if the artist team didnt change it after me submitting it, it means it gets a pass
The point of this competition was to get the whole community together tomake something and if we just let the PRO artists do the work, there would be no fun would there? IT would just be a bunch of non-special sprites without an interesting backstory
The sprite doesnt have outlines and particles because its supposed to be as close as it is to an actual pokemon game sprite. I dont know any of them in the main-stream games with particles and outlines
You cant just add particles and outlines to something and make it instantly better, thats unoriginal, youre missing the bigger picture. The actual idea of the sprite
The shadows on the valentines one and the summer one are the same, they use the same shading idea as the original pokemon sprite but just filled with a different colour.
Im sorry you had to go thru to catching it and whatever but if you didnt like it, why did you catch it or choose to hunt it in the first place? See
Shiny looking with cutesy stuff around it = very cool and le proffesional