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May challenge- A Black Mage Holiday!

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blackmageheart is going on a challenge vacation, and so I will be running the challenge this month! *mua ha ha ha!* We are going to take the month of May to honour not only one of the most iconic images in classic gaming, but also our own favourite lady, the Black Mage! This is going to be a really fun challenge, and maybe just a little bit silly too. Where would Black Mage go on vacation? Let's take the Mage sprite, and put it in any conceivable scenario. It can be in a video game, or in real life. Here are a few ideas that I came up with: Black Mage by the ocean, in the Pacman screen, riding a Kart in Mario Kart, in a hammock, in the sand level of Mario 2, riding on a Lapras, hang-gliding, with Ecco the Dolphin, riding a double-decker bus, riding Yoshi, seeing the Eiffel Tower, playing DDR... the possibilities are endless. (And feel free to use one of my ideas if you really like it.) Let's make them look like "vacation snaps" like the photos Black Mage came home with at the end of the trip. Let's have a lot of fun, and while we're at it, show how much we appreciate all the work that blackmageheart does around here! At the end of the month, we'll have our very own photo album of :BM 's vacation!
Here are the simple rules:
Use the traditional Black Mage sprite, and then place it in any background that you wish. The background can be simple, just try to make it like a photograph. Again, you are welcome to stitch :BM any place!
As usual all crafts are welcome, and multiple entries welcome too. It would be fun to do an amigurumi Mage, or a perler Mage, and then pose it for actual photos. It's up to you. The challenge ends on May 31st.
Since blackmageheart is on holiday, if you have any questions or need any help, contact me.

Here is the pattern for Black Mage, from the front and from the back:
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Here are more sprites, as requested by m4pl3g1rl:
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Here is an amigurumi pattern I found:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library ... ack-mage-2

If anyone has any more Black Mage patterns, in any craft, feel free to post them and I'll add them to this first post.

Have fun!!!
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Re: May challenge- A Black Mage Holiday!

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Lol oh wow that's funny - that back pattern is the one I made for BMH a while ago when she was going to do a standee tutorial. When I saw the pattern was for the back I was like, "wait -wut?"

Anyway, what about other sprites of Black Mage?
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I think blooper moments would be funny too yeah? Black Mage's less-than-graceful moments on vacation?
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Love this idea! I put my black mage in my city's only tourist attraction - the big nickel!

Approx dimensions will be 5x7 on 18 ct so its even snapshot size!

Still need to clean up the lettering on the nickel so it can be read a little easier
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Re: May challenge- A Black Mage Holiday!

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Naturally, I approve of this challenge. Time for me to put my feet up, eat pecan pie and watch you all stick my favourite character in weird and wonderful places!
m4pl3g1rl wrote:Anyway, what about other sprites of Black Mage?
Oh, absolutely. That would be awesome!
samarin wrote:I put my black mage in my city's only tourist attraction - the big nickel!
I love it already! :D
RMDC wrote:...I've been stitching at an estimated rate of almost a full BMH per day...

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m4pl3g1rl wrote:Lol oh wow that's funny - that back pattern is the one I made for BMH a while ago when she was going to do a standee tutorial. When I saw the pattern was for the back I was like, "wait -wut?"
I hope you don't mind that I borrowed it! :)
m4pl3g1rl wrote:Anyway, what about other sprites of Black Mage?
I think blooper moments would be funny too yeah? Black Mage's less-than-graceful moments on vacation?
I added patterns for the other sprites to the first post. Thank you for them. And sure, feel free to make some blooper moments!

@samarin- That's a great idea! :)

@BMH- Please save me some of that pecan pie! :D
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Oh my gosh! I have a great idea for this! Let's see if I can figure out how to pattern it the way I want... LOL!

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Sounds fun!! Gonna have to come up with something really good for this!

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starrley wrote:
m4pl3g1rl wrote:Lol oh wow that's funny - that back pattern is the one I made for BMH a while ago when she was going to do a standee tutorial. When I saw the pattern was for the back I was like, "wait -wut?"
I hope you don't mind that I borrowed it! :)

Not in the slightest. I am honored!
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Oh man so many great ideas for this - hope I get time to stitch em
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Re: May challenge- A Black Mage Holiday!

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What do you guys think of BM's visit to the City of Lights?
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