Okay, this isn't a general spriting tutorial, per se, but for those making expansions for SSF2, here's a tutorial for making Kirby fit with his in-game animations:

These are really nice tutorials. The animation one would be more suited to Ray's topic, but Itsame's looks pretty nice.
I'll add it to the first post.

nice, but a tad too small.

It's not a complex process, and it's sort of based more off judgement than method.

lolz.

Here is a JUS spriting tutorial I made:
http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq173/Necrolium/JUStutorial.png
This teaches how to make JUS looking sprites from scratch. Opinions?

YES! Just what i needed. off to spriting!

Thanks.

That was actually a GOOD JUS tutorial... I like how you made examples of EVERY thing you said to do.

Thanks.

This is actually a great tutorial. The sprite turned out marvelous, as well, though the hair was pillow-shaded, which it shouldn't be. It should be split into parts, like in an anime.

Thanks. ... I will learn how to not pillow shade hair.

fix'd
u know the best way to stop pillowshading is to look for a direction of light source.
for example: this smiley's light source is from the top left

Thanks.*Off to sprite*

He did have a light source. Left.
If you look at the shades, the basic shades are centered, and then he adds some lighter shades to the left side.