Scarf's Pixels

Updating to keep my dying thread alive.

As per suggestions, I did some outline work on this guy:
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And raised an island or two on this map to fill it out:
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New: Cool Trainer base with the leg from a Crush Girl, the arm from I-don't-remember, and quite a bit of scratch work.
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More to come soon eventually!
 
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I recognize the right arm and torso of the FR/LG Cool Trainer, along with the Crush Girl's left leg and what looks like an R/S/E Breeder's left arm... but I really don't know about the other leg. The closest I could find is the R/S/E Camper's leg, but there are a half dozen other bare legs it could have been modified from, if it's not from scratch.

It's a nice sprite, especially for people who like cheongsams (i.e. me)... but there's one thing bothering me about it. Look at the hips under the dress.
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Now, look at the legs. Don't they seem a bit long and disjointed? Particularly the left leg... It doesn't really seem to flow from the hip.
 
Chesu said:
I recognize the right arm and torso of the FR/LG Cool Trainer, along with the Crush Girl's left leg and what looks like an R/S/E Breeder's left arm... but I really don't know about the other leg. The closest I could find is the R/S/E Camper's leg, but there are a half dozen other bare legs it could have been modified from, if it's not from scratch.

It's a nice sprite, especially for people who like cheongsams (i.e. me)... but there's one thing bothering me about it. Look at the hips under the dress.
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Now, look at the legs. Don't they seem a bit long and disjointed? Particularly the left leg... It doesn't really seem to flow from the hip.
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That other leg might have once been from somewhere but I don't think anything from the original remains so I'm calling it scratched. You're right about that arm. That is definitely where I got it from now that I'm looking at the R/S/E sprites again.

I see what you mean about the legs and now I can't stop seeing it. I'm trying to learn how to scratch trainers so I started by fusing one to get my feet wet. I'll try applying more realistic anatomy to this one, but cross your fingers because I was always bad at figure drawing.

Thanks again for the input.
 
Scarf said:
New: Cool Trainer base with the leg from a Crush Girl, the arm from I-don't-remember, and quite a bit of scratch work.
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More to come soon eventually!
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Nice job with the shading and coloring but for the left arm it's too straight it should show at least the elbow of her arm


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Wow, Those sprites are awesome, keep up the great work, I love the flower tail pokemon
 
I wish I were more artistically-inclined so I could say something more meaningful, but all I can muster is "wow". Very nice stuff. Your Fakemon designs have a charmingly subdued whimsical feel about them, I really dig it.
 
~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ said:
Nice job with the shading and coloring but for the left arm it's too straight it should show at least the elbow of her arm
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That arm came right from an existing game sprite. I'll see if I can't work something out, but unless I can pull an amazing elbow out of my sleeve (haha) I'll probably leave it as is because I want to keep the arm outstretched.

ShuppetShopper said:
Wow, Those sprites are awesome, keep up the great work, I love the flower tail pokemon
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Thanks. Great work is being kept up.

T3h Kaiser said:
I wish I were more artistically-inclined so I could say something more meaningful, but all I can muster is "wow". Very nice stuff. Your Fakemon designs have a charmingly subdued whimsical feel about them, I really dig it.
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Thanks, and don't hold you back on the comments. You don't need a degree in art to comment. Just "that part looks funny" or "the shading looks good there but not there" is fine. Really, I'm not too picky as long as you give me a little direction about what you like/dislike.
 
Updating again.

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I think I was simultaneously channeling Oddish and Chimecho when I made this. I call him Littoril and continuing with my apparent fondness for making water-types it's based on a sponge (the ocean kind, not the bath kind).

I'm a little worried that it (and some of my others) might be a little too simple. Am I crazy?

Oh, and since I was playing around with tiles, this:

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A very basic edit combining a pokécenter and pokémart. Your one stop shop!

Feel free to C+C these and anything else.
 
I wouldn't say that it's too simple, but adding some small details wouldn't hurt. Also, one of the most important aspects of a Pokemon is a memorable face, and Littoril doesn't really have it. Maybe you could add a little color to the face/lower body?

