Take a Pokemon sprite:
Color ALL of the lines in black. Even if there are no actual lines and there are color differences / patterns, like this:
If it's a small pattern, then color it all. If it's larger, then just outline it like so (and like on Togekiss's head feathers). Black patterns should always be solid-colored, though:
Color it ALL as one solid color. Preferably a color different from the background color so you can distinguish the two from each other.
For the next step, you want to use one of the following color ramps. Can be any of them!
Here's some ramps for those with more sensitive retina. Or less resilient retina, I guess it depends on how you look at it. xD
Fill all the black in with the lightest shade of the color ramp you chose:
Take the DARKEST color in that color ramp you chose, and anti-alias outside ALL of the corners of the lines on the OUTISIDE, like this:
If you don't know what anti-aliasing is, I suggest you check out the Sprite Encyclopedia. Or Google it.
Now, color in the base color pure black. Two pixels outside of the dimensions of the sprite should also be black. If my wording is confusing you, just copy these and zoom in in whatever image editing program you're using.
These look pretty cool so far, but we're not done yet! Take what you've got so far and give it another AA treatment. Use the middle shade, and AA around the INSIDE of ALL of the bright lines.
Look at that; done! That's literally all you have to do.
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