12-05-2010, 10:37 AM
Hi, newcomer here.
I'm not new to the world of sprites itself. I can tell you this much:
I still do edits. This is because all of my attempts at custom sprites come out with varying results. Some stuff I've made I liked a lot. Others, not so much. I also don't really like to "study" sprites so much because then it feels like I'm just copying their style, at which point, why not just do edits? I would get the same effect and it'll probably look more professional, because it's based from something professional. (Just my mentality)
That being said, getting back to the original point of this thread, your edited sprites are not original creations (or at least not fully original, some small bit of creativity definitely does go into them), and you shouldn't be posting them as totally original art. Still, some people can be proud of their edits (I know I certainly am once in a while), and I think it'd be nice to have a place they can post them.
I'm not new to the world of sprites itself. I can tell you this much:
I still do edits. This is because all of my attempts at custom sprites come out with varying results. Some stuff I've made I liked a lot. Others, not so much. I also don't really like to "study" sprites so much because then it feels like I'm just copying their style, at which point, why not just do edits? I would get the same effect and it'll probably look more professional, because it's based from something professional. (Just my mentality)
That being said, getting back to the original point of this thread, your edited sprites are not original creations (or at least not fully original, some small bit of creativity definitely does go into them), and you shouldn't be posting them as totally original art. Still, some people can be proud of their edits (I know I certainly am once in a while), and I think it'd be nice to have a place they can post them.