As for the person himself, this isn't his standing stance right? It's unusual, but too unusual, for someone to cross there arms on that kinda frame. Think about him running then stopping then running again, it just doesn't fit in.
I hate to sound like I'm making an excuse, but the pose is definitely that way for a reason. Since the character is a parody of other characters (such as Viewtiful Joe, definitely inspired me somewhat), I made sure to go ahead and base the pose on the idle stance of Hotsuma from the PS2 Shinobi:
I think it'd look hilarious to have a guy cross their arms all serious-like, and then jump out into a Freakazoid sort of dash. If you haven't seen Freakazoid, by the way, he runs with his arms straight out and makes airplane noises, as if he's flying.
This sprite, you could add extra fold and stuff on the clothing, but don't do that if its supposed to be superhero tights. Maybe a shine on his goggles would look neat. That's just to solve issues you might have with the animation.
Hm, not sure that I understand what you mean. This is supposed to be a robot based on sentai action heroes (Power Rangers, Viewtiful Joe), so he doesn't actually have clothes. The way I have it, I was hoping it would come off as shiny, plastic-looking casing. I guess I didn't manage that. Any suggestions on how I could make it come off looking more the way I want it?
I both agree and disagree. because its lightweight cloth, i dont think it should be shaded heavily, and i think this style will lend itself to a blowing animation
That's exactly the way I thought of it, but I guess it'll be easier to tell once I have the animation fully colored.
Genius, I can totally see that taking shape.
Looks fantastic so far, I love the pose and the colour scheme. The animation seems good, I think that the end of the scarf could 'flap' maybe a bit.
Hey, thanks! I think I'll go ahead and use crab's great example and add more of that motion to the scarf to get a flap at the end.
Thanks for all the comments so far, guys.