Hey lookin' better already! I like how the pauldron's shifting back on his right arm, adds more depth to the animation. Next thing I'd change are the outlines on the pauldron and left arm, there's a single frame on each where it goes from 2 pixels thick to 1 pixel thick and I'd try to keep them consistent, or in the case of the pauldron remove the outline entirely as it moves to the back, then change the left arm so that the outline thins out when it's moving back instead of forward. Hope that makes sense!

Heya, first off I like the thick outline, it's a style I enjoyed in LISA so that might be a good point of reference to see some similar art if you haven't seen it already. Past that the main point of improvement I can see being made is in the arms. I sorta see what you went for where one arm lifts before the other but it's too subtle and it just comes off like they're twitching and shrugging out of sync.

I did a really quick edit, I'm not super accustomed to this sort of thing (still plenty to learn myself) so I mostly just tweaked some bits. I removed a couple frames overall as unless you're depicting a fluid range of motion this sort of walk cycle can be done with 3-4 frames (maybe this was just an effect from Aseprite? If you were trying to lengthen each frame, they run at default for 100ms, but you can extend it if you want a certain frame to hang longer by double-clicking the number above each frame). I tried to fix up the arm motion primarily, you do have to be willing to get a little dirty and mess up your initial pose to get a dynamic walk; it seems like you were afraid to move the arms too much which I definitely get, but you do have to work out of that comfort zone to get better results. I also shifted the body armor left and right with the arm swings as an extra bit of motion.








I think that's all I've got. Definitely keep at it, I don't know if it would help you but I've personally been working with larger, static sprites and focusing on stuff like shading, anti-aliasing, color palette selection and the like. Working bigger does take longer but gives you more freedom to work on detailed facial features, clothing designs, anatomy, etc.


Create a 100x100 or 200x200 canvas and then just shape things out, cropping the excess space when you're done. You can always go back and do a low-res version of the character to try for animation afterwards, and you'll have a better idea of the design right there to work off of, just becomes a matter of fitting or foregoing smaller details to make the design work on a smaller scale. Hope all this helps. It's advice from a fellow amateur but better than nothing I guess.

I appreciate the detail on saturation, will definitely fiddle with colors a little more towards your edit. Some details I don't want to blow up as much like the lips, but the pupil could definitely use a little more prominence. I agree based on past experience about dithering, definitely better for environments, which I also need to push my experience with soon. I'll take a look at some anti-aliasing tutorials and see what sticks for me as well. Thanks for the input!

UPDATE: I implemented some of CFKaligula's suggestions on color and detail as well as a couple extra accessories to make the outfit stand out more. I also added some animation to her face, though with her body frozen in place it looks a bit unnatural.



Next I'll either go to work on some different body poses/animation next or move on to The Horror.

P.S. I don't really know how people tend to organize their color palettes. I sort of mish-mashed mine here together and the transitions seem mostly smooth, is that generally the purpose or am I missing some execution on my palette?

Hey folks, I need some pointers on good/bad pixel art practices to improve from where I'm at with anatomy, detailing, color, etc. The leftmost sprite is the first of the redesigns I'm working on, the other two characters I still need to update and touch up.



EDIT: Removed some misc. pieces of art and updated description of what I'm seeking for feedback to make the post less cluttered and vague. Apologies for that 

Could you describe a little more of what sort of art you'd be looking for? Maybe just give an idea for what you'd be expecting style-wise, would you want low/med/hi-res art, is it animation-heavy, would there be more character and creature designs or items or environmental stuff? Give some points to go off of so we know whether or not it's something we feel qualified to jump in on!