Speed's Pixel Cluster v2.0

[SassySnivy]

Oh look, it's been a while! xD Obligatory semi-monthly post to show you guys that I still make pixel art. xD



Used the shiny Snivy to make my icon on DeviantART. I think I ought to make more, because the sparkling effect is simple, effective, and kinda fun. :D



Bayleef's GS sprites are so, so weird. They're so disproportionate; did you know that Bayleef has the same exact sprite between both Gold and Silver? Crystal made a completely new sprite that's more true to Bayleef's design.

Another interesting thing to note that I just found out--kinda related but kinda not--is that apparently when Sugimori was first asked to create the official artwork for Pokemon in Red and Green, the only references he had were the sprites. That's the only thing he worked off of, and obviously changed things up where he saw fit. This is probably one big reason why Green sprites are infamous for being inaccurate...still, though, it makes you wonder what they were thinking with Red. Were red's sprites created after Sugimori drew up the official art? :o I mean Red and Green's sprites are so strikingly different in design.

He then says that when he was first assigned to do the artwork for the pokemon back in the Red & Green days it was for the official guide books that going to go on sale soon. The only artwork that existed at the time were the sprites that had been ripped from the games and so Mr. Sugimori had to go through all that pixel art, one by one, and draw the pokemon based on these sprites. During this time he would change parts of the pokemon he didn't like for whatever reason. The book doesn't expand on this at all, but I imagine he's talking about things like the position of the skull and crossbones on Dogas' body or how Fushigisou stands on four legs instead of two.

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But yeah, I'm getting a little off-subject.

On Relic Castle I've been trying to catch back up with the High Resolution Sprite Project, and I'm starting by quality-controlling all of the sprites that I critiqued months ago but were never fixed by the creators. I've only got Bulbasaur and Ivysaur done, but so far they're such big edits that I may as well consider them as originals.

Original Bulbasaur
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Original Ivysaur
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Original Espeon
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The Espeon was actually made quite some time ago.