How improve sprite making speed?

[LutiChris]

how long does it normally take you? (1 frame of animation)
if it's under 30min ur good...if you take longer than an hour it's best to have some tips
I don't need to know how to go faster, i take my time cuz i have patience :P

if you do wanna go faster, the smaller the image the faster the rate...
usually i think under the lines... "haste makes waste"

so all i can say is work @79x79 (however, you won't get the same kind of quality than u would with a larger size)
you could try spriting half of what your normally working @ and sort of even things out (time-wise and quality)

also its good that you use just 2 shades (makes things faster)
if you use your tablet for both shades (when using the dark color) tablet isn't nessesary to use
because it reads pressure sensitivity automatically >> thus forcing you to go over the same area more than twice
(you can simply turn that off and you won't need to use your mouse)
if you're simply too lazy to make the adjustments, just use dark colors with your mouse and light things with tablet

here's another tip: use one layer (however, i recommend multiple layers so you don't screw up)

another thing you could do is ... hire someone else to do part of the work :P