Alright thanks all for the replies. I will try to get around to update some of the sprites (run and spin specifically). Then probably finish the direction sprites for the specific characters and maybe some tiles.

Ryumaru: Thank you, I think I will keep the stealth like that but add an idle sprite as snake suggested.

Alex Hanson-White: Very good point Alex, I'm going to take a look at everyone's suggestions and Stwelin's edit when updating my run sprite.

gliding: Appreciate it. I'll be working on that.

Akzidenz: Yea I really wasn't sure how to go about doing those 3/4 directions or whatever. Never done them before so I'm not fully satisfied with the results. Maybe I'll figure it out or someone could help me out a little. We'll see what I can do.

AdamAtomic: I tried a bunch of different grass tiles out and this is kind of what I decided on. I don't want the grass to pop too much because I've seen a lot of really bright and contrasted grass tiles and they just kill my eyes. I wanted something more subtle that looks like grass but doesn't cause retinal damage.

snake: Yea I see what you mean about that. I think with Stwelin's edit and a little bit of tweaking I should be able to make it look more like a forward run, though I personally didn't see it as backwards (plus in game it'd be actually moving forward). I guess I stared at it too long to see it a different way.

Stwelin: Thanks a lot! Definitely a nice edit which I will be keeping in mind when I'm working on the update. I appreciate you taking the time to show me with an edit. 

Here's an edit I made to show some possible ways you could go with the sprite. I don't have time right now to list the ideas for improvement but I'll try to edit this a bit later.


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*Edit*
Alright so let me point out some things. First off the feet, as mentioned before, looked pigeon toed. I think the main problem was that the feet came in closer to the middle than the legs. If anything the inside of the foot would only start on the inside of the leg if not a bit further outwards. The hair looks very weird and doesn't contour to his head at all. It looks like a bad toupee. Colorwise I don't think you're getting enough out of your colors and the whole piece looks a bit boring. Try some hue shifts in the color ramps.

I also shortened the legs by one pixel and made the top of the head one pixel higher so it would look slightly more top down.

I'd also say your grass might stand out a bit too much, at least with your current character colors. Fairly nice colors on the grass. Did you make those yourself or get them from somewhere? Reason I ask is because they show a nice hue shift from blue shadow to more yellow highlights. The character doesn't show this kind of hue shift just a basic color ramp.

That's definitely getting better. I was doing a little edit to show some points or things I thought you could improve. Here's what I got.
 
Your's (Old one) -> Mine

I'll enfersise the word 'That'.. 

And I will "enfersise" your misspelling of the word "emphasize".

What exactly is happening to that guy? Judging by the hole I'm going to guess you meant for him to be shot. My question is where did the bullet end up (shouldn't it make a nice hole in the "glass" or whiz by us maybe. Also you don't really have much blood infront of the whole which is probably where most of it would come out. It would splatter but I imagine you'd have some directly infront. And how come the guy isn't moving before or after the shot? Shouldn't he at least fall over or show some reaction to a bullet tearing threw his brain?