X/Y sprites: the making of

[Mew The Gato]

http://i41.*******.com/345btqw.png

And here we have "xerneasnightmare.png". It probably still needs work, but I posted it here for further guidance.

http://i43.*******.com/28sbnr6.png

I also improved Greninja's colours to make sure it is within the limit, lightened them a bit and shaded them better.

http://i42.*******.com/x2m7p3.png

Meowstic has been shaded. And she is now staring at us. Beware.

http://i44.*******.com/2l9p5i1.png

Tried to recolour it so that the amount of colours is within the limit and added some shading.]

http://i40.*******.com/2i1fnyv.png

Tried to drag Tyrantrum's colours within the boundaries and added slightly more shading.

 

[noobiess]

It is about the size of Joltik. Its body, is, at least. The flower is obviously not counted as its height, as it changes and is shown to be quite large in its 3D Model.

I made an ugly Xerneas sprite. It is more like the Embodiment of Headaches than the Embodiment of Life to me now. It would not give me that much of a headache, but it turned out too small, with too many colours...

http://i41.*******.com/2ij2koz.png

I now have to make it again from scratch. One sprite goes to waste...

I would never say a 'failed' sprite is a waste. You clearly gained experience because your new version of Xerneas looks really nice. The pose gives it a elegant and superior feeling that I think is necessary to make it look beautiful. Only the head seems a little bit too small and unclear. Also again the sprite is blurry on my computer.

For the greninja: you cleaned up a lot of the colors but I still noticed some 'blurry spots' . The same for meawstic (the edits make the sprites much better though), fennekin and tyrantrum.
I think I know an easy method to clean them up without too much effort and I'll try it with one of your sprites. If it works I'll let you know. But the easiest way to deal with it is to make sure you save them as .png
in stead of .gif so that they don't become blurry.

Carbink . I like it! It looks very clean and the design is clearly visible (which I can't say is the same with the 3D models). I have some minor details I want to change but I'll do it because it will be too hard to explain all of them

EDIT:
Here is the edited carbink:

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Let me know if it is an improvement or not, because the edits where mostly because of 'different in taste'.

 

[Sour Monster]

I like the darker shading on the bottom of Carbink, but the shading around the front and the head I preferred in the original. Looks rockier. (Did you make the head darker or is it just my eyes? )

 

[noobiess]

I like the darker shading on the bottom of Carbink, but the shading around the front and the head I preferred in the original. Looks rockier. (Did you make the head darker or is it just my eyes? )

Just your eyes I only put the head a bit lower and made the 'fluff' wider. Also changed the outlining of the eyes to give them a little longer feeling

 

[Missingno. Master]

For whatever they're worth, here's all the Generation VI sprites I've done, including one of a Shiny Sylveon.

 

[Mew The Gato]

For whatever they're worth, here's all the Generation VI sprites I've done, including one of a Shiny Sylveon.

Um... maybe Fletchling can be used with some tweaking and slight resizing, but the others...

 

[MugoUrth]

Are you mad? The Fletchling is probably the best looking sprite up there.

 

[Mew The Gato]

Are you mad? The Fletchling is probably the best looking sprite up there.

It may be the best looking sprite among the ones he made, but I frankly, really do not think it is the best in the whole thread...

I did not say that it needs more work than the others. I just said that it easily had the most potential among those sprites. I think you misinterpreted my comment.

 

[noobiess]

AWildMew I tried my method to fix the colors on Xerneas and it works

http://i41.*******.com/345btqw.png-->

You hardly see the difference but now it doesn't have so much colors
I also want to edit the last Xerneas because I believe it has high potential (but only if you don't mind because I know you have put a lot of effort in it)

Anyway the method is:
- download/open GIMP (=free photoshop)
- Open your blurry sprite and add a new transparent layer
- select on one color (this is the crucial step: you have the 'play' with the threshold so that it will take the colors that are nearly the same in the selection so you actually have the whole area of the specific colors
- go to the transparent layer and fill it in with the color you want (make sure you fill all of it)
- repeat step 3/4 until you did all colors

(adding it into another transparent layer might sound useless but it is great to check if you did every color)
If this is unclear I could make a tutorial of it but normally it isn't that hard.
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[noobiess]

Here is the backsprite of amaura as promised:

I think it need some work but I like what I already have. So comments are very welcome because I'm willing to try to improve it this weekend.
I'm also going to try to do the backsprite of inkay but I can't promise anything ^^


Missigno.master I like what you already have but I think you focused too much on quantity. I would love to see one of your sprites pixel perfect because I like a lot of the stances of the pokémon (especially skrelp)

