@ RitterCat - Hmm, well, the Lanturn retype is alright, but the fire would probably look better if you scratched it.
@ Homeslice - I think that the Lugia is rather good, but the problem is that some of the shading on the outline looks a bit off like on the oulines that are in shadow being the lighter outline shade instead of the darker one or black, like on the B/W sprite that you should be mimicking. You should also consider using darker shades of outline on the bits of the sprite where one part passes in front of another, as it makes the sprite look much more defined rather than looking kind of blurred.
I wont pass comment on the Scyther as you made it a while ago and it is not a reflection of your current skill level.
@ Bynine - The smaller one looks good, the only thing I would do to it is perhaps make a highlight shade and put a slight amount of it on the bit of the sprite that is getting the most light, on this case im guessing just above the moouth is where you would want to put it; however, I dont think it is necesarry to do so as the sprite looks like the sort of thing that you would find in a Pokemon game already without any of the stuff I suggested being applied. All in all it is a good sprite and one of the better ones I have seen come out of either this thread or the previous one.
However, the larger, evolved one I dont like as much, probably because you coloured the head completely black for the shadows, something that is not a good idea because you lose most of the outline on the back of the head. I would suggest perhaps a dark blue/ purple or maybe even a brown. However, if you would still like for the head to be black use a colour like RGB#303030, RGB#404040 or RGB#505050 for the shadows; you could make it a bit darker though dont go overboard with it. I think that the head could use a highlight shade though, making it look much more rounded without smoothing the outline. Finally, I noticed that one of the spikes on the head is not casting a shadow on the body and looks a bit weird (its the left most spike on our left that overlaps with the body). The only other issue I can see with it is the eyes, more specifically the one on our right looks a tad odd and could use with being made more rounded as currently it looks like somethings torn a hole in its head; of course if it was intended then keep it like that but I though I would point it out. I also think that you forgot to give the eyes any pupils, again, if it was intended then I guess that you should keep them. On the whole though they are very good though.
