The colours are really good. I like the sharp line between the ground and the sky on the left and in the middle.

However, the purple-ish haze in the bakground behind the trees breaks it up, and is quite distracting. I say either spread that hazyness out all the way to the top (maybe letting it intrude just a bit into the bright left), and put in more trees as to make it appear more as a dark, dense forest (maybe only letting the orange light break through as a couple of rays).

Consider the proportions of the leftmost branch in relation to the trunk. It's quite hefty, almost as thick as the trunk. Yet it appears to be very short, as it's suddenly cut off by a rather small cluster of leaves. Realistically, such a branch would go farther than the point were the leaves at the left currently end, I think.

I hope I'm making sense.

Welcome back, Grimsane!

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Also, I think at this point it would not hurt to make an own thread for this, instead of posting pixelart related stuff in the OOTT.

I'd rather not to be honest.  If it's a problem I just won't post them here in the future.

Why not the pixel doodles thread?

I think this thread was created for precisely this purpose.

Surprised it didn't last longer. Did I kill it?

Dang! I worked with the colours from one of the tilesheets in the other thread, and didn't notice that the brightness settings were different. It ended up a bit darker than I had envisioned.

Anyway, here is a progress .gif that features the reference and intended colours:




Corrected brightness levels:



I consider the r/b Blastoise sprite to be one of the worst in that game. The shell, cannon, arm, hand and leg are just one big confusing mess of clashing surfaces. Both the original r/g version and yellow did a better job making this sprite readable, while also looking like the original designs. Anyway, that's why I wanted to start by doing a remake based on this particular sprite. My only goals were simplifying the look and trying to do a better job at creating unique surfaces that don't blend into each other too much. Aside from that I just had fun with it. My commitment to the source material is... loose.

I thought there would be more of a rush to remaking the monster and trainer sprites!
I want to take a stab at reconstructing the battle interface as well. I think Azuyre and Arne are on the right track in trying to reduce the text content and size of the battle menu. Having every little bit of information told through the text box has been one of my biggest gripes with these games since the start. All battles just take so long! By putting more of that information in symbols that pop up, less would have to be constantly explained in text, and the battles could move on in a quicker pace.

I've always felt like the monster sprites in these original games were somewhat inconsistent in their style. It looks as though they were made by several different artists. Some of the monsters look like the artist wanted them to have a natural, realistic look, with detailed rendering. One that stands out with these qualities is Sandshrew (2nd row, third from the right in Azuyres post). You only need to look at the monsters right next to it, to see vastly different styles. Even its evolved form looks more cartoonish, with large, flat colour clusters. You can see this distinction all over the sprite sheet, with some monsters looking more three dimensional with their shading, and others completely flat, but more colorful.

Hey, congratulations! Sounds cool. Did you already explain what the project was?