Possible main character

[Simonsez128]

Here's Matt, a possible character for a game I'm having in mind.
How do you like him?

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[esper]

My first crit back from my long hiatus! Yay!

This is really, really nice. Better than I could do (all my art for my games is normally just static high-res drawings). I love pixel art and and envy people who can do it well. From an art standpoint, I think the overall angle could stand to be moved a bit counterclockwise. It looks like he's just getting ready to move into one of those Michael Jackson Moonwalk leans. Also, he's got tremendous detail, especially in the hair (which I really like), but the hands are just kind of blobby. One last thing: the hoodie looks like it's pulled against his neck and leaning off to one side. I think you should add a bit of hanging hoodie material on the left side to remedy that.

Awesome pic, man. Again, I envy your ability.

[Simonsez128]

Thanks for the crits Esper!

That was really constructive. I changed the details you mentioned.
Here's the updated version. Changed the hoody, added detail to the hands and shifted his legs a little so it doesn't seem as if he was leaning. He's supposed to be rotated slightly clockwise from a straight forward pose though.

beforeÃ,  after

[esper]

  oops. I think we're using the wrong terminology here, but I meant clockwise, not counter-clockwise. It seems from the looks of the edit that you understood me though 

Looks good, and even the very minute details make for a huge change in the overall quality of the pic. Good work.

[Boney]

it looks a little like he's trying hard to keep his arms straight down... unless he's guarding something maybe you could make them more relaxed.

nice sprite though!

EDIT:
just a quick paint over

[Simonsez128]

Hey Boney, nice edit.
It's a good observation that his arms seem to be too straight. I really didn't mean for him to stand at "attention"

Alrighty then, back to work!

[Joe]

Hey nice character!

But that mouth pixel made me think he was nervous



*just removeed one mouth pixel from the last edit

[Buckethead]

He still looks nerveous and shy IMO. He looks to be slighly bending through his knees. He doesn't look in the camera. Looks like he's avoiding eye contact. His pose a bit weak like he's nerveous.