General Spriter's Showcase!

[monkeybard]

@Speed-X Ohh, good catch on the head; I also didn't really realise that it was sloping right down at the very back because it just made the Slowbro feel a little chubbier (its head is actually more distinct from its body compared to Slowpoke)! I might actually prefer it that way, but I revised it a little anyway.

I also cut down on the AA on the bottom of the sprite to about the same amount as it was on the original sprite; I don't think it harms it much on a white background (or on the neutral grass, water or stone battle bases that these sprites would be placed on) so I didn't take it out completely. Also made the eye smaller, looks much better.
As for the shell line, I did my best to transfer the depth the line gets from the original into this one, but as you said, when it's at this scale it looks a lot more like banding or pillow shading than anything. The linework there was also a bit more sharp of a curve than I wanted it to be, but I couldn't figure out how to AA it out too well. I might re-line it sometime, but for now I think it's looking pretty good. I'll definitely do more of these; very fun!

Also, I was actually born colourblind, but that hasn't stopped me from drawing and spriting for the past 10 or so years c:

EDIT: I don't know how often people even look at the GSS but I done made this!

Precious big muscle baby, in three fantastic flavours.