Ninja's Majestic Hall of Sprites

[ninjaskarmory]

I hope I never abandon this. cx The names of the edits are in order at the bottom of each category.

Disguises and Recolors

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Aipom as Skiploom/Meadow Aipom | Bastiodon as Latios | Eevee as Jumpluff | Lapras as Meganium/Spring Lapras | Lotad as Gorebyss | Staraptor as Empoleon | Swampert as Grotle | Swellow as Meganium | Walrein as Cresselia | Vibrant Autumn Vaporeon | Below Zero Ninetales | Blazing Garbodor | Bright Electabuzz | Deep Freeze Magmortar | Crystallized Golem | Alt. Shiny Milotic | Patriotic Breloom | Spring Froslass | Purugly as Raikou | Forretress as Ferrothorn | Neopolitan Vanillite | Legendary Birds as Each Other
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Rapture Mewtwo

"Alright, here's what will most likely be my entry. I'll try not to get indecisive again. This is most definitely not a Vanillite. In fact, it's a concept I'm very proud of: Rapture Mewtwo.

So, I may or may not be obsessed with BioShock. For those who don't know, it's set in Rapture, a massive underwater city. It was designed to be a paradise; an escape from reality, almost like Heaven on Earth. However, the society was flawed, and many people were addicted to a substance called ADAM, so it collapsed. Mewtwo is oddly similar to Rapture in this way. It, too, was created to be something godlike. However, it broke free, destroying the place it was created in. So, both cases were designed to be heavenly, but went horribly wrong.

Now, onto why the sprite looks like it does. The tail's ocean blue coloration is there because, you know, Rapture being underwater and all. The body is sort of bronze-y, like a lot of the buildings in Rapture, as well as enemies known as Big Daddies. I couldn't help but notice that the fleshy thing behind Mewtwo's neck looked like a tube, so I made it into a tube of ADAM. Its eyes are now the same color as the ADAM as well.

I do love this concept. <33"- Me upon entering this in Week 1 of WAR Season II's Pixel Art section

Fusions

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Bravedoom | Dratikans | Driflie | Haxdravalier | Hippowsaur | Houndsol | Hounectric | Kypedo | Lanturnair | Leafusion | Mismellia | Ninjim | Omewstar | Swalord | Wairmple and Wurmlord | Yanccino | Yawnsenmowl | Beeler | Mr. Watch | Grumbone | Gotharia

Mega Evolutions

http://i.imgur.com/Kdt1PQh.png

Revamps

http://i.imgur.com/j7qMfFK.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/jondNA8.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/m1o93y2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/5UltJqb.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/tCApiEf.png

Project Legendary
This is a project I'm doing where I disguise non-legendary Pokemon as legendaries. It will be complete when every legendary that I can sprite has been done.
http://i.imgur.com/6pLoVdE.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/EI9UwxV.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/aWwUdER.png
Fearow as Ho-Oh | Meowth as Mew | Scolipede as Dialga

Edits
Because I'm not sure what else to call them XD
http://i.imgur.com/X9pdRwp.png
Witchcraft Gardevoir

[Caite-chan]

Uhhh we hope you never abandon this too. xD I love them all. The fusions look great and I love the Zapdos looking Moltres.

[Braixen]

Ahhhhhhh! These are super exciting to look at, can't wait to see more. I especially love the Dragonair fusion :) Keep up the good work!

[PTGigi]

These are pretty neat! C: For the disguises though, I might only suggest adding some patterns of the Pokemon they're disguising as, because right now they're really just recolors =P I really like your revamps and fusions, especially Kypedo! Awesome stuff!

[SassySnivy]

Pretty good for just recently starting!

For your recolors, are you ripping colors directly off of other Pokemon sprites and using them like that or are you editing the colors on your own?
It's never a bad idea to rip colors from another image if you need to. Sometimes it's difficult to come up with exactly what kind of color you want to use, so instead you rip a color from somewhere else and edit that to your liking. Something I do quite often, actually.