 

[Sour Monster]

Here is the backsprite of amaura as promised:

I think it need some work but I like what I already have. So comments are very welcome because I'm willing to try to improve it this weekend.
I'm also going to try to do the backsprite of inkay but I can't promise anything ^^


Missigno.master I like what you already have but I think you focused too much on quantity. I would love to see one of your sprites pixel perfect because I like a lot of the stances of the pokémon (especially skrelp)

Like the look of the back sprite. How would it look if the gem was closer to the center of it's belly though? I feel a bit like it's too close to it's bum if you know what I mean lol. (As in to the right a bit.
Edit: Looking at the art for Amaura, the gem is central between the legs, currently the backsprite makes it appear in line with the rear legs. (A better way of explaining what I mean!)

I've had a busy week so no time to sprite sadly. Will see if I can at the weekend, I'd like to try getting one done for the contest though.

 

[noobiess]

Thanx SourMonster. I had some problems with the placing of the gem. And that it was place in between the legs made me see where it should be ^^

EDIT: Done editing Bunnelby:http://i39.*******.com/2uqdf6b.png-->

My biggest struggle was to do the whiskers. They are just too small for me to put nicely into detail. Also the feet don't seems to match completely but I'm already happy of what is has become

Also I was thinking,since AWildMew and Sour Monster like to do pixel-overs so much, maybe I could provide some drawings of the pokemon to pixel-over. I think it is better then the official art because like WPS said they aren't made to turn into sprites.

 

[Mew The Gato]

Thanx SourMonster. I had some problems with the placing of the gem. And that it was place in between the legs made me see where it should be ^^

EDIT: Done editing Bunnelby:

My biggest struggle was to do the whiskers. They are just too small for me to put nicely into detail. Also the feet don't seems to match completely but I'm already happy of what is has become

I think the gem should be even further to the right, but ever so slightly.

Also, the forelegs. If you notice, they look like they are "backwards". I mean, the back part is a little extended, instead of the opposite.

Also, how about making those "fans" bigger?

 

[noobiess]

Here are the changes AWildMew wanted to see:

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I only did'nt make the fans biggers because I tried it once (WPS said the same before) and it looked disproportionately big too me. Maybe one of you guys can try it ...

 

[Mew The Gato]

Here are the changes AWildMew wanted to see:

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I only did'nt make the fans biggers because I tried it once (WPS said the same before) and it looked disproportionately big too me. Maybe one of you guys can try it ...

--> http://i41.*******.com/10dts9f.png

They do not look disproportionately big to me.

 

[Sour Monster]

Also I was thinking,since AWildMew and Sour Monster like to do pixel-overs so much, maybe I could provide some drawings of the pokemon to pixel-over. I think it is better then the official art because like WPS said they aren't made to turn into sprites.

That's a nice idea, thank you.

--> http://i41.*******.com/10dts9f.png

They do not look disproportionately big to me.

I agree the larger ones look fine, they need neatening up at the edges though, the top one of the three um, round bits? Looks jaggy while it should be round.

 

[noobiess]

To be honest, I'm not fond of the bigger fans. Now they look fatter (which isn't the case in the 3D model) and the first bump is to small and positioned wrong.
So I tried again:

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The main problem with my edit is that when I make it bigger the right one has a weard curve in it.

I'm happy you like the idea SourMonster I'll do it during the week since I don't have acces to my tablet in the weekend.

ps: Someone found shiny Amaura in the game so we can make the shiny version

EDIT:
Here is the backsprite of inkay:

I started somewhat messy and I think for the most part I cleaned it up. So hopefully you like it

Also for the pixel-overs: I noticed that on serebii the pokedex is as good as complete and that the 3D models displayed there look fine to do pixel overs with. The mostly have the right proportions and stance but maybe you should also compare them with their official art to see if there are any diffences.

 

[Sour Monster]

Also for the pixel-overs: I noticed that on serebii the pokedex is as good as complete and that the 3D models displayed there look fine to do pixel overs with. The mostly have the right proportions and stance but maybe you should also compare them with their official art to see if there are any diffences.

ooo shiny I'm jealous of that person!

Neat, I'll have a go using the Pokedex ones when I get a chance. Got a busy weekend and start to next week too. Gah~ Damn life lol.

 

[KingTapir]

Bit of tweaking to Amaura + shiny version. Where do all the finalised sprites go btw?

 

[Sour Monster]

Bit of tweaking to Amaura + shiny version. Where do all the finalised sprites go btw?

Looks good but the gem is too small now I think, the old size was more accurate.