I was going to say something once I get a bunch of material together to present, but since my sprite work is on the back burner for some time now, I guess I should say something now.
Originally, I wasn't going to use anti-aliasing because the style I was inspired by (the one used in Mario & Luigi 4) isn't use it at all; however, when I tried to make the sprites look "blurry" like they do in the game (I'm not going to submit these versions because I'm leaving it up to the person using the sprites to figure it out), I was unable to replicate the effect. As a result, I think a little anti-aliasing wouldn't hurt (and I think I have an idea on how to do it). My only concerns are how it would increase the palette count for my colors (people keep telling that i should use a smaller palette and do more color sharing, but I'm okay with using as many colors as needed) and how anti-aliasing would look on the outer edges. It's nothing personal, but the lighter pixels found in some places on the edge look a little out of place. It works well for the inner edges because it is lying over colors that are already there and will remain consistent to those colors, but the exterior edges are at the mercy of the background color. The best way to solve this (without pixels that look brighter than they should be) is to employ transparent pixels on those edges, but not everyone is able to use sprites like those.
By the way, DragonDePlatino, I like what you did to my flag overall, but I don't care for the outline you added to my flagpole and the ball at the top. You see, I don't care for working with outlines because they constrain the shapes of my sprites and make it harder for me to apply details. While outlines look nice on some sprites, I prefer not to use them.
Originally, I wasn't going to use anti-aliasing because the style I was inspired by (the one used in Mario & Luigi 4) isn't use it at all; however, when I tried to make the sprites look "blurry" like they do in the game (I'm not going to submit these versions because I'm leaving it up to the person using the sprites to figure it out), I was unable to replicate the effect. As a result, I think a little anti-aliasing wouldn't hurt (and I think I have an idea on how to do it). My only concerns are how it would increase the palette count for my colors (people keep telling that i should use a smaller palette and do more color sharing, but I'm okay with using as many colors as needed) and how anti-aliasing would look on the outer edges. It's nothing personal, but the lighter pixels found in some places on the edge look a little out of place. It works well for the inner edges because it is lying over colors that are already there and will remain consistent to those colors, but the exterior edges are at the mercy of the background color. The best way to solve this (without pixels that look brighter than they should be) is to employ transparent pixels on those edges, but not everyone is able to use sprites like those.
By the way, DragonDePlatino, I like what you did to my flag overall, but I don't care for the outline you added to my flagpole and the ball at the top. You see, I don't care for working with outlines because they constrain the shapes of my sprites and make it harder for me to apply details. While outlines look nice on some sprites, I prefer not to use them.
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