High-quality sprited characters

[Marshall]

People had years to get to where they are now. Sieg is eight, Apoc is around 3 to 4, hellfighter is around 3. If you noticed the trend, the younger ones like pf, Betit and DH took considerably less time. They are talented w/o a doubt and they certainly have practised a lot, but we need to factor in two more reasons:
1) they started off older, so their ability to grasp shapes and space should be higher than a 11 year old
2) they have a proper community to look up to and learn from. Sieg only had Ricky as a reference. By the time Apoc and hellfighter rolled in, there was Sieg, FX and Matt there already to guide them and provide an environment that motivates them to get better. Hence by the time when pf, Alec, Betit and DH are properly trying to get in the game, I would say they've got quite a lot of help.

Note that I did not mention some others because they have not done anything complete / complete enough :P