hey
@instant: hmm, your fighter sprite looks a bit of a mess to me... It seems like you have tried to draw in details and forgot about lighting... i dunno... but my advise to you is
forget about
detail, and
focus on
lighting, as I think
light defines
form AND
detail.
the anatomy is a bit crazy in places, the lower legs look really odd, the shoes look incomplete and undefined. the shorts look quite odd to me also, they look very pillowing and flat in space. finally I think the best part is his face.
EDIT +2
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here is an edit I started... moved onto the pants now, not quite happy with em still... and now a lil more...
cyas