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Custom Trainers

By Crimson Fox


This section is in creating advance leveled custom trainers. Now anyone can use sprites to create random looking trainers, but it takes a master of art to pull off trainer sprites like this... (all made by me):

To make Sprites that look like who you want you need to know a few things...
A) You must have a colored picture of the person, character that you want to make as a sprite.
B) You have to use trainer sprites and edit them to look like who you want.

Now for the rules...
1) Find a full body, colored image of who you want to make. Be sure that they are good quality. Copy the pic.
2) Open Paint and Post the picture. Right after that, expand the borders of the pictures so you have room to put the trainer and or Pokemon sprites.
3) Now look for a trainer that fits your characters pose. At times you might have to Frankenstein it. (meaning if one trainer doesn't fit then find others that will when put together.) * <--this sprite is Frankensteined from E4 Drake, and FR/LG Juggler ( and )*
4) Paste the trainer(s) in the white space away from the pic.
5) Use the tool Pick Color in Paint to copy a color from the picture of the character you want to do. Use pencil, or brush to put the colors and shades to the side to use in the sprite later.
6) Add and subtract parts of the trainer sprite(s) to get them to look closer to what you want. This is when you use the colors to edit the trainer.
7)*Using more than one sprite* Use 'Draw Opaque' to put the parts together as a whole.
8)*If more is needed* If what you are making has something that no pokemon or trainer has then you have to scratch it yourself. You then add it to where it needs to go.
9) You should be done. Compare to the original picture to see if you have a match, if not then restart from step 6 until it looks right.

This is an advance level art since at times you will more than likely have to edit the sprite one pixel at a time. Just remember... the closer the trainer is to the original it is the faster it can go. I hope this helps those who don't really know much in sprite making.

Later I will add visuals to better illustrate these steps.

This guide is by Crimson Fox of .Only he may post this guide on sites he chooses. You may not use this guide on your site without Crimson Fox's explicit permission.
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