Yeah, the shape of it is really hard to emulate in such a small space
I found some older stuff on my PC from back when I'd just started XS and needed to do some edits for characters and such.
(Most of the main character sprites in XS are edits by me)
Figured I'd post them, despite their age (must be nearly a year old, shows how long it's been since I did some spriting)
First off are Brock and Misty, based on their in game versions rather than their anime costumes. I think Misty looks OK, but Brock looks too old and it's too obvious he was based on the Team Galactic leader.
Next we have Edward Elric (the hair and colours on this are horrible, almost didn't post it), and my first attempt I did at Shun Sakamoto, once my avatar and username on forums, now my RP character. Also, the main character of XS kind of looks like a much younger version of him.
We now have an old Silver edit I did. Needed the front facing pose for an issue of XS and wound up doing the whole thing. Looking back on it, I don't think it's too bad. Definately one of my better ones from the old stuff I found.
And finally, we have Red overworld sprites in DP style. Looks like I never finished this one. Ah well, wasn't that good anyway.
I know they're old and stuff, but I figured I may as well post them here too. Kinda fun to see what I did the last time I tried spriting a year ago.