03-05-2009, 02:21 PM
You may want to try grabbing colors from sprites within the style you're aiming for. For example, if you're trying to create a Sonic sprite and you need a white or silver color, you might want to grab from the Tornado (Sonic's airplane, the one he's riding in the intro to StH3). This way, the color palette you're using is the one the style uses, so nothing looks strange or out of place.
But what they're really saying is that you need to make more changes to that sprite before it becomes "your" sprite, and not just a white Sonic with a Mega Man buster pasted on it. Play with the spines, give him a hat, add a trench coat, etc. Do something to make the character different. Make him stand out from all the other Sonic recolors out there (and there are a LOT, believe me).
But what they're really saying is that you need to make more changes to that sprite before it becomes "your" sprite, and not just a white Sonic with a Mega Man buster pasted on it. Play with the spines, give him a hat, add a trench coat, etc. Do something to make the character different. Make him stand out from all the other Sonic recolors out there (and there are a LOT, believe me).