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Well, don't claim them as your own. It's plaguerism. They may have given you permission to display them, but I severely doubt that they are comfortable with you calling them your own.
If you ask for criticism, you should be ready to take it. And regarding the splices, Rattata's secondary colour is beige, whilst Raticate's is light grey.
You didn't make Graboom. You took an existing sprite and modified it slightly. I would understand if you had completely scratched a new...
Hmm. The only problem is my period of inactivity. I used to sprite well, but I strayed away from it for about 2 years or so, thus I'm relearning it. Seems like a cool project, and it definitely interests me. Maybe after I've polished my skills. And hello!
Gah. I really am not a fan of the gradient-like shading. Shadows usually don't fall in perfect diagonal lines. They curve. All of the sprites seemed to have been made using basic shape tools in paint and don't look anything like pokémon. They look more like robots. They aren't natural in shape...
You said you wanted critique.
Your spriting needs a massive amount of work. Ooh-ooh does not look remotely like a pokémon. The shading is completely wrong. Try comparing it with a real sprite and you'll see that the shading is not gradient-like, and that darkness is present in the areas that...
Magneton. I once got into a trainer battle with one whilst my only pokémon was Muk. It had leftovers, as did I. He also had no attacking moves, and my only attacking move was Poison-type. This meant endless struggling due to the lack of power of the move.
I had to reset.