i think that it's the latter. How do I do that?

Oh, thank you, that is so helpful!

thanks, now i was actually planning to re-do the punk walking cycle.
I am sorry to flood you guys with different sprites but I am working on a project with a lot of things and I prefer to develop them all togheter not to remain stuck with just one. 
your seems an interesting approach, i think that sometimes i did something similar on flash...I'll try that
btw the way you animated the legs reminds me of old Max Fleischer cartoons

i know they are still "wip" but, since you are the experts, if you have some opinions on the pixel art style i would like to hear it. The more I progress with the project, the harder is to change things. What I am doing is blending my personal drawing style with pixel art to make it look like a videogame. tell me whatever you think I'd need to change

thanks for the reply. actually yeah, I first sketch my animation with simple shapes and then add the details. the problem is that sometimes the problems arise only in the advanced phase
I have probably to review my cycles..i don't know, look at how the other one evolved too.

I think the movement is fine but he looks always a little lame. Both are 8 frames loops, i thought that an even number would have runned smootly but...

uh, some other stuff

ok, I tried to redraw the running animation. I think that the shoulder movement is a little bit more natural.


I have worked also on this


and this


i still need some CC!