Yep! You got it. Good stuff. 

That's helpful, Eyecraft, thank you.

I adjusted the sleeves on the vest with the help of T-lines, and fixed the shading so it appears more to be coming from one definite direction (in this case, top left).

I understand the concept of the 3/4 angle, but so far the hat has been the only doable thing I've seen (no cajoling meant). As I said (and I do apologize for repeating myself), I'm not sure how to get from what I have to something that looks acceptable in 3/4.

EDIT: Just a general update, nothing much to see except my complete failure to create some more characters (which I probably shouldn't be doing at the moment, but hey. Whatever keeps me sane). The only one I'm happy with is the halberd-bearing guy near the top... I managed to achieve a nice level of detail on his armor without making it too cluttered (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong there).



EDIT 2: I just realized what these guys remind me of: Battle for Wesnoth.

The arms use more light than the boots, so there is no reason why not. You won't remind it if you aren't exactly looking how the color is distributed. The arm could even be a little brighter too, more like the face.

If it comes to correct perspective, the view angle should also be  alittle bit higher than it is at the moment, but this would affect the whole sprite but if you aren't really experienced with doing things at your own from scratch it's easier just to edit the head.

Fair enough. Thanks a ton, I've done some edits to Mr. Poofysleeves and he's begun to shape up a bit, although I'm finding it difficult not to match your edit.

EDIT: Without accidentally quoting myself this time, too!

I redid both of his "stances" to the new style. I apologize for the extent to which your edit looks like my current version, Cyangmou. I promise they're not nearly as similar as they appear from a distance.

I also redid his vestments, it was beginning to look like he was wearing a ball dress several sizes too small.



EDIT #2: Redid the shading on the shield to make it a little less... visually cluttered, and added a new guy, trying to keep the perspective.

Also stopped playing around with fun little splash poses and started working on the bases for the movement animation, since there will be movement in all 8 directions (the 4 cardinal directions and their 4 midpoints). I know it's one of the tropes of RPG standing animations to be very stiff (I plan on dissolving this a little bit by having "idle" stances the the characters will shift to when they haven't moved for a few seconds, a la Mr. Poofysleeves standing with his shield at his feet and his sword over his shoulder), but is there any way I can lessen this in the sprites themselves? The stiffness bothers me, but anything else and it no longer looks like they're standing and/or ready to walk.

Also I'm not sure about their perspective again, it seems off but I'm not sure what the problem is.

I'd like some feedback about the perspective myself, I've pretty much been just toying around and seeing what works..
You basically need the top of the head to be showing, that's usually why characters have such short legs and body, and the neck is never visible.
Your perspective is more suited for a sidescroller.

It's looking really good though, nice job on the tiles and the style.

Thanks for the props, it's always nice to hear that (I used to get bad remarks when I made posts a while ago... makes me feel like I've improved, which is a great feeling).

You're right about the perspective thing, but again, I'm honestly not quite sure where to go or how to start. I've tried messing with making his head a little larger and overall trying to angle him more appropriately, but it just doesn't seem to work.

Mush, that's an awesome steampunky bike. Best Christmas ever.

Kren: I apologize for the lateness of your gift, I just sent it to Panda. Sorry also for the... rushed feel of the whole thing. Never tried a mockup either. 

Opacus: I sense some Tau influence in that gift, eh?