One of my best sprites, ever.

[Blademaster_Jale]

Made for a face-off challenge on NSider2. It won, but barely; the other spriter was incredibly skilled.

 

[M4zz]

This is an ok sprite. Some of the things that I think are out of place would be the wings and tail. They are just too fuzzy and molecular-ish. Overall, the entire body is a bit awkward. Good job though.

 

[PokeDillon96]

Wow, it is really good. But, there's something about it bothering me that I just can't seem to place.

 

[pichu_power]

I really like how creative this sprite is!

The only thing I would consider is the head...it's round skull doesn't seem to fit with the body...maybe a small horn on the back of the head...?

Other than that, it's truly amazing.

 

[Nagaru]

If the sprite has any problem is with the wings, there's little harmony between bones and feathers(?). Say for example, when the wing is flapped upward, the bones should be flexed in an "S" pattern and the feathers can look falling as they do right now; when the wing starts going downward or soaring, the bones stay straight as they do right now, but the feathers open and generate air resistance, so they should tend to a more horizontal position as they get closer to the wingtip. I know it's a ghost bird, I'm just explaining what "doesn't look right". Otherwise, it is a very good sprite.

 

[Blademaster_Jale]

Both the "fuzzy and molecular-ish" and the feather problems are intentional, since it's a Ghost type. It has no feathers, simply a shadowy ghost substance that serves in place of body parts. It's pretty much a dead, decaying corpse that has been revived as a Ghost.

 

[Nagaru]

Well, common sense over aesthetics is fine. It looks good enough, anyway.

Out of curiosity, what exactly was your poke competing against?

 

[Blademaster_Jale]

Made by Luminey of NSider2 forums.

Hers was much cleaner than mine, but I think mine won simply because it was cooler looking. When I showed the sprites to some of my friends, all the guys liked mine while the girls (even my girlfriend and my sister) liked Luminey's more.

 

[Nagaru]

Haha, it's kinda true, both are great, they just appeal to different demographics. If I had to vote, I'd probably stand undecided for hours as both cool and pretty have the same appeal to me.

 

[Killer_Squirtle]

first one looks a bit... I dunno, scratchy.
This one looks way better! How much of it is scratched cuz I see some fearow in there.

 

[cyrus31]

i would say both are pretty good

 

[Blademaster_Jale]

@Killer-Squirtle: I did a lot of scratch work on mine, but I didn't go back and clean it up to make it look smoother. I don't know what Luminey used to make hers.

 

[Luminey]

OOOHOHOHO!! If your asking which program, i used paint. For pokemon, I used Fearow, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Oddish, and Articuno. For the colors, gosh i can't remember. I usually end up mixing pokemon's colors to get the right one I'm looking for.

 

[Mewkachu]

This is actually--really good!
The only problem is that the head should be a BIT smaller.