The mysterious man animation is really good : p

Much better ; )

btw, i think that the way the face is turned doesn't fit the way the body's turned

I see you talk about a clock but, where's the clock? : ?

And yes, the enemy sprites could use some work..

The rats are almost invisible on that dark background, and the eye is so messy!

Similar to Surt's topic, I've designed a space marine, in my case it's a bulky guy, in a kinda-realistic style (kinda!)

Here's it:



I'm not gonna AA the borders 'cause the backgrounds are gonna be pretty dark.

Here's an example with a background taken from metroid



tell me what you think, please! : )

The main problem is in the last frame, since his/her right leg looks like it's  forward, as well as the left!

AND when the LEFT arm is forward, the RIGHT leg should be forward, you did the opposite.

You should make her arms move a bit more too.

And her head body (not her legs though) should move up and down when walking.

here's a great tutorial http://www.manningkrull.com/pixel_art/tutorials/walking.asp

and here's my edit



you have used a lot of colors too, but there's no need : o

EDIT:

here's a version with less colors