• The History of LSW Sprites [STATUS: Not Complete]
  Where did it all start?

• The History of DBZ Vortex
  Where did we start?

• The Spriter's Hall of Fame [STATUS: Not Complete]
  The cream of the crop are finally embedded into a wall for eternity...

• Team VRP & The Vortex Remastering Project
  Where did the Vortex Remastering Project begin?

• April Fools of 2009
  Backstory to the prank of April (and a look into the sinister mind of our staff...:p)
• "Sprite an Alien" Competition Results 2009 *new!*
  Results of the Official Vortex Tournament put forward by the staff at the end of 2009.

Tutorials

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Whether you are new to spriting or have been in the game for years, it is always cool to find a helpful tutorial - you never know when you'll learn something new that you can apply to your current abilities.

• How to Shade - Vortex Remastering Project Style
  Want to shade your sprite in the VRP Fashion? Follow VRPTutman, and he'll show you how.

• How to Shade - Vortex Remastering Project Style [Version 2.0]
  Confused by the previous tutorial, and want something more in depth? This is your answer.

• How to Compile a Sheet *update - basic credit tags added!*
  Nobody likes a disorganized, messy sheet. You'll never make another one again if you listen to these words...

• LSW Editing
  Get the fundamentals of LSW editing and customization down with this guide.

• LSW Shading
  An advanced course in shading - Advanced and Pillow. 2 for the price of one!

• LSW Shading (2)
  One more shading tutorial comes through!

• Shading for Beginners *new!*
  Rav teaches new members to LSW the ropes.

• Intermediate Shading *new!*
  Take it up a knotch with Rav's intermediate shading course.

• LSW Speed Recolouring
  Save your time manually recolouring each pose, and do it the speedy, more efficient way.

• Shade Head Tutorial
  Get your head shading up to standard with this.

• Custom Head Tutorial
  Learn to make your LSW head from scratch.

• Shade Hair Tutorial
  Hair can be fairly intricate, so shade it well!

• Custom Hair Tutorial
  You'll be creating any hairstyle for any character you want after this one.

Interviews

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Listen to what LSW Spriters have said in the hot-seat! This interviewing 'zone' has been divided into 3 sections - Classic Forum Interviews, One-Off Interview and Vortex Views.

The Classic Forum interviews were done at the time of the old Aceboard forum. All the other interviews were done after then - the One-Off Interview is a special one conducted between Flukebreaker and the legendary Son Goharotto and Vortex Views is a newly added segment with regular interviews from our editor, Swordman!

Classic Forum Interviews

• FlukeBreaker
  Vortex member Flukebreaker takes the chair.

• Angryboy
  Administrator Angryboy goes into the hot seat.

• SSj5Bob
  Teh lulzy interview from teh lulzy man himself. GET TO DE CHOPPAH!

One-Off Interview

• Son Goharotto
  Flukebreaker managed to score an interview with Goharotto himself! A must read for anybody in the LSW community!

Vortex Views

• WhoWhereWhy? *new!*
  Swordman's debut interview of his editorial column "Vortex Views", with the Vortex Vet WhoWhereWhy? (aka Jesse and RSF).
• Nexus *new!*
  The history of Nexus' spriting career is revealed in this enlightening, sprite-centric exchange of words.