//TYPE_INT_ARGB color table
public static final int[] TABLE = new int[] {
   0x0,   //transparent
   0xff1a1a1a,   //R=26, G=26, B=26, A=255
   0xffbfbfbf,   //R=191, G=191, B=191, A=255
   0xffa29446,   //R=162, G=148, B=70, A=255
   0xfff7e26b,   //R=247, G=226, B=107, A=255
   0xffc20000,   //R=194, G=0, B=0, A=255
   0xffff0000,   //R=255, G=0, B=0, A=255
   0xff9d9d9d,   //R=157, G=157, B=157, A=255
   0xff6f4417,   //R=111, G=68, B=23, A=255
   0xffa46422   //R=164, G=100, B=34, A=255
};

//sprite array properties
public static final int SPRITE_WIDTH = 11;
public static final int SPRITE_HEIGHT = 9;
public static final int SPRITE_COUNT = 6;
public static final int SPRITE_STRIDE = SPRITE_WIDTH * SPRITE_HEIGHT;
public static final int SPRITE_ARRAY_LEN = SPRITE_STRIDE * SPRITE_COUNT;

//offsets to different sprite indices
public static final int SPRITE_PIRATE1_ATTACK = 0;
public static final int SPRITE_PIRATE1_WALK1 = 1;
public static final int SPRITE_PIRATE1_WALK2 = 2;
public static final int SPRITE_PIRATE2_ATTACK = 3;
public static final int SPRITE_PIRATE2_WALK1 = 4;
public static final int SPRITE_PIRATE2_WALK2 = 5;

//////// ENCODING METHOD: Simple Indexed Color Encoding
public static final BufferedImage SPRITE_SHEET = new BufferedImage(SPRITE_WIDTH, SPRITE_HEIGHT * SPRITE_COUNT, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
public static final int[] SPRITE_PIXELS = ((DataBufferInt)SPRITE_SHEET.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
public static final BufferedImage[] SPRITES = new BufferedImage[SPRITE_COUNT];

for (int i=0; i<SPRITE_ARRAY_LEN; i++) {
   SPRITE_PIXELS[i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charAt(i)-48];
   if (i%SPRITE_STRIDE == SPRITE_STRIDE-1) {
      SPRITES[i/(SPRITE_WIDTH*SPRITE_HEIGHT)] = SPRITE_SHEET.getSubimage(
         0, i/(SPRITE_WIDTH*SPRITE_HEIGHT)*SPRITE_HEIGHT, 
         SPRITE_WIDTH, SPRITE_HEIGHT);
   }
}

//////// ENCODING METHOD: PNG Encoding
// You can remove the color table and some of the constants defined earlier
BufferedImage SPRITE_SHEET = null;
BufferedImage[] SPRITES = new BufferedImage[SPRITE_COUNT];
try {
   SPRITE_SHEET = ImageIO.read(new ByteArrayInputStream(DatatypeConverter.parseBase64Binary(
      "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAsAAAA2CAYAAAARSGNVAAAAvUlEQVR42mNgIAVISUn9R8b79++H0wQVI2Ospi+a4vb/+6NssAIYjdMpMMUwDOKjqwE76xADw38Q/o+EQXyYAhgG64BZC8Nz586FOwerM/JdxP+jY5xuRpfEq5hqkYISOYQiBSMm8UUKTsXokYKhEFekYA1nXJGCN5ypHymj4UxxOA9wTvkPzfbIoUFQAzrGqZA2xRcsqJakKMExLDSGRfFFKFIw0jS+SEFRTChSyM9WuCJlMBdfo+E8+IovAE/bY0jTK+k2AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC"
      )));
   for (int i=0; i<SPRITE_COUNT; i++) 
      SPRITES[i] = SPRITE_SHEET.getSubimage(0, i*SPRITE_HEIGHT, SPRITE_WIDTH, SPRITE_HEIGHT);
} catch (Exception e) {
   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
}