Competition Rules and Guidelines v1.5

[Pedigree]

You're going to know when people use gradients and automatic smoothing. It'll be obvious. Meanwhile, there is absolutely no way to prove whether or not someone used the bucket tool to fill a large area versus drawing literally pixel by pixel.

While I appreciate the spirit and effort behind pure pixel-by-pixel art, the rules have to exist within the realm where they are reasonable and can actually be enforced.