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The pose is really fresh and different, but it's hard to see the the boxing gloves. I really like right now and you'd secure at least my vote if the gloves were a bit more distinguishable.
From left to right: Male, Female, shiny Male and shiny female
Front sprites
I barely touched up on the colouring and I gave the males a cut in their blades and the females no cuts. This is my second time scratching after all :P I hope everyone likes them!
I tweaked the colors so that they're more accurate to the concept art and a couple other minor changes. So now, I think I'm just about done and there should be no more edits to my sprites. (I promise!)
I tried to make the boxing cloves more visible and finished the female and backsprites. I'm not sure if I'm able to make the shinies in time but I'll try, but if I can't, this is my final submission.
Edit: Made the shinies, but I'll likely change the colours a bit later.
Edit2: This is my final submission, good luck to everyone.
If I were to put the eye on the right side, then we wouldn't see it very well in the front pose.
Ok, I'll tweak some stuff to the backsprites but some guidance would really help as to why they're bad, so to speak. (To be honest, I don't consider them any worse than Syclant's)
KoA- I dunno, I think the backsprite is just a little too run-together. I'm having a hard time distinguishing one part of Arghonaut from another. I love, love, love the shiny, though. Even though I have an affinity for pretty much anything black and gold.