^^ That's called editing, my friend. Or, in more obvious terms, ripping. Unless whoever provided the sprites provided lineart for freeware use and you made all of these sprites and shaded them from scratch. If you just edited someone else's already shaded not freeware sprites, that's called copyright infrindgement.

Also, using someone else's colors is also ripping them. It's frowned upon generally in the art community, without a doubt.


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i agree with jal, using other ppl color is allowed but credit should be addressed

Oh so you copied his style.... that should be ok then, just give credit.

That's still uncreative IMO, unless he offered a sprite tutorial.



No, he doesn't, but a lot of people put a lot of thought into their pallates. Picking good colors that look realistic and good aren't second nature. It takes practice. So to take someone else's colors without permission is basically using someone else's talent rather than perfecting your own.

ZoSo, i'm sorry if anyone offended you, but we're just finding out what you did yourself. To be honest, because it was in the resources and support section i thought you were asking whether it was okay for you to do what you were doing. Obviously this is more of a WIP now i look at it closely, why did you put it in this section in the first place? I'll move it for you.

And we're not making a 'big deal of it', just discussing the subject.

Also, i'm afraid even if you do it from scratch, if you make it exactly like the original (such as the faces) then it has to be called a rip, even with different colours, seeing as it's just like taking the image, and changing the colours in the first place.

Now it's in the WIP section you'll be able to get C&C for your actual work.

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ZoSo, why not try modifying the faces to a more original face. The inspiration will remain and then others can focus on the other 3/4s you've work out on your own.

I still say colors are free and up for grabs, only dollers think they own them!

Really? Because it looks like many of the parts are extremely similar, just recolored. At least 12 of your sprites have the same exact hair style, just recolored.

If you're "no good at character forms," practice them. GET good at them. Don't use someone else's design unless it was meant to be a template. Not every piece of art is for tutorial and instructional purposes. That's why people MAKE art specifically for tutorials. Just because you're not excellent at something, doesn't mean you can just copy someone else.



Yeah, a picture. A reference PICTURE, not reference pixel art. I picked my own colors, I did my own shading. I didn't look at another piece of pixel art. That's my whole qualm. Using reference pictures is okay, and that DOES help you because even when you use reference pictures, you still have to chose colors and try to figure out how to pixel it. When you use a piece of pixel art as a reference and you just make your sprite look like his, that's not practice at all. That's just copying.

I'm still of the opinion that this isn't practice. I have no problem with looking at other sprites to see how they interpreted anatomy, but unless the template is provided as apart of a tutorial, using someone else's interpretation isn't creative.

Next time I would just think about what you're doing before you do it, especially if you know you wouldn't like someone doing that to you.



I've seen pixel artists get finicky over colors. It's not just dollers.

Yeah i agree.
And... http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/6854.htm