Suggestions /spritefail - Ninjabait's Sprite Thread

[Ninjabait]

I've been spriting for quite a while now, and over time, I've had six other sprite threads on one other forum. And plan one more on a different forum, but right now, I'm going to dump put one here for you're viewing and critiquing pleasure.

Now, I absolutely suck at introductions, so I'm just going to leave the rest of this post for teh sprites and a snazzy ending.

Splices

Fake Game Stuff =O
HP Bars, will Update with a Pallet soon!

The Standard Ones, the Shiny ones are a little different.

Ones for status, shiny status ones included too! =O

An example battle.
Reposes of current Pokemon (Organized M1-M2-F1-F2, whereas Male is M, Frame 1 is 1, F is Female, and Frame 2 is 2):

Scratches, HGSS Cleanups, 'n Edits

(EDITS)

(SCRATCHES)

(HGSS)

(Devamps and Revamps)
Contest Entries

GTS+ Contest Entries

- Yet to be Judged

-First Place

SPPF WSC Entries

-Finalist (W31)

-Didn't do diddly (W30)

-Finalist (W32)

-Not a Finalist (W29)

-Finalist (W33)

TCoD WSC Entries:

(Week 1)
*I know that you're supposed to enter three separate images, I just combined it for you guys. Please don't give criticism on this until the contest is over.

So, that's basically it.

Really, all that's left is for you, the viewer/lurker to give criticism on the sprites (and two banners) you see before you.

And as you can tell, I suck at closing to.
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[Involuntary Twitch]

Oh yes! You're that... guy, from SPPF. I'm not a member there, but I do keep an eye on the WSC.

...You've got some prety decent skill there, I think, but there's a few things you could do to improve. First off, scratch moar. Your only scratch is... well, lackluster, but you show such skill in your edits and mixes and typechanges that surely you'd be able to do a good-quality scratch if you put your mind to it. Or if that's too big an undertaking, start with mostly scratch and move up from there. Also, I guess it's the habit to abuse streaks (colored outlines) in WSC entries, yes? They make a mediocre sprite instantly look very sleek. Well, I'd advise against it-- it's a cheap trick, for one, and for another I'm not a fan of the double-layering you do where the outer layer is darker than the inner one. It's confusing. ._.

Also you might want to fix the pagestretch by pressing enter every once and a while between your splices/reposes.

All in all, above average skill, but start to push your boundaries a little maybe. ;D

 

[Ninjabait]

Oh yes! You're that... guy, from SPPF. I'm not a member there, but I do keep an eye on the WSC.

...You've got some prety decent skill there, I think, but there's a few things you could do to improve. First off, scratch moar. Your only scratch is... well, lackluster, but you show such skill in your edits and mixes and typechanges that surely you'd be able to do a good-quality scratch if you put your mind to it. Or if that's too big an undertaking, start with mostly scratch and move up from there. Also, I guess it's the habit to abuse streaks (colored outlines) in WSC entries, yes? They make a mediocre sprite instantly look very sleek. Well, I'd advise against it-- it's a cheap trick, for one, and for another I'm not a fan of the double-layering you do where the outer layer is darker than the inner one. It's confusing. ._.

Also you might want to fix the pagestretch by pressing enter every once and a while between your splices/reposes.

All in all, above average skill, but start to push your boundaries a little maybe. ;D

Happy to know that people are referring to my gender correctly. =D

I want to scratch more, and luckily I work quickly, but I just can't figure out what to scratch, I'm constantly stuck between multiple ideas, and I can never decide what to do.

It is my second scratch, so I didn't expect it to be that great. At least it made lackluster.

I'd be able to make a pretty good scratch if I practiced more, I set my mind to making that scratch, worked for three and a half hours, and it's still not that great. D=

I've only really done it twice for contests, and twice otherwise, and only to spruce it up if it's kind of boring, I don't really need to do it, it's just like icing kind of, to make it look interesting.

*fixes*

Got it, but, how do you recommend I do that? My Time/Space Altering Device is still charging after it's last use.

