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Suggestions MM's Sprites 4? 5? I dunno

Crossposted from Pixeljoint

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So, long story short I've decided to stop making fakemon and instead make my own creatures for a game that I may or may not develop. The "game" is called Hieros Gamos, the creatures homunculi, and the whole thing is alchemy-based and similar in playstyle to Dragon Warrior Monsters for the GBC.

The above is a mockup of the battle screen. Obviously some parts are missing and I slapped a few of my premade monsters on there, but I think it's looking okay so far. The concerns I have are:

Does the composition look okay?
What should I do for the background? I don't want it to be terribly Pokemon-esque, considering I want to get away from that, but I want something somewhat simplistic.
Where should the "attack, magic, blah blah" buttons go? I realized I forgot them...

Also the silhouettes could use some critique. Working in silhouette was the idea of someone from TSR and it seems to help my sense of shape.
 
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What's the fire starter supposed to be? Other than being twisted, but that's a prerequisite for the firestarter.

Shark is old but I still like it, tail fluff (?) looks a bit odd and disconnected but otherwise it's alright.

Potra!!! No problems there really

Evo one could use some leg shading, evo two could use some bends on the head leaves
 
I TOLD YOU KAM
I TOLD YOU ABOUT (MY LACK OF) POSTS

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Coconaut b/w style animation. For the record, the actual B/W animations are done ingame using code, so I couldn't get the exactly style P:
 
The magic of Graphicsgale and the rotational tool. If you need an in-depth tutorial on how I did it there should be one in the PS archive somewhere.

Problem though... GM's developer wants me to animate everything with flash. HOW I ADOBE FLASH? Going to have to learn. In the meantime, have this:

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Medical Meccanica said:
Doesn't give you a monopoly on the name, bro.
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I'm sorry, of course it doesn't. I've just seen that mental process where you think you thought of a name yourself when you actually heard it somewhere and forgotten about it. right, KAM??? j/k, terrible joke on my part. (not that it hasn't happened before)


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And jesus, what the hell is with all of you? You grovel at Equinoxe's feet, but 4 posts in a row without a single comment, then another post and a non-constructive comment? Seriously?
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have you seen my thread? ten or twenty posts and then something like "I like that one, but you should make them transparent!"
 
SAPOCOET: Spriters against people only commenting on Equinoxe's thread.

Yeah, I feel your pain. Just because we weren't born GODS GIFT TO SPRITSE doesn't mean we don't deserve decent critique and maybe a little encouragement now and then. :C
 
On a dark background, it grows a bit obvious that Palmana has a bit too much sel-out. The legs and feet in particular.
 
Medical Meccanica said:
SAPOCOET: Spriters against people only commenting on Equinoxe's thread.
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I feel like a bad guy now D:


that aside,
Medical Meccanica said:
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Coconaut b/w style animation. For the record, the actual B/W animations are done ingame using code, so I couldn't get the exactly style P:
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This animation is pretty smooth! Yes, using Flash would yield a more B/W-ish stle of animation, but honestly, this looks pretty swell anyway. Man, now I feel like checking out that tutorial of yours. :O


Medical Meccanica said:
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I think I gotta agree on the outlines here; maybe try a darker outline colour or just less selout on the feet, it looks a tad awkward.
One other problem I see here is that the colours are a bit too muted, making the pokemon look flat. Some more contrast might do the trick.
 
I can fix the selout issue but I used Whimsicott's colors, so they're original sprite colors. :V Besides, I already animated him painstakingly in flash, so, uhh...

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third time's the charm

and equinoxe it isn't really your fault. It's the people who grovel at your feet who really piss me off.
 
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