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I did use johnny bravo as a reference when making the characters dialogue profile picture but it is not a ripped asset , Yeah I was only able to spend 3 days on it, 2 of which on the dialogue box so I think your other assessments are fair, I'm a rather new artist I could definitely improve, as I acknowleged it was way shorter than intended but I still wanted to submit something even if it was small.

That's fair if you are still learning, the reason why I chose not to use parody characters was that this would not be using my own assets and I wanted to make sure it was all my own work. My work was just as short as yours however, I do think despite everything you show potential. Just keep in mind that GameJams generally prefer original content. The reason why I said that it was questionable if you broke the rules was because the rules said that the assets needed to be our own - that means copyrighted material (e.g. Johnny Bravo) would be considered intellectually owned property that would mean if you used this material commercially in any way it would put you in a legal gray area. Johnny Bravo is still owned by Cartoon Network and as such if you planned on making any game featuring his likeness that you sell for money you would then be at risk of being sued.

Luckily this falls under parody and fair use but it's risky to publish anything with a trademark or copyright holder, it's unlikely cartoon network would go after you for what I would describe as fanart so there's no risk of that happening, however the jamsepticeye detail states:  Assets: You can use premade assets or assets you have the rights to use, but don't pre-make assets for the jam. You can read about it here: https://itch.io/jam/jamsepticeye

^This is where it gets questionable as you could argue parody or fair use but I know for a fact you're unlikely going to have the rights of Johnny Bravo sitting in your back pocket. I appreciate the honesty never the less, Sean may overlook it really I don't have anything against the game remaining as is after all you're learning like most of us here. I'm sure some artists have traced without any of us knowing but it's all up to the decision of the judges I guess. I don't bring it up to make you feel bad but, to make you aware of it as you seemed to be the only entry I noticed using copyrighted material (even if you draw it yourself the character and their likeness is still copywritten).