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Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 10:54 AM

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My favourite it Hitmewchan. Stupid name, though....

Keep in mind that I did Cytto first and Sikegon last. I'm working on more now.

New one:

Koffing with arms (Kharm?)

And, of corse, Mewthree. This one is more of a percise clone of Mew, but still has some kinks. They'll get that darned machine working in time to make a Mewfour that works :P

Note I did not use any sprite parts, except for, of corse, G1 Mew.

rsm98 December 18th, 2008 11:57 AM

Yes you said splicing correctly

your sprites are better then I thought they would be except your last one,
sikegon, the shading on the head is wrong.



other then that they are awesome.

Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 1:42 PM

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I agree, I just took the easy way out with the last one. I didn't know how to match the colours, so I just blended.

Full Gallery so far, in order of when they were made:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm61/7HEUSEDB3RTH/PokemonSpriteSig.png

Glitter Stain December 18th, 2008 2:23 PM

They're not bad... but why you're using old-as-fire sprites is beyond me. Try using Advanced or DPP sprites... the results will look a lot more updated even if it takes more work.

Opacus December 18th, 2008 2:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Glitter Stain (Post 4204808)
They're not bad... but why you're using old-as-fire sprites is beyond me. Try using Advanced or DPP sprites... the results will look a lot more updated even if it takes more work.

There are plenty people that prefer the old school look over the new one.

Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 2:39 PM

I don'e even own D/P/P, and the only reason I have Emerald is because my neighbor left it at my house and never asked for it back :P

I much prefer the old games; extremely R/B/Y. I like to stick to them, because it is what I know best. I know how all the sprites look already, so it is alot easier too. I may try newer ones soon, but not untill I am good at the simpler ones. There are only 4 coulors at a time, which is cool. But thanks for the advice!


By the way, I just found out how much easier MS paint is than Photoshop.

Glitter Stain December 18th, 2008 2:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Opacus (Post 4204831)
There are plenty people that prefer the old school look over the new one.

Really? I wasn't aware. I must not be paying attention then, 'cause I haven't seen a thread with GSC/RBY style sprites in well over a year.

Opacus December 18th, 2008 2:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Reality_is_a_Dream (Post 4204860)
I don'e even own D/P/P, and the only reason I have Emerald is because my neighbor left it at my house and never asked for it back :P

I much prefer the old games; extremely R/B/Y. I like to stick to them, because it is what I know best. I know how all the sprites look already, so it is alot easier too. I may try newer ones soon, but not untill I am good at the simpler ones. There are only 4 coulors at a time, which is cool. But thanks for the advice!


By the way, I just found out how much easier MS paint is than Photoshop.

Yes, paint is very easy.
You should consider Cosmigo ProMotion or Graphics Gale though.
They're more complicated, but so much easier to use when you're used to them. They have many more handy options then Paint.

I sometimes also prefer the past games. I really love Gold, I think that would be my favourite both game and art wise.

Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 3:05 PM

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I may end up switching, but this is working for me now.


New Sprite!

Rats with Wings? Oh boy!
Rataro:

Fox♠ December 18th, 2008 3:22 PM

Why do you double post so much?

They're all really choppy, and a lot of them have palette and shading issues.

= GPR = December 18th, 2008 4:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Glitter Stain (Post 4204874)
Really? I wasn't aware. I must not be paying attention then, 'cause I haven't seen a thread with GSC/RBY style sprites in well over a year.

mine has a couple on it ^_^

anyhow...these are not too bad for a start!

you need to work on making your sprites more natural looking... they are a bit copy paste layer looking, where you can totally see the stamp on... you need to make the coloration the same, like on the wings of the gravelor guy...and just work on making your shading coherent in general...

either than that, you're doing a good job

Keep Spriting!

Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 5:38 PM

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Yea, that Graveler guy really sucks. I may improve it, but I won't get around to it anytime soon.

Made a few adjustments to Mewthree:


And now, I am trying to make slight variations to all the Pokemon in R/B/Y. For practice. It'll be fun.
I am not going to use parts from other pokemon often, but there will be exceptions. Like the starter familys and such. Here is goes so far:

http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm61/7HEUSEDB3RTH/Pokedex.png

moments. December 18th, 2008 10:33 PM

Eh you have some nice ones here especially Hitmewchan.
I think you are pretty brave for using the older sprites as they don't give you much to offer. But if you used the newer ones, you would be pretty darn awesome at this.
It is up to you, I would consider some recolours to help you with your shading and what colours work well together because it seems you are lacking there.
Nice stuff.

Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 10:36 PM

I am trying to stay away from recolouring. I am trying to keep true to G1, and only use 4 colours:
Black
White
Dark color
Light color

:P I'm going to try a G3 one... Wish me luck.

Hitmewchan is my favourite, too.

rsm98 December 18th, 2008 10:41 PM

good luck with your G3 one, i hope it is as good as hitmewchan and the rest of your G1 pics.

Reality_is_a_Dream December 18th, 2008 10:59 PM

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I just finished:

Sabaron (Pronounced Saber-On)

moments. December 19th, 2008 12:41 AM

Wow that is quite nice actually. See, staying to one generation sort of limits your capablitites as you have less Pokemon to work with.
Very nice sprite Saberon is, I look forward to seeing more.

Reality_is_a_Dream December 20th, 2008 10:47 AM

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Through a long process of capturing and trading a Dratini, and using 50 Fire stones on a Dragonite where Mewtwo once stood in the Unknown Dungeon, I was able to obtain a...

DRAGOSHI!

I am also using this post to... well, post all the ones I haven't.... posted.

Not a sprite, but I felt it apropriate to upload.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm61/7HEUSEDB3RTH/Quagsire.gif

= GPR = December 23rd, 2008 9:11 PM

The sabaron was nicely done... stick with what you know best! if you feel comfortable using first gen sprites, please do... it is also a different change to see them...

anyhow, down to buisness...

charmander with the squirtle tail really looks copy/pasted...there is no flow, it just screams "my tail!!! some one cut it off and replaced it with this feather fluff!!!"

charmelion looks good, again, the wings just seem a bit stamped on, with the black outline looking a bit rigid under the feather wing ear things...

charizard just looks plain bad...it is really awkward, and has a pained posed...the flower just doesnt fit well...

you did a nice job editing off ivy's pod and squirtle's shell, but ruined ivy with the bad copy paste flame... same with squirtle...it's really copy/pasted.

Venu looks fantastic! you did a great job putting in the cannons! nice job on that one!

nice edit on warturtle...and the flames look so so on blastoise...they're c+/B-

caterpie...the arms are WAY to rigid...it is like a skeleton, broken then glued back together...it is just to stick like, although i commend you for scratching!

as for metapod...the web looks intricate and kinda neat, good job on that...

butterfree...nice job again on editing out body parts...

weedle has the same problems with copy/paste, it seems stamped on, and the haze is distracting...

kakuna looks good, you did a fine job on the editing, just watch the copy/paste natural look...

as for...http://www.pokecommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=44196&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1229831523...there is a funky green on the bottom, the tail is choppy, and it just looks weird in general with antenae...the green looks default, which you should never use when spriting! when spriting in paint, since that is what i presume that you are using, make you own colors, dont use what they give you, not even the black! the default colors hurt the eyes and bring unnessary critisim...

my favorite? DRAGOSHI!!!

sure the shading to the left of the upper chest is off (being all dark) but you did a great job editing out the wings, and putting in yoshi's head! that's great! you did a great job on that one, and i like it the most!

So there it is! Great job, and keep it up! Cant wait for more!

Keep Spriting!

Reality_is_a_Dream December 24th, 2008 12:45 AM

Mewthree was sized down a bit for the attatchment, it should be

http://www.pokecommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=44196&d=1229831523
Not perfect, but alot better than the slightly scaled down version.

moments. December 24th, 2008 12:49 AM

Those two Mews are much better than the originals, good work!
I love Dragoshi! It is adorable!

Haza December 24th, 2008 1:03 AM

Ha, The Quagmire Quagsire is halirious!

Fox♠ December 26th, 2008 5:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Reality_is_a_Dream (Post 4213888)
Not a sprite, but I felt it apropriate to upload.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm61/7HEUSEDB3RTH/Quagsire.gif

What the hell does that have to do with Pixel Art? Seriously.

Your latest mix looks jagged and needs to be refined more, it's also very basic.

GFA December 26th, 2008 5:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Reality_is_a_Dream (Post 4213888)
Not a sprite, but I felt it apropriate to upload.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm61/7HEUSEDB3RTH/Quagsire.gif

What the hell! No it's not, listen to FoxHound, and put it somewhere else! *Like in the garbage* Your sprites were Ok.

Nina December 26th, 2008 7:25 PM

Hey now. Yes, they're a bit rude about it, but it is the wrong place for that. But oh well, let's forget about it and go on to sprites. ;D What do you say?

I really like the fact that you use older sprites. Simpler does not mean that it should be looked down upon by the later generation sprites. Once you get a good feel for the old sprites you could even try some de-vamps to increase your pool of sprites that you can splice from!


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