 

[Sandstone-Shadow]

You could always start multiple scratches; I always have more than one sprite in progress at a time, though maybe that just works for me. Who knows, you could try.

Or, I could give you a suggestion for a scratch sprite, such as this: how about a scratch Nidoqueen, either as a grass type or jungle-themed? (I don't know if there's really a difference, but if you can see a difference, go for either. xD;) That's just a suggestion, anyway; you don't have to, and if it inspires something else, go for it. =3

 

[Ninjabait]

You could always start multiple scratches; I always have more than one sprite in progress at a time, though maybe that just works for me. Who knows, you could try.

Or, I could give you a suggestion for a scratch sprite, such as this: how about a scratch Nidoqueen, either as a grass type or jungle-themed? (I don't know if there's really a difference, but if you can see a difference, go for either. xD;) That's just a suggestion, anyway; you don't have to, and if it inspires something else, go for it. =3

Not much of a multitasker, computer wise.

And also, the problem is that I can't decide what to scratch, not that I don't have any ideas.

Also, can someone give critiques on the sprites already here? I WANNA IMPROVE! D=

 

[Sandstone-Shadow]

There's really not a lot to crit. Your splices are very good, although some of the outlines seem like they have too much black on them (for example, the different colored Scizor mixes and the Scyther/Heracross mix.

The outlines on your scratch sprite are pretty shaky; if you wanted to fix up that sprite a little, try smoothing out the outlines. Unless you were looking for a certain effect, I'd remove the dithering, as well; non-dithered shading looks much more professional and it also looks smoother.

 

[Ninjabait]

First devamp, what do you guys think?

I took you're advice and removed some of the black on the splice. I also recolored the inside of the claws.

Preyezogon, v2.

Believed to be a Rotom that developed extreme mutations, it can now possess empty shells of metal, however, unlike regular Rotom, the plasma sollidifies, pausing a cushy support against physical attacks. Depending on the color of the plasma, the type and moves of the Pokemon change.

All colored areas have fuly colored outlines, removed a little more black, and made the hardened plasma as a new surface, casting shadows.

So, um, yeah.

 

[BynineB]

The devamp looks really shaky around the edges, especially the head. Yes, back then, the outlines were bad, but they didn't shake around the edges. The head should be rounder.

Herascyzor or whatever has extremely little Heracross. I dunno what you would put in, but right now, it's mostly Scizor and some Scyther.

Preyezogon is a recoloured Scizor with Flygon wings. It's fine. Not much to say.

Hope I helped~

 

[Ninjabait]

The devamp looks really shaky around the edges, especially the head. Yes, back then, the outlines were bad, but they didn't shake around the edges. The head should be rounder.

Herascyzor or whatever has extremely little Heracross. I dunno what you would put in, but right now, it's mostly Scizor and some Scyther.

Preyezogon is a recoloured Scizor with Flygon wings. It's fine. Not much to say.

Hope I helped~

Preyezogon also has Rotom's eyes, and Sablye's diamonds. ;D

Removed a little bit of the shakiness (or made it worse), and changed the left side of the body, also added a line between the grey (or purple) and the red.

Changed the color scheme. Not much else I could really do. =/

 

[BynineB]

Maybe add the legs in? :3

 

[Ninjabait]

They were too short. =/

Also, more sprites, sorta:

 

[BynineB]

Um... kinda dark, flat, and ugly, to tell you the truth. Make them a bit brighter, so you can see them, and maybe more cool looking. Like 3-D?

 

[Ninjabait]

How do you suggest I make them more 3-D? =/

First off, I made a Shiny.

I made them a little brighter, so they stand out more.

I also updated the example.

 

[BynineB]

But still.. brown doesn't make sense. White, green maybe? Maybe shade them in a way that would make them stick out at you?

 

[Ninjabait]

Changed the styles of them.

The New Shiny One.

The HP Bar of a Pokemon that has fallen asleep. Shiny Included!

The New Regular One.

The HP Bar of a Poisoned Pokemon

And a Paralyzed one.

Also a freeze.

A Burn one as well.

Updated example.

Edit:

Also, another scratch: