Speed's Pixel Cluster v2.0

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Haha Bulbasaur looks like such a derp :D I love that Paras and Charizard!

[SassySnivy]

Thank you! I know, right? The Green Pokemon are so derpy but they're a lot of fun. I'm hooked. xD

[Suicune's Fire]

They're all so funny. xD I love them! 8D Yay for incorrect anatomy! XD

[monkeybard]

They all look great!... or as great as they can look considering the source! Honestly though, you've captured the original, wonky charm in most of the pixel overs. If I had to be nitpicky and suggest possible improvements in my opinion, it would be mainly for Bulbasaur and Pikachu.

Bulbasaur is a dangerous case of interpretation, because I always thought that the eyes were supposed to look the way you've portrayed them and that's how I thought they were when I played the original games, but open closer inspection I feel like the eyes aren't as wildly off-model as I once thought. Basically, I think that if we look at the sprite more closely and think about the original art and what they may have been going for, something like this might be a bit closer:

(I scratched that really quickly, but I think you get the point)

As for Pikachu, it's just that the ears look a little thicker than they do on the original sprite and that the gaze (the white pixels in the eye) should be about a pixel or two lower, but these are entirely negligible nitpicks. Though in the case of the ears, I feel like there's something about the thickness that makes them look a little shorter or a little off. In all honesty though Pikachu's already super adorable with its little darkened feet and roundness so I'm almost making flaws up for the sake of saying something at this point...

Also this prompted me to look at the Green sprites again, and I think I'm going to dibs Venusaur and Machoke and sprite them when I have time. They've been dibs'd, ok! :P

[SassySnivy]

Hey, thanks Luis! :D I actually am trying to make these interpretations as literal as reasonably as I can, but I do agree that the Pokemon Green sprites are VERY interpretation-based! Like for instance I always thought the cue-ball trainer on Red and Blue had like his penis or something sticking out from his crotch AND IT STILL LOOKS THAT WAY I MEAN WHAT THE **** ELSE COULD THAT BE

But I actually did try that suggestion and I really like how that turned out, too, so I saved it as an alternate. Looking back at it, the eyes being meant to be like that ACTUALLY MAKES PERFECT SENSE. I was wondering why there was a pixel of white in an area that looked out of place!

I also fixed Pikachu's ear problem, because yeah I don't think Pikachu's ear length in the HD sprite matched the interpreted ear length in its original. :D



I also began to get bored with these and really got inspired by the TCG again so I decided to work on Gym Heroes some more. IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE UNTIL I GO BACK TO TRYING MAGNETON BECAUSE GAAAAHHHHH Magneton is really dark and the background is really dark and it's very difficult to distinguish where details need to be. I also apparently skipped over Lt. Surge's Fearow. :P

I love the TCG. <3333 Fortunately the Holo cards are incredibly easy because all I REALLY need to worry about is the Pokemon, then I just try to mimic the original color gradient I see in the card scan for the background. Then according to the general Holo background style in the Gameboy Color game, it kinda follows a certain yet random pattern.

[Sou]

These sprites....D:
/faints /doesnt even know what to say because they're too amazing
/flips table because idek

Love seeing your sprites Speed, even if I'm mostly quiet ; v;
ninetales and eevee...SO FLUFFFFYYYYYYY

[SassySnivy]

fsadfjaslkfsjdakj thanks Sou xD
I have Lt. Surge's Fearow done now. Among others! Thankfully Gengar was the last Pokemon Holo in Gym Heroes...besides Magneton, anyway. Not bothering with Trainer cards for now

[Suicune's Fire]

Your TCG pixels are always so freaking incredible. I love them so much. *w* They're soooooooo cool! Haha, one day I'd love to see that tepig line that you posted in the TCG art thread.

The bulbasaur and pikachu's improvements look great. :3 The eevee looks so silly. xD That angry face. I think you were quite kind to those ninetales tails. They look so much stiffer in the Green sprite. xD I prefer the way you've done it, though...seems like there's more dignity in there somewhere.

[monkeybard]

You might've overdone the aliasing on the left eye, it's a little blurry. The design is a lot cuter and accurate though! Game Freak had us fooled the whole time; thinking they can't even sprite Pokemon 001 properly. (Also I think the Cue Ball is supposed to have a crotch guard kinda thing, like WarGreymon's y'kno)

Not much to say about the TCG Pixel Overs other than the fact that they look fantastic and are virtually perfect :P You do the holo effects and the old-school watercolour shading style really REALLY well on such a small canvas, picking all the right colours! Is there still a colour limit you're imposing on yourself with these?

[SassySnivy]

Thanks! :D And yeah, the color limit is 8 colors. This is the thread that started it all. x]