OK here is some stuff i've done, pretty much all of which are unfinished. Below the Black line are some old stuff that i started awhile ago and just thought i'd put in to help give an idea of where i'm at - although you can probably tell i'm a complete newbie at this. Above them are some starts i made for Castlevania size sprites, you've probably noticed they are headless this is something i am having trouble with at the moment I can build what i think is a decent body but then when it comes to the head...i don't know where to start. Ignore the colours when i was making them i didn't pay much attention to it - since i'm colour blind i normally just grab a light and a dark colour that look slightly similar and use one for a base and one for shadow (of course i plan on paying more attention to colour down the track though)
Thanks for your responses so far