Some Sprites

Just some of the sprites i've done over the years. Comments, questions, concerns?














EDIT: One more.

This one is my favorite the bunch.

Maybe add another tail behind him, so you don't have so much white space between the tail and the head.

I wanted to do three but it looked a bit much.

Deffinitely could have done more with this...meh. [img=http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/770/lalan.png]

Don't have such a dark outline around the head. Having a lighter outline would make it look like it's fading into the mist.
What was that term again...dither? Don't be afraid to dither either to get that effect, just don't over do it. Look at old Gold/Silver/Crystal sprites for examples of ditherings.

*Been such a long while since I used such terms* XD;

Actually, be careful how much you dither. There's a reason that there's more dithering on GSC sprites and not on RSE or DPPt sprites, and that's because dithering doesn't look as professional. On Gastly's smoke, dithering works well, but other than cases like that, I'd say it's best to avoid dithering except in very small doses.

There's a couple of problems with the Marill/Kingler; the primary one is that it's very unbalanced. Imagine that Pokémon trying to walk; its tail would never support the weight of that claw, and it would tip over onto its side with one Kingler claw and one Marill hand. Anatomical issues aside, there's a few funny light pixels in its face that seem out of place, and some of the outlines look shabby.

The Kirlia sprite could use some lighter outlines on its arms and ears; the black is very harsh. The arms don't seem to fit all that well, either.

I think what you should do is practice putting Pokémon together that are around the same size and body shape, so you can get used to fitting parts together realistically. =) How about an Eevee/Electrike splice?

Nate said:

Don't be afraid to dither either to get that effect, just don't over do it.

Click to expand...

Just thought I'd point out that I did mention that one shouldn't over do it. :P

Yeah I just recently noticed that there's a few random pixels on the marills outline. I'll work on the eevee/electrike when I have time later.

Erika said:

Just thought I'd point out that I did mention that one shouldn't over do it. :P

Click to expand...

Ah, I missed that bit, sorry. xD

Sorry my internet was down foreeeever. By the way. Where can I get sprites that when I paste them into paint the background won't be black?

Instead of copy-and-pasting the sprite, Print Screen the whole page, paste it into a seperate Paint, select the sprite and c/p that into it's own Paint. Takes a while but it works. :B

Thanks.