How do you design your sprite pics?

[blackmageheart]

Are you guys aware that The Spriters Resource is swallowing other sprite sites whole? The Shy Guy Kingdom and Pixel Warehouse have both thrown in the towel and donated their collections to Spriters Resource.

Yes, I did know about Pixel Warehouse, but I still use it because DarkWolf has individual sprites for a particular game that I use (rather than the sheets he uploaded to TSR) and he has a link to my blog ^^
Hadn't realised TSGK was going the same way, though >_<

Well, I mean more than specific color numbers. Like, if a pattern calls for a particular shade of pink, I'll look and see if any of the pinks I have are a suitable substitute.

Oh, I get ya. My database is a WIP lol, and I know the DMC colours well enough to know which colours to sub - getting it into the DB is my next task

[Ellentje]

Oh, I get ya. My database is a WIP lol

I don't know what kind of database you're thinking of, but I use an excel sheet that shows an impression of the color, floss number, color description, location on the DMC chart and if I own it or not. I was going to make it myself, but then I found something similar online and adjusted it to what I wanted. The rows can be sorted on floss number or DMC chart location (so per colour) and I use ctrl + f to quickly find a color and see if I have it.
If that is what you meant by database I can post it. If not, good luck with yours

[blackmageheart]

I don't know what kind of database you're thinking of, but I use an excel sheet that shows an impression of the color, floss number, color description, location on the DMC chart and if I own it or not. I was going to make it myself, but then I found something similar online and adjusted it to what I wanted. The rows can be sorted on floss number or DMC chart location (so per colour) and I use ctrl + f to quickly find a color and see if I have it.
If that is what you meant by database I can post it. If not, good luck with yours

I started an Excel sheet, but decided to see if Access would be better (with sorting etc). It's very similar to your description of the one you're using, but I've added things such as how much of a particular colour I own (so that I know when to order more of it).
If you can, please post your database, I'd be really interested in seeing it!

[Ellentje]

Edit: I created a new topic about DMC databases, since this was off topic here.

[Pandora]

Don't know if it's of any help, but I figured I''d suggest another site that could be mentioned.

http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/
They've got nearly every megaman sprite in existance on there. (and well, that's quite a few.)
They've also started a similar project with the castlevanis series.