WIP guy with hammer

[Dex]

Did you take any of the "the limbs look noodly" and "the skin is too red" critique. Sadly, I don't see much improvement. :/

[Tuna Unleashed]

He's definitely less red, I'm still trying to figure out how to fix the noodly one though.

[Tuna Unleashed]

[Cow]

I was kind of saddened to see a whole thread of one-liners so I made an edit:



Points:

• Changes in pose. The way your original had the shoulders positioned made it seem as if we caught him mid-swing, heaving his entire weight to get the hammer to move, but this is just an idle animation it seems. Legs were looking a little Steamboat Willie-esque, which I think could work if applied consistently and supported by the animation style, but I don't think that is occurring atm.
• Color tweaks. Gave him a more natural skintone, I think I also gave the blues a bit more 'life'
• The selout. This is the main problem with this IMO. There's loads of jaggies everywhere, and I tried to show how it would look like with more consistent outlining.
• Lots of style-crits that you can safely ignore, however I do believe a person would want to keep their hair out of their face when they're about to kill/get killed. Just a thought.

Just ask if you have any followup questions or anything.

[Tuna Unleashed]

Well I actually had a major update that I believe fixed a few of these problems but I was just too lazy to post.

BTW its kinda supposed to look like he's ready to swing just 'cause.
Like golf
Just like golf

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Typically a hammer couldn't go that low, could it? 


Anyway, this still has some issues Cow addressed; like the sel-out, pose, and skin tone.

I would also change that palette on the hammer. It needs more hue-shifting, and you shaded it rather flat.

[Tuna Unleashed]

It could as long as its one of those platformers that has a bit of depth in the areas.

Anyway... um... what's sel-out?
I mean, I know its selective outlining, but can I get a bit of a crash course on what that means?

[Tuna Unleashed]

Improved the pose, based on cows... erm... edit.

[Yo-Yo-Master]

Seeing as this looks like a side scroller, I have a (personal preferenced) suggestion.  In my opinion, the hammer shouldn't cut into the platform on which he's standing. 
Anyway, here's how I might have done it:
  Excuse the hair/messy rotation/fact that the handle moves up and down as well as tilting.
Even if you disregard my first point, I still think the hammer shouldn't shift forwards an backwards as much as it should tilt back and forth a bit.  Its heavy, so he wouldn't move it a lot if he's just idle.

[Dex]

I agree with Yo-Yo-Master here. The hammer should probably be at an angle near him. I also like the newer version a bit, but it seems you didn't follow Cow's advice on how to do the stance. He still seems a little "noodly."

Getting better, though!