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I think I fixed the shoulder.
As for the profile, the lips are the darker shade of the dress. I tried the red, but the mouth kind of gets lost when looking at it 1x. Adding eyelashes make it look cluttered, so until I can think of a better solution, I'm going to keep it as is.

Added the Teddy bear. I plan to make it act differently than it did in EarthBound: unlike floating behind the last player, I'm going to make it unique to whoever is holding it. When the bear is in Ness' inventory, Ness' sprites will show the teddy bear dangling out of his backpack. When Paula has the bear (seen in the image), she's holding onto it's arm as she walks. I haven't decided what Jeff or Poo would do, but that's my plan. Of course, the arm Paula's holding the bear with won't move when walking, so there'll be a separate walking animation for that (only slightly edited, though). I'll make an animation in a second to show you what I mean.
Aside from that, I put Ness and Paula into a sloppy mock-up to see what it looks like. I also made a pose of Paula in her cell, holding the bear in her arms (top left). I want to make more unique animations like Mother 3 did.

Jeff could carry it around like luggage. That'd be kind of funny.

paula and ness's faces look strange in the profile view. why are their eyes a pixel higher away from their mouths than in the front view?

I think Jeff should put the Teddy on a plank with wheels, or something more inventative and scientific than carrying it around in luggage

@CBL:
Is this better? New on the right, original on the left.

The ideas for Jeff are interesting, but I don't want it to be distracting. I want it to be compact and subtle, so that it's a neat addition without getting in the player's way.

(10-20-2012, 05:52 PM)Torch Wrote: [ -> ]I think Jeff should put the Teddy on a plank with wheels, or something more inventative and scientific than carrying it around in luggage

Not, in luggage, like luggage. Sort of carrying it around under his arm.

Updated Paula's walks with the new profile and added Teddy Bear to show you what I mean about the arms (The bear's in Paula's right arm in both views)

her face is much better now! still, there are some things that bug me;
1. her hair, despite the edit you made, seems less full than in the front view.
2. her mouth looks open and/or smiling. this is an issue i've had with earthbound's sprites for a while
here's a quick edit:

*my edit on the right
i tried bringing the hairline down in the front a little, and messed around with the shape of the mouth. the single-pixel mouth is a bit subjective in what shape it represents, but i think it might be a nice solution, as stretching it into a full line made the face feel thinner and less childlike.

The mouth looks much better! Would you mind if I simply used your edit? At this point, there isn't much else I can do with it.

feel free. consider me very interested in this project.

Added Jeff walking, in addition to profile.
Also updated Jeff a smidge (lowered the hair 1px).
I'm currently editing the new Paula face in (thanks CBL!)
EDIT: done.

8 Directions!

EDIT:
I have Paula now too, but something about it is bothering me.

I think the frames next to the back pose have the arms not far enough at the back so they appear a bit jumpy in animation. The two bow halves are maybe a tad too close together in the frames next to the front pose and personally I think those next to the back pose look a bit weird due to the part closer to the viewer being thinner than the other.

Maybe Jeff should have an animation where he takes one hand out of his pocket and fixes his glasses

You know, you might hate me for saying it, but I think Paula should hug the teddy like in her imprisoned sprite while she walks around while Jeff draps it. Jeff doesn't seem like he'd be too interested in the bear, and if he was forced to carry it, he'd do it begrudgingly.
For Poo, maybe he can have an eastern-influenced bear?