Zanorin, I actually tried to give the hood some kind of form using lighting, but as I see it's not the best idea with a picture of this size. Thank you for the edits, the sprite without one color looks much better.
That frame when two feet are on the same level makes sense for me, because there is a similar moment in a walk cycle, but I guess I should redact it a bit.

pistachio, I tried using head bobbing, it seemed to give too much movement. Also thanks you for the tips, just realized that the shoulders are on the same level on all frames, that needs an improvement too.

My first time doing a 8 directional sprite. Could you please tell me what could I improve?

There is also a 3 frame walking animation on the second row.

I need to alternate the first mage to make it look proper for a top down view (45 degree). The second picture is my result which doesn't really look like it's 45 degree. Could you please tell me what's wrong with it?


This is one of my first sprites, so critique of the sprite in general is appreciated too.