Okay, here is a guide I made for spriting. This is VERY OFFTOPIC.


TO UPDATE YOUR SPRITE, VISIT Gazza's SCREENSHOT HOW-TO-DO


Sprites

Q. What is a Sprite?
A. A sprite is a small picture, sort of. It has many small, different coloring pixels.

Q. How Do I Sprite?
A. Read below, mostly. Any questions, just ask!


Recoloring or Editing

In Basic Spriting, there is creating your own, or creating different multi-colored verisions of an already made sprite. This section will introduce how to do that in Microsoft Paint©.
First, you must choose your sprite. Right-click on it and then choose "Save Picture As..." After you save it to your My Pictures folder, you can begin to edit it.
I will introduce to you MS Paint. Once you have your sprite opened and on the screen, don't just jump on it and start to do crazy things. Pick your colors carefully. Not all of the shades of the colors you may want are one the bottom of the screen on the color palette. Double-click on any of the colors and a window will come up allowing you to add custom colors to your palette.
Next, comes the color picker. On the left side onf the screen, choose the icon that looks like an eye dropper. Clicking on this, go back down to the palette and click on a color. It will appear above the default color. Next, choose the background color by right-clicking. Now you can apply it to the sprite as please where the color is necessary. Once you have completed the sprite to your content, save it to the folder.
*Note!!!* Do not use this method on DragCave without permission or if using it to improve sprites in the "Dragon Requests" or Sprite Replacement Project" areas.

Creating Your Own Sprites

To create your own custom made sprites, I would begin by creating a concept sketch on a seperate paper. It doesn't have to be wonderful or anything, just basic. Next, scan it to your computer and open it in Paint. This is where the fun begins. Using the methods in the previous section, edit your sprite and resize it until you have it as good as it can get. Use shading so that the colors blend well, or use seperate colors for good contrast such as eyes. Once you are happy, I would save it with a different name so that you can always go back to the concept sketch on the computer and edit it. Saving it with the same name, you might decide to make a change but it might not agree with you. If this happened, there might not be enough "Undo" options for you to get it back to normal. Therefore, your good sprite will be quite safe from harm.
*TIP* Don't save your sprite as a JPG or JPEG! That will ruin the how picture. Try saving as PNG or Gif. (PNG generally works better)
You can also use Paint to create the photo, as well.

Sharing Your Work

So, you want to share your work with others now? If you are posting it on your own website, there should be a feature that allows you to upload it. If it is a forum, like in this case, you can use free servers like TinyPic or Photobucket, that allow you to upload your pictures in HTML, BBCode, and Email form. Easy as that!



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Sprite List! Will Be Updated!


Elsworth's Frog-Dragon
Accepting Sprites?: Yes



List Of Spriters
Elsworth