Different Peoples Art Methods

[Sketchasaurus]

There's a lot of personal preference that comes into play when it comes to the subject of realism in sprites; It really depends from person to person, but at least from what I've seen, a large majority of spriters here prefer (at least to make) stylized sprites. I personally prefer making cartoony sprites because I can embellish and exaggerate actions for more energetic, fun motion.

I feel that, as long as you're putting forth the effort and listening to critique from the other folks here, it doesn't matter what level of realism your sprites are. I just know that novice Sonic and Megaman edits (really edits in general) are automatically unwelcome.