yes lighting was very inconsistent (thanks for the poke), rather obvious with such flat planes. Playing with the pose in a more neutral environment but Im wary of forcing upon the old rather than re-establishing from scratch.  I can see what you mean about a certain 'disconnnectedness' thought I think this may also have to do with an inconsistent eye point so I'm trying to redraw some parts. Head orientation also seems to contradict the pose too much so I changed it back- orientation at this scale required firm commitment!

Also, antialiasing/silhouette blending seems specific to the environment but I feel it communicates the form better. Seems I have to narrow my purpose down, will this be a character in a fixed environment or multiple environments? Is fidelity to the character more important than pixel composition? Looking at the revision next to the old one, by trying to vary the pose I've created a far more static one, meddling with the foreshortening is making feel like I should have drawn a structural sketch beforehand, hmm.. I need some sleep Further criticisms appreciated.

Agreed -the apple hasn't fallen far from the tree in terms of the pose, I also agree about the background I could have at least created some bounce colour from the ground - he was hastily plonked in there . All good points, and thanks!

Trying to claw my way back into this pixelling thing after polygons for a stint..  so much still to be learned with pixels. (Mostly) 8 colours so far, though I've been tooling around a bit  with 128 x 128 16 colours as set limitation. More or less straight up from reference atm while I find my legs, I'm thinking about trying more characters but perhaps at another scale?





- environment obv needs work but just for fun

Thanks guys, PixelPileDriver, am working with an old laptop and bad viewing angle, probably could do with a calibration too.. hopefully thats a bit clearer now.



Manupix: I am familiar with the 12 principles - thanks for the cool reference. Good point regarding the feet, I guess I tried to undershoot here in attempt to cut down on frames (8@12fps) trying to keep a sense of mobility, though admittedly it lacks any ease in -ease out in the body movement and apart from the head bob, any further secondary effects that could help sell the weight. I'm familiar with the idea (consistent with your examples) that 12 frames is the standard walk for heavy mechs, hulks, robots and the like. Was hoping to economical rather than stingy, unfortunately I cant just bump it up to 12 by interpolating the existing frames  .

Firstly, design workable enough in it's current state to be re- animated?

and if so would you recommend trying to rework the 8 frames.. or shoot for the 12 frame standard regardless of other design considerations?