User blog:VegasFox/Good Spriters?

I'm looking for a spriter, I was going to ask for a request but I thought it would be better If I asked.

How do you guys do it? I used to be a pretty good spriter when I was really little but I forgot how, what I did was try recoloring a Rouge sprite into Vegas because thats what I thought you were supposed to do, but it came out crappy because Vegas wears black everywhere and it was hard to draw her eyes closed etc.

Tips?

And do any of you know any good bases I can use?