custom legend of zelda sprites rejected

[emanosaurus]

These three sheets got rejected from the custom sprites section:





I am not sure what is wrong with them and I already have another sheet ready:

If someone has advice as to how to make better sprites I would like to know.

[E-Man]

Not to sound rudely blunt, but these are more like simple recolors/edits.

If you read the sprite dictionary, it mentioned that recolors are not acceptable for submission due to their simplicity. As for edits, you need to do a very good edit if you want any chance of seeing your work posted.

How about trying to make sprites from scratch?

[cuedaninja]

they are not bad looking, but seems like rehash of the original LoZ sprites.

[Kelvin]

Did you try to submit them the moment you made them? Because, if so, that's the wrong way to go about it. Customs/edits are almost NEVER accepted without being discussed here beforehand. It's better to do that anyway, since you get critique to make your sprites better before they're posted on the site.