I know what you mean about worrying if it's too simplistic, though... I've been hung up on this one, trying to figure out what it needs. Sure, it'll look better a puffy, furry chest... but is that enough? It's a green rodent with a pumpkin on its tail, but that alone doesn't make it look like a Pokemon. Then again, some people try to put too many small details on their sprites, and it ends up looking too complex to be a Pokemon.

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Scarf said:
Updating again.


Oh, and since I was playing around with tiles, this:

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A very basic edit combining a pokécenter and pokémart. Your one stop shop!

Feel free to C+C these and anything else.
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For the Pokemart and Pokecenter that's a pretty smart idea and they should do that in at least one of the cities in the next game, but will they? I doubt it
But you did do a great job with the coloring and shading of this picture


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These are gorgeous and very creative, you must have a lot of tenacity to have done so many. Wish I could give more of a useful evaluation, but what else can one say about excellent work?

Out of curiosity: Is Abysail based on the cephalopod Grimpoteuthis?
 
~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ said:
For the Pokemart and Pokecenter that's a pretty smart idea and they should do that in at least one of the cities in the next game, but will they? I doubt it
But you did do a great job with the coloring and shading of this picture
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I hate to receive praise for something which is mostly someone else's work, but thanks.

This Name is Exactly 36 Letters Long said:
Not much bad I can say besides something seems odd on Silliphone's shading. The bright shine seems a little too big...
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It probably is too large, but I imagine it to be a smooth, reflective area so I put more highlight on it.

poopnoodle said:
These are gorgeous and very creative, you must have a lot of tenacity to have done so many. Wish I could give more of a useful evaluation, but what else can one say about excellent work?
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Thank you. I think if I were really tenacious I'd have twice as many sprites as I do now :3
poopnoodle said:
Out of curiosity: Is Abysail based on the cephalopod Grimpoteuthis?
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That is without a doubt exactly what it is based on. You can probably even find the image I used for reference without much trouble.


Aaannnddd... an I-have-nothing-better-to-show update.

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Trying to come up with my own region map style. This is some kind of abomination amalgamation of other styles plus my own touches.
 
Wow those are really good! I LOVE the fakemon! I just started spriting yesterday and I cant really shade well... But you sprites are great!
 
aj624 said:
i know you`re here Arceus VS Dragon Trio,visit your channel
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Um, what?

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ said:


What does this have to do with the person's map?

As for the Maps, the Cities button's are too large
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I'm not exactly sure how buttons come into it, but if you're referring to my most recent map the cities are standard size on a Gen III size map, 8x8 pixels. I've just narrowed the paths for a change. Perhaps not a good change.

Darkrailuver said:
Wow those are really good! I LOVE the fakemon! I just started spriting yesterday and I cant really shade well... But you sprites are great!
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Thanks. I'd like to think they were all great, but I know there are mistakes and areas I could improve on. I appreciate the encouragement, but if I had to choose I'd rather have criticism.



Okay, now for an update.
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I call this little electric birdy Chartail. Check the first post if you want to little blurb.

I quite like how it turned out. Except for the feet. Don't look too closely there.
 
Heh, I've always had trouble with birdy feet too. The left wing looks kind of weird without any feather patterns or shapes, and the way it's shaded (along with the light spot on the head) makes the whole sprite look kind of like... wax? Small feathers tend to diffuse light in a way that you wouldn't see a bright spot like that.

All that aside, does the name Chartail come from the fact that it's used by cartographers? The concept reminds me of the Southbird from One Piece, which is used as a living compass due to the fact that it always faces south.
 
Haven't really had time to do much. Just some work in progress to keep my thread open.

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An unfinished edit of a rocket grunt. Not much to say.

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A sort of finished backsprite to my last fakemon. I'm still new to this backsprite stuff.

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Since I was already uploading I'm throwing in this very rough outline of a turtle fakemon. At this stage it's looking like it's going to be crossed with a buoy.

And that's it for now.
 
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