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[DioShiba]

What is the "golden rule" when or while developing sprites? The first time I developed a sprite for school, my teacher made me use someone else's sprite for Animation development. I was told that my first sprite character was too awkward for the animation program.

I don't want to derail the thread any further because of this post but if you are willing to make a separate topic in the Custom Sprites and Pixel Art Board with the exact sprite and give some more details on what program you're using in school I might be able to better identify what that may be.