However, it's best that you edit the colors on your own after extracting them from another sprite. That way you don't end up with contrast issues.

Contrast is the visual difference between colors, shades, and the like. The contrast is a little too low in the yellow Articuno, the yellow on the Swampert, and especially the blue Eevee. Actually, just a while back ago I made a pretty comprehensive guide on recoloring and how colors work not too long ago. It IS a bit wordy, but I like to think that it's not as wordy as a lot of other things I've written. :P Here it is! The beginning is pretty boring because it literally goes over how to recolor step-by-step--something you clearly already know how to do--but within it are some tips and tricks that you might find pretty handy. ^^

I can't say I've ever been a fan of copy-paste fusions, but it's a start. Plus you've got some interesting little designs going on there. :> My favorites are the Kyogre x Sharpedo; Chinchou x Dragonair; Mewtwo x Omastar (especially, I love this one); Wurmple x Wailord (too cute); and Yanma x Sentret x Noctowl. The latter one and the Mewtwo one are my absolute favorites. Thing is, you've got creativity! And that's a wonderful foundation for a blooming artist. :D
I'd say once you get more comfortable with copy-paste fusions, start trying to attempt more difficult fusions. That way you're forced to edit parts on your own to make the sprite flow a lot more smoothly.

I enjoy that you ACTUALLY attempted to re-shade your revamps instead of just slapping new colors on the older sprites and calling it a day. That bugs me to absolutely no end. Revamps are a really fun way to hone your skills in shading...as well as imitating a style of shading.

I saw that Dialga/Scolipede this morning while I was eating breakfast and I grinned from ear to ear. That is freaking hilarious. But also just downright adorable.

And ^THIS^ is why I wanted to wait until I got on my computer to comment! xD Anyway I'd love to see more fusions and revamps from you, but that's just my suggestion! Do whatever you enjoy the most.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I really like your revamps! And that Kyogre/Sharpedo fusion is fantastic. :O

Your legendary disguises are an awesome idea! That Dialga/Scolipede is clever and cute. :D

[ninjaskarmory]

Alright! Adding a few more to the gallery. Thanks for all the positive feedback, I really appreciate it!
Speed-X, I'm using other Pokemon sprites and tweaking the colors a bit from there. Sometimes, when I'm bored, I just pick two Pokemon and play around with the colors a bit. Sometimes, I use a bunch of Pokemon for one color scheme. I mainly only do that for my themed recolors (the ones whose names sound like League of Legends skins, like Below Zero Ninetales), though. I fixed the Swampert, and I'm putting the new version up now, but the Jumpluff Eevee and Zapdos Articuno are being a pain to edit for whatever reason. I'll get to those later.

Also, before I categorize this one, would you call it a disguise or a fusion? If it's a disguise, I'll call it Forretress as Ferrothorn, but if it's a fusion, I'll dub it Forrethorn. Here it is, in all its spiny glory:

http://i.imgur.com/P0iCwjz.png

EDIT: Just realized I should probably say what else I added.

Here's Purugly as Raikou: http://i.imgur.com/cBa8RE8.png

And some fusions:

http://i.imgur.com/F0ldakt.png
Mr. Watch. I had a pretty fun time making this one! He was the result of a random Pokemon generator and boredom.

http://i.imgur.com/Wvdm4qm.png
Grumbone. I was a little spooked by how well the Cubone skull fit on Grumpig. I decided to keep the black parts of Grumpig, as I wasn't too impressed by how it looked when I replaced it with brown.

http://i.imgur.com/l42WFTq.png
And Gotharia. I LOVE this fusion. I had so much fun with the colors and the little bows, and I think it might be one of the prettiest fusions I've ever made.

I'm working on a more cheerful-looking fusion right now, it should be up soon.

[TheoreticalSelkie]

Personally I feel like it's more of a disguise than a fusion since it doesn't look too much like a mix between Ferrothorn and Forretress to me, and more like a Forretress with elements of Ferrothorn instead. I like how clean it is.

