Pokemon Sprite #1 - Yvettal

Hello all :)
This is the first pokemon sprite to be uploaded on here and to be honest I'm pretty proud of this one.
The main Pokemon in this is Yvettal, the version mascot legendary of Pokemon Y version however I have added the grey flames of a shiny Rapidash to the neck and the feet and I think all around this is more intense than the original subtle smoke that was originally around Yvettal's neck. I also changed the main red body colour to the green colours from a Venusaur which stands out against the black also on the body and the grey flames.
Overall my favourite feature of this sprite is the look of the mint green which makes the sprite brighter and stand out more. However to improve this sprite I would improve how the neck goes 'into' (I can't think of a better word than that) the flames as now it looks like just a straight line and just not very nice :P

Please let me know what you think any comments are welcome (but constructive criticism please)
From PokemonSpriteGirl

An Introduction

Well this is a new blog I've started centered around Pokemon Sprites. For anyone who doesn't know Pokemon is a video game series from Nintendo and personally this series is what brought me into video games and has been a major part of mylife let alone my childhood :)
One thing that has always interested me in Pokemon is the in-game design of the pokemon themselves, these are known as their sprites, the pixels which make up how the pokemon look on screen. So when I found Paint (fancy I know) I started messing around with the colours on a pokemon sprite and this just grew from there.
I know you can find better and more original sprite artists but I've progressed from just doing simple re-colours and this blog will encourage me to get better so please bear with me and I just hope you enjoy it, any comments (as long as their not mean :P constructive criticism please) are welcome and requests are also welcome :)
Enjoy :) x

Disclaimer - All original sprite materials and the pokemon franchise in general is owned by Nintendo