A Place for new Spriters

[Whispy]

I'm probably way behind the times, or maybe stuck in 2003, but since when is tSR some place in which you can only post customs, or where "sub-par" work is not welcome? I thought this was a community that helped you become a better spriter through every step, and most of us started with edits and recolors, as they are a key step to developing a custom. Somebody mentioned keeping edits and recolors to yourself, but it's only natural you'd have a few doubts about your early work, or want to brag about it, especially when you're just getting started. There's a lot to criticize in an edit (keeping stuff in-style, correct use of shading, whether it looks blatantly edited or not, etc) or recolor (palette practice), as simple as they may be. Heck, even mash-ups. Whatever happened to "recolors are people too"?

What I do recommend is maybe always clearly stating whether you're posting an edit, recolor, or custom. Maybe make it obligatory to post the original artwork in case it wasn't a custom, so it's easier for it to be constructively criticized. But prohibiting anything that isn't a custom or a super-complex edit sounds very counter-productive to me.

Edit - My 100th post after two years, hooray.