1. To upload sprites, we highly recommend
http://imgur.com/, however there plenty of other sites you can use too.
2. To convert filetypes, add transparency, or animate images, you can use
http://www.iaza.com/. However, it is usually easier to use a program.
3. For creating sprites, we recommend the programs
Paint.NET and
GIMP.
4. Please remember that you are submitting these sprites so that people might
actually use them. In other words, try to submit things people might actually want to use.
5. We accept both frankensprites and scratch-sprites, however we have some guidelines on what constitutes a frankensprite.
So you want to make a frankensprite?
Well, this is a canon character.
Oh, you recoloured him? WELL THAT'S STILL A GODDAMNED CANON CHARACTER. Only now, he looks like playdough.
Hmm, so you replaced a couple of parts with other characters' parts? That's not a true frankensprite! You just decapitated Godot and Phoenix, put Phoenix's head on Godot's body, and sewed Edgey's hair in. You monster.
A recolour and a headswap? Well, you're close, but doing both things at once isn't much of an improvement.
You swapped out parts of his body and face? Well. While this sprite is unoriginal, it's clearly its own character.
Congratulations, you're adequate. If you want to make your frankensprite even better, I've written a guide.While I do appreciate that not all of the sprites in this thread meet the criteria, these criteria were introduced LONG after the thread was first made.