05-05-2012, 04:37 AM
I guess it's talking extremes. We should encourage people to sprite, but we shouldn't tell them they're the best for doing something which ultimately is unoriginal.
Edits have their place, as do recolours - they are often used in final games. However, that's because they drew the originals as well.
When I sprited a lot, I used to edit sprites in order to analyse the style of the sprites, how techniques worked - I reworked my edits many times to try and make it look natural to the style - which in the end made me learn how a lot of techniques play out.
Because of doing this, I learnt how to make good custom work - it just turned out that over time I couldn't really be bothered with it, and I preferred just analysing sprites instead. Which I think is fine.
But as for this guy who has posted recolours - they're just recolours. There's nothing special about them. I can recolour an entire sheet of Sonic sprites in 5 seconds, no problem. But why would I want to? Everybody knows that it's just a recolour. Posting an edit is fine, in my opinion - because it still allows us to see their additions to something that gives the user a basic structure.
Recolours are great for introducing people into spriting though, so I don't discourage people starting off with them if they feel comfortable beginning because of it.
Edits have their place, as do recolours - they are often used in final games. However, that's because they drew the originals as well.
When I sprited a lot, I used to edit sprites in order to analyse the style of the sprites, how techniques worked - I reworked my edits many times to try and make it look natural to the style - which in the end made me learn how a lot of techniques play out.
Because of doing this, I learnt how to make good custom work - it just turned out that over time I couldn't really be bothered with it, and I preferred just analysing sprites instead. Which I think is fine.
But as for this guy who has posted recolours - they're just recolours. There's nothing special about them. I can recolour an entire sheet of Sonic sprites in 5 seconds, no problem. But why would I want to? Everybody knows that it's just a recolour. Posting an edit is fine, in my opinion - because it still allows us to see their additions to something that gives the user a basic structure.
Recolours are great for introducing people into spriting though, so I don't discourage people starting off with them if they feel comfortable beginning because of it.