[PXFIRE] Pixel Art!

[Noblejanobii]

Username: NobleJanobii
Entry:
Likes/Dislikes: I like the color scheme. The life preserver thing was a suggestion from a friend who was making color recommendation and I also think the green really suits Floatzel. I don't like how stiff the sprite looks. It really limited what I felt like I could do with the sprite given my inability to scratch so while I think it turned out fine, I feel like there we some untapped potential there.
What challenges did you face?: Scratching is one of the single most difficult things I've ever attempted to do in my life. I cannot scratch for the life of me when it comes to sprites. Thus, making a mega sprite proves very difficult because I have to think outside the box about how to overcome my restriction but still make the sprite look nice without making it seem like Frankenstein's monster.

[K'sariya]

Questions! O:

a. Do we need to have been the ones to design the mega? Or could we, for instance, create a sprite version (from scratch obviously) of someone else's drawing/mega creation (giving credit of course)? (This would impact creativity though I'm guessing)
b. If we design the mega ourselves, can it be a previously designed mega that we make a sprite version of? Or do we have to design it specifically for this challenge?

Thanks! ^-^

Oh, wow, I am so sorry! I didn't realize that it doesn't automatically subscribe & notify me to a thread that I create! AHHH! Terribly sorry for the wait!

So I'm gonna say!!

a) I'm personally going to say feel free as long as you link to and give full credit on the design. And yeah, it would gouge for creativity a bit, but you could totally try to change it up for points there!
b) It can be a previously designed Mega that you've done before! I'm totally fine with that!

[Suicune's Fire]

Oh, wow, I am so sorry! I didn't realize that it doesn't automatically subscribe & notify me to a thread that I create! AHHH! Terribly sorry for the wait!

So I'm gonna say!!

a) I'm personally going to say feel free as long as you link to and give full credit on the design. And yeah, it would gouge for creativity a bit, but you could totally try to change it up for points there!
b) It can be a previously designed Mega that you've done before! I'm totally fine with that!

Thank you for the response! No worries about that haha.

The only thing I don't really like is that it's kind of twice the work to design/make your own mega and THEN spend time spriting it too... D: I realised the only mega I'd ever designed was Mega Sharpedo before that was official, haha. So yeah can't really do that. But I came up with a crappy design and hopefully my sprite will look okay enough to pass. XDD




EDIT: Entry!


Username: Suicune's Fire
Likes/Dislikes: I'm pretty happy with how it turned out! My initial design differed a bit, such as how the drawn version has teeth protruding. However, I found that it only cluttered the face. I changed subtle other parts about the design and honestly kind of like the drawn one more, but I wasn't going to fuss over it because I needed to finish the sprite in time.
What challenges did you face? Kind of like I said above, mainly the clutter and trying to translate the large-scale drawing into a tiny little pixel work, because it's pretty difficult to get details without it looking cluttered, unless you're an amazing pixel artist. XD I also wasn't sure about the colour scheme, so the colours were a little challenging for me. I'm thinking that it's a Dark/Normal type after considering that it was Psychic/Normal. My other main challenge was trying to design the mega before I could even start spriting it. It was time consuming and I'm not very good with designs... But didn't want to lose points for spriting someone else's mega design.