General Spriter's Showcase!

[Dragon Master Mike]

i didnt save it as a JPG

[Bulbasaur]

i didnt save it as a JPG

Well, when I copy the image URL, it says it's a JPG. So something must've went wrong.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

decided to try spriting something from X/Y... and i have more or less failed.... but whatever here is my attempt



EDIT: Made it better

That's pretty good. It just needs some shading!

[Suicune's Fire]

@Bulba, neither of them are jpgs. xD Looks nothing like it. Don't trust what the image URL says--what you do is go "Save As" and whatever it pops up as down the bottom of the window is what format the image was saved in. This one says png so it's a png. xD You can also copy + paste it into Paint and zoom in to see if there's any pixellation. I double-checked with this and it's definitely not a jpg. x)

decided to try spriting something from X/Y... and i have more or less failed.... but whatever here is my attempt



EDIT: Made it better

It needs a lot more shading, as right now it looks like you have the outlines, but don't have the details. There's also a lack of outlines along the contour of the sword, which is what the 3D image would look like, but sprites always need outlines. The darker blue shading you had in the first one was good, and I'm not sure why you made it lighter for the second attempt, as it's hardly visible and therefore gives it very little dimension, if any. The hilt needs dark shading, as I can only see light shading in parts, and the sheath could also use some more shading.

Overall it doesn't look like a sprite yet. It looks like the 3D version trying to convert into a sprite but not quite getting there yet. x) It's also very big for a pokemon sprite. Usually they're smaller. Remember, look at other sprites for references. Good luck.


~SF.

[Metal Gear Snivy]

I tried making Goomy.



What I did was trace over the Goomy model in GIMP and put in colors in certain places to know where to use what color. However, the shading isn't great, seeing as how it was made from a 3D model and not a custom sprite. It also needs to be smaller, but I was afraid I would distort it or something.

[Ninaiso]

Very nice Desperado!! I like it! My only criticism would be to maybe round out the shading a bit? Make it more round so it has less of a choppy flat feel?
Other than that I adore it! <3

So many seemed to like my devamps on PE2K, so I thought why not share them here?

[Suicune's Fire]

I tried making Goomy.



What I did was trace over the Goomy model in GIMP and put in colors in certain places to know where to use what color. However, the shading isn't great, seeing as how it was made from a 3D model and not a custom sprite. It also needs to be smaller, but I was afraid I would distort it or something.

Doesn't look like a sprite at all, really. =/ You need to reinvent the shading to make it as un-3D model as possible. With sprites, they never have jagged edges like that. The outlines for the circles on the cheeks are very imprecise and don't look like much thought was put into them. xD All I see is a redone 3D model, really, but good try. XD /unhelpful

If you're afraid you'll distort it, copy and paste it. xD Then small-i-fy the copy of the image and fiddle around with it till it looks right. Also make sure you have references--sprites from sprite games that you can use to help you understand how to effectively do a sprite. :D

@Ninaiso: use the image tags to show your image rather than link it. :]

But wow. Your devamps are very impressive. x) I'd love to see some black and white sprites devamped. :D

EDIT: I tried to make a sprite out of the noibat model. And as I suspected...it's hard to do. XD Also I changed the wing position.

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~SF.

[Ninaiso]

Very nice job SF!! I really like that woah! I think my only crit would be maybe a brighter more noticeable hightlight on the head so it has more of a sprite feel? I think you could get away with using white haha. ^^

And I decided to try and devamp some black and white pokemon like you suggested! I did Victini and Meinshao, my two favorites of the Unova region!
Keep inmind this is the first time I've sprited in two years haha.

[Shadow Chibite]

No one's been in here, so welp. Just my avatar, that's all.



BREAKING NEWS: Here, have Chibite's evo, Solarasu/Ooinari. Credit goes to a dude named Arshes911 for the Fakemon themselves. Someone named Tailes gets credit for Chibite's English name.

[Enigmatic Emolga]

Palkia's Palkianite is reacting to Emolga's Mega Ring!


Yep, the first sprite I'm showcasing here. Might look slightly messed up because I tried restoring this sprite from a JPEG screenshot... Yea, I was lucky to have the screenshot after my laptop's battery came out without any reason whatsoever...