Do not use the ability to sprite the design as a reason to vote for or against either of these designs. We have some amazing spriters that contribute to CAP, and I can confidently say that we can sprite damn near anything.
On past CAP's, we used to fret about the ability to sprite some of the winning designs. In the end, it ALWAYS turns out that our spriters rise to the challenge. So now, if you mention spriting as a reason against a design, you are not only insulting the spriters on the project -- but you are showing that you don't know too much about CAP history either.
As a spriter myself, I appreciate your concern and your desire to make my job a little easier. But, I actually LIKE the challenge of a tough sprite. I can't speak for the other CAP spriters, but I suspect they also enjoy the opportunity to show off their skills by tackling a hard design. Any chump off the street can do a good Voltorb -- but how many spriters can do Giratina with flair? Yeah, I'll take the challenge every time...
And for the record, BOTH of these designs are going to be hard to sprite. Cyzir's design has lots of details and colors, which is a wicked combo for a spriter. Aragornbird's design is deceptively tough -- but the key to the challenge is that the sprite will likely need to be small. As such, it will be difficult to fit in the details without making it unrecognizable.
I don't want to turn this thread into a spriting discussion, since we will have plenty of time to talk about it when the spriting threads come around. But, as it pertains to the artwork presented here -- "spritability" should not be a voting issue.
