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The-Godlings-Rapture β€” Spriting Fakemon Tutorial V.3

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Description EDIT 1 (Day of submission): Fixed some spelling errors and added a section over background colors (thanks to ~Involuntary-Twitch )

WARNING: LARGE FILE
Total revamp of my spriting tutorial from my old account. Hopefully this'll be the last time I have to make this ._.

Like I said many times in there, PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE and study the official sprites. And not just the official Pokemon sprites. Any pixel art you see study it. Maybe you can pick up how someone sprited fire, or did fur... then apply what you know onto your own sprites. That's how I taught myself over these last 6 years.

there's some things I wanted to go into more detail about, but I was afraid of making this thing waaaaaaay too long. It's already long as it is... also ignore any typos D:

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Resources
Here's some tutorials I used to help me understand certain concepts. Use them, they're helpful!

Color
[link] by *purplekecleon
[link] by ~sashas

Color Palettes
[link] by ~Kiwinuptuo (having a bad palette is unavoidable for Pokemon sprites btw, so don't fret about it)

Light Source/Textures
[link] by ~Andcetera
[link] [includes color theory] by *Ostwyn

Shading
[link] by ~Kiwinuptuo

(I'll add more if I find any)
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Thanks for reading, and remember to favorite and comment! I'll try to help you if I can if you have questions or whatever!
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chanizard1 In reply to ??? [2018-06-08 22:06:10 +0000 UTC]

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Win-Aug [2016-06-16 21:37:05 +0000 UTC]

thank you very much! but could you tell me the number of your pen?

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Plasma2001 [2016-02-06 03:53:51 +0000 UTC]

Hey guys, I'm trying to make these games called Pokemon Blitz and Pokemon Tesseract but I can't find any spriters. I would make my own but I'm terriible with sprites. So if you want to help me then you can.

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Effuret In reply to Plasma2001 [2016-06-17 12:33:36 +0000 UTC]

I can make you a commission. 25 points, and i'll do you icon, back and front, back and shiney front.

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LumenBlurb [2016-01-07 12:41:54 +0000 UTC]

I wanna do Fakemon again, like old times, and this is gonna help me in a way. Thanks.

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ariieve [2015-10-13 08:53:37 +0000 UTC]

this tutorial isnt just good for fakemon. I really wanna do some pixel images of my characters and this really informed me on how to pull it off!

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Pajaroespin [2015-09-12 10:03:28 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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NoisyPixel [2014-11-18 14:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much, this tutorial is amazing!
I've created my own fakΓ©mon Β following your suggestions.
This is my first sprite ever, comments will be very appreciated!

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xcheat [2014-03-27 19:48:38 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the effortΒ 

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animecrazymad [2014-03-19 23:23:56 +0000 UTC]

This was really helpful, I am really trying to create my own!

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abyssalisk [2014-03-16 23:54:35 +0000 UTC]

wow thats sorta complex, but I like the way the sprites came out

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BobbertM [2014-03-12 15:41:12 +0000 UTC]

im sorry to bump such an old post, but i use this tutorial a lot when playing with pokemon stuff. its very helpful! i do have on issue with it however. where did you get 12 as the color limit? i went and disected ho-oh's sprite from emerald and saw it has 15 colors (including the bg.) before that the sprites were on an extremely limited palette, so i know you arent getting 12 form back then. you are right in 3-4 shades for each color at most, that holds true.

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DCFDTLdude [2014-03-09 23:48:16 +0000 UTC]

This is so useful! I used it to make this! dcfdtldude.deviantart.com/art/…

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BlazeDark [2014-02-11 21:24:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tuto, it helped me a lot ^^

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blackdragon298 [2014-01-31 06:46:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks for making this, it helped a lot, i'm only just getting into making fakemon, and so far, my fakemon were looking a little "cartoony" so i think i might keep what i've made in a folder, and start again with this as a reference

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Mr-Asquith [2014-01-24 02:37:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, this looks pretty amazing. I wouldn't look forward to redoing what I've done for a certain project, but your pointers make a compelling case. Β 

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anakareninart [2013-12-30 23:17:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! I like a lot how you explain it! n.n

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craptastics [2013-10-27 20:00:56 +0000 UTC]

This is incredibly helpful! Once my Leitoh Regionfakemon pokΓ©dex is on its way to completion, I'll absolutely use this to make sprites.

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OWerewolf13 [2013-10-03 23:23:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial! It will really help a lot!

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pidro [2013-09-16 13:51:00 +0000 UTC]

supppahh!!!

