You're statement is very true. And to be honest. I ended up editing the sprite so much, it's pretty much nothing like the doodle:
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I usually do the whole drawing to sprite thing with pixel art (hi-res mugshots lol), I've lost all my examples though.
All I do is scan the drawing and lower the threshold in GIMP.
This is the same exact technique Capcom does, but I shade it and fix it by hand. I can't rely on GIMP to do all the work for me. It takes away the fun.
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I usually do the whole drawing to sprite thing with pixel art (hi-res mugshots lol), I've lost all my examples though.
All I do is scan the drawing and lower the threshold in GIMP.
This is the same exact technique Capcom does, but I shade it and fix it by hand. I can't rely on GIMP to do all the work for me. It takes away the fun.