Heheh, thanks, but I am 100% aware how to animate. x] Nonetheless, I think your little tutorial here will definitely help people who are unfamiliar with it. ^^ As a matter of fact, I just now added a tutorial section to the Spriting Encyclopedia with your little tutorial here. :D

Sorry if my question wasn't clear, though! I guess what I'm meaning to ask is your process for recoloring each frame. Like, you start with a pillow-shaded sprite, I understand that much. However, what I guess I'm having trouble grasping is the method of knowing what color to use per frame.

But looking at your Flareon frame-by-frame, I think I'm understanding. Basically what you're doing is replacing the colors on a gradient...so, like, on the first frame you have your regular color ramp, there. But on the second frame, you replace the darkest color (I'll just say orange for this little example) with the lightest orange, the second-darkest one with the darkest orange, etc. At least, that's what it looks like.

Actually, working it out like that it's starting to make sense. I'll try one out and give you a mention so you can see if I'm doing it right! :3