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TheSpriterMaster [2013-08-12 03:10:37 +0000 UTC]

This tutorial is really helpful!Can you criticizeΒ thespritermaster.deviantart.co…

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snowflake247 [2013-08-08 21:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial! Primitite and Ifritspen are pretty cool too

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happypenguinrock [2013-06-01 02:46:47 +0000 UTC]

Spliceing parts from other sprites is acturlly a good thing to do. (Ever heard of splices?)

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TheSpriterMaster In reply to happypenguinrock [2013-06-08 12:26:06 +0000 UTC]

but it can make you lazy and it is unprofessional.

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LumenBlurb In reply to TheSpriterMaster [2016-01-16 18:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Yet you can use it if you are having a hard time with trying to make it right. I mean, I have to use Poochyena's head to help me out with my water starter. Luckily, I drew over the head's shape and began modifying at points.

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ebanotatsumasa [2013-05-27 01:41:10 +0000 UTC]

US

you are brilliant

Now I will venture trying to translate everything to Portuguese.

Pt-BR

vocΓͺ Γ© genial

agora vou me aventurar tentando traduzir tudo pra portuguΓͺs.

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jthalls In reply to ebanotatsumasa [2014-10-25 16:42:31 +0000 UTC]

Hey rapaz tem como me passar a tradução?

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ebanotatsumasa In reply to jthalls [2014-10-25 23:56:12 +0000 UTC]

NΓ£o cheguei a traduzir, fui me guiando pela img mesmo.

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Varion-The-Shadow [2013-05-24 21:23:47 +0000 UTC]

[link]

I think I've done pretty well using this tutorial

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Dashing-Tophat [2013-05-16 23:41:12 +0000 UTC]

Wow this.
Helped so much you have no idea !!!
I will try this tonight and hope for the best c8

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SuperSarcosmic [2013-05-06 14:11:11 +0000 UTC]

Lol, but I liked Primitite's awkwardly long snout.

It was very helpful to add eye/texture examples, as well as other resources. Thanks for the tut.

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xxmaddog9899xx [2013-05-05 19:41:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man. My Pixelmon's/Pokemon Sprites/Fakemon are getting better now.

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TheSpriterMaster [2013-04-30 22:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Why is infritispen facing 3/4 to the right?Its not facing its foe at all :/

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SuperSarcosmic In reply to TheSpriterMaster [2013-05-06 14:05:03 +0000 UTC]

It's not facing the foe, but it is glaring at the foe and getting ready to attack. I think some of the PokΓ©mon sprites do this, too.

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Skullswithlures [2013-04-11 07:52:58 +0000 UTC]

You are a genious The tutorial is very helpful I just hope what I make isn't too big

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CobaltTheFox [2013-04-03 02:40:18 +0000 UTC]

I used this tutorial. It's my first time spriting. :3 [link]

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DayDreamerAkiko [2013-03-29 15:41:39 +0000 UTC]

I noticed this tutorial was the hardest but useful,I can now make fakemon!

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Watch-it1337 [2013-03-12 16:23:09 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much for the tutorial

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ZoruaXGuy2013 [2013-01-27 11:02:30 +0000 UTC]

helped me A LOT

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frillyfins [2013-01-23 23:16:10 +0000 UTC]

This is very useful! I love how well you explained everything!

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ahmad2334 [2013-01-19 19:23:17 +0000 UTC]

I never really made scratch sprites by myself but i'll try with this tutorial.

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Gyarados10 [2013-01-13 01:15:41 +0000 UTC]

What are the tools in PhotoShop substitutes?

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Cooper1995 In reply to Gyarados10 [2013-03-15 17:09:44 +0000 UTC]

it's pretty much the same, i think the DS game sprites have a 80 x 80 pixel size border. if that helps

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Evonyx3 [2013-01-05 22:53:47 +0000 UTC]

awesome tutorial ! helped me alot thanks !

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rockiecuff [2012-12-27 21:49:17 +0000 UTC]

Does meloetta have more colors or more value?

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rockiecuff [2012-12-27 21:47:42 +0000 UTC]

this is useful

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SamuelDBZMAAM [2012-12-15 10:56:52 +0000 UTC]

dude you are the best explainer i have seen the fakemon you did look like actual pokemon nice job

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archefluxx [2012-12-12 07:19:52 +0000 UTC]

Loads of help, thanks!!

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LemonSama [2012-11-25 11:33:49 +0000 UTC]

this is interestting....

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TikiTiel [2012-11-12 10:44:43 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I used this (This is absolutely wonderful and fantastic btw! A HUGE help!) and came up with this:
[link]
I don't really scratch sprite much (My other scratches are utterly horrible) so I feel this is very good for my level. Could you provide some crit on things that need work? Like my shading, I think I messed up on it.

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