05-05-2012, 07:00 AM
i'm not sure if i am unsing the wrong english but
by "we all started doing sprite edits" i included myself with the word "we".
as in, i did sprite edits too in my early days. terrible sprite edits and recolors wich served no purpose other than just being cheap fixes on my "original characters". a thoughful analysis and the feedback provided by some people who actually were into pixel art and spriting(rather than the weak stuff i got at forums and deviantart) made me realise that what i was doing was completely fruitless and was nothign but a dead end.
i believe we have all reached a common agreement in the past every and each time this topic has apeared(as in, by "all" i refer to everyone who has been involved into these situations before in this very forum, among others) in that we need to discourage edits as a learning process by the way of showing OP how it is literally a waste of time "IF" op is really interested in spriting and his eventual development as a spriter. because as i said, earlier, the whole point of sprite edits comes not from its sentimental value but rather from its practical(or rather functional) value as a cheap, easy way to portrait a character in a preset aesthetic. if you're doing that edit or recolor to show your friends your sonic fan character instead of doing so because you dont know where to begin, then you're basically do not care about spriting/you cant wait to learn on your own, and in that case there is nothing we can do/there is nothing we'd bother to do either.
there is no gray area as i also explained earlier. you basically do edits until you realise you dont need them/you're way better on your own. as drastic and arbitrary as that might sound.
by "we all started doing sprite edits" i included myself with the word "we".
as in, i did sprite edits too in my early days. terrible sprite edits and recolors wich served no purpose other than just being cheap fixes on my "original characters". a thoughful analysis and the feedback provided by some people who actually were into pixel art and spriting(rather than the weak stuff i got at forums and deviantart) made me realise that what i was doing was completely fruitless and was nothign but a dead end.
i believe we have all reached a common agreement in the past every and each time this topic has apeared(as in, by "all" i refer to everyone who has been involved into these situations before in this very forum, among others) in that we need to discourage edits as a learning process by the way of showing OP how it is literally a waste of time "IF" op is really interested in spriting and his eventual development as a spriter. because as i said, earlier, the whole point of sprite edits comes not from its sentimental value but rather from its practical(or rather functional) value as a cheap, easy way to portrait a character in a preset aesthetic. if you're doing that edit or recolor to show your friends your sonic fan character instead of doing so because you dont know where to begin, then you're basically do not care about spriting/you cant wait to learn on your own, and in that case there is nothing we can do/there is nothing we'd bother to do either.
there is no gray area as i also explained earlier. you basically do edits until you realise you dont need them/you're way better on your own. as drastic and arbitrary as that might sound.
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