Paraspritzels

[Andrew]

Before I get into this thing, I haven't sprited in ages, so I'm going to start where I left off. My character Paragon and his copy armour system. I'm going back and retooling old armors, making new ones, updating their respective sheets, etc.

But before I get to that, time to post some old stuff:

Avatars!
- Hunter Paragon battles Maverick Prince Azazel. (Pretty sure Azanode made this one, but I don't know..)
- Hunter Paragon fights X-Hunter Satsujinhan.
- Hunter Paragon duels Hunter Teuw.
- Hunter Paragon analyzing Ragnarok.
- Corrupted Paragon battles Hunter Kieran.
- Maverick Paragon battles Proto-X.
- Maverick Paragon, having slain Tillis, moves on to Vilex.
- MOX and Slaughter Armor Paragon. (Pretty sure MOX made this one, but I don't know..)
- Paragon taunting Tillis.
- Forte corrupted with Dark Energy.
- Can't remember if this was made as a joke on BnG or ZV. Either way, it spurred a movement.
- Paragon using his Analyzer in all the wrong ways with Bread Man.
- Sadly, Idiot Armor will exist.
- R-P-S Champion!

And because I'm a horrible person:

[Andrew]

More Avatars!
- Paragon wielding the mighty Glowstick of Doom!
- Paragon clobbering Toy over the head with said glowstick. (Made by Kuro.)
- Paragon blowing Toy's head off. (Made by Kuro.)
- Paragon's Ice Armor freezing a random enemy.
- A birthday gift of Paragon pixel art from Azanode.
- Another birthday gift of Paragon pixel art from Azanode.
- Paragon with ZeroVirus Carnival balloons. And his trusty glowstick. (I do believe Vilex made this.)

Random Crap!
- The original version of what became of the avatar above.
- Paragon and Sira (by Nightjumper) were once an unconfirmed couple. This was before that. What a charmer.

Banners/Signature Bars!
- Vilex made his for me back when I first completed the Sinister Six.
- Vilex remade it with the new versions of the armors and new font. (As seen in my signature!)
- Cypher made this for me. (As seen in my signature!)
- Found this one day and thought it looked interesting. I cropped it down to signature/banner size.
- Blues Groupie!
- The KNN Bar.
- The Toy Show Bar.
- I got permission from Nightmare and Xero of ZeroVirus back when I first opened Spriters Paradise on ProBoards to create this for the first custom skin.

Side Note: If anyone knows of a way to get in contact with Kuro, please let me know.

[Andrew]

Please note, none of these are PD.

- All* incarnations of Paragon throughout the ages, including "Femmagon" along the bottom row. (* Sans CM Paragon and his revamp.)


- A Fire Emblem mugshot of Paragon. This doesn't match with his casual, but I enjoy it existing.


- Paragon's first official sheet actually compiled. Normally I have to sent multiple sheets since his poses were never all on one sheet.


- Custom slashes created by Toy/Kuro. I'm not a huge fan of his slashes anymore, but I included it since it exists.


- My first dabbling in 8-bit. I don't think it turned out too bad.


- Every version of casual wear that Paragon has ever had. Casual#3 was made by Nexys, Casuals#4-13 were created by Vilex.

Now for some MYSTERY...

[Andrew]

Made adjustments to the palette from the version I made before.



Used the original Mega Armor palette with small alterations, used Cronos' scarf as a reference guide to create Mega? Armor's scarf.



Huge changes from the original to the final version before. Added in the helmet gem to the finalized update.



Made palette adjustments to the face and eyes. Might go back and rework this again in the future, as for now, it works.



Made palette adjustments to the face and eyes. Made attempts at reworking the belt to be more concept art accurate, but gave up and reverted to previous version. Might make more attempts at the belt in the future.




Made palette adjustments to the eyes. Made attempts at retooling the mohawk, but the results were left wanting, so I reverted to the previous version. Might make more attempts on it in the future.




Made palette adjustments to the eyes, updated the face guard, and retooled the flamethrowers.




Made palette adjustments to the eyes. Was going to rework the helmet to match the concept art better, but decided against it, since this version of the helmet looks so much better than the simple mask.


If anyone has any suggestions on how to make/remake the unarmored chests, please let me know. I feel like they could be done better, but I'm not sure how exactly. I made some attempts, but they didn't seem to come out looking better.

[Azanode]

I had a go at retooling the chest (it's been so long, the latest version of paint feels so foreign). I don't know if you agree, but I think having too many shades made things a little muddy since it forces you to put so much in such a small space. You also don't really have the room to detail the pecs without it coming off too strong.

In general I think some your pallets need a bit more contrast. The yellow on Elec Man or the white on Ice Man are the most successful. Having lighter colours encouraged you to add more contrast to ensure clean dark edges and the result is much bolder, with more pronounced shadows.

I think if you simplify your shading, you'll get much stronger results. When I get the chance, I'll go through and give you some more specific pointers.