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That's the original post... [spoiler=1st Edit]1/23 Awesome, sounding like we have a lot of interest in this... so I guess we'll get a contest up soon, in the meantime while I finalize/figure out rules lets have some thoughts on what the community would enjoy! The poll is now up to get a sense of what we'll try with Format and Topics/Themes... [spoiler=2nd Edit]1/24 ...and the thread/contest is up! Hope you enjoy! [spoiler=3rd Edit]1/27 added to the title, tribute to Aeo finally getting thru to my stubborn, sleep deprived ass to be more casual. :) CURRENT EDIT: 1/28 So, took out the first poll as we have the first contest up and going well. Second poll on themes/topics will stay. New poll added as there was some debate about how people wanted to be able to vote. ...so go vote, and discuss. (Found a quirk...If you have already entered a vote in one of the earlier polls, you will have to choose delete my vote in order to re-enter voting) [spoiler= Copies of Old Polls] 1/28/15 Copy of the first poll: Contest Format. Copy of the Second Poll: Topics and Themes, original votes. ...animations ended up getting some more votes after we put the first contest thread up. At the original time posted, animations did not have enough votes/interest to make it a category. I'd like to try and have a week focused on animations though. Think that'd be great to spice things up and develop those skills. :) ...OK, votes got borked due to Question 1 Poll being deleted. Poll 2 is still reading the old multiple choice votes despite now being a single choice vote now... UGH... Ok, rejigged it, Question 2 back in right place... Please recast your votes. Edit: so... First comp. Entry vote is up... Go vote! EDIT: ...2nd Comp vote is on! Go vote! [spoiler=Helpful Tutorials] Here's a good tutorial on use of colors in pixel art and spriting... and some others that may be a bit more advanced... but good reads anyways... Thinking in Color -Excellent easy to understand tutorial on how colors effect your pixel art/sprite. Definitely worth the read! Derek-Make Games: 10 step custom sprite tutorial -great quick, easy tutorial on custom pixel art/sprites. So you Wanna be a Pixel Artist? 11 part series. -A bit wordy, but very well done in-depth look at the world of pixel art in general, from map tiles to sprites to animations. BwdYeti's tutorials are very recommended reads as well. Please share if you know of any other excellent tutorials! :D ...so here are the links to BwdYeti's custom battle sprite tutorials... Shared with his permission. I found his second tutorial, along with the Thinking in Color very fascinating on palletes... Hoping to apply those to my next couple sprites now that I understand it a bit better. BwdYeti's Custom Battle Sprite Tutorial #1 -kinda old, from before 2009... But a great look at the process of creating custom battle sprites from the Best Battle Spriter around... Then and now. Yeti's custom tutorial #2 -his second tutorial, even better than the first! Great tips on creating a custom pallete that fits with GBA battle sprite colors. A must read for anyone doing battle sprites! --- Anyways, hope these help! Good luck, and good spriting! ;)

Hello, so I need to recolor battle sprites/animations on my mac. Does anyone know how? Thanks!

Working on things, be patient.

New Stuff: Whoosh. Pew pew. An newer version of the captain sprite, with some bad shading but a better design. Ninja Potato. 'Nuff said. Gerald the Cavalier/Paladin. Two light icons. One has bad dithering. [spoiler=The Archives] This is where all of my super duper old stuff goes. Whoever the f*ck this is. My first splice, consisting of Raven's face, Joshua's awesome hat, and Heath?'s body. You love this, don't lie. My second attempt at splicing, only slightly less terrible. A 'younger' version of Oswin that I accidentally saved as a JPEG. Another attempt at splicing. Not successful. It was about this time I decided that mug-spriting was not for me. I changed focus, and went on to make... This. One of my first battle sprites ever, an attempt at the Third tier for the Hero class, the Vanguard. Isn't it gorgeous? It wasn't gorgeous. But I persisted. No terrible sprite was gonna tear me down! So, a few months later, I created THIS: Which was a definite step in the right direction, but I was still missing my mark. So I stopped for like six months and did nothing but do nothing. During my period of inactivity I came up with a bunch of little random thingies that were to small too really be called good or bad. Made this one to try and help a friend... Eventually, I felt like I should give spriting another try, so I did! [spoiler=Archives: Pt. 2] A bunch of equip-able item icons, as well as five 'card' icons. They're currently being used in FEPS. Then, I went on to make this: A almost fully completed sprite sheet for a riderless wyvern. I love this sprite sheet. BUT IT'S UNFINISHED. - And these are my latest creations. A Mercenary Throwing animation, because if you can throw axes and spears, you should be able to throw swords. These are the two main lords from FEPS, Jessica and James. * ELIWUSS IS NO MORE. Who needs a tiny baby sword when you can have this?