   I want to do sprite drawing for a fighting game, is drawing by hand/using a scanner easier...
  Subject, drawing sprites by hand, may be time consuming, but it seems a helluva lot easier than doing it in MS Paint/Photoshop.   
  Get a drawing tablet.   ;Get a drawing tablet.and photoshop.   ;[quote name='szecs' timestamp='1303366930' post='4801119']Get a drawing tablet.and photoshop.[/quote]Any drawing program will do e.g. Gimp, Paint.net etcYou dont have to us photoshop.   ;  You don't have to use photoshop, but photoshop elements comes with a Wacom tablet anyways, along with Corel Painter Essentials. I'm not sure how well Paint.Net supports tablets, it's more than just a mouse shaped like a pen. ;[quote name='Hodgman' timestamp='1303367404' post='4801122'][quote name='szecs' timestamp='1303366930' post='4801119']Get a drawing tablet.and photoshop.[/quote]Any drawing program will do e.g. Gimp, Paint.net etcYou dont have to us photoshop.[/quote]Careful though!  The GIMP has some pretty dodgy tablet support.  My Graphire will not work with it, like, at all.  Before committing to a tablet + GIMP, do some research to make sure it will work.Also, for doing old-school sprite art I really like this tiny program called GraphicsGale.http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/;  For drawing MyPaint is really good. It's also free, just google it!   ;  To make a decent-looking sprite for a fighting game, if I was to draw them by hand, and not have like, 7 frames like Mortal Kombats, how many frames would I need at minimum to make the movement look decent?   ;To make a decent-looking sprite for a fighting game, if I was to draw them by hand, and not have like, 7 frames like Mortal Kombats, how many frames would I need at minimum to make the movement look decent?I think that's too broad of a question, and the answer can change on a case by case basis depending on the look and feel of the game. It also comes down to timing more than actual frames. A 30 frame attack doesn't mean 30 unique drawings.Try this. Read the whole series, but these 3 links are most relevant.http://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_making_fighting_game_sprite.phphttp://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_breathing_life_into_sprites.phphttp://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_animating_basic_attack.php;  Doing pixel drawings is a pain in the ass, it seems like it'd be easier to draw them by hand, and scan them/retrace them.   