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altariaking October 23rd, 2010 3:23 PM

Sprites? Or fails?
 
Here are a bunch of my fails/sprites.

Newest to oldest fakemon:


Fusions form newest to oldest:


Others from newest to oldest:

Logiedan October 25th, 2010 1:50 AM

Are you better at spriting when you follow a concept art? XD
Because Hamahorn looks like it's been sprited by somebody else that sprited the Tapyro, I suggest starting off with a comfortable style you'd like and work your way up?

Hamahorn's sprite looks okay though I suggest you could use better and contrasting oranges for it's head. It's body shape is a bit awkward in a way, I can't really explain it. Hamahorn looks a little boring too, it just looks like a bigger size of what I assume to be it's pre-evolution.

also bumping for the sake of more activity in pa and more criticism 4 u.

altariaking October 25th, 2010 7:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Logiedan (Post 6245809)
Are you better at spriting when you follow a concept art? XD
Because Hamahorn looks like it's been sprited by somebody else that sprited the Tapyro, I suggest starting off with a comfortable style you'd like and work your way up?

Hamahorn's sprite looks okay though I suggest you could use better and contrasting oranges for it's head. It's body shape is a bit awkward in a way, I can't really explain it. Hamahorn looks a little boring too, it just looks like a bigger size of what I assume to be it's pre-evolution.

also bumping for the sake of more activity in pa and more criticism 4 u.

Yeah, lol. If I'm being honest, mostly when I use a concept art I shrink it to a suitable size, pixel over, erase all the inside, fix up the outline, and then startt colouring and shading.

Yeah, it's supposed to be based on a hammer, it's head is used to smash foes before skewering them with it's horn, the newer sprite is in my avvie. It has no pre-evo xD that was just me messing about.
Inorite? Thanks :D

altariaking October 26th, 2010 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KittenCry66 (Post 6246153)
WOAH!
Eh...Sprites

Keep it up!

Umm..thanks?
Although just a quick pointer to you: you're supposed to criticize ;)

New sprite, based on a radish and doesn't have a name yet:
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/Un-namedRadishPokemon-1.png

jrocket97 October 26th, 2010 3:30 PM

Corsweet is really good. They all are good. Though with Twurm (I think that was name), you could put a more defined outline. I'd help, but I still can't post exterior links to iaza on here. Stupid new users rule. XD

altariaking November 1st, 2010 10:42 AM

Made a Ditto
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/ditto-1.png

Spherical Ice November 1st, 2010 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by altariaking (Post 6262116)

Looks pretty solid. It's pretty hard making original poses for new Ditto sprites, but it's a good sprite, nonetheless. The base of Ditto has a bit that goes up a bit abruptly which seems a bit unnatural compared to the rest. Also, isn't it a tad small? I mean, I can understand you've got the 64x64 limit, but...
http://www.dragonflycave.com/flsprites/132ditto.pnghttp://www.iaza.com/work/101102C/iaza13349398357900.gif
The left is FireRed's sprite. As you can see, even compared to that, it's small, and that's at an angle.
Anyway, as I said, it's a pretty solid sprite. :D

altariaking November 17th, 2010 10:07 AM

Thanks, I'll work on enlarging it a little.

Meant to update with this a while ago but I forgot:
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/chlorabbit.png
My grass starter, based on a Rabbit. Not completely by me, Cilerba helped fixed up the head, so credit to Cilerba for doing so :)

Spherical Ice November 17th, 2010 10:20 AM

Relatively nice sprite, Flygon. Here's some crit, though, to help you improve it. For one, the whiskers that are in front of the face are barely visible at all. Perhaps bringing some contrast between the two colours (and shades) would help?

Furthermore, it seems there is a lotta black outline, even where it shouldn't be - for example, the fluffy tail doesn't look fluffy at the moment (the only reason I assume it's supposed to be fluffy is the shape, and the fact that you said it's a rabbit. Oh, and it looks to have been pillow shaded (the darkest shade on the outside, and it gradually gets lighter as it comes closer to the centre; don't do it). I know that some of Drifloon's sprites contradict this, but I think some coloured outlines, especially there, would be of exceptional assistance. =D

The eyes seem pretty boring and it looks half asleep (I'm not sure, is this intentional?) and the leaves are a pretty lame way of conveying the grass type. Speaking of which, the two on the back not only do not look connected to the back, but also are too thin to have that vein being added in, if I'm honest. Additionally, they lack black outlines which doesn't look good.

On a whole, the palette is nice (barring the whisker Isshu issue). The shading, on the other hand, seems slightly rough and, for want of a better word, dodgy. Try curving it out a little (especially the shading towards the rear of the sprite).

