after toying around with it for a while i couldn't add much readability (without making it look terrible) to nose without adding shadows to the rest of the face, which imo didn't look any good. I decided on using a lighter shade for the line on the bottom to try to avoid it being read as a mouth in the first place, also edited the brow shadows a bit. At the size i couldn't get a mouth to look right so i just left it out.



anyway, i think i'm pretty much done with the portrait and would appreciate some feedback on the standing sprites

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by looking right i didn't mean the eyes, i meant the entire head, well the face at least, her head is angled but her body is pure side view
now that i look at the arms a bit it looks as though shes grabbing onto rails either side of her, i don't think its that big a problem, it just looks a bit weird.

basically, it just means adding shade and light, defining shape and volume with various techniques

i preferred the first one, i don't really think the new one has as much character, id suggest looking into some street fighter sprites, the style is relatively simple but effective, i think your problem is your looking at the whole thing while your drawing, it'll work much better if you focus on individual parts till they look right (obviously after drawing a basic outline) remember to try to draw from references, figure out why different body parts look the way they do.

http://www.geocities.com/skulkraken2002/ go to tsugumo chapter 9, it looks confusing if you skim over it but the effort pays off

also try to work on a more neutral colour like Grey. i might get around to an edit when my mouse stops screwin around