2x Sprites and what-not

[Vipershark]

I can understand your hate for simple color switch recolors, but to indiscriminately call any type of edit shit no matter what it is and then proceed to say that the spriter needs to get better because they're apparently incapable of doing something on their own is fucking retarded

It.. really isn't though

I mean no matter how much you want to argue your side of this, it doesn't change the fact that recolors, ""reshades"", and whatever else you've been bringing up are nothing more than edits. Sure edits can be a fun waste of time(lineart thread, """HD sprites""", etc), but that doesn't change the fact that they are literally the biggest waste of time if you're going into pixel art with the intent of actually becoming competent at it.

well finally, an answer that doen't involve shit shit fuck you terrible sprites learn customs

either way though, does this really mean that we should bash people for editing? I understand (and agree with) the whole thing about not sugar-coating, but what I've seen recently (especially from metaru) is a whole thing where people ask for C+C on edits yet are ignored, receive no crits, and told that their sprites are shit and that they should custom

is it really so impossible to give crits even though what they're doing is still technically editing? just because it isn't 100% custom doesn't mean that something can't look good.

not to mention that not everyone here intends on becoming a professional spriter, and instead find it to be a fun hobby, meaning that edits are perfectly acceptable
does this whole forum-wide vendetta against edits really need to exist? There can still be quality control with them around.

and about this:

wow you literally ignored everything i said
i'm talking about the process of PUTTING THE COLORS AND SHADING BACK ONTO THE LINEART, not taking it off

so answer me this: taking the sprite down to its lineart and redoing all the colors and shading from scratch counts as "takes no effort at all"?

don't bring something up and then claim it's not part of your argument when it could not possibly look more like it is

I apologize if I was unclear. Though my whole point was more toward adding the colors and shading back in, and not so much the removal of the original colors.