For my first sprite trick...

[E-Man]

the thing is, there's no movement with the transformation, it's more or less just the body shrinking and deforming while staying in a static location.

Oh dear.... I was afraid there was going to be someone to point out that something is wrong...

You see, I had to make the body static in order to make the transformation process easier to animate. Besides, it's not like she'll have that pause before she transforms. If you take a look at this animation, you'll see what the transformation sequence is supposed to be like.



Before you ask, I know that the monkey dance is wrong, but I never played the game before, so what did you expect? I say I did a pretty good job animating it, so if you wish to point out anything else, then why don't you try animating one of Shantae's transformations to show me how it should really be done? Besides, the animation sequences I made are much better than the original ones in the game since my sequences fit the fully animated game better.

looks okay. Either way, it isn't the usual newbie jpeg stuff

My! That's very kind of you to say that, Charlie! I can imagine how the newbie submissions are like... Pointless re-colors, small edits, limitedly animated sprites, poor layouts, tons of empty space, and terrible picture quality caused by the jpeg format... You have a point, Charlie! It's better to have a "newbie" that has a very good knowledge about sprites and animation before he joins the site than a newbie who barley has a clue what he's doing and making poor sprite sheets.