Hi! I don't know you and I haven't see these before, but I'm glad I have now.

She's a very appealing character and I'd love to play with her in an RPG. The images of her on the tiled ground with the shadow are very enticing.

The side-view looks a little off to me, like she's leaning unnaturally forward. I would suggest moving her butt inward (or forward, depending on how you look at it) a little bit, arching her back slightly more and angling her legs at a more backward slant. I think the most important consideration is just to assure her heels line up perfectly with her neck -- or slightly behind (as you have them now) but again the posture is off a little and it throws the whole thing out of whack.

Other than that, I think the only improvements she might need are MAYBE a little bit more creative anti-aliasing to soften pixels in places like her elbow and, of course, some walking and fighting animations.

Great job. I look forward to seeing more.

You have a really great concept here, and I like the art style. It's hard to see where the story is going, though. I would like to see this in an on-going web-comic. I don't actually read web-comics, but this is so ingenius I couldn't resist it.

Likewise it would make a great TV series. If G4 was smart they'd be all over something like this. If it was on TV, though, I think it should be 3D CG consistent with the percieved style of the brands.

And by the way, yes, the character representing me (the GCN guy) should totally be an awkward, stubby dork, like me. On the other hand, you totally nailed my Xbox buddy Scott. Nice work.

That's some intense insight, Rydin. You're right: realistic-ish look, fantasy character. Good call.

I'm glad you mentioned the breathing. It was a concious decision for his body to remain perfectly motionless while idling. Like you pointed out, it looks unnatural. But that's not entirely true. See, my inspiration for this character was a real frog that I captured a few weeks ago from the back door on my carport. He's a small tree frog and I've been keeping in him in an aquarium. Watching him hunt insects I noticed that he spends the vast majority of his time completely motionless except for the swelling of his throat "bellow". I suspect it's an evolutionary adaptation so that he doesn't scare off the bugs he's trying to sneak up on. Anyway, that's why I did that. I'm still considering changing it to a subtle body sway like you suggested, though, cause after all; he's an upright-standing humanoid frog.

Like I said in the original post, the walking animation was a quicky garbage job just to fill in until I decided on a final version. I have a new walking animation in mind now, I'm just putting off until my mouse stops acting moody. I'm glad you picked up on the way his belly shading is off, there was something bugging me there I couldn;t figure out, and that's it.

You and Camus both see something off about the tongue lash, and now I'm seeing it too, but I have absolutely no idea what it could be.

RE: my self-pixelation...
Potty trainin? No, he's just lazy. The grey thing is a kind of machette. I really have one like that, but apparently I didn't make it look right in pixel form. The whole thing seems to baffle everyone, and I'm trying to figure out why.

Thanks for all the input, that's a lot of help! And thanks for the welcome. I do plan to be around regularly until I've warn out my welcome.

^ It's well done dithering so far, but to tell you the truth, I like your scribbles better. The "real" dithering looks almost like you have one of those "puffy" stickers overlapping the image -- the edges seem to look like a subtle "bulge".

If you're looking for feedback to decide whether or not to finish the dithering as you started it there, I officially vote thumbs-down.

^ Just teasing.