Thank you all for the great critique, especially Sherman Gill. Thank you, Raytheon for your being the only one to like anything about it so far.
Ok, well, I have bad news and slightly better news. Due to time constraints, I'm not changing the style, as suggest by Sherman Gill's really good edit. I'm keeping the simple, almost-noob outlines and shading, but I may tone the colors down a bit. *I still like them, anyways
* And although the style is set, I still need lots of help! I'm starting on a run cycle for Clyde, which needs more frames
but I'll post it anyways to get early feedback. Nevermind. Needs a wee bit more work, but I will post it, all four frames, wee. But, I still have a lot of other sprites to make as well. And one more thing:
You should do the animations in sideview
Oh. Crap?
Thanks so much again, and I may rework these after the competition, but I don't know. Also, I know about the program wars, don't really care, to be honest. I've seen awesome stuff done with Paint. And Draco, about the legs, I like them like that. Adds more character, I think. Also keep in mind that for this whole game, kinda going for a Calvin and Hobbes-esqueness. So yeah. Anyways, here is the run cycle and a toned down Clyde:
Only two key frames done, I'm afraid.
Saturation Comparison. I dropped the Sat by 40 on every color, since someone mentioned that the contrast was pretty good. Better?
Sokota
More Direct Comments:
@Sherman Gill: About the breasts, well I "loled" when I read that. It's because the girl is much younger than you thought her to be. I was trying to fix them, but didn't look right for her only being 11 or 12. So yeah, It was either do a very light breast or none at all. With none, that area looked kinda empty. Again, not being defensive, just stating what I did and why. Well, you can see what I did, but anyways. Your edit on her was amaz-zing-zing. But yeah, not the style we decided to go with.
@Raytheon: Anatomy isn't a huge issue, since they are more comicbookish *Not graphic novel*, but I can see where your coming from. I did end up changing the sat, closer to what your edit looks like, I think.
@32: I wish I would have read that animation tip sooner, but I don't think I've strayed too far. Also, yes I'm more prominent on the GMC, but I know their habits when it comes to pixelart. Why do you think I'm posting this here?
Pixelation is much better in terms of maturity and professionality with discussions. So yeah. I've tried toning down the sat, hope you guys approve!
Once more, thanks for the help again!