#theyre off-model in the sense that the model was refined later

[boxheadpaint]

i want to make a guide to drawing gen 1 style sprites but my vocabulary is so limited that its hard to think of something coherent past "well dont make it look bad but dont worry about it looking good either"

#bababababa gen 1 sprites arent “poorly drawn” on purpose or even noticeably low effort #theyre weird varying sprite styles that are still decently “clean” pixel art #but not only are the art styles theyre drawn in stemmed from working within limitations #to still make a coherent monster design #theyre also technically the original designs and not the sugimori/anime ones we're most familiar with #theyre still recognizable! but theyre very strange early versions like developing newborns #theyre off-model in the sense that the model was refined later #so when you think gen 1 dont think like oh its sillt and drawn in paint in like a minute #but more oh its some kind of familiar thing thats just slightly off and compressed #insane insane. insane