Someone knows about this, someone will see it for the first time and it will help him a lot, but nevertheless, here is my guide.

Stop blind spriting!

From now on:

• No unwanted details on the next frame;
  
• No more sprite clipping;
  
• No more size guessing;
  
• No more peeping into other modder's sprites (not sure);

Now you know the exact frame size!

The blue color is the border, the areas marked in blue will not be visible in the game, even if you insert a sprite with this markup into the game , so you just have to fit into blue frames.

The rules are simple.
There is an image and there is a hyperlink under it.
Hyperlinks lead to the Imgur.com, everything is sterile.
Copy the text of the hyperlink, click on it, get the image, paste text, save png.
Voila - you're cheater amazing.

Good luck!

Player_Bear[i.imgur.com]

Player_Swan[imgur.com]

Player_Tiger[imgur.com]

Player_Zebra[imgur.com]

Player_Biker[imgur.com]

Player_Cobra[imgur.com]

Player_Cop[imgur.com]

Player_Hammarin[i.imgur.com]

Player_Henchman[i.imgur.com]

Player_Jacket[i.imgur.com]

Player_Nicke[i.imgur.com]

Player_PigButcher[i.imgur.com]

Player_Rat[i.imgur.com]

Player_Son[i.imgur.com]

Player_Writer[i.imgur.com]

Player_Writer2[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Colombians[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Dog[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Gang[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Guards[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_LSD[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Mafia[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Police[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Prisoner[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_Soldier[i.imgur.com]

Enemy_PigButcher[i.imgur.com]

Boss_Bear[i.imgur.com]

Boss_GangLeader[i.imgur.com]

Boss_PrisonBoss[i.imgur.com]

Boss_Swan[i.imgur.com]

Boss_Swat[i.imgur.com]

Boss_TigerBoss[i.imgur.com]

That's all I have, there is no markup for the other sprites.

Some tips from me:

• I put this grid on a separate layer so that I can quickly turn it on/off;
  
• Frames of the same animation have the same size, this will help to avoid mistakes;
  
• Many spritesheets have a blank area in the bottom right corner. There you can place a palette, any details or emergency shots and no one will see it;
  
• Check out another helpful spriting guide by Yossarian the Assyrian and juanchoclo;

I want to remind you once again - the area marked in blue is not visible in the game, so you should not draw on it!

Found on Reddit, u/JreklMecchia.
Published with his permission.

Originally posted by JrekMecchia:

"I know it would have been more useful to make it 4 years ago, sorry"

Original post.

Русская версия | Russian version.