SparK's attempts

[Simoneon]

You can also try adding some shading on his head, aka face. (D:)
Also, you could blur a bit where the character shape ends, that could give you some... argh. I'm bad on explaining things. But you know, look at lf2 characters outlines (?) to see what I mean ;D
Also, nice sprite.
Also, I like your signature, it's really fresh :P (good to know, there're no sound on it ;D)

[SparK]

i added shading to the head, i think it was too sutile?
I will use darker colors on the shaded areas then

about blur on the borders... you mean anti-alias? well... mspaint doesn't have it and I'm trying to limit myself only to it

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(hoping auto join posts work and this is not a double post)

I put some darker shades of the shading shades on the shading of the shaded head =D

small:


big:

[Taniaetc]

Nice pose, just shade the hair, kneecap, gloves and boots.
btw you should make his other arm (which is currently invisible) at least a bit visible on the back.

[gamefreak11221]

Nice sprite!

But i think you need to shade it more and make the face abit brighter!

You can use my Pallete , just click the link on my signature!

[SparK]

another thing i made for the spriting contest:


edit:
as always, the bigger version (resized, not detailed)


and I limited myself to use only the pencil cause I hate the "artifacts" the other tools cause
the color pallete took longer :/
I had 2 colors that were redish versions of pure orange which is the main color
the white areas are way lighter versions of pure orange, but they are still orange, meaning that rgb proportions are the same.

[Alectric]

dude, i love that sprite

im totally impressed, you've got my vote

hint, you dont have to use paint, for example photoshop is way easier to use with the pencil tool, and make colour palettes.
im not sure if any other free programs have a pencil tool though.

[8obis]

dude, i love that sprite

im totally impressed, you've got my vote

hint, you dont have to use paint, for example photoshop is way easier to use with the pencil tool, and make colour palettes.
im not sure if any other free programs have a pencil tool though.

GIMP does.

~RtXaS~

[Taniaetc]

OMG sheesh you can sprite from scratch with PAINT!
The fox's just awesome!
The shading's already fine, even though there is no blur/antialias/whatever.
But congrats for paint-ing (I mean spriting with paint)

[Ragor]

Just imagine... that could be a good character... too bad he isn't making it D:

[SparK]

forgetlatios posted his, so I guess it's ok for me to post mine:



I know, it is based on my first sprite so it's nothing new, I still didn't add the tabi shoes.
Difference is that this time I take about 7 minutes with each adjustment for each line and not 1 hour and a half detailing each pixel of a single frame. (I'm letting anti-alias fk everything instead of using the pen tool)