Navigation Bar Sprites - Better or Worse? (Discussion)

I just went to another page to see the sprites slower and more. At first I thought my computer had gotten drastically slow. Upon closer inspection I found them to have ALL been changed.

Now I will admit, some were changed for the better but some weren't. Fortunately, I had an old page open with the original sprites. So I decided that this should be an open discussion as to which ones we all like better.

I shall express my own opinions of the images myself on this post so that I do not double post. I also have the images of the original sprites saved on my computer so even if removed I can retrieve them...that's just in case.


Home (Original)
Home (New)

Well...I for one dislike that new sprite for a few reasons. The main one is that it is too slow. The Eon's are FAST. The other reason is that a Latias' maw, to my knowledge, does not open like that so close. I could be wrong. But overall, I rather dislike it.

Chatbox (Original)
Chatbox (New)

Well...I cannot deny it. I like the new one of this more. It is smoother and the prey enters in smooth and not shakily. I can honestly say I prefer that new one.

Webcomic (Original)
Webcomic (New)

I'm kind of even on this. While I think the new one has it go nicely and with the expression on the Umbreon, with the added motion of the ears and stunned look, I cannot help but be distracted that Spencer looks like he is...a robot. His maw opens too far and it's a straight one at that looks like > that. The slower tail wagging is a nice touch, but the maw is what puts me off too. The original had it happen fast and so it was less obvious about the fact the Umbreon simply starts to disappear abruptly. But also the belly was rather unrealistic in proportion to what Spencer ate...they are the same size as each other. So the new one's belly is better. If anything, speeding that frame-rate more to the maw being less noticeable would make it better in my opinion.

FAQ (Original)
FAQ (New)

Well, this is another that I think had a fair improvement. Even though I am uncertain how the Oddish's body passed through a skull to the get to the stomach, it is a nice touch. I suppose the phrase "You aren't supposed to ask that question." comes to mind here about the prey getting to the stomach. I like it somewhat, but uncertain.

Search (Original)
Search (New)

Alright...another that I think is an improvement. Not much to say about it other than the obvious.

Memberlist (Oringinal)
Memberlist (New)

Well, I find the new one amusing that the leek reaches the Arcanine's maw and the reaction is like. "Eh? BLEH!" I quite like it more than the old.

Usergroups (Original)
Usergroups (New)

This is a hard one. I'm quite partial to them both, they are both great. But I think I'm going to have to say I like the original one more, if I have to choose.

Profile (Original)
Profile (New)

Again, neutral on this. The flaws with the new one is Mew is too large, the original one was more realistic. But the detail on the recent one is well done. So I can't decide. It's just a matter of accuracy I suppose. Do you like it to be more flashy and wrong proportions, or more accurate but not as good in quality.

Private Messages (Original)
Private Messages (New)

...I liked the original a LOT more. I don't have to say why do I? Well, if I have to it's just the detail on the old one was better. The enjoyment of the vore was better portrayed. The Armaldo also looked more alive than simply a machine standing there eating. The old one had the nice expression as the heart appeared and such. I preferred the old, no doubt in my mind.

Log out (Original)
Log out (New)

Neutral on this too. Good and bad on both of them. I am a little too tired to list the reasons at this point, and most are related to the previous statements anyway.

Login (Original)
Login (New)

I like the newer one a little more...it's just nice and smooth with bulge.


Okay, so these are all the sprites. Go ahead and post which ones you prefer more. Hopefully this will determine what the majority think looks best for the site. Maybe just slight changes to the old or new ones could be made and they are the better ones, who knows. This is open for discussion so please...your input would be greatly appreciated.

I prefer the original ones better, seeing as they were fluent with both speed and portrayal. I mean, technically if you bring them into a sense, if you slowed them down like that if they were real, they'd simply choke. So, I'm staying with the old ones..

I have mixed feelings between the two as well...

Latias
well, the original one is slightly better due to speed, though the new one's throat doesn't look fake anymore.

Salamance
definitely the new one.

Umbreon
stuck between the two. though the original looked more lively, the new one has a realistic belly, but the swallowing process looks iffy... also the tail is too slow...but it was too fast...no improvement...

Mawile
Im leaning towards the old one for 2 reasons. 1) the oddish struggles and doesnt look funky like the new one appearing in her belly. 2) I made the original.
got to admit, the new one is smoother.

Lugia
leaning towards the original.the new just looks weird with the hands pushing him in...kinda creepy...

Arcanine
the new one. though it would have been funnier if he swallowed the stick as well...

Floatzel
Im gonna go and slightly lean towards the new one (even though the original was mine D: ). I told charem to keep the original frame rate, but he said it had to fit with the rest...the animation turned out too fast and looked like it had an unneeded frame. the new one is so smooth...murr X3

Mewtwo
well, Im neutral on both. basically what sil said with effects vs realism.

Armaldo
the old one by far!! the new one, OH GAWD! IT LOOKS LIKE A HORRIBLE SPIDER KIRBY WANNABE! DX

Charizard
well, leaning towards the old one. it looked cute when he turned front to stick out his tongue. and the new one looks funky how the lucario randomly fell from the sky and into his mouth.

Not sure myself, though I think the old Armaldo is better than the new one. I was the one who made the original Salamence and it was my first time making frames for an animation. Charem animated it for me. For the rest, I like the new ones, including the new Salamence.

Never really cared for 'em nor paid any attention to them at all. So, I don't care, however, I do like the faster versions better.

There's also two more icons you missed.

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I only have the current ones though (and they don't really matter seeing as I'm constanly logged in anyway).

I love the new mawile one. It's identical to a fantacy I had involving a zigzagoon.

the first one is the Login, and unless someone uses a public PC, its really easy to miss it... (whenever I check the forums, Im ALWAYS logged in...)

the second one is an old sprite...was there a new one made for it?

Actually, I didn't miss those two, I have those two also as well. But I think the Girafarig one is the same as the original. I simply needed to finish up to run off to fix something. I plan to place them on now.

I like most of the new ones, exept the Mewtwo one. I honestly liked watching the Mew bulge shrink down to nothing.