To get the most out of pokemon spriting, make sure you do these things, so you get exellent sprites every time!

1.Always go to www.pokemonelite2000.com, for good sprites. But sometimes, when you fill the black box around the sprite, it actully ruins the sprite. To ensure this does not happen, make the window small, hold the 'alt' key and press picture screen(PrtSc). Then paste into your paint document. But make sure your not on the A symbol on the side, as this will prevent it from pasting.

2.Always recolour your pokemon. To do this, clik on the inkdropper, and clik on the colour you want to change. Than get the inkdropper and right clik on the clolour you want to cahnge it into. Than get the rubber and hold the right clik and go over the colour you want to cahnge.

3.When you clik on the cut icon, you will see two icons, at the botton. always clik on the bottom one.

SIMPLES!

We all know how to sprite, right? Well, I'll tell you a few tips I've picked up.
Tip 1: Save the file as PNG. The pixels will look better.
Tip 2: Recolor the shading correctly, even the mere outlines
Tip 3: Make the shading of a Pokemon.
Tip 4: Use the most kamakailan sprites, unless a category in a Contest tells you to use a different regions one.
Tip 5: Be creative, but try not to clutter them
Tip 6: don't say it can beat Arceus, or blah blah- no. These aren't even REAL.
Tip 7: It's a good idea to have an idea of what you want your sprite to look like, but not having one is okay.
Tip 8: Don't save your sprite as JPG.
Tip 9: No matter where you get your sprites, be sure to make the background of it white.
Tip 10: Enjoy making them!