity" is...
AABattery!

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With an overwhelming majority of 10 votes, you are the winner. Congratulations, for it was a well-earned victory.

Your prize, as the winner, is the right to host the next AAO sprite competition. Run your idea through Tap and work out how it's going to work and post it in about a week or few. As winner, you also have the right to defer hosting rights to 2nd place (Lind) or 3rd place winners (Tap, Thursday, gotMLK7).
Here are the final results.

EDIT: AABattery has opted to defer hosting duties to 3rd place winner Thursday.
Spoiler : Voting :
It's voting time!
Since we have only nine entries, I'm going to be utilizing the phpBB forum voting system to do the voting. Here are the voting rules.
  1. You have until January 7th, 11:59 PM EST (New York time) to cast your votes.
  2. You must vote with the polling system and record your vote with a reply to this topic. This is to check for authenticity of the votes.
  3. When you record your vote in your reply to the topic, please bold the entry number so I can quickly check the votes.
  4. You may only vote for one entry.
    • You may not vote for yourself.
  5. You may change your vote at any time until the polling clock expires. But when you do, please edit your post that contains your vote.
The list of entries can be found here. (Linked due to ridiculously large image).
I have changed some of the inspiration bases to make it fit the ballot. Alternatively, I will provide the link to the entries in the spoiler tag.
Spoiler : Old post :
Did you catch what I mean when I said "Because of me IRL, the next theme will not be obvious?" Well, then, AAO. Here is your next competition.

The objective of this competition is to create an Ace Attorney representation of a real life celebrity. What exactly constitutes a celebrity? Here's a definition from Tap:
Tap wrote:The word 'celebrity' has evolved from a person holding a prominent profile in television and film to being prominent media figures. The definition in today's world now includes those who are prominent media figures, more so within the fields of sports and entertainment, but it does include politics and business.
What does that mean? If you create a sprite of a celebrity that is prominent in the following fields (living or deceased), your entry is considered valid:
  • Entertainment industry
  • Literary industry
  • Journalists
  • Sports
  • Politics
  • Business


However, there are rules in place for this competition. Here are the rules:
  1. This competition runs from the time this is posted until December 30, 11:59 EST. Plan your time accordingly. This means that the sprite must have been created during the competition period. Past sprites are not accepted.
  2. All sprites that are to be entered for this competition must be made specifically made for this competition. This means you must post your entry on this thread before posting it on your thread.
  3. Along with the sprite, you must show your celebrity base. See example below.
  4. You cannot assume everyone knows who that person is. For this reason, you must provide a short biography of the celebrity and a link for more information pertaining to the said celebrity. See example below.
  5. All sprites entered for the competition must be in AA-style, although established spriting styles known amongst the community (Singidava's works, for example) are allowed. Please clarify with E.D.Revolution if you have any concerns about an AA-influenced style you wish to use when developing your sprite.
  6. As per AAO rules, non-spoiler GK2 bases are allowed. Spoiler bases are not. However, try to stay away from them, as I don't like being spoiled on them.
  7. You may enter as many entries as you want. If you do decide to edit your entry after you have submitted them, I will only take the latest revision of the sprite for voting.
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Name: Donald Trump
Celebrity sector: Business
Donald Trump is a real-estate mogul who owns many buildings in his own name. He's popular for the catch phrase "You're fired!" on his reality series "The Apprentice." He's also known for the combover hairstyle (that I unfortunately did a poor representation of... :gumshoe: )
For more information, look here.

If you have any questions regarding the competition, please either respond here or PM me (preferred).

Oh by the way. Bonus points for those who decide to do a Christmas or (as of December 23) New Year's rendition of their sprite. :april:

And now...

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Thread announcement'ed. :wink:
Time to work on my entries... I'm pulling out the sprite guns for this competiton. :D
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I am so entering. With something absolutely awesome. Just you wait.
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And just under two hours later, Tap has done it~!
Of course, this was a horribly simple sprite... the scratching and colouring was 15 ~ 20 minutes, the recolouring of the hair and slight edit, five or so minutes, the eyes another five minutes, a quick clean up and then a further recolour for the christmas theme. :mrgreen:

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Name: Judith Sheindlin (Judge)
Moniker: Judge Judy
Celebrity sector: Entertainment Industry

Judith Sheindlin, known to most as 'Judge Judy' is a former family court judge and major television personality. She is known for her own sydicated show, "Judge Judy" where she presides over small claim cases. For more information, look here.
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i may be attempting something I've actually done before.

if you have an idea, and it's something I've done before, don't do it please.
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How many entries are we allowed to make?

Also, are dead celebrities allowed too?
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Wow, never would've guessed you would choose something like this :)
I'm in, but I seriously need some ideas first.
Tap wrote:And just under two hours later, Tap has done it~!
Of course, this was a horribly simple sprite... the scratching and colouring was 15 ~ 20 minutes, the recolouring of the hair and slight edit, five or so minutes, the eyes another five minutes, a quick clean up and then a further recolour for the christmas theme. :mrgreen:

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Name: Judith Sheindlin (Judge)
Moniker: Judge Judy
Celebrity sector: Entertainment Industry

Judith Sheindlin, known to most as 'Judge Judy' is a former family court judge and major television personality. She is known for her own sydicated show, "Judge Judy" where she presides over small claim cases. For more information, look here.
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Oh c'mon, it isn't that bad, Tap. I think you got the head just right :D
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Post by E.D.Revolution »

@Tap. Ooooohhhhhhh nice job! "don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining!". :XD:

@Applejack, as many as you like. Dead celebrities allowed too
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I don't think that's the type of suit Donald Trump would wear, E.D.x. :cute:
Tap wrote:
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Name: Judith Sheindlin (Judge)
Moniker: Judge Judy
Celebrity sector: Entertainment Industry

Judith Sheindlin, known to most as 'Judge Judy' is a former family court judge and major television personality. She is known for her own sydicated show, "Judge Judy" where she presides over small claim cases. For more information, look here.
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Here's my entry. It's Boris Johnson, Major of London:
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Just kidding. :P
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I dare you to do Lord Alan Sugar.
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Meph wrote:Here's my entry. It's Boris Johnson, Major of London:
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Just kidding. :P
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I've been listening to this guy's music far too much lately... Anyway, here's what I whipped up in just a few hours.
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Name: Adam Young
Celebrity sector: Entertainment industry (Music)
Better known by his stage name, "Owl City," Young is a synthpop/electronica music artist. He struck it big with hit single Fireflies a few years ago, and has become a pretty big name since. More info here.
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Post by E.D.Revolution »

Man, that a nice sprite, Thursday.

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Whoa I know what sprite Holhol will be voting for, gj Thursday!
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