simple retro pokémon sprites.

[E-Man]

Do you use a program like Photoshop or Adobe Fireworks? If you do, then if you look in the adjust color menu, you will find an option box tab that reads Hue/Saturation. When you fiddle with the window that pops up, you have the option to toy with the saturation of a color. When you do the highlights and shading, make sure that you insert a negative value in the option box to desaturate the color. While the main color of the sprite could remain saturated, I recommend that you desaturate the highlights and shading.

Did you catch all that?