Hi, KFM!
Hope you are enjoying your time here at Pixelation.
If you want to make a female sprite in the cute style you have going there, my advice would be the following:
- make the shoulders not as wide
- make the arms point away from the body like this: /U\ - rather than toward the body like \U/ as you have for the men
- move the waist to be closer to the chin, which will make the legs longer (which you also need)
And of course, a female hairstyle. And that should be all you need for the sprite to read as female (if you want to put a skirt on a female sprite, there's room for that with the arms angled out away from the body).
Believe it or not, one of the
most fun sci-fi RPGs I ever played was "
Secret of the Stars". It was deep and fun and satisfying, yet had simple graphics (compared to what we're used to today) proving that game play was king. I mention this
not to imply that your graphics are too simple, but
only to help take the pressure off if you are worried about the strength of your graphics - I think they are strong and cute so far, so you should be able to do just fine!
One tiny critique, though is that the guy's head with the red hair, is too flattened (no room for skull before the hair starts). I hope that this isn't because you ran out of room for your sprite - you'll need some space for certain animations anyway, undoubtedly, so please think about leaving some room (I'm sure you could make them shorter by removing a line from their shirt).
And I like your signature - even though there is a sad face, I see it as a very positive thing to have the percentage numbers, which can
only go up, right? I really look forward to seeing them rise and rise!
Thanks,
JD