Wish there was a bit more contrast between your middle gray shade and your highlight color since I didn't notice it until I looked at it more closely in my pixel art program. The contrast between the middle shade and the shadows are fine in my opinion. Also you did have an anti-alias color which was barely noticeable at regular view. If they're too close together you may just be better off combining that and the highlight color.

For your other sprites, I really like Mr. Watch and Grumbone, looks great for fusions (though I'm no good at them myself so I can't really critique much about them right now).

[ninjaskarmory]

Thanks! I'll fix that up and add Forretress as Ferrothorn to the main post.

EDIT: How does this look?

http://i.imgur.com/7X4XRYi.png

[ninjaskarmory]

I added Rapture Mewtwo, as well as this little cutie (who was almost my Week 1 Pixel Art entry):

http://i.imgur.com/4Vm6gMC.png

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I really liked your rapture Mewtwo idea! I have only watched someone play a bit of Bioshock but it seemed like a very cool game :)

I also really like that Forretress! I think its my favourite so far. It looks really natural :)

[ninjaskarmory]

Thaanks omf <33

I'm gonna try to get back into spriting!! I used to love it to death, and hey, my tablet works now! So, I hope I can learn some more and grow as a pixel artist ^_^ Thanks for all the support, everyone!

[Chibi Altaria]

Thaanks omf <33

I'm gonna try to get back into spriting!! I used to love it to death, and hey, my tablet works now! So, I hope I can learn some more and grow as a pixel artist ^_^ Thanks for all the support, everyone!

You use a tablet for spriting? O: I find that harder, actually. I just use the trackpad on my laptop. Or a mouse...if I had one lol.

Wait. I just realised you might be talking about a digital tablet and not a graphics tablet. NOW I'm CONFUSED. @.@;;

[SassySnivy]

You use a tablet for spriting? O: I find that harder, actually. I just use the trackpad on my laptop. Or a mouse...if I had one lol.

Wait. I just realised you might be talking about a digital tablet and not a graphics tablet. NOW I'm CONFUSED. @.@;;

Hahah, she probably means tablet as in digital art tablet. :P And I do my pixels with a tablet, too. Much easier to place pixels that way imho. Stupid ipads ruined the real meaning of tablet in the electronic world >_<

[ninjaskarmory]

Haha, yeah, I mean a digital art tablet. Oops. ^_^'

Is the Spriting Academy going to be a thing again? Because I saw the thread while Easter egg hunting, and I'd love for that to be a thing.

[Chibi Altaria]

Haha, yeah, I mean a digital art tablet. Oops. ^_^'

Is the Spriting Academy going to be a thing again? Because I saw the thread while Easter egg hunting, and I'd love for that to be a thing.

No that was my bad. xD But every time a person says 'tablet' I automatically assume graphics tablet cause that's what I use most haha. I don't have a digital tablet or iPad. Just my laptop. I wouldn't use a tablet much anyway. xD

We're definitely working on something like that! Also depends if Speed wants to teach? C: I'd say to wait until April 5 when the new mods will be chosen soon after, that way they can all get to work for their ideas for the boards.

[SassySnivy]

I dunno. For now it'd have to be a pretty free-range thing since I don't have much time to dedicate running an organized thread. Actually, I was working on tutorials for it a long time ago, but stopped. >_< So while I'd love to continue to work on it, I don't know when / if I can anytime soon x] Hell, I might just start a simple sprite recoloring project of sorts for everyone to be able to band together and work on. It would be something relatively easy but fun to do (ie. themed recolors of some sort) so that everyone could chip in, and it may help rebuild the tiny pixel art community that exists here. :P

[ninjaskarmory]

@Gem; c'x I remember getting a pixel art program on my iPad once and deleting the same day out of frustration.

Ooh, goodie! Can't wait.

@Speed; Makes sense.

Yeah, that'd be awesome! I'd also love to see the community thrive.