Just stuff.

[Proton]

Proton: Ask that to some of the other amazing pixel artists who have done very nice pixel overs in the past. *shrug* In other words, I don't know. No justified reason.

If you consider pixel overs amazing, then I doubt how amazing the other pixel artists you're talking about are.

Perhaps I'm bored? Perhaps...by choice? Don't get the wrong idea, though--I don't just stick to nothing but pixel overs or anything.

This here is the forum in which you post your custom sprites and pixel art.

Doesn't fly like that.

Pixel overs aren't pixel art.
It's just tracing and nothing else.

And I find your argument rather biased, however. Technically, actual carbon-copy tracing would consist of basically copying the entire existing image down in some way so more than just the lineart looks identical to the original piece. Well, perhaps that's exaggerating a bit, but nonetheless: the word "tracing" tends to be a little overlooked / overrated.

Uhh, no.
This is too obviously Ken Sugawhatever's Oshawott drawing.

You didn't draw the Oshawatt you pixeled over,
thus,
it's tracing.

Everyone starts somewhere. I looked at the original Sugimori art and there are differences. This could be good for Jirachi to practice anti-aliasing and shading.

What I don't get is why the Ken pic wasn't used as a ref, and you know,
made in a way that isn't a small child's drawing technique.

At least using it as a ref would help you learn how the image can be achieved.

For instance, with your argument, one could take it the wrong way and assume that you also mean "tracing your own artwork is not art," hypothetically.
After all, whether you "trace" over someone else's existing artwork or your own, it's still "tracing."

herpderderp.
Yeah, because when that artist drew the image they're tracing,
it's still their drawing.
Still their art.

Where you get the idea tracing the work of someone else is a good idea, I don't know.





tl;dr
Instead of tracing, draw freehand from a ref.
It's much better for learning and you accomplish much more,
which is a satisfying feeling.

And if you have so much other stuff, why not post the custom other stuff?

Where you can see where you went wrong in the creation (of an actual sprite/pixel art piece) process.