i dont really get the pose. why is he hugging the guitar and sat down? wouldnt it look cooler if he were playing it? Otherwise this looks great, love the colours.

maybe you should make a start on a background so you can see how all the sprites will come together into one scene.

been working on some expressions for the characters in my game



as well as some space ships (these are a couple of the bad guys). I've mostly been using Phlake's really useful guide for this.

Thanks for the help, dude I've been on and off working on this project over time. Here's my most recent mockup:



I tried making the background a little lighter, which i think brings out some of the objects on the stage. I took advice and slightly increased the contrast on the planet. I also added some new meteor sizes and gave the small meteors a makeover. I'm now working on some mugshots of characters in the game which will appear during cutscenes. Here's what I came up with...



(animated)



I'm not too sure if the proportions are correct and the mouth movement looks a little strange to me... or is that just the frame timing? Feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks very much for the feedback is this a little better?



I fixed the background, and played a little bit with the outlines of the sprites. I made the outlines on the ship lighter, though I'm not sure if that was the right thing to do? I gave both the rocks and the planet more hue variety and I tried doing some dithering on the rocks. I increased the contrast on these sprites too.

I feel like the ship has too much detail, which makes it stand out a bit much, what do you guys think?