Final Submission
Tried to make the apple more apple-shaped for you. Also got rid of the frippery around the hole, as much as I liked that more.
Now for my feedback:
Knickles: looks alright, though I wonder if the green buds are a little too small, considering this is a prevo and it has to be a smaller sprite than the main CAP.
Paintseagull: Nice and simple. Can't say I like the rattle on the end, but what the heck, Ekans did that too and I don't complain about that :v
Elcheeso: Really nice snake head there, but that fruit on the tail is more "jack-o-lantern rutabaga" than "happy apple".
Shanimanim: Yours is one of the few entries I can honestly say I like and dislike for the same reasons. Namely, the sicknasty details. It's great as artwork, but not as Pokemon artwork. And before any of you get up my grill for being a "doesn't look like a pokemon" hater, what I'm concerned about here is the spriters, should this one win, having too much creative liberty in building the sprite, or worse, attempting to include as much detail as possible, to the point where the sprite really does look like it was made for a different series.
Noobiess: love it. please please please go with the green head.
Aquakip: yours is really lovely. At this point I think you should go around the edges and even up the line thickness, to make it pretty both out and in!