Blackfire's Sprites

[Blackfire Dragon]

C&C please... I'd like to know how to make my sprites look better and such... Thanks for looking.

Fakemon: (mostly scratch, wings from Articuno but are edited and feet from Ho-Oh)
Fusions/Slices:


Type Change:
Revamps:
Pixelover:

Overshades:

I would like ideas (not requests, which means if I like the idea of say, a fusion, I may do it or not. It depends) because I'm very low on ideas... lol.

 

[Super Sprita]

I love the raiku pixelover it looks very good but the colors are too brite

 

[Blackfire Dragon]

Thanks. I recoloured the Raikou Pixelover to make it darker but I didn't know if it was the yellow or blue, or purple, or white. So I just did the yellow.

 

[Exiled~Shadow]

dude these are realy good i love your fakemon and would like to use it in my game (see sig)..
maby you could do a lapras/nintails fusion... thatd be interesting, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

 

[Balaczter]

Very good. :D

Although, some of the revamps don't look right to me. D:

 

[sk8kickflip]

That is a beautiful fake. You have a lot of scratching talent my friend.

 

[Glitter Stain]

Your scratch is quite good. However, your Mightyena x Skarmory just doesn't blend very well.

 

[Tyrantrum]

Hey, ur sprites r wonderful! ^^
GL with others ur making!

 

[seemecelinna]

Really nice job is done, i like it a lot.

 

[Blackfire Dragon]

Thanks! JJMcay, you may use the Fake in your game, as long as you give credit. :)
I know the Mightyhena and Starmory fusion doesn't work very well, I just can't think of what to do to it.
Which revamp doesn't look right, please?
And I did a Overshade recolour last night of Ninetails:

And yes, the Lapras and Ninetails fusion would be interesting... I'll give it a go.

 

[jirachistar]

I think you did a very good job with Raikou and I really like the pictures. I must say that I'm not fond of the Mightyena/Skarmory mix though.

 

[Glitter Stain]

Which revamp doesn't look right, please?

I'd have to say that all of your revamps lack proper shading/outline. The point is not to recolor it but to make it look like a D/P sprite.

 

[Dragonmaster_Jonathan]

I like your fakemon, but I'm saddened by the fact that its not 100% scratched. I know that scratching wings are very challenging, but I suggest you try it because it's so obvious to tell that those wings came from Articuno's sprite, sorry. And for whatever reason, the neck seems a bit flat to me; you might want to reshade that?
Your Grovyle/Charmeleon fusion is flawless, awesome job. And I also like your reelement Mightyena.

 

[Exiled~Shadow]

thanks heaps, keep up the good work and i cant wait to see the lapras/nintails!

 

[Kinuchio]

These are really nice. Especially Combusken.

Cuz, Combusken is awesome-tacular.

an stuffz.

 

[mefju]

They are really nice but i don't like those mightyena skarmory mix :/ You messed something there

 

[Super Sprita]

Thanks. I recoloured the Raikou Pixelover to make it darker but I didn't know if it was the yellow or blue, or purple, or white. So I just did the yellow.

Looks perfect now! Great job!

 

[Blackfire Dragon]

There's the fusion.
Here's a new revamp:

And, I'm working on the fakemon.
Thanks for your comments!

 

[Exiled~Shadow]

realy cool but the fin things are a little weird...

 

[doesn't matter]

Here's a new revamp:

And, I'm working on the fakemon.
Thanks for your comments!

When revamping sprites, you should always remember to remove all the shading first so that when you attempt to copy another spriting style, you aren't affected by them.

However, your revamps aren't particularly good, since you're not matching any Pokemon style. Your Persian and Raikou revamps don't have enough black in the outline, and your Lugia has too much. Furthermore, your Totodile uses way too much dithering, and the back of the Chikorita sprite is too dark (try reshading it). the leaf too needs some work.

I noticed you used D/P colours for your revamps, so next time you attempt one, have a D/P sprite next to you (whether it be the same Pokemon or one in a similar pose), and just try to copy the shading like that.

@sudden_hit: Your post was offtopic, so it has been deleted (along with the other related post. If you have issues concerning usage of sprites and such, bring it up in the Spriters Showcase/Discussion thread.