*blushes*
Yeah, I know she looks all kinky and stuff. I'm pretty much deliberently giving her sex-appeal.
She's a ninja, but more specificly, she's a kunoichi. And from what I've read, kunoichi had special training in seducing men with their feminine wiles. So, I wanted to incorperate that into the look of the character.
But how can a female hero appeal to the crowd when she's wearing pants? She obviously knows what sells well
That too. lol
I don't think it'd be practical for a ninjagirl to run around in a supertight sting thing. What if she falls on her ass as she fights? Splinters!! I'd give her pants even if it would reduce the 'sexy' aspect somewhat. A girl ninja can be sexy in other ways than in fully exposing her rear.
True, the outfit is anything but practical. I was originally thinking about putting her in a more traditional ninja outfit, but felt that would be a little too bland. Also, I really wanted to give the character some "POW" with a sexy, temptress look. Not to mention it's just a fantasy world where she fights robots, demons, aliens, or whatever, so I'm not really worried about realism and logic.
Anyway, I'm obviously not shy about making sexually suggestive art. But if anyone has taken offense by the cutscenes or are bothered by them, please let me know. I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable.
Does she look like an anime character?
I believe Baccaman was refering to many of my female characters posessing similar characteristics as me such as dark spunky hair, light complection, etc...
Anyway... I've taken the suggestions to heart and added some AA to the outlines as well as fixing the hair in the first cutscene.
I'll drop in that running sprite later after I've done some work on it.