Ok. Since I -finally- have some free time, I decided to use this weekend to try to catch up on the things I've been missing out on, so I'll do a quick update:
Mega Pinsir Update:
This is coming off of
aXL's checklist that he made for me so far. The main parts I'm fighting are the horns, the talons, and the wings. Everything else seems to be easier for me, but those parts in general make up the war I'm fighting... to get Mega Pinsir back home to his brother, Mega Heracross.
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College is simmering down a bit on the paperwork and such, so I'm able to come on at least three-to-four days a week to update my progress, I'll be ready, willing and able to keep fixing up my Mega Pinsir sprites. Sorry for the month-long delay...
Anyhoo, I decided to look over the progress on the sprites. ...Pretty impressive work done by the three musketeers on Mega Sceptile. I know I'm only a rookie in this, but I just wanted to let you know that I believe you're doing a good job.
aXL Props again on the Mega Heracross and Goodra sprites. I'm liking the Binacle and Barbaracle improvements as well. It's too bad Heracross' brother isn't ready yet, but it'll come soon! Keep waiting, Heracross; your brother's almost here!
Typhlito Loving how Heliolisk came out in that animation. I'll say this: the one thing I found about Zebstrika's animation was waiting for that rare animation, albeit short, so I can truthfully say that, from my perspective, it fits Heliolisk well. I could envision it being a bit smoother and having a less -clunky- tail.
princessofmusic I read up on the article you posted about lighting and shading; I've seen this somewhere in the past when I was in a game-making class at Ventura College in the Summer of 2012, so it brought back memories... Anyhow, sorry about how your vacay turned out. Bug bites are nasty, and boredom is practically the worst factor to come across in a quest for R&R. Honestly, I could see you working on Mega Altaria from the jump; and [not really] knowing you, you could make it the best-looking one out there (then again, different people have different perspectives, so some might not agree with me nor you). Again, welcome back.
Wobblebuns LOOOVE the Mega Tabunne sprite you posted. Seriously, the first time I laid eyes on it, I nearly screamed; since Tabunne was first intro'd in Black and White, I adored its appearance, but -slightly- loathed its typing in XY (but I guess since it -becomes- a Normal-Fairy in Gen VI, I guess I can be okay with that). On a side note, I like to refer to it as Tabunne, because Audino sounds so punny.
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Also, in regards to the light and form
princessofmusic posted... I probably know this already, but the light is coming from the top-left corner, correct? Or is it coming from the--wait. It's the front; both sides seem to be staring at a light in the middle of the battlefield.
EDIT: Uploaded the new sprites. You can find me in the almost-always-empty #XYSprites on the synIRC network. I loves me some live feedback.