Forgive the jumbled reply, but it beats making like 5 posts in a row, I hadnt been home for a while. Thanks for all the input, made some adjustments and hope its looking a bit better
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i think that, if there is any problem with the back-view, it depends on the fact that he looks like it is falling. He should be just a little slanted forward (maybe just move the left foot a little left). But it is just my humble opinion.
Maybe to move far foot one pixel to the left to balance figure.
Thanks, yeah even just moving the foot a tiny bit made his stance look alot better.
The forward-facing one looks pretty badly off-balance to me, like he's leaning backwards and about to fall over. Our brains tend to skew things when we're drawing; I don't know the science of it, but it is very important to keep in mind, especially with game sprites that get flipped a lot. You should form a habit of flipping your sprites horizontally every now and then as you work to make sure they're balanced.
Yeah I knew about flipping sprites to make sure my brain is still working... however that didnt mean i remembered to do it! lol
Thanks for reminding me I should have remembered this.
I tried adjusting his upper torso a bit in the front view, and he looks a little more balanced now.... I think. I'm still not certain about the back view, could shift his upper body forward slightly or leave it as is now that I made other adjustments.
O.o why did you AA a template?
Also, the feet on the back view look really... odd. Most likely because they both seem to be facing the same way. I think his right foot needs to aim outwards more. Overall, his feet need to be a lot bigger. Right now they just look like nubs.
I only used a tiny bit of AA and thats just to smooth out the edges slightly so i have a better feel for which angle the lines are going in certain places. My brain understood it better this way and will give me a better feel when im colouring over and making other adjustments to make actual characters.
And yes, agreed, the feet were a bit too short, I made them a little longer, but overall the character is a bit diminished to begin with as I'm not working with a perfect to-scale human. ...and they'll probably look bigger once hes actually wearing shoes/boots or something. Thanks though they do look alot better with a little added size!
I think back view char arms are short, elbow is usually on a same line with a waist, something wrong with a head too...
When you're standing most of your weight is on your toes not on your heels and your thighs are pointing straight down. The arms are also too short.
I adjusted the arms a little bit, but I didnt make them quite as long as in Fool's example, because I felt the forearm is angled forward slight as well, his arms aren't hanging straight down in the front view, nor should they in the rear view. But a little extra length helped. I adjusted the head and shoulders as well, I realized the angle a little better when i saw your example, Fool. And no I dont mean shampoo.
