hi, thanks bob and helm for the edits. I'm really surprised about how everyone is reacting to the boobs, I really didn't think they were that big, certainly not big enough to warrant a short essay on aesthetics.
@ helm first. I need to keep my different ramps separate and not use colours from different ramps in different parts of the sprite so that alternative ramps can be chosen for the hair or skin without messing everything up, so I can't really mix things up like that, everything I do seems to be really methodical, you're right, I guess that's what you get for being a mathematician.
I find it very interesting that you look at her and see "fighter sprite", what about her makes you think she's a fighter ? I sure wouldn't expect her to be throwing punches, and she's definitely not stood in a fighter-sprite "stance" or anything.
I never really set out to make her an anime character either, as digital painter I've always done a psudo-realistic-ish style, and never anime, the methodical cell shading style that I seem to have adopted for this kinda led me to it I guess... that's the first face I've ever put on a sprite btw, I really didn't (and still don't) have a clue how I would have gone about making it look non-anime, I guess it wouldn't fit in with the cell shading style I have going on (which I want to keep btw, as it is very easy to do and as such will speed things up no end when animating, considering that animating will be the main thing I'll be doing when things get moving, no pun intended).
@ bob. I am infact up for design suggestions for the dress as well as technical things, and I really like the ruffles you added, I think they look great, although I worry that having something like that might be biting off more than I could chew for when it comes to animation, also you have definitely improved on the lighting/form, I will be trying to improve on that in my version. I'm surprised you both think the forearm is too big, we'll see about that. I quite like what you did with the hair as well, although I think you've used the most light colour more than I would have done.
thanks a lot for your time and edits :)