YOU FOLKS ROCK!
silly me! *facepalm* okay, Ben, I'll try it: thank you.
thanks a lot for the good critique! be as harsh as you want, I can stand it.
you know, all in all, that was just a bit of ordinary disobliging pixel-pushing-boredom-killing: no references, no anatomy checking and everything, but thanks for taking it seriously.
really cool edit, Arachne; but I think there's no immediate need to slim the torso down. I rather her being a bit buxom and curvaceous. the legs, though, indeed, needed some more pixel scribbling (and maybe still need but I'm pretty satisfied with it as it is now) and so I did. I was trying to imitate what you made of her right leg/boot and the heel: it's just ace on your sketch.
I also think she looks too happy for a ready-to-attack pose, but that might just be me again.
she may be either happy that she's having a chance to shed some blood, or so angry that she's baring her teeth: it all depends on the perspective you are looking from. I kind of like that ambiguity.
I fancy sprites that though rich in details, have features still easily discernible. I will place a post-it note not to got carried away with the small things again. anyway, though balancing on the line of 'overburdening', I like that baroque/rococo feel.
lowered 'pants' making a straight line: I have no problem with that as well, it was more of a designer choice than a realistic approach.
heheh, robotacon: you're totally right about the 'fairy/Wonderwoman?' pose but . . . oh well! I'd have to redo everything from scratch again!
grr!
edit: http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/33622.htmkudos!