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I'm kinda meh on the new sprite. I dont dislike it, but I'm not overy fond on it either. I love the colours of the albino - I personally think that was a fantastic choice! I like the head shape as well.
the thing that throws me off is the anatomy. The back right now looks twisted and somewhat awkward - I feel like if the back loop was tighter, the sprite appeared more 'upright' (think: coiling snake) or if the legs were placed further back, it might appear less jarring overall.
the normal sprite's colours seem to conflict, perhas this could be solveD by taking the two currebtnt colours, blending them, and taking samples closer to the middle blend? Or by introducing more markings in the rayquaza's colour, to make the transition less sudden.
Beyond that, I dont think it's a bad design, but I do think it could be perceived better with a few adjustents
Sorry for spelling errors - PFQ doesn't like autocorrect
QUOTE originally posted by Canine
The point isn't so much that it's different, but that it's not at all even similar. There's a difference between improving or adjusting a sprite and making an entirely new thing and slapping the same name on top of it.
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I have no idea what PF1 Metabbit looks like, and even if it was totally different to the new one I'd say the same thing about the naming. It is just a small thing, but it really doesn't make sense to give the same names to different things. But that's just me.
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Ryukuza is back!! I'm hype as heck about this, I've loved this goofy dragon since pf1. The new sprite design was a surprise, but I like it! I do have a few things I'd like to mention with the design, though.
First-the legs seem like they're a bit too forward? I had always interpreted Rayquaza's neat little bumpy backpack as the "middle" of it's back, so the legs hanging from what I see as it's stomach makes them look kind of doofy. But then, it would be hard to see the legs clearly if placed elsewhere, so that's an understandable design choice! And it's a snake-dragon, and those are just tubes, so feet would look a bit odd anywhere, haha.
Second-on the albino, the blue used for the ring highlights kind of melts into the satiny purple of the main body ^^; The colors don't quite contrast enough for the rings to pop properly, and that hides one of the high points of the design! If the rings were made more saturated and darker or brighter, I think they would pop much better. That's my opinion, though-I don't know if the sprite colors show up well on other monitors, and I'm certainly not an art team member.
Overall, I really like the new Ryukuza and I'm glad it's back on Pokefarm! I'm looking forward to adding it to my Dragon Variant Hunt List next to XD001 and Searene ^^
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QUOTE originally posted by Ledah
Please remember that this thread is meant to discuss sprites from this site, not old sprites from the original Pokefarm. Please keep discussion on topic.
A reminder about criticisms and critique:
It is fine to dislike sprites and to have opinions that are not "Omg this is amazing!" You are entitled to your opinion and we do not mind that.
What you are not entitled to do is bash things senselessly just because you don't like them. Saying it's "bad" or "poorly made" is not critique, it is just being rude and unkind to the artists who put a lot of time and hard work into creating these sprites.
If you think something about the sprite doesn't work or looks odd, say so politely and offer a suggestion on what you think would work better. We may not implement whatever change a person suggests, but on the other hand, we might; it's been done before.
TL;DR, mind your manners when talking about sprites. Don't be a jerk. It's not hard.
Onto my own personal opinion though. I do feel like this fusion is a lot more of a splice rather than a blend like Orthrus was, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it does reduce the individuality of the sprite itself and thus is a bit more of a miss with me. That is just my thought though as I prefer the uniqueness of fakemon over fusion sprites in general, but I do think it could have done with a little more obvious (I know it has differences to the two, but they aren't all that apparent at a glance) differences from the two original Pokémon ;w; As for the naming of the sprite, I can't say I know exactly what the etymology of it is, but at a guess it's a mesh of the Japanese word for dragon and something else and probably the "za" from Rayquaza. I can't really see a similarity between the old and new Ryukuza except for the Rayquaza base that would warrant the same name, but so long as the etymology makes sense I guess I won't complain xD
QUOTE originally posted by Hayashi Rin
Long response to Ledah's post
QUOTE originally posted by Ledah
Please remember that this thread is meant to discuss sprites from this site, not old sprites from the original Pokefarm. Please keep discussion on topic.
A reminder about criticisms and critique:
It is fine to dislike sprites and to have opinions that are not "Omg this is amazing!" You are entitled to your opinion and we do not mind that.
What you are not entitled to do is bash things senselessly just because you don't like them. Saying it's "bad" or "poorly made" is not critique, it is just being rude and unkind to the artists who put a lot of time and hard work into creating these sprites.
If you think something about the sprite doesn't work or looks odd, say so politely and offer a suggestion on what you think would work better. We may not implement whatever change a person suggests, but on the other hand, we might; it's been done before.
TL;DR, mind your manners when talking about sprites. Don't be a jerk. It's not hard.
Here's the concept art for it, drafted december 2018
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I love it, there's just one minor complaint I have: You can't see the yellow! It's almost face-to-screen with the light green. Maybe just a tiny bit darker light green next time?
I so missed Kuza, I'm happy to have one.
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yknow what, i think i like this guy actually! mostly out of spite though xD~ That concept art is great ;w; sold me on this noodle
I'd like to stress again im not bashing the original sprite. From the earlier post, many of the old sprites were just edits like that one (and lord knows ive made some sprite mashups in the past, good and bad). As I mentioned however, the art standards and abilities of the artists have grown massively since pf1, and they clearly looked at that old edit and went.. nah we can do better. I really do like the new sprite, though yeah i think the yellow's a bit muddy in the lime green like has been mentioned
People getting so hung up on the old one just.. really confuse me, it's so basic and.. well, boring, compared to the new, FULLY ORIGINAL sprite ;=; no offense to the original artist but i could do something similar in about 5-10 minutes using mspaint.
I actually kinda love this new sprite. My only complaint is the legs seem kind of... off? I can't really put my finger on it. And the yellow is a little hard to see.
Edit: I need the shiny!
Edit edit: thank you, Sei!
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