Wow, work has really been progressing nicely on this project, and I have to say these sprites look straight from the vanilla games! The front sprites are all great but i'm truly amazed by the backsprites because i've tried before and failed HARD to make custom backsprites haha
That being said I have a few words of constructive criticism that I'm probably not even entitled to say (not really being a spriter myself).
I feel like the delphox and the braixen front sprites would look more battle-ready if they were tilted to the left slightly (like the sugimori art). In the delphox sprite that you created (which is how it is often depicted due to that it is the static pose of delphox's 3d model) delphox's unique and cool feature, the stick, is not shown. I tried to sprite a delphox closer to the sugimori and hopefully you could use it as a base if you so desire. It shows a more dynamic pose of delphox and just looks more badass imo haha
I also feel like the goodra front sprite has too slim a torso, and its thighs are too proportionally fat and bulbous. I believe that this is due to its curved thigh outline that extends too far onto its belly making the thighs appear harsher and too sharp. Its eyes also seem a bit too manic due to the fact that the irises and pupils are shown looking down from a higher perspective in your sprite whereas they are typically shown looking upwards in the sugimori art
https://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/th...-706Goodra.png
Greninja's sprite looks great, but i feel like its thighs are, like goodra, slightly too bulbous and give it the appearance of him being slightly fatter than he is irl.
Avalugg, malamar, litleo, and chesnaught would all benefit from some more facial definition, avalugg in particular as it is difficult to distinguish their facial features.
My final piece of unsolicited advice is that the avalugg back sprite is awkward at its current angle. I believe it would look nicer either just showing its head at a horizontal angle with the ground and more zoomed in.
As I said before, fantastic work and I immensely appreciate the hard work you've put into the project for the good of the community. Keep it up!
this is the custom delphox i made from the sugimori art.
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