Last crit I have is regarding the two paws/legs furthest away from us; they are far too dark. Use the darkest shade, maybe, but not the outline's shade. Still, it's not a terrible sprite. Good work. :D

And where are the buck teeth?

altariaking November 17th, 2010 10:45 AM

Thanks, I've tried my best to fix all of that, and no buck teeth because water starter is a beaver xD and here is the newer version:
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/chlorabbitedit.png

Spherical Ice November 17th, 2010 10:58 AM

Better. I'd make the hind legs have some of the third darkest shade as highlights, and maybe make the head's features more readable - the nose is hardly visible at that hue without some sort of anti-aliasing or outline, the eyes are too small (what's the red for, anyway?), and I still think there should be some showing teeth. Perhaps make the leaf ears longer? I don't know, right now it seems more a feline than a rabbit.

Pokemonatoms November 18th, 2010 5:37 AM

Very good, i like the radish and the crap (but dude dont do drugs)...
so yeah oh and are these public???

altariaking November 18th, 2010 9:21 AM

No. The ditto is public and so is the Chikorita, but nothing else may be used by anyone but me.

Them Bones November 21st, 2010 12:55 PM

They are all ok, except for the large version of Hamahorn. He's a fail at the moment, but I bet you could improve it. Like part of the lines are jagged, some of the lines don't match up with the original sprite, there are some lines that are not needed, and it's in an odd stance. But I understand it's a WIP.

The other scratch sprites are good except the last one, honestly, what were you thinking? Twurm and Twurphur, well, the first one needs some black outlines, and the second one needs to be cropped correctly. The Newest fusion I like, but the other ones are bad. They look like they were copy and pasted, and if you are going to copy and paste, at least make it look good.

Your Chikorita sprite is awesome, it's even better than the official ones! Ditto is good too, exept it's right arm, it's very oddly shaped.

Keep it up!

altariaking November 22nd, 2010 11:27 AM

Some new fusions.
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/Sunflonzor.png
Sunflora and Bronzor.
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/SerebiiWSC99Entry.png
Dusklops, Mismagius and Desukkan.

Edit: http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/MonkeyOverworlds.png
Yay! Public.

Logiedan November 22nd, 2010 5:45 PM

Nice fusions, but I don't really like the mouth thing of the Dusclops fusion. It seems out of place. The overworlds are decent but I just don't like the size. It makes it seem you tried to fit everything into the square which made the sprite really small and difficult to see.

Spherical Ice November 23rd, 2010 1:35 PM

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Originally Posted by altariaking (Post 6302097)

This is quite a nice fusion, although the anatomy is slightly off (for example, where the vine closest to us, on our right, it doesn't seem to connect and in some places it's behind the Bronzor head, and in others it is in front of it). Not much more to say.
Quote:

Originally Posted by altariaking (Post 6302097)

This, on the other hand, is not so dandy. Firstly, I think the black thing with the white dots is intended to be a mouth, but I'm afraid it doesn't come off as that. The shading is pretty off; it's hard to explain through words though, so here's a picture:
http://i54.*.com/2s982ud.png
(don't mind the fact that it's an FRLG Blastoise, I just random'd a Pokémon)
Quote:

Originally Posted by altariaking (Post 6302097)

As said before, these overworlds have had too much details crammed in them. I understand you are trying to emulate the FireRed/LeafGreen overworld style, but I think it's turned out pretty sloppy. You also realise that the actual size of the overworlds is 32px by 16px, so you could've gone a little higher anyway, and still sticked to the canon style.

altariaking December 7th, 2010 6:32 AM

New sprite, no name yet and based on a bowl of soup.
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/SoupPokemon-2.png
Fire/Water typed.

Spherical Ice December 7th, 2010 6:49 AM

It could do with facing the bottom-left, and to express the "fire" a little more, perhaps you could add a flame or something to the uninspired bowl? In fact, the whole sprite looks pretty uninspired. Also, the brown colour could do with some more contrast/being lighter.

altariaking December 7th, 2010 7:13 AM

This any better? I added a flame pattern and change the brown to red.
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/SoupPokemon-4.png

Skitty123 December 15th, 2010 3:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by altariaking (Post 6329156)
This any better? I added a flame pattern and change the brown to red.
[img]http:/./i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/SoupPokemon-4.png[/img]

do you know the bubble's
wouldn't it make more sense if the bottom of the bubble's would be darker as if it was shadowed?
just a stray thought

altariaking December 19th, 2010 2:41 PM

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/IceCubeHippoWIP-1.png
A hippo fakemon, it's body is concealed within a block of ice. Yes, that thing is ice.

altariaking December 29th, 2010 11:17 AM

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/SnivyDevamp-3.png
Snivy devamp to R/B/G/Y style.
Completely scratch, using Bulbasaur's palette.

altariaking January 2nd, 2011 12:25 PM

Devamped Tepig and Oshawott too
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/UnovaStarterDevamps.png

altariaking January 22nd, 2011 5:33 AM

Sprite of Fwiker by Psychonyxdorotheos.
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/FwikerSprite-2.png


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