I had to step away from this for a while. It seems I was handling this all the wrong way and trying to add in more frames for more smoothness.


I dropped a few frames that weren't doing me any favors, including the  extremes, since the frame right before them served as a better extreme.

So I pushed his torso forward to eliminate the power walk look of things, but I'm still not content with the legs.
Something about the extremes and the frame before them seem off, but I can't figure out what looks so off about them.\

Also, sorry about responding late.
Work and dark souls have been eating up my time.

Certainly much better than my first draft, through still sloppy in certain places.
It also occurred to me that it looks like GBA fire emblem's mugshots. The proportions, it's a bust, etc.
I feel like I should mention that was unintentional.

After seeing Arne's edit and deciding on reworking the pose altogether, I got a bit carried away and strayed from the intended design a bit.


And I must say, PixelPiledriver's edit looks superb!

I recently started on a pin up of Metroid's Samus in her "Justin Bailey" attire working with nothing but her original palette.
Legs are very WIP, still a sketch more or less.
My main concern is the dithering as it feels like I'm not using it correctly.

Used  http://senshistock.deviantart.com/art/Sailor-Gun-17-101580279  as a reference



Any C+C would be appreciated.