Basic Summary

Finalists Jam accepted Skins from participants.
Accepts only standard resolution skins.

Read the about for more information.

Judging

Ranked by Judges - Only members of the jam assigned with judging permission can vote.
Entries can't be updated during the judge phase.
17 day entry period.

Rating Criteria

1. Creativity & Uniqueness
   Rate how original and creative the entry is in its conception.
   Rated 1 to 5
2. Technique & Execution
   Rate the level of skill demonstrated with the creation of the entry.
   Rated 1 to 10

Welcome to PMC's first official skin contest!!
After the contest boom last month, PMC has decided to host official contests with awesome prizes!

Contest Theme

The theme of this contest will be anything spooky, scary or just plain weird that is associated with Halloween. For those of you who need clarification, here's a little synopsis thanks to Wikipedia:

"Halloween (or Hallowe'en) is an annual holiday observed on October 31, which commonly includes activities such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving jack-o'-lanterns, bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films."

Credit goes to Darknick1998 for the Witched Witch of the West Skin used in the main contest promotional banner.

1. Create Original Characters.

Do not make skins of already existing horror movie / video game characters such as Freddy Kruger or Jason - make up your own horror villains! However, it's fine to create your own version of classic monsters such as Frankenstein, Dracula, Werewolf, Swamp Thing, etc.

2. Skins must be new and made for this contest.

No copies, re-posts, or old skins will be accepted. This includes copies of default textures from the minecraft.jar, existing texture packs, or previously existing member submissions, from this site or others, including your own galleries. Give us something new and fresh, please!

3. Skins must be valid, use-able character skins.

This is a contest for player skins only. Please do not submit mob skins, villager skins, or anything but the format expected for the player model. As transparent skins have not worked since minecraft Alpha, make sure that your skins are COMPLETELY filled out. No skins with transparent portions will be accepted.

4. Submit something you made.

Sampling skins is not 'making' a skin. It is copying and applying minor edits. SkinCraft is not 'making' a skin. It is copying from a library of 'parts'. Keep in mind, all the normal rules from the skin submission area still apply. Take your time, start from scratch, and make something completely unique!

5. One entry per person.

Each user will only be permitted to submit one skin for this contest. This doesn't mean you can't make more, but I would suggest submitting only your best one, for obvious reasons. Remember, you can edit your one entry as long as the contest is still running.

6. The contest will run for two weeks.

Post dates must be made after today's date, Oct. 7th. The contest will end about two weeks from today, on Mon, Oct. 24th. Skins submitted after the 24th will not be accepted.

7. Take your time, and make it fun!

Give your skin some character! Give him/her a name, and maybe a backstory. Give them some defining characteristics. Make it unique and awesome! Remember, you have two weeks to do this. You don't need to put something up right away - and even if you chose to, you're allowed to update your submission as many times as you want before the final close date of the 24th.


Submit a skin like usual but check the box indicating it's for the contest.

1st Place

• (1) Steve Head - Jinx.com
  
  
• (1) Minecraft Foam Pick Axe - ThinkGeek.com
  
  
• A Contest Themed, Gold, Pixel Art Trophy for Member's Profile Trophy Case.
  
• Profile Featured on PMC - 1 Week.
  

2nd Place

• A Contest Themed, Silver, Pixel Art Trophy for Member's Profile Trophy Case.
  
• Profile Featured on PMC - 1 Week.
  

3rd Place

• Contest Themed, Bronze, Pixel Art Trophy for Member's Profile Trophy Case.
  
• Profile Featured on PMC - 1 Week.
  

All Participants

• A Contest Themed, Pixel Art Badge/Medal for Member's Profile Trophy Case.
  

If you need help or want some tips for making nice skins, see Studnicky's excellent step by step guide: You can find it here.


Halucid, another fantastic skin maker, once recorded the entire process of him making a skin. You can watch the video here.


Between the two of those, perhaps you will get some ideas about how to improve your work. There is no 'right' or 'wrong' way, as this is a form of art! These are just two different methods Halucid and Studnicky have used for producing nice results.


Two things I feel need to be said here:

1. Skins that are obvious remixes are not acceptable.
   
2. Do not rush yourself to get something in immediately. It will not help you to submit anything less than fantastic, so take your time.
   

- Studnicky



Here is a list of the current submissions.




Judges will be encouraged to participate, but will be disqualified from winning prizes.